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'Nightmare' Pitch Meetings: One Female Founder's Long Road to Funding Her AI Startup

When software developer and founder Heather Shoemaker wanted to scale Language I/O, she ran into blatant gender bias. Here's how she dodged the crude insults and got the funding her company needed.

By ALI DONALDSON, STAFF REPORTER, @AliCDonaldson

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'Nightmare' Pitch Meetings: One Female Founder's Long Road to Funding Her AI Startup

When software developer and founder Heather Shoemaker wanted to scale Language I/O, she ran into blatant gender bias. Here's how she dodged the crude insults and got the funding her company needed.

By ALI DONALDSON

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