Leapcast Live - Growing Ladle with Women: Food, AI & Community

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Growing Ladle with Women: Food, AI & Community Leapcast Live - Growth Thursday How can understanding a community’s needs shape a product—and help a brand grow? Join Sumati Sharan, CEO & Founder of Ladle, and Dr. Sunny Zhang, Founder & Chief Evangelist of TrueLeap Inc., for a 30-minute conversation about women, food, AI, and community-powered growth. Ladle focuses on personalized nutrition for women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and midlife, and works with health systems, payers, and other healthcare organizations to support their patients and members. We’ll explore Sumati’s journey building the company and how listening to women, collaborating with experts, and creating relevant experiences can inform both product development and brand community. For founders, marketers, and community builders, this is an opportunity to examine how shared needs bring people together—and how those relationships can support trust, participation, and growth. We’ll explore: - What inspired Sumati to build Ladle and focus on women in midlife. - How conversations with customers can shape a brand’s purpose, positioning, and product. - The roles of creators, nutrition professionals, and partners in building a useful community. - How AI can support personalization while preserving human connection. - What turns initial interest into continued participation, advocacy, and collaboration. Meet our guest - Sumati Sharan Sumati is the CEO & Founder of Ladle, bringing more than 20 years of technology experience, including strategy and go-to-market work at Amazon, Intel, and HP. Her founder journey brings together experience building technology ecosystems with a focus on making personalized food experiences relevant to everyday life. Meet your host - Dr. Sunny Zhang Sunny is the Founder & Chief Evangelist of TrueLeap Inc., the team behind Leapcast and Orian, building digital infrastructure for education and entrepreneurship. An educator, researcher, entrepreneur, and investor, she brings experience in behavioral science, marketing, and technology innovation to exploring how communities create meaningful value. Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 30-minute live conversation 10 AM San Francisco · 12 PM Houston · 1 PM NYC 6 PM Kinshasa · 10:30 PM New Delhi Bring your questions about building a brand, serving a community, or creating more personal experiences with AI. 🎥 Sign up to watch on LinkedIn Live. ⚡ Join us in the room at Leapcast.ai (http://Leapcast.ai) to experience intelligent meetings and broadcasting. 🥄 Explore Ladle (https://www.ladle.cooking/). 🌐 Join the Orian waitlist at Orian.ai (http://Orian.ai). 🚀 Lead a community? Apply for Orian’s First Orbit and help shape community intelligence with us.