Michelle Bacharach is the CEO and Co-Founder of FindMine, an award-winning AI platform helping retailers and brands inspire shoppers throughout their journey with on-brand, dynamic, and inventory-aware outfitting and styling. Leading brands like Lululemon, Gap, and Anine Bing trust FindMine’s AI to amplify what their teams can do alone — increasing revenue, improving margins, and building lasting customer loyalty.  

Michelle brings 15 years of product leadership experience at venture-backed startups and large organizations. In addition to leading FindMine, she serves as an advisor to the George Mason University Center for Retail Transformation and the Intel Data Center Advisory Board. She is also committed to supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs, advising early-stage startups through Hatchett Ventures, serving on the LP diligence committee at Strawberry Creek Ventures, and mentoring female founders. 

Recognized as an Inc. Magazine Top 200 Female Founder and a Pavilion 2024 CEO to Watch, Michelle is a sought-after thought leader in retail and AI. She has spoken at industry-leading forums including the National Retail Federation (Big Ideas Keynote), SXSW, Women in Machine Learning & Data Science, Women in AI USA, Retail Razor, and the upcoming HumanX AI Conference. Her insights have been featured in Forbes, Women’s Wear Daily, Quartz AI Factor, Shopify, and Vogue Business. 

Michelle holds an MBA from NYU Stern (Forte Fellow, Director’s Scholar) and a BA from UC Berkeley (High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa), where she led student fundraising efforts to a record-breaking $3M year, personally raising over $150K for the school.