Five years ago, I could walk into a tech event in San Francisco and be the only
By Marinamogilko · November 7, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
Five years ago, I could walk into a tech event in San Francisco and be the only woman in the room.
And almost certainly the only female creator.
Today, there's an incredible community of women building companies, leading AI research, and shaping the tech industry. And I LOVE seeing this change!
So my team and I selected 20 women in tech and AI worth following on LinkedIn.
I was especially happy to see several women I know personally and genuinely admire make the final list!
Allie K. Miller
Aishwarya Srinivasan
Cassie Kozyrkov
Lara Sophie Bothur
Jess Ramos⚡️
Megan Lieu
Dawn Choo
Elena Verna
Sundas Khalid
Luiza Jarovsky, PhD
Anima Anandkumar
Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D.
Meri Nova
Christina Stathopoulos, MSc
Viktoria Semaan
Sol Rashidi, MBA
Pooja Jain
Marily Nika, Ph.D
Basia Kubicka
Vishakha Sadhwani
Here are the criteria we used:
→ Audience: At least 50,000 LinkedIn followers.
→ Activity: At least 8 original posts in the past 30 days.
You only learn from people who show up in your feed. One of the most-followed women in AI on LinkedIn, with close to 700K followers, didn't make it because she posts about three times a month.
→ Content impact: Creates posts that attract significant attention and generate active discussions within the LinkedIn community.
→ Consistent engagement: A median of at least 100 reactions across their 10 most recent posts. We used the median to avoid giving too much weight to a single viral post.
→ Expertise: Proven professional experience and achievements in their field.
→ Relevance: Content focused on AI, technology, and developments shaping the tech industry.
We also used a 100-point scoring system, with 80 points as the minimum threshold for the final selection.
Why go into so much detail?
Because having 500,000 followers doesn't necessarily mean someone is worth following today. I wanted to find people who consistently contribute interesting ideas, share useful experience, and create conversations that others actually want to join.
The result is a list of 20 women whose perspectives I think deserve a place in your LinkedIn feed.
Who would you add to the next edition?
I'm especially interested in discovering experts who are doing great work but aren't getting enough attention yet.