Dr Pauldy Otermans

Dr. Pauldy Otermans is a female tech leader in the UK. She is a neuroscientist and psychologist by academic background and a female leader of AI technology. She was awarded as the inspirational womxn in the Tech Industry by Hustle Awards, was named one of the ‘22 most influential women in the UK of 2022’ by Start-Up Magazine UK, and has also been awarded by the UK Prime Minister in the UK in 2021, and globally for her work. Pauldy helped build the first digital human teachers powered by AI in 2021 called OIAI. Her language models are now also used to power Teddy AI which is a conversational AI study buddy for all children aged 3-7 years where parents can control their child's learning journey by prompting Teddy AI and get reports back. Its users dubbed Teddy as the potential "ChatGPT for children". She is the winner of the Women in Tech Excellence award 2023. She is also active in the research community of AI in Education and is Topic Editor for Frontiers in AI: The Role of Conversational AI in Higher Education.