What we’re about
NYC has countless tech meet-ups and events, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products, be it a cold fusion engine or a bionic fork. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware start-up eco-system, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in the Big Apple.
We're always looking for community partners, if you'd like to get involved (speaker, space, sponsor) please fill out this form!
Upcoming events (2)
See all- 3rd Annual Hardware Holiday Party @ NewlabNewlab, Brooklyn, NY
We're back at Newlab with informal for our annual Hardware Holiday Party! This year we're also partnering with the NY Robotics Network to put this event on.
As is our holiday tradition, we'll have good beer, nice wines, delicious food, and a live jazz band playing holiday classics. Attire is informal and holiday sweaters are highly encouraged. Bonus points if yours lights up or has interactive elements.
The schedule for the evening:
6:30pm: Arrive, mix, mingle
7:30pm: A few words from our hosts and sponsors.
9:30pm: After partyThis is a free event, but holiday parties aren't cheap to organize. Donations are appreciated!
Thank you to our partners
informal is a freelance collective for the best independent professionals in hardware. Whether a client is looking for a single contractor, a full time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market, informal has the right collection of people for the job. Learn moreNewlab is a center of invention mobilizing people, capital, and intelligence to solve systemic challenges in energy, mobility, and materials. Newlab acts as a facilitator, connector, and translator for its community of innovators and experts helping to build, test, and scale world-changing ideas through its platforms, infrastructure, and structured collaboration.
NY Robotics Network is a developing robotics cluster, fostering robotics and automation in New York City and the Tri-State region. NYRN works to educate the public, — and the world — on the activity and impact of robotics in the region, supports economic development and research in the field of robotics, encourages the development of local talent, and helps to incubate and grow local startups and businesses. They welcome members of robotics and robotics adjacent companies, startups, academics, university students and everyone interested in working with and learning more about robotics.
- Hardware House Party @ CES *First All City Meetup!*Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV
Join our first ALL CITY Hardware Meetup @ CES in Las Vegas on Jan 10th!
CES is the one event each year where everyone who is anyone in the hardware industry is in the same place at once, so we're throwing a party for all 20,000+ members of the Hardware Meetup community.
We've rented out an entire suite in Caesars Palace to bring together everyone with hardware demos, food, and drinks.
This is the first time all 28+ cities are invited to meet in one place. You don't want to miss it!Thank you to our Headline Sponsor Kickstarter!
- Kickstarter helps creative projects come to life. Backers have pledged over $6B to projects on our platform, helping artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators make their ideas a reality.
Thank you to our supporters:
- informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job. Learn more.
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