By Laura Nelson

Before Xaviera Ho came to Stanford GSB, she had built a career in finance – starting with JPMorgan, then moving into Private Equity. Similar to many MBAs, she came to the GSB to pivot careers: “I wanted to be in the AI space. I wanted to pivot into an AI startup as an operator,” she told me.

Just before graduation, Xaviera recently accepted an offer to join a Series D AI startup leading Growth and Strategic Partnerships, which is exactly the type of position she’d targeted when she started. Her experience at Stanford was critical for making this transition, particularly in her capacity as the co-president of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Club. “I don't know if I could have done that if I didn't go to GSB, if I weren't involved in the AI club,” she says.