About us
Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs globally.
The cornerstone of our global community are monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies.
Founded in Silicon Valley, Startup Grind has helped millions of entrepreneurs build their businesses, connect with strategic partners, and secure funding.
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Upcoming events
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The Startup Pitch: Demo Showcase
The Yard: Herald Square, 106 West 32nd Street, New York, NY, US🚨 CLICK HERE to RSVP 👈
It's time to go beyond the deck and see the best live tech from New York's emerging startups.
Welcome to a pitch event with a twist. We skip the fluff and focus on what matters: a live look at real products.
This pitch & demo showcase gives you a first look at new technology from startups that are actively building and shipping product — sometimes even before VCs have seen them!
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The format is fast-paced and interactive. After each demo, the floor is open for questions, ideas, and honest feedback from the community.
We welcome investors who want an unfiltered look at new technology and early-stage teams.- 📅 Date: Wednesday, Oct 21st
- 🕓 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
- 📍 Venue: The Yard: Herald Square
- 🎫 Tickets: Only $5 (includes happy hour refreshments)
- 📑 Founders: Sign up here to apply to pitch at an upcoming event
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Startups ready to demo a real product and get honest feedback
- Engineers, PMs, and designers who love seeing new tech in action
- Investors looking for a ground-floor, early look at local startups
- Anyone in the NYC tech scene who wants to connect with and support the people building things
AGENDA
- 5:30 PM: Doors Open & Networking
- 6:00 PM: Startup Pitches & Demos with Audience Q&A
- 7:00 PM: Meet the Presenting Startups
PITCH FORMAT
- Pitch & Demo - 6 minutes
- Audience Q&A - 4 minutes
- Pitch deck AND product demo are required
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2 attendees
The Future of AI Infrastructure
535 5th Avenue, 535 5th Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA, New York, NY, USLet’s talk about what’s coming in the world of AI infra.
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Anthony Erondu is a Principal Consultant focused on AI infrastructure, GPU compute and Physical AI. He partners with high growth companies across the space to build product and engineering teams, placing talent from VP level leaders through senior ICs across some of the most critical areas of the AI stack.
Akaanksha Sinha is an award-winning trailblazer in AI, cybersecurity & governance architecture. Over a decade in the enterprise stack. She founded AKAVAM, a governance-through-architecture company for enterprise AI. Its platform, AEVO, combines infrastructure as code, policy as code & compliance as code into deterministic execution, turning organizational context into operating capability. Ex-IBM, Deloitte, CUNY
Srinivas Venkatanarayanan is a Senior Systems Research Engineer in Nvidia, Working in Cosmos Search. He specializes in multimodal reasoning, search and Curation for Post-training Vision Language Action Models. He works in Autonomous Vehicle and Robotics domain.
Joshua Ness is a Senior AI Advisor & Consultant based in New York City. He spent 6 years at Verizon 5G Labs where he advised on enterprise adoption of 5G and edge computing technologies for clients, including the NFL, Disney, and MasterCard. He currently advises PE-backed global technology firms on AI implemention and organizational structure, including tech infrastructure modernization and regulatory compliance. Joshua holds a Fulbright Specialist appointment through which he works with the government of the Philippines on national AI readiness programs. He holds certifications from AWS, IBM, and IEEE in applied AI and cloud infrastructure.
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2 attendees
Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind
Time Out Market Union Square, 124 East 14th Street, New York, NY, USThis is the monthly Startup Grind tech mixer. It's a low-key way to connect with the NYC tech and startup community to discover shared interests, explore areas for collaboration, and find your next co-founder or key hire.
Join us for a casual happy hour to build real relationships and make friends, not just contacts. No pitches. No presentations. No agenda.
This happy hour is for:
- Startup Founders & Employees
- Technologists, Developers & Tech Workers
- Product Managers & Designers
- Investors, VCs, Advisors & Mentors
- Anyone curious about the NYC tech scene
Agenda:- 5:00 PM: Happy Hour starts. Come and go as you please.
We're at the new Time Out Market at Union Square. It features a selection of the city's best food and drink together under one roof, offering a wide variety of options to choose from throughout the event.Look for Startup Grind table signs toward the back near the outdoor terrace.
23 attendees
Prototyping in Public: Where Art and Science Get Tested on the Gallery Floor
The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Pk S, New York, NY 10003, USA, New York, NY, USWhat if a museum ran like a lab, with the experiment still in progress?
Ann Neumann is Director of Galleries and Exhibitions at the MIT Museum. Her question for the evening: can a museum serve as infrastructure for public experimentation, a place where visitors take part in the work rather than just walk through it?
If you build products, run pilots, or spend your days deciding what's ready to put in front of real people, this is a look at how one of the best-known science museums handles prototyping in public.
In collaboration with the National Arts Club and its Art and Technology Committee, Ann will walk through the interactive projects she's shepherded at the MIT Museum. Each one works as a prototype for engaging the public with technologies like CRISPR, machine learning, and sensory neuroscience.
Reserve your spot and arrive early. Space is limited.
Founded in 1898, the National Arts Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to stimulate, foster, and promote public interest in the arts and to educate the American people in the fine arts.
Annually, the Club offers more than 150 free programs—both in-person and virtually—to the public, including exhibitions, theatrical and musical performances, lectures, and readings, attracting an audience of over 30,000 in-person visitors and thousands more online.
1 attendee
Past events
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