Tech Inspired with Catherine Kosten

Tech wasn’t on her radar - until she discovered how it connects with the things she already loved.

Catherine Kosten started out painting, drawing and sculpting, not coding algorithms. Now? She’s Head of AI at a Zurich-based law firm, helping legal teams understand and integrate powerful tools like large language models - safely and smartly. 🎯

In this episode of Tech Inspired, Priska sits down with Catherine as she unpacks her fascinating pivot from the fine arts to AI, from language studies to machine learning, and how she turned self-doubt into a PhD and a leadership role in one of the most conservative industries around.

🔍 What you’ll love in this episode:

• What it’s really like going from zero coding experience to leading AI strategy (while learning in a second language).
• How Catherine found the intersection between language and tech - and built a career around it.
• The bold question that unlocked her first tech job (Hint: you can ask it too).
• Why law is the next frontier for generative AI - and how her role bridges legal expertise and deep tech.
• What it takes to survive (and thrive) in a PhD program, and why crying over broken code is sometimes just part of the process.
• The one piece of career advice she swears by - especially for women breaking into tech. 💡

This one’s for the career-changers, the self-taught coders, the curious creatives - and anyone who’s ever wondered if it’s too late to start over. (Spoiler: it’s not.)

🎧 Tune in now and get inspired by Catherine’s story of reinvention, resilience, and rewriting what a tech career can look like.

👉 Want to connect with Catherine and learn more about her work? Find her on LinkedIn.