WOMEN SHAPING WHAT’S NEXT WITH AI
The Posse
Turning Women’s Ideas, Expertise and Ambition Into AI Opportunity
The Posse is a curated network and accelerator built to unblock the pipeline of women-led AI businesses. We match women with the people, expertise and opportunities that can move them forward—so more women can build, lead, invest, advise and participate in the economic value AI creates.
THE IDEA BEHIND THE POSSE
Too Many Talented Women are Sitting on the Sidelines of AI
Women with decades of experience, deep industry expertise, and valuable ideas could be contributing to what gets built with AI—but don’t necessarily see a way in.
Sometimes the right match is all it takes to change everything...
BEHIND THE POSSE
Operators Who Understand
SELECT EXPERIENCE & AFFILIATIONS
MEDIA & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Between us, we’ve spent years translating complex business and technology stories for media, industry audiences, and the public.
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Three Parts of the Posse
01/ THE NETWORK
Find the Right Match
An invite-only network built around purposeful connections. Tell us what you’re building, what you need and what you can offer. We make thoughtful matches with women who can help move you forward.
02/ THE ACCELERATOR
Build Your AI Business
Four weeks of hands-on support to move your idea or business forward—from validation and positioning to go-to-market strategy and a practical plan for growth, supported by a cohort of women building alongside you.
03/ CONSULTING
Get Hands-On Support
Bespoke strategic support for women-led and women-focused businesses navigating positioning, growth, market entry, narrative, partnerships and other pivotal business challenges.
FOUR-WEEKS TO SUCCESS
About Our Accelerator
WHY WORK WITH US
A Great Idea Isn't Enough
Building with AI creates extraordinary possibilities — and a lot of decisions. What problem are you really solving? Who is it for? What should you build first? How do you position it, take it to market, and know where to focus next?The challenge isn’t having every answer. It’s knowing which questions matter, what to prioritize, and how to turn an idea into something people understand, trust, and want.
WHO WE ARE
The Operator Advantage
We’ve spent decades building, launching, positioning, and growing technology businesses — not advising from the sidelines. We bring that real-world experience directly to the women we work with.That means practical guidance, candid feedback, purposeful connections and hands-on support—drawing on our experience and the wider Posse network to help you make better decisions and move your idea or business forward.
WHAT YOU'LL GET
Four Weeks of Hands-On Support
A focused, high-touch program designed to help you move your idea or business forward, make better decisions and build momentum. You’ll work directly with us, alongside a curated group of women building with AI, with connections to the people and expertise that can help you move forward.
Weekly hands-on strategy sessions—including in-person sessions and virtual support
Direct access to Shannon & Kirsten throughout the four weeks
Individual feedback tailored to your stage—from idea validation and positioning to messaging, go-to-market and growth
Focused weekly actions designed to move your idea or business forward
A curated cohort of women building with AI for candid conversation and feedback
Thoughtful matches with operators, experts, and others who can help with the challenges you’re tackling
A focused 90-day action plan so you leave knowing exactly what comes next
Access to Our Posse
The Right Connections at the Right Time
Throughout the four weeks, we actively look for opportunities to connect you with people who can help move your business forward—from operators and industry experts to potential customers, partners, advisors and investors.
Shannon Edwards
MARKETING & NARRATIVE STRATEGY
Shannon Edwards is an AI adoption and public trust advisor, narrative strategist, and global market entry leader guiding technology companies through high-growth international expansion.She specializes in helping founders and executive teams translate complex, disruptive technical innovations into category-defining market positioning that earns buyer trust and generates revenue.
Executive Experience & Credentials:
Global Brand & Market Scaling: Executive leadership roles at ShopStyle (POPSUGAR), Shopping.com (eBay), Vestiaire Collective, and Styloko, driving market entry, international expansion, and brand architecture across North America and Europe.
Computer Vision & Commerce Innovation: Early pioneer in emerging tech commercialization—led the development and go-to-market launch of an early computer vision shopping application in 2015.
Governance & Public Sector Advisory: Advises the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and NYC Public Schools on AI adoption, data privacy, and ethical technology implementation.
Media & Public Authority: Regular international technology and media contributor, featuring on BBC, CNBC, CNN, and Sky News to analyze consumer tech trends, public trust, and AI transformation.
Author: AI for Families: Ultimate Guide to Mastering AI.
Education: B.A. from Cornell University and M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University.
Kirsten Co
COMMERCIAL STRATEGY & GTM
Kirsten Co is a Fractional Chief Revenue Officer and founder of K&Co., specializing in helping international, technical founders penetrate the U.S. enterprise market.Over 15+ years, she has closed more than $100M in enterprise deals across four continents—building end-to-end go-to-market motions from Atlanta to Singapore, Shenzhen, and Wall Street.
Operating Track Record & Background:
Enterprise Revenue Leadership: $100M+ in lifetime enterprise contracts closed across U.S., Asian, and European technology markets.
Corporate & Startup Scale: Began her career as an international Coca-Cola executive overseeing operations across 13 countries, then scaled three technology startups in Asia—including one through IPO—and led enterprise growth for an AI SaaS platform.
Marquee Partnerships: Has partnered with and sold alongside Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, PayPal, Salesforce, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Accenture, Dyson, Ralph Lauren, and the NYSE.
Current Roles: U.S. Market Leader for a France-based AI infrastructure company, NY Lead for AI Collective, and Lead for NYU’s Ethical Tech Co-Lab partnerships with Microsoft Garage.
Thought Leadership: Featured writer on private markets for Insider Monkey and Yahoo Finance.
Education: Holds an MBA from Sydney Business School and an M.S. in Global Security, Conflict & Cybercrime from New York University (NYU)
THE POSSE CONSULTING
From Big Questions to What Comes Next
AI makes it possible to build faster than ever. It doesn’t necessarily make it easier to know what to build, how to position it, who will buy it, or where to focus. We bring decades of experience building and growing technology businesses to the decisions that matter now—with access to the expertise and connections that can help move you forward.
Positioning & Narrative
Clarify what you’re building, why it matters, and how to tell the story in a way customers, partners, investors and the market understand.Go-to-Market Strategy
Identify the audiences, opportunities, channels, and partnerships most likely to create traction—and turn them into a practical plan.
Business & Product Strategy
Pressure-test the idea, proposition, and business model. Determine what deserves attention now, what can wait and where the biggest opportunities may be.Visibility & Launch
Build the story, relationships, and strategy around a launch, announcement or next stage of growth.
Partnerships & Connections
Identify the companies and people who could materially move the business forward—and, where appropriate, help make the right connections.Founder & Executive Advisory
A trusted outside perspective for leaders who want someone experienced enough to challenge the thinking, and help make decisions.
THE OPERATOR ADVANTAGE
We Don’t Advise From the Sidelines
We’ve spent decades building, launching, positioning and growing technology businesses across the U.S., UK and international markets.
We’ve worked inside companies and alongside founders. We’ve built brands, created partnerships, navigated launches, worked with investors and media, and helped turn complicated ideas into propositions people understand and want.That experience shapes how we work: practical rather than theoretical, candid rather than performative, and always focused on what will actually move the business forward.
HOW WE WORK
Built Around the Problem, Not a Package
We don’t offer a standard engagement because there isn’t a standard problem. Some clients bring us in for a focused strategic sprint around positioning, go-to-market or product launch. Others need ongoing support as they build, enter a new market or navigate a period of growth. We start with what you’re trying to accomplish, determine where we can make the greatest difference, and build the engagement around that. This includes:
Focused Advisory
A defined project or strategic sprint when you have a specific problem to solve.
Ongoing Support
Regular access, strategic guidance, and hands-on support as the business evolves.
Workshops & Leadership Sessions
Sessions for teams working through AI strategy, positioning, or market opportunity.
PARTNER WITH THE POSSE
Help Shape What Gets Built Next
The Posse brings together experienced women across technology, business and adjacent industries who are building, leading, investing and creating what’s next in AI.We partner with organizations that want to help unblock the pipeline—connecting women with expertise, opportunities and each other while creating meaningful ways for their people, customers and businesses to participate.From intimate gatherings and thought leadership to founder programs, purposeful introductions and strategic collaborations, we build partnerships around shared goals—not off-the-shelf sponsorship packages.
WAYS TO PARTNER
Built Together
Every partnership starts with what you’re trying to accomplish. Possibilities include:
Events & Experiences
Dinners, salons, roundtables, workshops and other gatherings designed around substantive conversation and connection.Programs & Founder Support
Partner with us on accelerators, workshops or initiatives that help women move ideas and AI-native businesses forward.Thought Leadership & Content
Collaborate on research, conversations, content and programming around the issues shaping AI, business and adoption.
Connections & Opportunities
Work with us to create purposeful matches between your organization and women across The Posse—from expertise and leadership opportunities to customers, partnerships and other ways to create mutual value.Bespoke Collaborations
Have another idea? Some of the most interesting partnerships won’t fit neatly into a predefined category.
WHY PARTNER WITH US
More Than an Audience
The women in The Posse aren’t simply interested in AI. They bring years—often decades—of experience, expertise, relationships and influence to what comes next. Our partners can tap into that expertise while creating opportunities, connections and collaborations that generate value on both sides.
Reach the Right People
Connect with experienced women across technology, business, investment, entrepreneurship and the industries AI is transforming.Create Meaningful Connections
Go beyond logos and impressions by creating purposeful opportunities for people, ideas, expertise and businesses to connect.Help Unblock the Pipeline
Create opportunities that help more women turn their knowledge, ideas and experience into businesses, products, leadership and economic participation.Learn From the Community
Create a two-way exchange with women who bring valuable perspectives on how AI is being built, adopted and used across industries.
LET’S BUILD SOMETHING
Have an Idea for The Posse?
The strongest partnerships create value on both sides: useful opportunities for women in our network, meaningful engagement for our partners, and more ways for women to participate in the economic value AI creates.Whether you want to create opportunities for women building with AI, connect with experienced leaders and experts, build a program together, or explore something we haven’t thought of yet, we’d love to hear what you have in mind.
More Voices. Bigger Ideas. Better AI.
POSSE brings together people with the experience, expertise, and ideas to build, lead, and shape what’s next with AI.
Through two distinct initiatives, we’re widening access to the opportunities being created by AI. We are working to ensure that more people participate, more ideas get built, and more businesses find the expertise, connections, and opportunities, they need to grow.
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES · SHARED PURPOSE
AI opportunity Shouldn’t be Limited by Who is Already in the Room
AI is creating extraordinary opportunities to build, lead, create, and grow.
But access to those opportunities—and to the people, knowledge and networks that help turn them into something real—isn’t equally distributed.We created POSSE to help change that.Our two communities address different gaps in the pipeline, but share a common idea: when you bring more people, perspectives and possibilities into AI, everyone benefits.
BUILT TOGETHER
A Partnership Built Around Experience, Access and Action
POSSE is a partnership between NYLONDONBIZ and K&CO combining decades of experience across technology, brand, business, partnerships, communications and international markets with networks spanning the U.S. and around the world.We’re operators, advisors and connectors who believe that who gets access to opportunity matters — and that bringing the right people together can change what’s possible.