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BWAI STUDIO · LAUNCHING SOON · BLACK WOMEN IN THE AGE OF AI
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ISSUE 01 · BLACK WOMEN IN THE AGE OF AI

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WHY WAS EVERYONE BUILDING ROOMS ABOUT AI, AND NONE OF THEM WERE FOR US?

So I built one myself. You’re welcome.

Instead of asking “How do we stop AI?” what if we asked what happens when we learn it, participate in it, govern it, build it, challenge it, and put humans first? We don’t have to stand underneath the future wondering what’s coming. We can understand the game well enough to redesign it.

01 / LEARN THE TOOLS
Move from watching AI happen to using, building, and questioning it.
02 / ENTER THE ROOMS
Shape the models, the policy, the governance, and the safeguards.
03 / REDESIGN THE GAME
Expand what people can do with AI, never let it decide for them.
BLACK WOMEN IN THE AGE OF AI
VOL. 01 · LAUNCHING 2026
DESIGNED FOR → DESIGNING WITH.
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DESIGNED FOR →
DESIGNING WITH.
Artwork: the BWAI muse M-01, finger waves, in profile, the neon-sun slash across her eyes.
THEY DIDN’T SAVE US A SEAT.
WE SAVED YOU ONE.
DESIGNED FOR → DESIGNING WITH. · 01
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© 01 THE MISSION

THE MISSION

YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO AGENCY.
WE’RE HERE TO ADVANCE IT.
01 / COMMUNITY
Equipping Black women and women of color to use, build, question, and govern AI.
02 / ENTERPRISE
Helping organizations deploy AI responsibly with real governance, controls, and human agency.

Black Women in the Age of AI (BWAI Studio) exists so Black women are in the rooms where AI is built, governed, and deployed. We aren’t interested in blind optimism, and we aren’t pretending the risks aren’t real. The racial inequities, the environmental footprint, the security gaps, and the fear workers feel about their jobs are all patterns we have seen before. We don’t run away from those conversations. We run toward them with the tools to do something about them.

We teach our community how to use, question, build, and regulate AI while helping organizations bring people into AI transformation responsibly and securely. Our goal is one million Black women and women of color in AI roles, because technology should expand what people can do, never decide it for them.

Human first. AI second.

THE GAP WE’RE CLOSING DATA INDEX · 2018–2025
The goal · 02 ONE MILLION BLACK WOMEN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AI.
Artwork: the BWAI muse M-03, bantu knots, in profile, the neon-sun slash across her eyes.

THE GAP ©

3%

of U.S. computing jobs were held by African American women in 2018.

SOURCE: NCWIT, 2019 ↗
34.7%

error rate when commercial AI classified the gender of darker-skinned women.

SOURCE: GENDER SHADES, 2018 ↗
49%

of Black Americans say they have heard or read a lot about AI.

SOURCE: PEW RESEARCH, 2025 ↗
© AGENCY ISSUE 01 · VOL. 01 · BWAI STUDIO
03 · MEET THE FOUNDER · BEE
FOUNDER · BLACK WOMEN IN THE AGE OF AI

FOUNDER
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CLOUD & AI ADOPTION
EX-GOOGLE, EX-MICROSOFT, EX-VMWARE
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MEET THE FOUNDER

Bee.

I’ve spent more than a decade working in technology, helping organizations solve hard problems at the intersection of cloud, AI, security, and enterprise transformation. My background spans Google, Microsoft, VMware, and Dell, where I’ve worked with customers, partners, engineering teams, business leaders, and operators to move technology from strategy into real-world use.

“I built this room because the questions were too important to leave to other people.”
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THE MUSES · ORIGINAL ARTWORK
M-01 — M-05
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LEADSFashion and creative direction
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LEADSPortfolio and selected work
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M-04
HAIRThe curls
LEADSCommunity
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M-05
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LEADSManifesto and statement

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THE MUSE · ORIGINAL ARTWORK · IPSEITY, N. THE STATE OF BEING ONESELF.
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Pull up a chair · Issue 01 Human first. AI second.

WE DIDN’T WAIT FOR AN INVITATION.
WE BUILT THE ROOM.

Whether you are here to learn the tools and step into AI roles, or here to bring human-led AI governance into your organization, pick your lane below.

01 / The community

Join 1,000,000 Women Shaping AI

Move from watching AI happen to learning it, using it, questioning it, and governing it. Subscribe to Issue 01 on Substack for field notes and practical frameworks, and join the conversation inside our Facebook community.

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Ipseity, n. The state of being oneself. · Bee © 2026 BWAI Studio · Black Women in the Age of AI