Thursday, November 21 | Times Square Tower (7 Times Sq.) | 9 AM - 5 PM

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About the event

TechDay AI Founders Day is a one-day conference for founders building AI-enabled products and services in all market verticals. AI has quickly become one of the most consequential technologies this century, and innovation in the sector is happening at the startup level. In such a crowded sector, however, finding your place and getting ahead is challenging. That is why we created TechDay AI Founders Day: to bring founders with groundbreaking AI technologies the best growth and business strategies from top investors and industry experts. Founders hear and learn from these leaders, packing their toolkits with actionable business tactics and useful market insights to help them unlock their next stage of growth. At TechDay AI Founders Day, founders also have several structured networking opportunities with their peers, allowing them to forge crucial connections to help them navigate the AI sector.


What Founders Can Expect:

  • Networking sessions that allow them to make new connections with industry peers and investors

  • Interesting talks and insightful panel discussions from top AI investors and business leaders

  • Actionable startup business strategies that they can use to meet their goals

Meet the Speakers

Ryan

ATkinson

CEO & Co-Founder, Spacebar Visuals

Chris

Brown

Ecosystem Manager, NVIDIA

AArsha

CHUGH

Global Strategy Leader, IBM

RObert

Daniels

Director, GSI, Business Development, Palo Alto Networks

Jeff

Frommer

Jeremy

Kagan

Managing Partner, Textbook Ventures

Kristine

Startup Advisor & Founder, Velocitysquad & Female Founder House

Kring

Bryan

Director, Tech:NYC Foundation

Lozano

Pete

Mathias

Partner, Alumni Ventures

Octavius

MOOre

Director of Platform, Tech:NYC

Betsy

MUlé

Investor, F-Prime Capital

Thomson

Nguyen

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Saga Ventures

Phillip

Rivers

Founder, Growthpointe.io

AVP of Emerging Technology Initiatives, NYCEDC

Shoicket

Brian

Scott

Smedresman

Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP

Charlie

Stephens

VC & Startup Ecosystem, Fidelity

Breen

Sullivan

Founder, The Fourth Effect

Emily

Zhu

Investor, New York Life Ventures

INtroducing Our AI Founders Day Pitch Fest Participants

Ryan

Eppley

Co-Founder & CEO, Seb AI

Wang

Joanna

Founder and CEO, HaveYouMet

Philip

Delvecchio

Co-Founder & CEO, Keymate AI

Kit

Mueller

Co-Founder, SkillBuilder.io

Sandra

Cai

Founder and CEO, Plurall AI

Dror

Margalit

Co-Founder and CEO, Context

Eric

Tang

Co-Founder, Livepeer

Mani

Subrahmanyam

Founder & CEO, SyenApp

Event Agenda

Doors Open

9:00 - 9:45 AM

Continental Breakfast

Networking

9:45 - 10:00 AM

Welcome Address

Delivered by Walter Charnizon, President of TechDay

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Supporting NYC AI Founders

Delivered by:

Bryan Lozano, Director of the Tech:NYC Foundation

Octavius Moore, Director of Platform at Tech:NYC

Brian Shoicket, AVP of Emerging Technology Initiatives, NYCEDC

How To Get Customers Without Being a Marketing Expert

10:30 - 11:00 AM

Delivered by Phillip Rivers, Founder of Growthpointe.io

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

How To Tell Your Story Without Writing A Word

Delivered by Ryan Atkinson, CEO and Co-founder of Spacebar Visuals

Delivered by:

Jeremy Kagan, Managing Partner at Textbook Ventures

Chris Brown, Ecosystem Manager, NVIDIA

Growing and Scaling Your AI Startup With NVIDIA: A Fireside Chat

11:00 - 11:30 AM

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch/Networking

1:00 - 1:30 PM

Anatomy of a Financing for AI Startups

Delivered by Scott Smedresman, Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP

1:30 - 2:30 PM

AI Founder Pitch Fest with Alumni Ventures

Moderated by Pete Mathias, Partner at Alumni Ventures

Participating startups:

Context, HaveYouMet, KeyMate.AI, Livepeer, Plurall AI, Seb AI, Skillbuilder.io, Syen App

How to Make Your Startup Stand Out: Pitching to F500 Enterprises

2:30 - 3:00 PM

Delivered by:

Aarsha Chugh, Global Corporate Strategist & Leader, IBM

Robert Daniels, Director of GSI Business Development, Palo Alto Networks

3:00 - 3:30 PM

Harness the Power of Advisory & Governing Boards for AI Startups

Delivered by:

Jeff Frommer

Kristine Kring, Startup Advisor & Founder, Velocitysquad & Female Founder House

Breen Sullivan, Founder, The Fourth Effect

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Navigating AI Funding in 2025 VC Panel

Led by:

Betsy Mulé, Investor at F-Prime Capital

Thomson Nguyen, Partner at Saga Ventures

Emily Zhu, Investor at New York Life Insurance Company

​Moderated by Charlie Stephens, Startup & VC Ecosystem at Fidelity

4:30 - 5:30 PM

Happy Hour

Location TBA

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