How New York Life and Girls Who Code are shaping AI talent

New York Life | April 30, 2026

A recent collaboration with Girls Who Code gave emerging technologists hands-on exposure to enterprise AI while helping New York Life employees learn how the next generation is approaching innovation, problem-solving and the future of work.

Highlights

• New York Life partnered with the Girls Who Code Alumni Advisory Council for a hands-on learning experience focused on AI, data and enterprise technology.
• Employees across AI, machine learning, software engineering, data analysis and risk management guided participants through real-world business scenarios.
• The partnership reflects New York Life’s long-term commitment to technology education, responsible AI and building a more inclusive innovation pipeline.

Building the future of enterprise technology takes more than new tools — it takes shared learning.

That idea was at the center of a recent collaboration between New York Life and the Girls Who Code Alumni Advisory Council, which brought emerging technologists together with employees for a hands-on look at how AI, data and enterprise technology are applied in the real world.

The experience went beyond career exposure. Participants worked through case studies designed to help them think like enterprise technologists, with scenarios grounded in the complexity of large-scale business environments.

Inside the experience

Employees across AI, machine learning, software engineering, data analysis and risk management guided participants through real-world challenges focused on how AI can be embedded responsibly into business workflows.

The session emphasized strategic thinking, systems awareness and the realities of applying AI at institutional scale.

“As we continue evolving in a digital environment, it’s critical that we understand how emerging technologists think, solve problems and envision applying their skills at enterprise scale,” said Trish Madlangbayan, Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Technology Services.

Why it matters

As New York Life continues to evolve its technology and scale applied AI across the enterprise, the company sees shared learning as essential to building the future of work.

Partnerships like this one help broaden access to technology education while creating meaningful opportunities for connection between established enterprise teams and the next generation of innovators.

“The next generation of technologists won’t just focus on how work gets done — they’ll define what’s possible,” said Tali Rosenblum, Vice President, AI and Data. “It’s important that we give them opportunities to think about AI not as a tool, but as a capability embedded into real-world workflows.”

A two-way exchange

The value of the session was mutual.

Participants gained firsthand exposure to how enterprise teams think about innovation, risk and responsible AI adoption. New York Life employees gained insight into how emerging and early-career technologists approach problem-solving, what tools matter most to them and how they see their skills translating into enterprise environments.

Since 2017, New York Life’s partnership with Girls Who Code has reflected the company’s long-term commitment to expanding access to technology education, strengthening AI capability, building technical community and advancing innovation in an inclusive and intentional way.