Workshops, talks, and gatherings to get you out into New York.
AI Engineer NYC will gather top AI engineers, CTOs, VPs of AI, and founders for a three-day deep dive into advanced technical sessions, hands-on workshops, and valuable networking opportunities focused on the future of intelligent systems.
Explore eventDevelopers testing AI’s limits will swap practical insights on connecting agents and people on existing devices without relying entirely on the cloud, with demos and hands-on hacking. The Zed, n0, and WorkOS happy hour will bring the community together for informal conversations, food, and drinks.
Explore eventFireworks and Profound will host an informal AI engineering meetup featuring open office hours, peer networking, and hands-on help with training, evaluations, agents, and deployment. AI engineers and tech leads will connect with the Fireworks team, founded by the creators of PyTorch, and can work through real projects or fine-tune and deploy a model.
Explore eventLeading AI engineers, researchers, and founders will hold focused Socratic discussions on evaluation-aware models, coding agents, orchestrators, and current research, followed by technical presentations on dev environments, AI tools, and open-source projects. The selective gathering will feature high-signal conversation among frontier AI professionals and experienced builders.
Explore eventTop-tier AI engineers, researchers, and founders will explore frontier models, coding agents, orchestrators, research, and whether models recognize when they’re being evaluated through focused Socratic discussion and technical presentations. The highly selective gathering will also spotlight developer environments, AI tools, and open-source orchestrators.
Explore eventSF Compute and Jump Trading will host an evening of conversation on AI infrastructure, quant finance, and the growing role of GPUs in capital markets, with cocktails and food after the AI Engineer New York Conference. Attendees will meet SF Compute, which builds flexible compute markets, and researchers and infrastructure experts from global trading firm Jump Trading.
Explore eventNY-MLR’s monthly colloquium will explore how reasoning in language models has evolved from chain-of-thought prompting to agent swarms, followed by an in-depth discussion and Q&A. Speaker Zayne Sprague, an NYU Courant NLP PhD researcher at Google, will draw on research recognized at ICLR and seven years of software industry experience.
Explore eventPEN Ventures will host an informal evening connecting Korean AI founders exploring the U.S. market with investors, technology leaders, operators, and potential customers and partners. With no pitches or panels, the focus will be on candid conversations and new business connections.
Explore eventThis interactive conversation will examine whether generative AI challenges creativity as a uniquely human trait, drawing on philosophical thought experiments and the history of creativity and technology. Facilitator Emma Stamm, PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies and Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Lenox Institute for Advanced Study, will guide an open exchange among creatives, researchers, builders, and curious thinkers.
Explore eventOpen by Design NYC will explore how teams move open models into production, from evaluating and migrating workloads to post-training, fine-tuning, and customization. The fireside conversation will feature Hassan El Mghari, Together AI’s Head of Developer Experience; Zach Wentz, Reflection AI Member of Technical Staff in RL; and Miriam Lebowitz of NVIDIA Developer Relations.
Explore eventFounders will explore how AI is reshaping business and how they can adapt and excel, with time to connect and network.
Explore eventA&O Shearman and La French Tech New York will host a panel on evolving EU and U.S. AI regulation and its implications for M&A and commercial transactions, including privacy, IP, and practical deal considerations. Speakers will include A&O Shearman Privacy & AI partners Laurie-Anne Ancenys and Keren Livneh, alongside Harvey’s Head of Product, IP, Privacy and AI Legal, Anita Gorney.
Explore eventAI // UNBOUND will spotlight a curated group of Korean AI startups through live pitches, U.S. fundraising insights, and perspectives from investors, technology leaders, and market-access experts. In collaboration with NYU Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and partners including NYCEDC, QUAY Accelerator, and regional economic development organizations, the event will connect founders with potential investors, customers, talent, and U.S. market partners.
Explore eventThree Latino founders will share hard-won lessons, false starts, and tough decisions from building across Latin America and the U.S. Hosted by Christopher Martinez, Founder & CEO of Ziora Copilot and chapter leader for AI Tinkerers, Health2Tech, and Ugly Talk, the application-only conversation will explore cross-border markets, teams, and customers.
Explore eventAI engineers will explore the next frontier of predictive AI agents, sharing what they’re building and where they’re stuck. Talks will feature Prior Labs’ TabPFN foundation model for structured data and insights from Mistral, a builder of frontier AI models and products.
Explore eventSecurity engineers and leaders actually running AI agents in production will dig into the real problems—what broke, who has the kill switch, and how to prove what your agent actually did—through no-nonsense roundtable discussion during BSidesNYC week.
Explore eventDesigners from Notion, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceXAI will share candid insights into their tools, evolving workflows, collaboration, and how ideas become products, followed by a live Q&A and informal networking. The panel will feature Product Designer Laura Sandoval, Design Engineer Dennis Jin, Design Staff Kathy Zhou, and Product Designer John Bai.
Explore eventPioneering Minds AI will host an interactive workshop exploring how AI is reshaping product management, from research and prototyping to the growing importance of judgment, communication, and choosing what to build. Experienced PMs and AI-native practitioners will share perspectives for students and early-career professionals, with a preview of hackathon tracks and guidance on designing strong AI workflows.
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