Laura leads Startups in EMEA for OpenAI, where she works with VCs and accelerators, startup teams, and the developer community in EMEA. Previously she was at AWS where she worked with top VCs and their portfolio companies, such as Sequoia, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Accel, A16z, Lightspeed and others, led BD and Strategy for Gen AI Startups since 2022, and Healthcare and Lifescience Startups in EMEA since 2020. Prior to that she was helping startups define their business and fundraise, worked in the Boston based startup AmWell, in consulting at Monitor Group/Monitor Deloitte.