Championing female founders in the AI economy with Zandra Moore MBE

Zandra Moore MBE, founder and CEO, Zygens

In this episode, Alistair McDonald and co-host Emma Digby, are joined by Zandra Moore MBE, founder and CEO of agentic AI consultancy Zygens. After 14 years at Panintelligence, the business she co-founded, she shares her experience of starting a new venture and explains what she is doing differently this time. She is passionate about being a female founder and at a time where women are starting businesses more than ever, she speaks candidly about the reality of the current funding opportunities and the support available today.  

You’ll hear practical insights on: 

• What agentic AI actually is and why setting up an agent is a lot like onboarding a new member of staff 

• Why Yorkshire has the talent and assets to compete globally but needs to talk about them more loudly 

• The founder networks that can give you the support you need and why you should set one up if you can’t find the right one for you 

• How to do your own due diligence on an investor before you let them in 

• Why the share of investment going to female founders is still stuck at 2% and how business leaders can help change that  

• Why AI projects should start with the problem rather than the technology  

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