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Women Who Code

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Women Who Code (WWCode) is an international nonprofit dedicated to empowering diverse women to excel in technology careers. WWCode is building a world where diverse women and historically excluded people thrive at every level. The organization has executed more than 15,000 free events around the world, garnered a membership exceeding 320,000, and d

Founded 2013Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Women Who Code (WWCode) is an international nonprofit dedicated to empowering diverse women to excel in technology careers. WWCode is building a world where diverse women and historically excluded people thrive at every level. The organization has executed more than 15,000 free events around the world, garnered a membership exceeding 320,000, and delivers programming to members in 147 countries.

Women Who Code Values

Focus on the mission, Design for inclusion, Advocate for change, Journey forward

WHAT WE DO:

-Advance diverse women in their careers every step of the way

-Provide a community of 320,000 that has become a movement in technology leadership

-Build Global Leaders in Tech, effectively changing the industry

-Offer low to no-barrier-to-entry programs, events, scholarships, and more for women to build tech and leadership skills

-Job board (ask about a YC discount)

Learn more at: www.womenwhocode.com or contact us at contact@womenwhocode.com

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Alaina Percival

Founder/CEO and Board Chair

Alaina is a co-founder of Women Who Code. Under her leadership, the organization served nearly half a million members in 147 countries. Alaina has spoken at WSJ.d Live, Grace Hopper, MIT’s Venture Capital and Innovation Conf, Harvard’s WECode, the United Nations Information Management Unit (un)data seminar series, and more. She has also been featured in numerous global media publications. Alaina is also an Angel Investor, a Venture Partner at Valor Ventures, and a Scout for Picus Capital.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Zassmin Montes de Oca

Founder/CTO

Zassmin most recently led security engineering at Coinbase (2018-2022) and co-founded Women Who Code (YC S16), serving as their CTO & Board Vice Chair. Currently she's advising startups on security.

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25team members reported
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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedAtlanta, GA, USA; Remote
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