Founder
ammi.ai
Ruqaiya Shipchandler Akbari is an Ammi (mother) of 3 and the founder of ammi.ai, an AI Literacy Training and Strategy Consultancy.
Ruqaiya graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, where she was heavily involved in the collegiate SWE chapter and was humbled to win Officer of the Year in 2016. She then spent nearly a decade in enterprise AI software sales and strategy at SAS and Dataiku. When ChatGPT launched, she recognized generative AI's transformative potential and how many could be left behind without relatable education.
Through her AI Literacy Tree framework, she teaches what AI is, how to collaborate with it, and how to save time for what truly matters. She's built a community of over 4K and trained 200+ individuals in her AI Literacy workshops.
Technical Workshop: Build an AI Agent for Meal-Planning in <60 Minutes!
Saturday, February 21, 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT