Let me tell you about Camille Stewart Gloster. If you’ve ever worried about who’s actually in charge of keeping AI from running wild, meet the woman whose entire career has been answering that question at the highest levels of American power. Camille Stewart Gloster has served two U.S. presidents. She was the first Deputy National…

Let me tell you about Dr. Jedidah Isler. There’s a woman who studies black holes — the most extreme, mysterious objects in the universe — and she’s one of the most senior science-policy voices in America right now. Her name is Dr. Jedidah Isler, and here’s the part you need to hear: she’s the first…

Let me tell you about Dr. D’Wayne Edwards. There’s a man in Detroit who never went to college, and he ended up becoming one of the most influential footwear designers in the history of the sport — and then he founded the first design-focused HBCU in America. Some people would tell you that’s impossible. D’Wayne…

Let me tell you about Kesha Williams. There’s a Black woman from Atlanta who built a Minority-Report-style algorithm that predicts crime — and then decided her real mission was teaching other people to build technology better than she was ever given the chance to. Her name is Kesha Williams, and she’s now running her own…

Let me tell you about Marques Brownlee. You’ve almost certainly watched him. You just might not have realized he’s the single biggest tech voice on the entire internet — a Black man from New Jersey who reviews phones, talks to CEOs like Tim Cook, and has more than 21 million people hanging on his word….

Let me tell you about Dr. Derrell Porter. There aren’t many Black physician-entrepreneurs leading biotech companies in this country. And there’s one — a Black man with a medical degree, a Wharton MBA, and a decades-long track record in drug development — who has spent his career building the companies that treat the diseases others…

Let me tell you about Renée Forney. There’s a Black woman who spent 30 years defending some of the most sensitive systems in the country — the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, Microsoft, Capital One — and she’s now one of the most senior Black cybersecurity leaders in the world. And on…

Let me tell you about Dr. Timnit Gebru. There’s a woman who got fired from Google for writing a paper that told the truth about how AI was being built — and she used that moment to build something that would outlast them all. Her name is Dr. Timnit Gebru, and she is arguably the…

Let me tell you about Professor Renée Cummings. There’s a woman who started her career as a criminologist and expert on therapeutic justice — a specialist in the criminal mind — and she has turned that entire, rare lens on Big Tech. She’s now one of the world’s most trusted voices on ethical AI. Her…

Let me tell you about Dr. Jen Nwankwo. There’s a woman who is using artificial intelligence and lab robots to speed up the discovery of new medicines — and some of the biggest names in tech, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft’s venture fund, bet on her. Her name is Dr. Jen Nwankwo, and she’s…