10 women engineering the future.
This year's tech honorees are founders, operators, and innovators who are building the companies and tools that are changing the way we live and work. They're raising capital, scaling products, and proving that the most important technology being built right now has women at the helm. Meet the 10 women engineering the future in 2026.
TEZZA BARTON
CEO + Founder of TEZZA
Tezza Barton has always viewed photography as a way to help people unlock their own artistic potential.
CATHERINE Goetze
Creator + Entrepreneur
If there’s anyone making AI feel less intimidating and more chic, it’s Cat Goetze.
Amber Venz Box
Co-Founder + President of LTK
While working as a stylist in Dallas, Amber Venz Box noticed that when she shared product recommendations online, there was no way for followers to shop those items through her.
Lucy Guo
Founder + CEO of Passes, Scale AI, HF0 + Atls
Before she became one of the most recognizable entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Lucy Guo was coding websites as a teenager, hopping from hackathon to hackathon, and proving that curiosity can be the ultimate competitive advantage.
