Creandum-backed startup Boardy slammed for sexist AI e-mail – ‘disgusted’
21 jan. 2025
20:17
The founder and CEO of AI startup Boardy has apologised after a user’s post on a sexist email sent by the tool went viral. The startup is backed by Stockholm-born VC firm Creandum, a major investor in European impact tech companies.
Milly Barker, a London-based Fractional COO kicked off her work week with an email from Boardy, a new AI-powered networking startup designed to link users to relevant connections through its AI voice assistant.
But the message’s content immediately shocked her. Boardy said it had found Barker an interesting connection who was currently unavailable. However this connection had, as Barker wrote in capital letters on LinkedIn on Monday, made the time to pass on “UNSOLICITED THOUGHTS ON MY APPEARANCE IN THE ST...