{"id":33661,"date":"2026-01-05T09:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T08:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/?p=33661"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:38:47","slug":"female-founder-profile-sadia-sharmeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/en\/news\/female-founder\/female-founder-profile-sadia-sharmeen\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Founder Profile: Sadia Sharmeen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Safer autonomous driving: Sadia Sharmeen builds an AI \u201csafety layer\u201d for edge cases <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
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In 2025, TU Darmstadt<\/strong>, Goethe University Frankfurt<\/strong>, and Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (h_da)<\/strong> jointly created a dedicated space for aspiring female founders. As part of the accompanying program to EXIST Women \u2013 \u201cFemale Founder\u201d<\/strong>, 24 participants<\/strong> spent a year gaining orientation, mentoring, and a network built for real exchange. The program focused on workshops, peer learning, and personal support \u2014 and it did not<\/strong> require participants to bring a fully formed business idea. What mattered most was the willingness to explore entrepreneurship and take the first steps.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n

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One participant turned that momentum into a clear mission:<\/strong> Sadia Sharmeen<\/strong>, founder of TruePath AI<\/strong>. She is developing an intelligent safety layer for autonomous vehicles<\/strong> \u2014 designed to identify rare, high-risk scenarios<\/strong> that can be missed by other systems.<\/p>\n

The impulse came from her Master\u2019s work at Boeing<\/strong>, where she applied AI to aviation safety. One question stuck with her: if AI can help protect pilots, why not apply similar safety thinking to driverless cars? Sadia is direct about what drives her: impact. She wants her work to help protect lives \u2014 and she enjoys translating research into technology that works beyond the lab.<\/p>\n

Her advice to future founders is refreshingly practical: start \u2014 even without perfect conditions, even without a fully polished plan.<\/strong> Programs like EXIST Women provide structure, mentoring, and the space to test assumptions early.<\/p>\n

For Sadia, the biggest win was the community:
\n\u201cWithout the program, I would have gotten lost in theory. With the network, I knew: I\u2019m not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cFemale Founder\u201d program shows what becomes possible when women are given room to build: ideas gain direction, goals become concrete \u2014 and start-ups like TruePath AI<\/strong> emerge.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n

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EXIST Women will be announced again in 2026. Stay tuned \u2014 updates via our channels and at <\/strong>www.highest-darmstadt.de<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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