Darrow co-founder and CTO Gila Hayat was named to Inc.'s seventh annual Female Founders 250 — a list recognizing women entrepreneurs whose innovations and ideas are shaping industries and driving meaningful change. The 250 honorees collectively grew their 2023 revenue to more than $8.86 billion and raised $6.2 billion in funding, representing one of the most accomplished cohorts in the list's history.
The recognition carries particular weight given the climate in which it was awarded. Inc. Executive Editor Diana Ransom noted that 2023 was one of the hardest years on record for founders — marked by a funding freeze and ad-spending pullback — making the achievements of this year's honorees a testament to resilience as much as innovation. The list spans industries from technology and healthcare to fashion and finance, highlighting women at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey.
For Hayat, the recognition reflects her role in building Darrow from the ground up — leading the technical architecture of a platform that uses AI to detect legal violations hidden in public data at scale. A former Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, she co-founded Darrow in 2020 and has grown its engineering, data science, and development teams to support active litigation valued at over $10 billion across the company's law firm partners. The Inc. recognition places her among the most influential women building technology companies today.
