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Tallulah Le Merle

Tallulah Le Merle is an investor, advisor, author and speaker translating the world of AI into human terms – helping leaders, teams and individuals understand what’s really changing and how to move forward with clarity and confidence. She bridges a deep understanding of the technology with a science & psychology-backed understanding of humanity to bring a message of grounded hope: that our future with AI depends less on fear, and more on how boldly we choose to mobilize.
Tallulah Le Merle

Areas of Expertise

For AI Startups

  • What VCs look for: setting yourself up for fundraising success
  • Scaling from $1M to $100M: insights from fractional COO roles supporting growth-stage AI companies

For Individuals

  • Investing in AI: how to cut through the noise in a hyped space and understand short-term investment trends
  • Hope in the Age of AI: moving from fear to fluency in an era of intelligent technology

For Corporates

  • Enterprise AI: translating AI for business leaders in clear, practical terms
  • AI Implementation: guiding corporate teams from strategy to execution through a design-thinking lens
  • Future of Work: navigating job transitions and anticipating shifts in purpose and meaning in an AI-driven world
  • AI Ethics & Governance

Non-AI Topics

  • Building cultures that integrate wellbeing & performance: weaving happiness, belonging, and wellbeing into the workplace to enhance employee experience, productivity, and satisfaction
  • The Art of Gathering: insights rooted in the psychology of human connection, informed by building and scaling ELEVATE — an “anti-boring” networking and events experience

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More About the Expert:

Tallulah Le Merle is an investor, advisor, author and speaker shaping a more human future in the age of AI. She combines sharp expertise of technology with a deep understanding of humanity – our psychology, nature, interactions, conditioning and behavior.

Tallulah is currently a Partner at Fifth Era, an investment manager focusing on innovative & exponential technology with over 80 unicorns in their portfolio. She leads their AI strategy, backing visionary funds and founders shaping the future of intelligence and computing.

Her thought leadership & speaking focuses on a simple but powerful message: that AI, through its disruption, will ultimately be deeply beneficial to humanity – a mirror to remind us who we are, and a tool to expand what we can become. She speaks on global stages and champions a message of hope, grounded in evidence and fact. Her first book – A Case for Hope in the Age of AI – is set to come out by year end 2025. Her AI self hosts the ‘Fresh AI’ podcast – a daily news show on the headlines in AI, delivered in 15 minutes or less.

Earlier in her career, Tallulah spent over a decade as an advisor & consultant helping businesses navigate technological change. For the majority of that time she worked with FTSE 100 corporates on their digital and data transformation – leading multi-million dollar, transnational programs for the likes of Johnson & Johnson, Mars, HSBC, Infineum and others. She helped shape enterprise AI strategy back when it was still young and experimental – mostly machine learning & big data analytics. From there, she moved into the heart of the AI ecosystem to work with fast-growing scale ups, often taking fractional executive/COO roles. Her special focus was on the intersection of AI and humanity topics – including empathetic AI, ethical/responsible AI, AI governance, security and safety, and emotional use cases of AI.

She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford.

I focus on winning strategies for workforce success.
Tallulah Le Merle