Recent Press
Recent Press
Recent Press
A Selection of interview, essays, research and industry conversation shaping the future of gender-aware AI.
FEATURED STORY
June 2026
Uplevyl CEO Shubhi Rao on CNBC On AI Bias
Shubhi Rao joined Karen Tso and Steve Sedgwick on CNBC's Squawk Box Europe to discuss the AI gender data gap as a business risk, not a brand risk. The segment covers why the AI gender data gap is a financial blind spot, what it takes to build fairer AI systems, and why closing it is a leadership priority now.
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FORBES
August 2026
Shubhi Rao Named to Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation (2026)
Uplevyl Founder and CEO Shubhi Rao has been named to the Forbes 2026 50 Over 50: Innovation list, joining a cohort that includes a Nobel laureate, NASA's Science Mission Director, the Dean of MIT's School of Engineering, and CEOs of Dow, Cummins, HubSpot, and BNSF Railway. The recognition speaks to a founder story built not on inexperience with the status quo, but on decades inside complex global organizations that produced the pattern recognition to see what others had learned to accept as normal: that the intelligence layer connecting fragmented knowledge affecting women's lives and workplaces simply did not exist.
FORBES
August 2026
Shubhi Rao Named to Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation (2026)
Uplevyl Founder and CEO Shubhi Rao has been named to the Forbes 2026 50 Over 50: Innovation list, joining a cohort that includes a Nobel laureate, NASA's Science Mission Director, the Dean of MIT's School of Engineering, and CEOs of Dow, Cummins, HubSpot, and BNSF Railway. The recognition speaks to a founder story built not on inexperience with the status quo, but on decades inside complex global organizations that produced the pattern recognition to see what others had learned to accept as normal: that the intelligence layer connecting fragmented knowledge affecting women's lives and workplaces simply did not exist.
WOMEN OF WEARABLES
July 2026
Uplevyl Signs Open Weights and American AI Leadership Letter
Uplevyl is proud to be one of 270 signatories to the Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter, joining Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, OpenAI, Meta, Hugging Face, and IBM in supporting accessible, adaptable AI and responsible innovation. The letter argues that AI leadership cannot depend solely on a small number of closed frontier models but also requires open-weight systems that organizations can examine, customize, and deploy for their own needs.
WOMEN OF WEARABLES
July 2026
Uplevyl Signs Open Weights and American AI Leadership Letter
Uplevyl is proud to be one of 270 signatories to the Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter, joining Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, OpenAI, Meta, Hugging Face, and IBM in supporting accessible, adaptable AI and responsible innovation. The letter argues that AI leadership cannot depend solely on a small number of closed frontier models but also requires open-weight systems that organizations can examine, customize, and deploy for their own needs.
SHE BUILDS WITH AI
July 2026
Gender Data and the Future of Women-Centered AI
Shubhi Rao joins host Julia Lach on She Builds with AI: Women Shaping the Future to unpack what gender data actually means in practice and why AI systems fail women not because of technical shortcomings, but because women's lived experiences were never in the data to begin with. The conversation moves from the structural complexity of widowhood and wealth transfer to Uplevyl's survivor workplace rights platform, and makes a direct argument: women need to be in the rooms where AI is designed, tested, and governed.
SHE BUILDS WITH AI
July 2026
Gender Data and the Future of Women-Centered AI
Shubhi Rao joins host Julia Lach on She Builds with AI: Women Shaping the Future to unpack what gender data actually means in practice and why AI systems fail women not because of technical shortcomings, but because women's lived experiences were never in the data to begin with. The conversation moves from the structural complexity of widowhood and wealth transfer to Uplevyl's survivor workplace rights platform, and makes a direct argument: women need to be in the rooms where AI is designed, tested, and governed.
CNBC
June 2026
Uplevyl CEO Shubhi Rao on CNBC On AI Bias
Shubhi Rao joined Karen Tso and Steve Sedgwick on CNBC's Squawk Box Europe to discuss the AI gender data gap as a business risk, not a brand risk. The segment covers why the AI gender data gap is a financial blind spot, what it takes to build fairer AI systems, and why closing it is a leadership priority now.
CNBC
June 2026
Uplevyl CEO Shubhi Rao on CNBC On AI Bias
Shubhi Rao joined Karen Tso and Steve Sedgwick on CNBC's Squawk Box Europe to discuss the AI gender data gap as a business risk, not a brand risk. The segment covers why the AI gender data gap is a financial blind spot, what it takes to build fairer AI systems, and why closing it is a leadership priority now.
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VIDEO APPEARANCES & TALKS
VIDEO APPEARANCES & TALKS
A Selection of interview, essays, research and industry conversation shaping the future of gender-aware AI.
FEATURED STORY
INTERVIEW
June 2025
Bloomberg Technology: Addressing AI's Impact on the Gender Gap
Shubhi Rao joins Bloomberg Technology's Caroline Hyde for a live interview on the structural gender gap in AI adoption, the economic stakes of that gap, and what closing it requires from investors, builders, and policymakers.
INTERVIEW
June 2025
Bloomberg Technology: Addressing AI's Impact on the Gender Gap
Shubhi Rao joins Bloomberg Technology's Caroline Hyde for a live interview on the structural gender gap in AI adoption, the economic stakes of that gap, and what closing it requires from investors, builders, and policymakers.
PANEL
October 2025
Women Economic Forum Global, New Mexico: The Art of Intelligence
Shubhi Rao joins a global panel at WEF New Mexico on the theme of women redefining creativity and intelligence for a sustainable future. The conversation covers how gender data gaps distort AI systems and what it takes to build a counter-narrative from within the technology.
PANEL
October 2025
Women Economic Forum Global, New Mexico: The Art of Intelligence
Shubhi Rao joins a global panel at WEF New Mexico on the theme of women redefining creativity and intelligence for a sustainable future. The conversation covers how gender data gaps distort AI systems and what it takes to build a counter-narrative from within the technology.
PANEL
May 2025
Aspen Institute x Women in the Economy: The Potential and Peril of AI for Women
In partnership with the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program, Shubhi Rao examines how AI could either close or deepen economic inequality for women, with a focus on workforce displacement, caregiving economics, and the capital decisions that will determine the outcome.
PANEL
May 2025
Aspen Institute x Women in the Economy: The Potential and Peril of AI for Women
In partnership with the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program, Shubhi Rao examines how AI could either close or deepen economic inequality for women, with a focus on workforce displacement, caregiving economics, and the capital decisions that will determine the outcome.
TALK
April 2025
Innovate State Speaker Series, MSU Burgess Institute: Leading Women in the Age of AI
Shubhi Rao delivers a keynote at Michigan State University's Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, arguing that AI fluency is not a technical credential but a prerequisite for economic participation, and that women's absence from AI development teams is a structural risk, not a diversity statistic.
TALK
April 2025
Innovate State Speaker Series, MSU Burgess Institute: Leading Women in the Age of AI
Shubhi Rao delivers a keynote at Michigan State University's Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, arguing that AI fluency is not a technical credential but a prerequisite for economic participation, and that women's absence from AI development teams is a structural risk, not a diversity statistic.
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PANEL
October 2025
Women Economic Forum Global, New Mexico: The Art of Intelligence
Shubhi Rao joins a global panel at WEF New Mexico on the theme of women redefining creativity and intelligence for a sustainable future. The conversation covers how gender data gaps distort AI systems and what it takes to build a counter-narrative from within the technology.
INTERVIEW
June 2025
Bloomberg Technology: Addressing AI's Impact on the Gender Gap
Shubhi Rao joins Bloomberg Technology's Caroline Hyde for a live interview on the structural gender gap in AI adoption, the economic stakes of that gap, and what closing it requires from investors, builders, and policymakers.
PANEL
May 2025
Aspen Institute x Women in the Economy: The Potential and Peril of AI for Women
In partnership with the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program, Shubhi Rao examines how AI could either close or deepen economic inequality for women, with a focus on workforce displacement, caregiving economics, and the capital decisions that will determine the outcome.
TALK
April 2025
Innovate State Speaker Series, MSU Burgess Institute: Leading Women in the Age of AI
Shubhi Rao delivers a keynote at Michigan State University's Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, arguing that AI fluency is not a technical credential but a prerequisite for economic participation, and that women's absence from AI development teams is a structural risk, not a diversity statistic.
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FURTHER COVERAGE
FURTHER COVERAGE
FURTHER COVERAGE
MSU ENGINEERING NEWS
March 28, 2024
Innovate State: Leading Women in the Age of AI
Michigan State University's College of Engineering covers Shubhi Rao's campus appearance as part of the Innovate State Speaker Series, documenting the university's recognition that AI leadership and gender equity are inseparable strategic priorities.
MSU ENGINEERING NEWS
March 28, 2024
Innovate State: Leading Women in the Age of AI
Michigan State University's College of Engineering covers Shubhi Rao's campus appearance as part of the Innovate State Speaker Series, documenting the university's recognition that AI leadership and gender equity are inseparable strategic priorities.
DMEC WORK MAGAZINE
2024
Is All Well in the State of Work? by Dr. Patti Greene
Uplevyl Innovation and Research Advisor Dr. Patricia Greene contributes to DMEC's Work Magazine, examining organizational readiness for AI transformation through a gender-conscious lens.
DMEC WORK MAGAZINE
2024
Is All Well in the State of Work? by Dr. Patti Greene
Uplevyl Innovation and Research Advisor Dr. Patricia Greene contributes to DMEC's Work Magazine, examining organizational readiness for AI transformation through a gender-conscious lens.
UN GLOBAL COMPACT
2024
Uplevyl Proudly Joins the United Nations Global Compact as a Signatory
Uplevyl formalizes its commitment to the UN Global Compact's principles, aligning its AI development and business practices with international standards on human rights, labor, and anti-corruption.
UN GLOBAL COMPACT
2024
Uplevyl Proudly Joins the United Nations Global Compact as a Signatory
Uplevyl formalizes its commitment to the UN Global Compact's principles, aligning its AI development and business practices with international standards on human rights, labor, and anti-corruption.
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE
December 2021
Women Mentoring Women Is the Best Way to Inspire Change
An early-stage profile of Shubhi Rao in Authority Magazine, documenting the career trajectory and founding philosophy that led to Uplevyl, with a focus on mentorship as a structural rather than individual lever for women's advancement.
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE
December 2021
Women Mentoring Women Is the Best Way to Inspire Change
An early-stage profile of Shubhi Rao in Authority Magazine, documenting the career trajectory and founding philosophy that led to Uplevyl, with a focus on mentorship as a structural rather than individual lever for women's advancement.
MSU ENGINEERING NEWS
March 28, 2024
Innovate State: Leading Women in the Age of AI
Michigan State University's College of Engineering covers Shubhi Rao's campus appearance as part of the Innovate State Speaker Series, documenting the university's recognition that AI leadership and gender equity are inseparable strategic priorities.
DMEC WORK MAGAZINE
2024
Is All Well in the State of Work? by Dr. Patti Greene
Uplevyl Innovation and Research Advisor Dr. Patricia Greene contributes to DMEC's Work Magazine, examining organizational readiness for AI transformation through a gender-conscious lens.
UN GLOBAL COMPACT
2024
Uplevyl Proudly Joins the United Nations Global Compact as a Signatory
Uplevyl formalizes its commitment to the UN Global Compact's principles, aligning its AI development and business practices with international standards on human rights, labor, and anti-corruption.
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE
December 2021
Women Mentoring Women Is the Best Way to Inspire Change
An early-stage profile of Shubhi Rao in Authority Magazine, documenting the career trajectory and founding philosophy that led to Uplevyl, with a focus on mentorship as a structural rather than individual lever for women's advancement.