Juliette is the creator of the AI Flower Framework and founder of the AI Flower Foundation. She spent a year mapping how AI could impact her job as an engineering manager, and discovered why so many AI pilots don’t scale.
She turned what she found into an open-source AI framework that maps 152 IT activities against 25 levels of AI capability to show what evolves, fossilizes, or stays human work.
In this episode of Women Disrupting Tech, we talk about moving AI adoption past a stalled pilot, how her AI Flower Framework can guide you to scale, and what three questions you need to ask before you start any AI initiative.More
Karianne Kraaijestein spent years building resilience through sport, from gymnastics to indoor climbing to yoga, before starting triathlons at 47. Now she’s the founder of Adaptive, a coaching platform for female endurance athletes navigating a different kind of endurance test: the hormonal transition.
In this episode, we talk about her own journey in endurance sports, why she is focusing on women who are in a hormonal transition, and what data is needed to enable peak performance for women at this stage of their lives.
If you’re an endurance athlete in perimenopause or postmenopause, or you coach one, and training has stopped working for reasons nobody can quite explain, this episode has pointers on where to look for strategies that improve performance.
For female founders and women in tech building trust-dependent products in spaces where the data doesn’t exist yet, Karianne provides insights that can help you navigate the early stages.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
* Why standard training plans, built for a generic body, fail women in the hormonal transition
* Why tracking sleep, heat regulation, and training load matters more than tracking hormones directly
* How Karianne finished part of the S’GRAIL in Girona on a torn ACL, and what that taught her about risk
* Why “too much heart and not enough mind” bankrupted her previous yoga studio, and what she’s doing differently with Adaptive
* Why she considers a scientific advisory board the biggest de-risking factor for investors in a trust-dependent product
* How letting the community “almost be part of the building” shapes Adaptive’s product developmentMore
Only 3% of people who show up to an event went looking for it. The other 97% follow someone they trust. In episode 167 of Women Disrupting Tech, Elise Mol, co-founder of BASH, explains why chasing that 97% with ads misses the point, and why your first ticket buyers matter more than your marketing budget. This post covers practical takeaways, magic moments, a defining quote, and cross-episode trends on building community that sells itself.More
Dr. Hannah Allen, Chief Medical Officer at Heidi, spent 14 years as a GP across rural, inner-city, and hospital settings in the UK before moving into health tech. In episode 166 of Women Disrupting Tech, she explains how Heidi, an AI Care Partner, reduces the administrative burden driving a 42% GP attrition risk in the UK (per RCGP survey data), and why over 90% of patients report feeling more listened to when their doctor uses an AI scribe instead of typing notes during a visit. The conversation covers the predictive power of pregnancy-related health data, the gender bias female founders face when raising venture capital, and why Hannah believes AI’s real value in medicine is freeing clinicians to reconnect with patients rather than replacing clinical judgment.More
In episode 160, Nithya Ruff shares her inspiring journey from Bangalore to the US, highlighting the importance of independence, diversity, and innovation in tech. She discusses how her experiences shaped her leadership, the gender gap in venture funding, and the transformative potential of AI for women entrepreneurs.More
More than 90 FemTech companies in the Netherlands are working to close the gender health gap. Until FemTech NL connected them, most didn’t know the others existed. In episode 159 of the podcast, co-founders Maaike Steinebach and Sophie van Dijk walk through what it actually takes to align a fragmented industry: better data, better funding, and a shift from competition to collaboration.More
In episode 158 of Women Disrupting Tech, Zoe Pineau shares her inspiring journey from weight loss to co-founding Fitly AI, a chat-based fitness app that simplifies tracking workouts and nutrition. Discover how her personal transformation, macro tracking insights, and AI innovations are revolutionizing fitness habits and app development.More
In episode 157 of Women Disrupting Tech, Ana Herrero-Wallace shares her personal journey from financial trauma to an abundance mindset, emphasizing the importance of financial independence for women, and how mindset influences decision-making in money, entrepreneurship, and life.More
Hear from Zoe Pineau why existing apps are not designed to let people lose weight.
In episode 156 of Women Disrupting Tech, Rachel Gilley, CEO of Clarity Global, shares her expertise on the impact of AI in communication, the importance of human oversight, and how companies can leverage AI tools like Surfacd for generative engine optimization. She also discusses gender diversity in leadership and the future of health tech.More
In episode 155, we dive deep into the critical challenges and opportunities in women’s health tech, from cultural biases to funding gaps, and the role of leadership and data. Beata Wandachowicz-Krason shares her compelling journey, research, and practical strategies to accelerate progress in FemTech, emphasizing boldness, data, and inclusivity.More
