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What the Fund?
With all of the hype around traditional VC, many founders are unaware of the many alternative forms of financing that may be available to early-stage underrepresented founders, or what types of business models are aligned for venture funding. The SoGal Foundation presents "What the Fund?!" which will help to bridge this education gap and provide insight into venture-backed startup business model, and a deep dive of how to run a crowdfunding for equity campaign. We have not one, but two fierce fireside…
Find out more »NYAI #28: AI for AI: The Next Automation Revolution w/ Ruchir Puri
Join us for what's sure to be an awesome night in AI! This month's event is focused on AI for AI: The next automation revolution w/ Ruchir Puri (CTO & Chief Architect, IBM Watson; IBM Fellow). Wine + Beer + Food + Desserts + AI + Networking = The Best Tuesday ever! ABSTRACT: Application of neural networks to a vast variety of practical applications is transforming the way AI is applied in practice. Pre-trained neural network models available through APIs or…
Find out more »Plated Tech Talk with Daniel Doubrovkine (CTO @ Artsy)
Please join us at the Plated HQ for an evening of Tech Talks featuring Daniel Doubrovkine. Daniel (aka dB.) is a seasoned entrepreneur, technologist, CTO at Artsy.net in New York, the largest online fine art marketplace and publication. Daniel graduated from University of Geneva in late 90s with a degree in Computer Science. Daniel is the creator and maintainer of many popular open-source projects and a lifetime artist. Tech Talk Subject: 33 minutes, slack bots and solving human challenges with…
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Future Hamburg Award Deadline 1/31 – Expand your Startup to Europe
FUTURE HAMBURG AWARD This new startup award provides fast track to one of Europe’s most dynamic regions The Future Hamburg Award for provides startup teams with immediate access to one of the most vibrant startup ecosystems in Europe. Innovative entrepreneurs can apply at www.future.hamburg/award/ until January 31, 2019. Hamburg (Germany) offers the perfect breeding ground for international businesses. Recently Hamburg’s startup scene was invigorated in 2018 with venture capital to the tune of €548 million. The award is aimed at innovative startup…
Find out more »Design Experimentation: a special Design Driven from FirstMark & Oscar
For the first Design Driven of 2019, Oscar and FirstMark are excited to co-host a special event on DESIGN EXPERIMENTATION. In addition to talks from incredibly accomplished speakers, we will also for the first time host semi-structured discussion groups to help you meet new peers and share ideas. IMPORTANT: note that because of space constraints, and the special nature of this event, our RSVP process will be different than usual. We ask that attendees be actively working in software design…
Find out more »Blockchain CommunityNYC: Action items for 2019
This is a workshop-based session to explore what everyone is looking for when coming to *Women in Blockchain* and to introduce existing efforts covering social change movements, female-led entrepreneurship, blockchain education and diversity solutions in corporate consulting. If you are not a Woman in Blockchain yet but a novice-wanting to be in Blockchain, please join with an idea of how we can best support you. If you are not a woman, please join and help us ideate how you can…
Find out more »Hack the Solar System at the American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is now accepting applications for the 5th annual hackathon night at the Museum; at last year’s hackathon "Hack the Deep," participants hacked in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life and slept beneath the blue whale! This year, the Museum is organizing "Hack the Solar System", with challenges relating to 3D modeling and graphics processing, data visualization, mixed reality, machine learning, and computer vision coming from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. We'll be…
Find out more »Hack the Solar System at the American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is now accepting applications for the 5th annual hackathon night at the Museum; at last year’s hackathon "Hack the Deep," participants hacked in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life and slept beneath the blue whale! This year, the Museum is organizing "Hack the Solar System", with challenges relating to 3D modeling and graphics processing, data visualization, mixed reality, machine learning, and computer vision coming from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. We'll be…
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Virginia Tech Online Master of Information Technology Information Session
The VT-MIT program offers eight optional areas of study (modules) from a variety of industries allowing a student to customize their program; examples include Security, Software Development, Big Data and Health Information Technology. Learn more about Virginia Tech's 100% online Master of Information Technology and our online IT Graduate Certificates. REGISTER NOW
Find out more »Cybersecurity & Machines
As robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, and sensors enter our workplaces, homes and lives hackers are planning ever more nefarious attacks. RobotLab will take a deep dive with the investors, innovators, and leaders of New York's planned Global Cybersecurity Center to understand the security challenges and opportunities on the horizon with John Frankel of ffVC and Guy Frankin of SOSA NY.
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