Shah Venture Fund Announces “Asian Women in AI, a Shah Fellowship” to Train and Back 100 Female Engineers Across South Asia
DALLAS, Texas—July 7, 2025 — Shah Venture Fund, the early-stage investment arm of Shah Equity, today unveiled a major talent program aimed at narrowing one of technology’s most stubborn gaps: the under-representation of women in advanced artificial-intelligence engineering. Branded “Asian Women in AI, a Shah Fellowship,” the initiative will recruit, train and fund 100 high-potential female AI engineers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Philippines during its inaugural 2025-2026 cohort.
The announcement marks the first public social-impact deployment of capital by Shah Venture
Fund since the vehicle’s US $10 million self-financed launch in January. Parent company Shah Equity says the fellowship aligns squarely with its long-term thesis that “talent arbitrage,” not capi...