Pre-Seed + Seed Founders & Investors Mixer & Panel: Hosted by NYC B2B x Inkle x The Yard

​The NYC startup scene is booming! NYC B2B and Inkle are excited to curate a panel on 'The AI-Startup Playbook' & a night of networking with early stage founders and investors.

​Join Ajay Sohmshetty, Co-Founder at Notika AI & Harmonic, Kia Khezeli, Founder at Yrikka AI & Julian Roeoes, Partner at Picus Capital for a panel AI Startup Playbook: Beating OpenAI & Scaling in 2025! Some discussion points are:

• ​Industries where OpenAI will win vs where Founders have a moat

• ​Structuring and scaling with AI from day 0

• ​Building lean, AI-Powered teams for modern startups

• ​The State of early-stage fundraising: trends, challenges, and opportunities

​It’s a great way to meet other founders, builders, and investors. Whether you’re building a company, exploring a side project, or considering a new idea, we would love to have you here.

​Agenda:
6:00pm-6:30pm: Introduction & Networking
6:30pm-7:30pm: Panel Discussion + Q&A
7:30pm-8:00pm: Networking & food

​Looking forward to catching up over pizza, beer & seltzers!

​About the hosts:

​NYC B2B is the premier community for B2B Founders, Operators, and Investors. NYC B2B often hosts happy hour events for founders to network with New York's finest. Manan from NYC B2B is known for curated events specifically for early stage founders + operators.

Inkle is an accounting and tax SaaS platform designed to help founders manage their compliance from inception. It provides software & services for automating state and federal filings, and AI-powered bookkeeping. Inkle is currently trusted by over 6% of YC companies and hundreds of startups globally. Get upto $1000 off on your bookkeeping & tax here.

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