Shubhi (Bhonsle) Rao — CEO

I’m a STEM-trained founder and AI practitioner building at the intersection of gender and technology. I lead 𝐔𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐲𝐥, an AI company that partners with enterprises and women-focused organizations to stand up 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐬. These hubs transform domain-specific, authoritative sources into 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 across five impact areas to address unique issues and challenges women face: 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 & 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡. We pair this with 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 features and an 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 so knowledge turns into action at scale. I’ve spent my career blending 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫 with 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡. Previously, I held senior leadership roles at 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭/𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨, 𝐏𝐰𝐂, 𝐓𝐲𝐜𝐨, and 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐝, and served on the 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 and the 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬 of 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐐: 𝐋𝐏𝐑𝐎). I was the first woman and person of color to serve as Treasurer at both Alphabet/Google and Tesco. Today, I am among the very few STEM-trained women founders building an at-scale platform at the 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 × 𝐀𝐈 intersection. I build regulated, multi-tenant AI systems with RAG (retrieval-augmented generation), knowledge graphs/ontologies, MLOps + model governance, zero-trust data controls, and human-in-the-loop safety—aimed at women-centered use cases that produce 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐲𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈: 𝐔𝐩𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞, trained on vetted women-centered sources, delivers trustworthy answers and context—not noise. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐬: Personalized collaboration spaces that integrate with existing stacks and workflows . 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: Build custom programs or use ours— including Future Forward, a selective year-long accelerator for senior women leaders’ AI and digital acumen. Beyond work, I’m a mother, wife, and fundraiser; I serve on the Center for Global Development board, am an executive member of 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐖𝟒𝐄𝐀𝐈, and have served on the 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨. I hold a B.S. Computer Science Engineering (Michigan State); MBA (Michigan Ross). US/UK citizen.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech leader focused on gender-centric AI solutions.

Location: Austin, Texas, United States

Experience: 27 yrs 1 mo