AI & Tech Networking Event by Ascent Valley

**Bring your next product question to the table**

Meet engineers, AI builders, founders and operators at Ascent Valley’s AI & Tech evening in New York. Talk about what you’re building and meet people you could work with. Locals and visitors are equally welcome.

Bring a product idea or a challenge from your work: choosing the right tools, improving an AI feature or finding a useful way to automate a process. Compare approaches with other guests and share what you’ve tried.

Join small-group discussions before the company pitches. During open networking, get to know the people whose work interests you and explore where you could help each other.

**Who you’ll meet**

• AI and tech founders & entrepreneurs building products or bringing AI into an existing business.
• Engineers & builders including developers, ML and data specialists, and designers turning ideas into working products.
• Product & business operators working on customer needs, growth and the practical use of technology in a business.
• Investors interested in technology businesses and the people building them.

**Why This Event Is Different**

Compare how people approach both the technology and the business behind a product. Ask why someone chose a tool, how they test it and what users actually need. These conversations help you understand how others work and whether there’s a reason to collaborate. Keep in touch through Ascent Valley after the evening.

**What to Expect**

• Practical AI: compare use cases, tool choices and ways to assess quality, cost and reliability.
• Product decisions: discuss customer problems, prototypes and what makes a product useful.
• People to build with: meet engineers, founders and operators, share what you can contribute and explore working together.

Company pitches: hear representatives explain what they’re building, ask questions and continue the conversation afterwards.

Want to Pitch?

Present your company, walk guests through your pitch deck and take questions from the room. Company representatives can apply through our website; our team reviews applications and confirms speaking slots in advance.

Your application creates a public company profile in our Startup Directory. After the event, your company’s details enter our private company database for investor matching. With your consent, your company can also be featured in our Weekly Founder Digest. Our team arranges introductions when both sides want to connect.

Apply to pitch

**For Investors**

Meet company representatives and discuss the product, its users and the team behind it. Verified investors can receive our Weekly Founder Digest, matched to their investment focus, and request introductions through our team when both sides want to connect.

Investor Pass is a paid ticket reserved for active investors and representatives of investment firms. Our team reviews investor eligibility. If you are attending in another role, please choose a general admission ticket.

Investor verification and weekly digest

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