Workshops, talks, and gatherings to get you out into New York.
Build Club will bring together developers and AI enthusiasts for casual coworking, live building, pair debugging, demos, and practical feedback, with discussions focused on AI and DataRobot. Beginners and experienced builders alike will connect, and limited DataRobot and AI credits will be available.
Explore eventLegal Engineers NYC will tackle real client AI requirements, with legal professionals and engineers building practical governance policies, workflows, and proof of compliance, plus demos of tools such as ICME Labs’ PreFlight. The session will map what clients are asking law firms to do, which approaches work, and where key gaps remain.
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 eventThe conference’s closing happy hour will bring AI Engineer speakers and leaders from model labs and AI-native startups together for discussion on inference, compute economics, and scaling AI in production. Hosts Parasail, an inference cloud for AI-native startups; d-Matrix, an accelerated-computing pioneer; and You.com, an AI search infrastructure leader, will anchor the conversation.
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 eventData and AI executives, including Heads of Data, CDOs, and data platform leaders, will discuss where AI delivers real ROI, adoption challenges, and why trusted data context is key to production-ready agents. The invite-only dinner will feature candid peer conversation on the opportunities and risks shaping AI in data organizations.
Explore eventMajor League Hacking and DigitalOcean will host an IBM-hosted happy hour for AI Engineer NYC attendees, with industry leaders sharing insights on DigitalOcean’s work in AI engineering. The event will offer food, drinks, and time for AI professionals to exchange ideas and build connections.
Explore eventStrategist and foresight practitioner Sabeen Sidiqui will lead a strategic scenario-mapping exploration of plausible long-term AI futures, surfacing assumptions and showing how today’s choices could shape what comes next. The third event in the AI and the Future series will build on an AI 2040 reading group and a discussion with superforecaster Jonathan Mann.
Explore eventThe AI Collective and Avahi will bring together a small group of founders and operators for a focused roundtable on AI. Attendees will share perspectives as builders and business leaders in the AI space.
Explore eventTailscale, which provides identity-first connectivity, and Speakeasy, an AI control plane for governing agent access, will host a relaxed happy hour for candid conversations about privacy in AI. Expect cocktails, bites, and no presentations.
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 eventThe event will explore how AI will shape the future of education, from teaching practices to the student learning experience.
Explore eventFounders will explore how AI is reshaping business and how they can adapt and excel, with time to connect and network.
Explore eventBook lovers will explore how AI can be made safer for everyone. It will bring together a shared passion for reading and curiosity about responsible AI.
Explore eventMana will host a private happy hour for AI-focused investors and operators to explore whether self-improving AI could power the first single-person, $10B hedge funds. Attendance will be limited and subject to approval, with participants drawn from people building in AI or currently working at large funds.
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.
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