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[Dotan @PianoAround]

🎉NYC IS BUZZING THIS WEEK🎉

NY Tech week
Tribeca film Festival
Knicks NBA Finals
Prada Mode at the Chelsea Hotel
World Cup at MetLife
The Tony awards
Yankees vs Red Sox

There has never been a better time to be in this city. Go outside.

[Tim Devane @tdevane]

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Emily Fontaine is an industry leader who knows how to turn vision into action

In our latest #VCSpotlight, we caught up with Emily to discuss her career, the corporate venture capital industry, the NYC tech scene, and much more.

Meet Emily: https://t.co/Bu4bql04Zr

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

We’re just a little under two weeks out from New York @Techweek_ — the largest decentralized conference in tech, bringing together the top founders, funds, and companies around the globe.

From June 1-7, New York will play host to 1,500+ (!!!) events celebrating the tech ecosystem across the city. 🗽

To help you plan your own itinerary, we combed through each event to assemble the Tech:NYC Guide to New York Tech Week. 📑

Get the guide in list form here: https://t.co/91xajpue1p

And in grid view here: https://t.co/guGOmnRuA8

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

The lineup is officially set for the next NYC AI Demos from @TechNYC, @runpensar, and @TwoTreesNY !

With NY Design Week as our backdrop, join us next Thurs, May 21 as we spotlight design companies with live demos from @figma, @airHQ, @browsercompany, @getcartwheel, and @floraai.

Register ➡️ https://t.co/rXI4OIUCut

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🌟 Congrats to the April 2026 Series A cohort 🌟

Joyful Health
@ZenskarHQ
@usemonk
@amperoshealth
Fathom Therapeutics
Manifest OS
@Cybord_AI
@clarasight_
@Blockworks
@photonhealth

https://t.co/oNZapq5kFD

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In April 2026, 21 NYC-based companies raised over $600 million in Series A funding. 🚀

Tech:NYC has the full breakdown on the cohort including total funding amounts across all rounds and what this means for the NYC start-up ecosystem.

🔗https://t.co/oNZapq5kFD

[Obviously NYC @obviously_nyc]

🌟 Congrats to the April 2026 Series A cohort 🌟

@openfx_
Yuzu Health
Natter
Mosaic
Modus
@sellwithnas
Ilant Heath
Haast
Decision Science Advisors
Auctor
Artemis

https://t.co/oNZapq5kFD

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Scott Birnbaum, founder at @RedSeaVentures, knows what it takes to build something real.

In our latest #VCSpotlight, we caught up with Scott to discuss his career, the consumer tech sector, the top resources he recommends for founders: https://t.co/TitvnZTkjM

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

New York Fintech Week kicks off today, and it arrives at a moment when the city’s fintech ecosystem is looking a lot like core economic infrastructure.

👉 New York fintech companies raised more than $7.8 billion across 372 VC deals in 2025, following $7.2 billion across 401 deals in 2024, according to @PitchBook data. And the sector has already logged more than $5.2 billion across 113 deals this year alone.

As fintech founders, investors, and operators gather across the city this week, we caught up with four builders shaping the future of finance to find out where the sector goes next.

For this edition of Companies to Watch, meet:
🗽 @nmgav, founder, @Aboon4Business
🗽 @fridaleibo, founder, @DebbieRewards
🗽 @fintechaaron, founder, @Rhythmic_io
🗽 @SamBroner, founder, @bettermoney_co

More ➡️ https://t.co/EMEi5IIPzd

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“I want to make it here!” 🗽

@anitakirkovska, Head of Growth at @vellum_ai spoke with us about why she moved to NYC and what it means to live and build in the greatest city in the world.

[Eric Glyman @eglyman]

Wandering through the office this week, I keep catching engineers and sales reps asking each other what "Cloh-d" thinks. A few of them have really committed to the accent.

None of them know Claude Shannon lived at 51 W 11th, walked to Bell Labs on West Street every night in the 1940s, and wrote the paper every AI on earth runs on — a few blocks from where they're standing.

Claude's a New Yorker. Someone should tell them. I'm gonna tell them.

[Obviously NYC @obviously_nyc]

AI Demos is back for April!

Join us on Thursday, April 23 in NYC for live demos from:

⭐️ @Justworks
⭐️ @Clay
⭐️ @Cognition
⭐️ @normativeai
⭐️ @WindmillDev
⭐️ North

RSVP here: https://t.co/nKbiZ8LOVy

#NYCAIDemos

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New Yorkers work hard and play hard ⛹️‍♀️

Jenny Wen, Head of Design at @claudeai spoke with us about why she choose New York and the NYC-based company she thinks we should all know about.

[Tech:NYC @TechNYC]

The lineup is officially set for the next NYC AI Demos from @TechNYC, @runpensar, and @TwoTreesNY!

Join us at The Refinery at Domino on April 23 as we spotlight the AI startup stack with demos from @justworks, @cognition, @normativeai, @clay, @trywindmill, and https://t.co/oHH6bX1Y1J

Smash that registration button ➡️ https://t.co/0wG7NSLrXH

[Variety @Variety]

New York’s Bryant Park Announces 2026 Free Summer Concert Schedule https://t.co/lMXIDIcpqx

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If you’re in SF today and want to chat about NYC, startups, tech, AI or just want a coffee, swing by the @obviously_nyc bodega at HumanX! Also HMU if you want to hang.

[Obviously NYC @obviously_nyc]

Yes, we built an NYC bodega in SF! And yes, there’s even a bodega cat.

We’re serving up hot coffee and fresh NYC startups all week at #HumanX2026 Stop by booth #131 to say hi! 👋🗽

#ObviouslyNYC @NYCEDC

[Anna Li Sian @annalisian]

Also here’s a preview of the bodega I worked on for @TechNYC @obviously_nyc’s very human HumanX booth!! Come say hi to me and have a coffee!

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Obviously NYC has landed in SF! 🍎

Check us out all week at @HumanXCo conference, we'll be serving up the freshest ideas and news from the Big Apple in booth #131.

#ObviouslyNYC