Microsoft and Teens in AI partnered to bring the #GirlsInAI global series to life, with a shared goal of raising awareness, widening participation, and helping address the diversity gap in artificial intelligence.
Built around early exposure, practical learning, and mentorship, the partnership created opportunities for young people, especially girls, to engage with AI in ways that felt relevant, accessible, and future-facing. It was designed not only to spark interest, but to help participants build confidence and begin seeing themselves as future creators, leaders, and innovators in technology.
The partnership combined awareness-building, practical challenge-based learning, and mentorship to help more young people explore AI with confidence.
The #GirlsInAI series was created to encourage more girls and underrepresented young people to explore artificial intelligence and consider future pathways into computing and technology.
Participants took part in hackathon-style experiences designed around learning, collaboration, and problem-solving, developing skills in areas such as design thinking, coding, project development, and AI for social good.
Through Microsoft’s involvement and wider employee engagement support, the initiative helped connect young people with mentors, role models, and a broader international ecosystem committed to inclusive innovation.
"The partnership was created to raise awareness of AI and help increase diversity in the field by giving more young people early access to learning, mentorship, and real-world opportunity."
Microsoft x Teens in AI
This partnership was designed to support wider access to AI learning through a global series focused on inclusion, confidence-building, and early exposure to emerging technology.
By combining challenge-based learning with mentorship and real-world relevance, the model helped create a stronger pathway for girls and underrepresented young people to explore technology in a way that felt both achievable and meaningful. It also showed how corporate partnership can play a direct role in widening participation and helping shape a more inclusive future for AI.
For organisations looking to support inclusion in technology through mentorship, challenge-based learning, and globally relevant youth engagement.
Through this partnership, more young people were able to explore AI in a way that felt welcoming, practical, and connected to real opportunity.
The #GirlsInAI series created space for participants to build confidence, develop technical and transferable skills, and engage with mentors and role models from the world of technology. It also helped strengthen the wider message that AI should be shaped by diverse voices and accessible to the next generation from the very start.
Find out how a partnership with Teens in AI can help your organisation widen access to AI learning, support diverse talent, and inspire the next generation of innovators.
Build core skills in AI, coding, and ethics through guided teen-friendly learning.
Develop impact-driven projects using AI to tackle real global challenges.
Work in global teams to design AI solutions that support equity and inclusion.
Explore AI ethics and leadership with peers through live discussions.
