The GenAI Collective

This past week, I had the privilege of attending two thought-provoking events that left me reflecting on some critical questions about AI, design, and the future of work. 🔹 The GenAI Collective International Women’s Day Brunch Hearing from Jenny Hamilton (Chief Legal Officer, Exterro) and Donna Haddad (Senior GC for AI & IP, IBM) sparked conversations around risk-taking, perfectionism, and AI bias. But what really made this event stand out for me was the generosity of Jonathan Johnson-Swagel, who opened his home and personally prepared brunch, creating an intimate space where these discussions could unfold in a meaningful way. Some key takeaways that stuck with me: 💡On the journey to the “boardroom” and being a CEO, how do we encourage more women to take risks instead of over-indexing on the details? Too often, it’s easy to get caught up in the distractions of over-perfecting, over-planning, thinking and talking instead of just taking that bold first step.  💡The AI/data conundrum for people of color - many (& reasonabally so) hesitate to utilize AI tools or share their data due to fears of bias, but withholding usage/data also limits the ability for these models to improve and mitigate these biases. So, how do we navigate this paradox? 🔹mHUB 's Hardtech Summit Hearing from former CEO of IDEO, Tim Brown, reinforced just how crucial design is in shaping the future and the world around us - yet, there aren’t enough designers tackling the massive design challenges ahead. Some key takeways: 💡We underestimate the role of "taste" in determining what succeeds. As long as human preference exists, there’s a strong case that AI alone can’t ever fully replace human designers 💡The entry-level paradox - if entry-level work is being automated, but expertise is built through mastering entry-level skills, how will the next generation gain the iterations needed to become the experts of tomorrow? Apparently, when this question was posed by Brown to numerous leaders, none had a compelling answer. Both events raised important, unresolved questions that present opportunities to consider what role we allow AI to play in our own lives and society at large.

Exciting news 🎉 I’m happy to share that I’m leading the launch of The GenAI Collective in Tel Aviv! 🇮🇱 along side Idan Tamir The GenAI Collective is a rapidly growing community of 25,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors united by a shared passion for AI and its transformative potential. With Tel Aviv being one of the world’s top AI hubs, expanding this network here is an incredible opportunity to bring together the brightest minds pushing the boundaries of AI innovation. 🚀 Yesterday, we officially kicked things off with an incredible launch event! It was inspiring to see so many brilliant minds come together, eager to push the frontiers of AI. And we are just getting started. We believe in collaborations. If you’re in Tel Aviv and working in GenAI, we’d love for you to join us and help shape the future of this vibrant ecosystem. A huge thank you to our incredible experts panel: Adi Zicher, Ron Mokady, and Roy Miara, for sharing their deep insights and expertise. Also, a huge shoutout to GUTS - Harel Innovation hub for hosting the event. A special thanks goes to Sam Warach (who flew from NYC to help with the launch!) and to Chappy Asel, Prithvi R., and Sriram Ramakrishnan for your help and guidance. This is just the beginning—stay tuned for more! Let’s build something amazing together 🚀 #GenAIColletive #AICommunity #TelAviv #AI #Startups

We've hit the AI tipping point, and this week proves it... In this week's GenAI Collective Community newsletter, we analyze three groundbreaking releases that signal the transition from chatbots to autonomous agents: 😅 OpenAI unveils GPT-4.5 with enhanced emotional intelligence and natural conversational abilities, but at a surprising $75/$150 per million token price point—30x higher than GPT-4o. 🧠 Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet with hybrid reasoning capabilities, maintaining previous pricing while delivering top-tier performance for developers building at scale. 🤖 China's Manus AI emerges as a "fully autonomous" agent with 150,000+ waitlisted users, promising open-source access later this year—challenging U.S. companies' premium pricing models. Why it Matters: With three major launches in one week, we're witnessing the transformation from conversational AI to autonomous agents capable of independent computation. The battle between closed and open-source, premium and affordable is reshaping how founders approach AI development. Read the full analysis in the comments! #GenerativeAI #AIAgents #OpenAI #Anthropic #ManusAI #AIInnovation #TechNews 

Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay #IWD25 with a wonderful group of people on a beautiful day at a cozy home. Engaging conversations and brainstorming around #AI #ML #GenAI!! Jonathan Johnson-Swagel - I'm really appreciative of your leadership of the The GenAI Collective Chicago chapter, and for always going beyond!! Thanks for hosting us and spoiling us with the delicious homemade food. Donna Haddad and Jenny Hamilton - Thank you for sharing your insights, and inspiring us with your thoughts and wisdom! Roma Khan and Eric DeChant - I'm so glad to be on the team with you and getting inspired by your resourcefulness. Martina Matthews, Luke Otwell - So nice to be talking with you and I love each of your ideas and enthusiasms! Let's chat more!! Samantha Lee - It was very nice to meet you and we need to talk more at the next event! Kulsum I. Saleem Value Driven Leader - It was great to see you again and there's so much I still want to learn from your experience with state and local governments. Matthew Louis - Great to see you and I can't wait to see your plan and ideas come to fruition! Arunava Majumdar - My "partner-in-crime"😀!! So glad you could join us. Let's make a splash. at the event later this month. The synergies with everyone from such a broad set of backgrounds in this group have been amazing! I look forward to seeing y'all at our future events!

I know many people who hate on LinkedIn and call it an unnecessarily professional snooze fest. Guess what? That may be true for them but it’s not for most of us on here. We show up here as our authentic selves. We show up and share our stories raw—like we see it. We show up and choose to give ourselves a stage no one created for us. We show up and we also recognize this privilege and opportunity to enable connection and relationships. And one such example is Jonathan Johnson-Swagel. You are such a gem, JJS. I’m so glad to have crossed paths with you. Connected with JJS through the ABATech show fun and Roma Khan—she’s the kindest soul! We set up a zoom, caught up on all things legal tech, ops, building a biz and selling it, travelling around Chicago town and much more 🤠 JJS is the Chicago rep for the The GenAI Collective and after one comment on your post… … in less than 2 weeks, I’m the Bengaluru Co-lead for The GenAI Collective, chatting with Chappy Asel, Ash Kumra and other folks building a massive 25,000+ global AI community 🤖 The first event is LIVE, we’re huddling up, and asking all AI builders in Bengaluru to join us to… Make some noise 🗣️ and get the GenAI party started 🥳 📍 March 19th, 6-9PM Link to register in comments 🔗 Message if you have questions. Comment if I’m seeing you there 👀 And that folks, is the power of LinkedIn. The power of showing up. Use it or don’t. Do you. Never stop having fun. Let’s go 🚀

Thank you Jonathan Johnson-Swagel for a memorable International Women’s Day celebration at your home. Met many impressive women and men. We ate, we spoke, we listened, and we agreed that the work has just begun in empowering women with AI. It was an honor to introduce Jenny Hamilton and Donna Haddad for their talk, and facilitate conversations between the attendees. Many excellent points were made. There is no straight line in improving technology for all people. It’s a cycle of inputting data, changing the variables, validating the results, and re-entering the data to continuously improve the use of technology in our lives. I am delighted to be an advisor to The GenAI Collective, and thank Jonathan for giving me this opportunity. Shout out to Eric DeChant for the set up, and ensuring the guests were having a great time. I look forward to seeing many of the attendees at CLAS 2025 and beyond, and continue the conversations. See you at the next The GenAI Collective event. Cheer! ______________________ Contracts Queen saying it like it is. 🙂 Engage. Follow. Share.

Just touched down in Las Vegas for the HumanX conference! 🤩 If you're attending, please consider joining me, Pierce, Ash, Kulbir, and the rest of The GenAI Collective for a post-conference convergence on Tuesday! Link to RSVP in the comments below 👇

Jenny's reminder to "stop hiding in the details" resonated deeply with me today. I'm leaving this gathering with renewed focus and inspiration to embrace the bigger picture. I'm deeply grateful to Eric DeChant for the thoughtful words of encouragement and invitation to The GenAI Collective #InternationalWomensDay brunch. Jonathan Johnson-Swagel, your hospitality was exceptional. To Tanya Svoboda, Jenny Hamilton, Kristin Esche, Donna Haddad, Roma Khan, Pat Mullee, Daniel Brooks, and everyone else who made me feel so welcome—thank you for embracing me into such a vibrant and supportive community. I am grateful for the meaningful discussions and the reminder that sometimes the most powerful move is to step back from the details and see the full landscape of possibilities I'm excited to put today's insights into practice and hope to reconnect with all of you soon. Thank you for making space for authentic connection and growth.

A fantastic The GenAI Collective #InternationalWomensDay #Brunch hosted today by Jonathan Johnson-Swagel and MC'd by Roma Khan and Mary Grygleski. Thought leaders Donna Haddad and Jenny Hamilton shared their insights and wisdom as experienced women working in tech+law. Whether you're an industry veteran like Dale Miller, Tanya Svoboda, or Kristen H., or progressing your career in law school like Ashley Phanor, the connections made here pay back many times! #AwesomeDonuts #LegalEngineering

*Accelerate Action: Advancing Women in AI & Tech* 👛This International Women’s Day, we’re not just celebrating—we’re driving change. 👛The GenAI Collective hosted by Jonathan Johnson-Swagel created an event to showcase women perspectives and elevate women voices. Thank you for this🙏 👛Magic was felt in todays discussions with the group along with speakers Donna Haddad and Jenny Hamilton! 👛The theme #AccelerateAction is a call to break barriers, amplify diverse voices, and create real impact, especially in AI and technology. 👛AI is shaping our future, but to ensure it’s fair, inclusive, and transformative, we need more women and diverse perspectives in the room. From ethical AI to tech leadership, representation matters. 👛For me, this means 🌙advocating for diversity in AI, 🌙mentoring women in tech, 🌙leveraging AI for work-life balance 🌙delegating tasks via AI How are you accelerating action for a more inclusive and innovative future? Let’s lead the way. Tagging new friends Lisandra Martinez, J.D. , Samantha Lee , Ashley Phanor, Some I am not able to tag please DM me to add the tag 😊 #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction #WomenInAI #DiversityInTech #InclusiveInnovation