The day’s central moment was the unveiling of Women Inspiring Network’s WIN Connect, its AI-powered platform for global women leaders, by Princess Jahnavi Kumari Mewar, Head of Development at Hukum Raj Legacy and Chairperson of Ubertas World and Dilip Chauhan, Deputy Chief Business Diversity at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises.
The Princess opened the WIN Lounge with a keynote, and together with Dilip Chauhan, unveiled the app, welcoming the network to WIN 2.0. WIN Connect is built with the world’s first AI Concierge and designed to unlock the full value of WIN’s 10K remarkable network from 50 different countries, connecting global women leaders to the right people and opportunities at scale. Its four features are WIN Compass, an AI-powered search across the member network; WIN Circle that brings trusted leaders’ own communities onto the platform; WIN Opportunity, an AI-powered concierge that automates the entire path from ideating a business need to a drafted introduction with the right person; and WIN Impact, a space for organisations to showcase their work to family offices, foundations and leaders.
Representing the City of New York and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Dilip Chauhan said the city’s roughly $43bn in annual procurement was an opportunity for M/WBE firms, but that access to capital, contracts and networks must follow.
“Relationships are capital. Knowledge is capital. Networks are capital,” he said. “Sometimes one introduction to the right investor, customer, corporate partner, government agency, or mentor—can change the trajectory of a business.” Welcoming an app that uses AI to connect women leaders “with the right people and the right opportunities at the right time”, he added: “I believe technology should not replace relationships. Technology should help us strengthen and expand relationships.” He urged the room to move “from ideas to connections, from connections to opportunities, and from opportunities to economic impact.”
“WIN Connect is the natural next step for us. Women Inspiring Network (WIN) began as a community of women who believed in showing up for one another, and a network is only as powerful as the connections it makes possible. With WIN Connect, we are giving that community the intelligence to turn trust into opportunity at scale, in a network that isn’t checking your net worth but asking what you are building and who you need to meet next. We are deeply grateful to Princess Jahnavi Kumari Mewar, Dilip Chauhan, Mayor Mamdani, The Climate Group, our speakers, partners, and every leader who joined us in New York. This is WIN 2.0, and it is only the beginning.”