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​The Singularity is near! How do we build AI and transition into an AGI & ASI future? What will work look like? Will there be AI overlords or will we all be chilling on a beach with robots serving us drinks from the replicator? Join the Female Investors Club (FIC) and XPRIZE for this highly curated event full of provocative talks from AI builders/thought leaders, art, an investor and founder panel, & party.

​What is the Singularity? A future point in time when artificial intelligence achieves superhuman levels, potentially leading to rapid self-improvement and sweeping, unpredictable changes in technology and society.

​​Hosted by deep tech entrepreneur Kate Lynch & XPRIZE VP of Community Jason Bateman.

​​Come learn, explore, connect, and elevate with like-minded artists, techies, disruptors, visionaries, and investors.

​Investor & Entrepreneur Panel: Anastasiya Giarletta, Mika Onishi, Kate Lynch, Laquelle Mari, & More To Be Announced.

​Talk by Paul Hynek

​Art by Kate Johnson.

​FEATURING:

​Anastasiya Giarletta is a principal at 42 Group and focuses on investments in AI/Deep Tech & Biotech/Longevity. She was Forbes Female Venture Capital Investor To Watch 2021.

​Mika Onishi is General Partner at PORTAL. She brings her over 25 years of experience as a multi-functional and multi-sector entrepreneur, operator and innovator in technology, media and consumer brands to investment decision making and advisory.

​Kate Lynch is a deep tech entrepreneur with a focus on the convergence of deep tech, the future of on-Earth and off-world infrastructure, negotiation, geopolitics, and finance. Her technical focus is in aerospace, AI, blockchain, and novel forms of compute. Kate is also co-creator of the Female Investors Club.

​Kate Johnson: "I have always been deeply interested in ideas about perception and states of mind and have explored them through the marriage of nature and technology.” Kate was an Emmy-award winning filmmaker, and she created some of the region’s largest-scaled digital projections. Her art is in museums around the world and she was part of the EZTV art movement.

​​Laquelle Mari is Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of a stealth Quantum+AI Company, X17 Labs Founder | Co-Founding member of LG Electronic’s LG NOVA Capital Alliance | Co-Inventor, Quantum-Photonic AI System | Market Innovation Strategist  | Frontier IP-to-Market Dual-Use Systems Architect  Laquelle's background spans global-scale full product development cycle for Fortune 500s, executive training under Intel’s former Chief Strategy Officer, and advisory roles to sovereign networks and multibillion-dollar family offices. She currently serves on the board of the U.S. Council for Accountable AI, a self-regulated certification and governance body advancing sovereign-first frameworks for responsible AI.

​​Jennifer Byrne is Co-Founder of The FIC and is a General Partner at  Grit Capital Partners. She launched the world's first and largest Female Founders in FinTech & InsurTech accelerator -over 500 women-led startups participated, raising over $1.8B.

​​Jason Bateman - Vice President of Community at XPRIZE and a past competitor in the XPRIZE AI prize competition.

​Special thanks to the FIC's team: Investor/Founder Jessie Somekh, VC Stephanie Nwokolo, VC Dina Khattab. Contact: info@joinfic.org

​​FIC is here to support, educate and encourage more Female investors on their tech investment journeys which includes sharing insights, learnings and investment opportunities.

​We are tech-oriented investors: Angels, LPs, GPs, Family Offices, Asset Managers, Allocators, Wealth Managers, Funds of Funds, Endowments, Pensions, and women starting their tech investment journey this year.

​​​​We are committed to empowering, building community, breaking down barriers, and advancing women in investing.

​The value of our meetings is that we can share what we are working on, ask for or offer help (or both), have some fun with a supportive community who understands, while celebrating one others’ successes.

​​​​​Please fill out this intake form to help us create a more meaningful experience for you.

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​​XPRIZE is the most powerful problem-solving platform on the planet that harnesses the power of competition through large-scale multi-million-dollar incentive cash prizes. These world-changing prizes create a future of abundance for all in 7 domain areas:

• ​​AI, Deep Tech, & Quantum

• ​​Health

• ​​Learning & Society

• ​​Climate & Energy

• ​​Space & Exploration

• ​​Food, Water, & Waste

• ​​Conservation & Biodiversity