TechDay AI Founders Day
🤖 We invite you to join the first-ever TechDay AI Founders Day!
The TechDay AI Founders Day is a one-day in-person conference program for the best and brightest startup founders building AI-enabled products/services in all market verticals.
Date: Thursday, November 21
Location: The offices of Brown Rudnick,
Times Square Tower (7 Times Square NYC)
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Sponsored by: Fidelity Private Shares, Anchin, Brown Rudnick, Ontario Trade & Investment Office, Spacebar Visuals
In partnership with: New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), cela, NY Tech Alliance, Textbook Ventures, WEVE Acceleration
Join an exclusive group of 100 startup founders in AI for a day of high-impact networking and learning how to accelerate your growth with strategies backed by industry leaders.
Conference content is shaped by VCs and leading experts in the AI sector.
Event Agenda
9:00 AM — Doors Open
Continental Breakfast and Networking
9:45 AM — Welcome address
Delivered by Walter Charnizon, President of TechDay
10:00 - 10:30 AM — "Supporting NYC AI Founders"
Delivered by:
Bryan Lozano, Director, The Tech:NYC Foundation
Octavius Moore, Director of Platform at Tech:NYC
Brian Shoicket, AVP of Emerging Technology Initiatives, NYCEDC
10:30 - 11:00 AM — "How To Get Customers Without Being a Marketing Expert"
Delivered by Phillip Rivers, Founder of Growthpointe. io
11:00 - 11:30 AM — "How to Tell Your Story Without Writing A Word"
Delivered by Ryan Atkinson, CEO and Co-founder, Spacebar Visuals
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM — "Growing and Scaling Your AI Startup With NVIDIA: A Fireside Chat"
Delivered by:
Jeremy Kagan, Managing Partner, Textbook Ventures
Chris Brown, Ecosystem Manager, NVIDIA
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 Founders Day Pitch Fest with Alumni Ventures"
Moderated by Pete Mathias, Partner, Alumni Ventures
Participating startups: Context, HaveYouMet, KeyMate.AI, Livepeer, Plurall AI, Seb AI, Skillbuilder.io, Syen App
2:30 - 3:00 PM — "How to Make Your Startup Stand Out: Pitching to F500 Enterprises"
Delivered by:
Aarsha Chugh, Global Corporate Strategist & Leader, IBM
Robert Daniels, Director of GSI Business Development, Palo Alto Networks
Moderated by Walter Charnizon, President of TechDay
3:00 - 3:30 PM — "Harness the Power of Advisory & Governing Boards for AI Startups"
Delivered by:
Jeff Frommer, CEO, Frommer Investment Group
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"
Betsy Mulé, Investor, F-Prime Capital
Thomson Nguyen, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Saga Ventures
Emily Zhu, Investor, New York Life Ventures
Moderated by Charlie Stephens, Startup & VC Ecosystem,Fidelity
Speakers
Ryan Atkinson, CEO & Co-Founder, Spacebar Visuals
Talk — "How to Tell Your Story Without Writing A Word"
Chris Brown, Ecosystem Manager, NVIDIA
Fireside Chat — "Growing and Scaling Your AI Startup With NVIDIA: A Fireside Chat"
Aarsha Chugh, Global Strategy Leader, IBM
Talk — "How to Make Your Startup Stand Out: Pitching to F500 Enterprises"
Robert Daniels, Director, GSI, Biz Dev, Palo Alto Networks
Talk — "What Should Startups Should Know About Working With Larger Companies"
Jeff Frommer
Talk — "Harness the Power of Advisory & Governing Boards for AI Startups"
Jeremy Kagan, Managing Director Textbook Ventures, Professor, Columbia, Cornell and NYU Universities
Fireside Chat — "Growing and Scaling Your AI Startup With NVIDIA: A Fireside Chat"
Kristine Kring, Startup Advisor & Founder of Velocitysquad & Female Founder House
Talk — "Harness the Power of Advisory & Governing Boards for AI Startups"
Bryan Lozano, Director, The Tech:NYC Foundation
Talk — "Supporting NYC AI Founders"
Pete Mathias, Partner at Alumni Ventures
VC moderator — "AI Founders Day Pitch Fest with Alumni Ventures"
Octavius Moore, Director of Platform, Tech:NYC
Talk — "Supporting NYC AI Founders"
Betsy Mulé, Investor, F-Prime Capital
VC panelist
Thomson Nguyen, Partner, Saga Ventures
VC panelist
Phillip Rivers, Founder, Growthpointe.io
Talk — "How To Market Your AI Startup More Effectively"
Brian Shoicket, AVP of Emerging Technology Initiatives, NYCEDC
Talk — "Supporting NYC AI Founders"
Scott Smedresman, Partner, Co-Chair Global Technology Group, Brown Rudnick
Talk — "Anatomy of a Financing for AI Startups"
Breen Sullivan, Founder, The Fourth Effect
Talk — "Harness the Power of Advisory & Governing Boards for AI Startups"
Emily Zhu, Investor, New York Life Ventures
VC panelist
After this event, founders and co-founders will have…
🤝 A robust network of fellow founders and investors in the AI space
🛠️ Valuable strategies and solutions for building products from concept to market-ready creation
💡 A deep understanding of the AI sector, with a focus on how to stand out and secure funding in this hot space and effectively manage an AI startup team
This intimate event is a full day of educational programming and networking opportunities for startup founders, operators, product and service providers and investors in the AI sector.
To ensure quality, admission is by approval only.
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