​Join us for a special Otis Happy Hour event featuring art by Jordan Barker and Ben Katz, two incredible artists. This will be a great opportunity to connect with Miguel & Clarence the founders of Otis, network with other founders and investors, and enjoy some delicious drinks! The event is hosted at a West Chelsea art gallery only two blocks away from New York Tech Day at the Javits Center.

​​About the Hosts

​Otis AI helps startups significantly improve their product channel fit and scale from Pre-Seed to Seed and Seed to Series A. Existing digital ad solutions are complicated and time consuming, and often ineffective for startups who do it on their own. Agencies charge commissions and minimums that are unaffordable for companies with limited resources.

Otis solves this by providing the only affordable, easy-to-leverage platform and support necessary for startups to thrive during their paid digital journey. Our digital ad and media buying system in a box

• ​Seamlessly creates and manages all advertising assets across FB, IG, Google and TikTok

• ​Connects with all your business data to drive precise targeting and optimization

• ​Uses your images and text across all platforms to automatically create campaigns for you

• ​Improves campaign results over time with dynamic bid and budget adjustments across channels, audiences and creatives

• ​Tells you exactly how each campaign is going – in real time

​Jordan Barker is an entrepreneur and self-taught mixed media artist. Initially inspired by found objects, his first piece was a coffee table that was created from a wooden palate found in the streets of New York. And, while the palate was interesting enough to catch his eye as a ready-made, Jordan was inspired by its potential, so he transformed it into something that was not only beautiful but also functional. Thus began Jordan’s journey as an artist fueled by the process of creating something from nothing.

​It was during Covid when we were forced into isolation, that Jordan realized how important touch is to the human connection. By layering different materials and mediums on canvases, Jordan began what is now an extensive body of large-scale abstract expressionist-style pieces. He was inspired to create art as a way to reintroduce these textures and sensations back into his life, which provided him with a sense of presence and calm amidst what felt like quiet chaos. Each piece of art is a practice of mindfulness that Jordan couldn’t achieve in any other way during this long period of isolation.

​Jordan has since created what is now an impressive body of work, with pieces already incorporated into a number of private collections around New York City. Jordan has shown his work with the Durst Organization, Chashama, and was a featured speaker with UN76 in which he spoke about how “Artists and Designers Impact Change”. Jordan also has a passion for giving back and has invested in and advised several startups with social missions he currently is on the Advisory Counsel for the Citizen’s Committee for New York City.