Aug 26, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
In this episode, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s For Your Informatics podcast, Sabrina Hsueh hosts engineer and…
Lucy GuoGuest
Sabrina HsuehHost
Many of our audience are women, right? And this podcast series is actually also sponsored by Women in EMEA.
How does the culture of Silicon Valley is shifting? Did you see more women CEO now in your circles and growing-
Because we're seeing more female investors, because it's easier to now start funds, female investors obviously invest in more female founders, and then it's just a flywheel.
I do think Silicon Valley was in this little rut where all the VCs were bros and there were no female partners, but now because so many solo GPs exist or microfunds, it's a lot easier to get investment in the seed round by a woman.
To what percent did you say right now that we have the female founders in the circle?
She's incredible, and, like, she's just an example of, you know, a female investor that started her own fund.
And how is the current AI boom affecting this area? Did you see that bringing more women as we democratizing this AI world now to make it less tech-centric, right? Basically-
... everyone can come in AI to start a new company if you know how to command agent.
Like I said earlier, it's a lot easier to get, like, seed round funding because there's so many more GPs and funds, and a lot of women have started these funds.
Because it's cheaper to build products now, right? Like, every employee can be a 10x employee.
Many of our audience are women, right? And this podcast series is actually also sponsored by Women in EMEA.
How does the culture of Silicon Valley is shifting? Did you see more women CEO now in your circles and growing-
Because we're seeing more female investors, because it's easier to now start funds, female investors obviously invest in more female founders, and then it's just a flywheel.
I do think Silicon Valley was in this little rut where all the VCs were bros and there were no female partners, but now because so many solo GPs exist or microfunds, it's a lot easier to get investment in the seed round by a woman.
To what percent did you say right now that we have the female founders in the circle?
She's incredible, and, like, she's just an example of, you know, a female investor that started her own fund.
And how is the current AI boom affecting this area? Did you see that bringing more women as we democratizing this AI world now to make it less tech-centric, right? Basically-
... everyone can come in AI to start a new company if you know how to command agent.
Like I said earlier, it's a lot easier to get, like, seed round funding because there's so many more GPs and funds, and a lot of women have started these funds.
Because it's cheaper to build products now, right? Like, every employee can be a 10x employee.
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