Global women-led initiative for AI economy aims to create 10,000 leaders

New Delhi [India], August 3: A global women-led initiativeaims to create 10,000 women leaders,who will shape the AI economy through trust, collaboration, innovation, and economic access.

Women in Cloud (WIC), a global network of 150,000 Women Tech Founders, Executives, Tech Professionals, and Allies in 100 countries, recently launched its ICONIC Leadership Kickstarter Campaign. The campaign is designed to be a global leadership movement, which is a part of the book launch of ICONIC Leadership that has been co-authored by Dee Dee Walsh and Chaitra Vedullapalli, one of the co-founders and President of WIC, along with 20 others. Theaim is to prepare professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem builders to develop the next generation of leaders. 

As a part of the movement, the campaign has invited 1,000 Founding Members. These founding members will help establish the first ICONIC Leadership cohorts, leadership workshops, assessments, companion tools, and a worldwide community committed to democratising economic access through leadership. Through events and initiatives, WIC promotes conversations around its focus areas of Cloud Workforce Development, Civic Engagement via Policy Advocacy, Entrepreneurship and Cloud/AI Innovation and Global partnerships with corporations, community leaders, and policy makers. 

The first 1000, who would join as co-founders will get invitations to the inaugural ICONIC Leadership Workshop, exclusive founding member recognition, access to 20+ Co-Authors and Global Leaders through behind-the-scenes conversations and leadership experiences, special Kickstarter-Only Experiences, and get access to launch Celebration and Book Reveal Experiences available only during the campaign.

The campaign will run for 60 days, concluding on 15^thSeptember, and has already raised more than 30% of its initial funding goal of $20,000. This will support production of premium collector editions, educational experiences, leadership resources, and launch activities that bring the ICONIC Leadership framework to professionals around the world.

“The world doesn’t need more managers. It needs ICONIC leaders. AI can automate knowledge. It cannot automate judgment, trust, courage, or the ability to create opportunity for others,” said Chaitra Vedullapalli, Co-founder and President of Women in Cloud and co-author of ICONIC Leadership.

The genesis of ICONIC Leadership Kickstarter campaign is deep-rooted in the recent Economic Access Research conducted by Women in Cloud in 2026 that revealed a critical leadership challenge. The research highlighted that 92% of professionals know where to learn new skills but only 10% know how to access opportunity. ICONIC Leadership addresses this opportunity gap by shifting the conversation from technical excellence to opportunity creation, helping women and allies to build trust, expand influence, activate partnerships, and create lasting economic impact for others. The WIC movement is committed to inspiring the tech ecosystem to be an inclusive force for change and take collective action by providing a powerful platform to collaborate, build community engagement and unlock $1B in new net economic access by 2030.

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