Education & Technology

**RSVP on the [343 Labs website](https://www.343labs.com/events/nyc-ableton-user-group-10/) to reserve your seat!** We are excited to bring you the next in-person NYC Ableton User Group meetup! As always, the meetup is open to producers, songwriters, DJs, and musicians of all types and proficiency levels looking to exchange ideas, network, meet like-minded producers, and learn new tips and tricks from our presenters and fellow participants. In this special topic Ableton User Group, we'll look at drum programming in Live 12 from a beginner perspective. We'll discuss the difference between making your drums with audio samples and MIDI, when to use Session view vs. Arrangement view, and how drum programming looks different for different genres. During the event, you will also have the opportunity to see the 343 Labs facilities, meet some of their instructors, and learn about their courses. **This month’s Ableton User Group will be hosted by John Selway.** John Selway is one of 343’s longest-standing instructors and is considered a pillar of the 343 community, known for his wildly popular Techno Saturdays stream on 343 TV. He is considered a techno trailblazer of his time, with a career that started in his hometown, NYC, in the 90s. He is known for his contributions to the early productions of Deep Dish, his first success as part of the seminal New York underground duo Disintegrator, his long-running collaboration with Christian Smith, and his many releases on Serotonin records. **Links:** [Website](https://www.selwaymusic.net/)

We'll be meeting at Planet Rose again! February is Black History Month, so be prepared to sing songs by your favorite Black singers and songwriters!

Admission to the museum is free. This exhibition will be on display from February 19 until April 19, 2026. If you cannot attend the opening, please stop in and see the show at your convenience. Call ahead for hours. This exhibition is a comprehensive exploration of the symbiotic relationship between the world of fashion and fine art. Featuring more than 140 objects, including garments, accessories, textiles, photographs, and original artworks drawn from MFIT's permanent collection, *Art X Fashion* challenges the traditional hierarchies of visual culture, presenting fashion and art each as parallel, potent expressions of social, intellectual, and creative forces. Curated by Dr. Elizabeth Way, curator of costume and accessories at MFIT, the exhibition reflects MFIT's mission to advance the understanding and appreciation of fashion's critical role in culture. The core of *Art X Fashion* lies in its profound engagement with the eternal question: "Is fashion art?" The exhibition explores the ways that fashion has always been a partner, not a follower, of fine art, highlighting typically overlooked integrations throughout history. This includes examples of how the two disciplines have worked together to create European styles, from the drama of Rococo and Neoclassical grandeur to the unsettling world of Surrealism, to the shock of Pop Art and postmodernism. **Share your excitement using #ArtXFashionMFIT** **Go to https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/exhibitions/art-fashion/index.php for more information.**

The Bergen Makerspace will be open Wednesday 2/18 from 5-8 pm. Our location is in building on the other end of the Bergen County Academies campus at 284 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack NJ. Drop in to say hello and reconnect, or bring a show and tell, or a project to work on, or just to see the space and hang out. 16 years of age to enter. Website: [https://bergenmakerspace.bergen.org](https://bergenmakerspace.bergen.org/)

Join us for the February edition of the New York AI Engineers Tech Talk, a monthly gathering focused exclusively on AI engineering. Whether you’re a seasoned machine learning engineer or a fullstack dev curious about how to work with LLMs, this is your space to dive deep into real-world projects, technical challenges, and creative solutions. **What to Expect:** Each month, we invite AI engineers to share something they’ve built, the challenges they faced, and how they solved them. It’s all substance, no fluff, designed for engineers by engineers. **This Month’s Presenters:** * [Clint Robinson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintjrobinson/), Cofounder & CTO @ [Parable](https://www.askparable.com/) * [Kanta Garg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kantagarg17/), Solutions Architect, @ [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?trk=4bff893e-6f19-4cd8-accc-699c73895d8c&sc_channel=ps&trk=4bff893e-6f19-4cd8-accc-699c73895d8c&sc_channel=ps&ef_id=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIjpvfpgxARu0OgSrgx8WQcILBZRZMZK0HtEhvhqVvnLQSUyWj22OixoCnfwQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!4422!3!651751059780!e!!g!!aws!19852662197!145019195897&gad_campaignid=19852662197&gbraid=0AAAAADjHtp9VoTN00O-dtavU5bsNHCdCS&gclid=CjwKCAiA1obMBhAbEiwAsUBbIjpvfpgxARu0OgSrgx8WQcILBZRZMZK0HtEhvhqVvnLQSUyWj22OixoCnfwQAvD_BwE) * [Hegar Garcia](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hegargarcia/), Tech Lead @[Fonzi](https://fonzi.ai/) **The Crowd:** You’ll be joining a mix of software developers, data scientists, AI engineers, and technical founders working at or curious about the future of applying AI at the application layer. It’s a casual, high-signal environment perfect for learning something new and meeting peers in the NYC AI Engineering scene. **Agenda:** * 6:30 to 7:15 PM – Networking with pizza and soft drinks courtesy of [Fonzi AI](https://fonzi.ai/) * 7:15 to 7:20 PM – Opening remarks * 7:20 to 8:05 PM – Three 10 minutes Tech Talks with 5 minute Q&A * 8:05 to 8:30 PM – Meet the speakers and connect with other attendees **Location:** Fonzi HQ (Ground Floor) 25 Kent Avenue Brooklyn AI Engineers is run by [Fonzi](https://fonzi.ai/). Fonzi is a talent marketplace that connects elite engineers with top AI companies through a monthly, high signal, structured hiring process called Match Day. We run AI Engineers communities in both New York and [San Francisco](https://www.meetup.com/san-francisco-ai-engineers/events/?eventOrigin=your_groups). If you are interested in speaking at a tech talk, email lauren@fonzi.ai with your LinkedIn profile, the location you want to speak in (NY or SF), and a short abstract on how you are applying or building with AI in your current role. Use the subject line “AI Engineers Abstract Submission”.

To attend enroll here: [https://luma.com/q6kuetpe](https://luma.com/q6kuetpe) Agenda​ ​5 - 5:45: Pizza / Beer ​​5:45 - 6:15: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp ​​6:15 - 7:00: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5 - Ritam Das, NetApp ​​7:00 - 8:00: When “Eventually” Meant 11 ms: Designing Deterministic Cassandra Architectures in the Telecom Core - Thomas Elliott, Your Augmented Life Advisory Services ​​8:00 - 9:00: Networking

Join us for a laid-back evening of casual conversations and mingling with fellow Nix, Nixpkgs, and NixOS enthusiasts. Bring your passion for the Nix ecosystem, and we'll provide a fun, relaxed atmosphere to connect and share ideas! Location will be at Pier 57 in the Daffodil classroom - a map is attached in the photos section.

Join Tech Gather NYC for our Women in Tech mixer! This is an awesome opportunity to connect and vibe with women from all corners of the tech universe, whether you’re a developer, founder, product or anything in between, you belong in our [she, her, they] array. Sign up now to meet like-minded women, share stories, and spark new collaborations.

Calling all New Jersey techies to the **NJ Code and Coffee** tech community meetup at the EqualSpace ES550 Tech & Innovation campus! Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal networking/co-working session for those in tech (and the tech-curious). That includes operators, founders, and investors. Developers, data engineers, UX/UI designers, data scientists, product managers, software engineers, solution architects... **all are welcome!** People of all skill and experience levels can attend, we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! Come grab a cup of coffee and meet new people, share stories, find collaborators, talk about everything tech, talk about everything NOT tech, take a break from job applications, get away from the computer screen, make connections, make conversation, **make friends!** **Agenda:** **2pm:** Doors open, networking starts **2:30pm:** Intro circle **3pm:** networking continues **5pm:** event ends **The Intro Circle** **Near the beginning of the event (about 2:30 pm), we will do a standup in a circle:** We first talk about organizer announcements, updates, and logistics. Then we go around the circle where each person says: * your name and job title/ role in tech/ tech stack, * What you can help others with, * What you would like help with, * Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized. **Community Discord - come hang out before and after!:** [www.codeandcoffee.chat](www.codeandcoffee.chat) **The Venue** Equal Space is a premium share-space created with multicultural business owners in mind, =SPACE equips founders with resources, programming and a powerful network. Headquartered in the City of Newark, their share-space provides resources for startups, coaching for tech companies, and a wealth of intellectuals to collaborate and build with. The next wave in enterprises is being born within their walls. Become a part of the story: [EqualSpace.co/](https://equalspace.co/)

This after-work tech happy hour drinks at [Smithfield Hall](https://smithfieldnyc.com/about/) won't disappoint! We'll get together on **Thursday, February 19th at 7pm** at this popular Chelsea bar to chat, drink, and connect with techies, entrepreneurs, and tech enthusiasts from NYC and beyond. Smithfield Hall is a classic sports bar. They have tons of beers on tap as well as a full bar, great snacks, and bar bites. Their convenient location makes it accessible for all of us! **[Buy Us a Coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/nyctnb)** (/Beer) **if you enjoy our events and want to see more of them! :)** New York Tech & Beer® is an NYC social tech drinks and networking community. We host happy hours at bars around the city and occasionally educational tech lectures. Join us to meet new friends, have fun, and maybe get a tip for a job! See you there.

**Abstract:** Current procedural content generation in media suffers from a dichotomy: it is either computationally efficient but predictable, or creative but prone to hallucination and error. The solution lies in a fundamental shift from classical procedural generation to quantum constraint satisfaction algorithms. In this talk, I will present the technical roadmap for MOTH, exploring how quantum computing is poised to become the foundation of the next generation of media. At MOTH we categorize the ecosystem into two eras: the current NISQ era, focused on Quantum Dynamics for visual and game asset generation, and the impending FTQC era, focused on optimization and generative solvers. We will demonstrate how early quantum algorithms are being integrated into commercial game engines today, and how the "Solver Substrate" of the 2030s will enable faster game development with more realistic and immersive worlds. **Bio:** Spencer Topel is a technologist and entrepreneur specializing in the commercial application of frontier technologies, including quantum computing, robotics, and embedded systems. He currently serves as CTO of Moth Quantum, where he directs the engineering roadmap for quantum software tools designed for the creative industries. Simultaneously, as Co-founder of Electron Robotics, he architects AI-driven adaptive systems for high-precision industrial automation. Topel’s technical background is rooted in the design of novel hardware and signal processing platforms. Through his first venture, Physical Synthesis, he developed proprietary acoustic actuation technology, earning industry recognition for innovation in electromechanical design. His pivot into quantum engineering began at the Yale Quantum Institute. Working alongside the Devoret Lab, Topel successfully engineered a hardware-software interface for superconducting qubits, translating quantum state dynamics into audio signals—a project that validated new approaches to human-computer interaction (HCI) in quantum systems. A former professor of Dartmouth College, Topel combines academic rigor with agile product development. He holds advanced degrees from Cornell University and the Juilliard School, and his transdisciplinary work has been exhibited at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art.

# Self Improving Agents - Hack ​💥 **Build with the future stack of AI.** # ​**🎉** 🏆 **$50k+ in Prizes!** ​🚀 **In just one day**, teams will prototype **AI copilots**, **autonomous research agents**, **customer-support brains**, **real-time data explorers**, and **creative design systems**—the kind of tools real companies ship. ​You’re not watching the future of intelligent software happen. **You’re building it.** ⚡🔥 # ​**Speakers** ​​We have an incredible lineup of speakers and judges that will be present at the event. ​​**[Carter Huffman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carter-huffman-a9aba05b/overlay/about-this-profile/) -** CTO, Co-Founder @Modulate ​**[Sanchit Monga](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanchitmonga22/) -** Founder @RunAnywhere ​**[Anders Erickson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/axerickson/) -** Solutions Consultant @Airia ​**[Alec Jo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecsjo/) -** Head of Applied AI @ FLORA ​**[Yash Vedanaparti](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yashvinvedanaparti/) -** AI Engineer @Braintrust ​​​**[Loading...](https://i.gifer.com/ZKZg.gif)** # ​**Judges** ​​**[Carter Huffman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carter-huffman-a9aba05b/overlay/about-this-profile/) -** CTO, Co-Founder @Modulate ​**[Graham Gullans](https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamgullans/) -** COO @Modulate AI ​**[Sanchit Monga](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanchitmonga22/) -** Founder @RunAnywhere ​**[Shubham Malhotra](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubham-malhotra-fg890a23a/) -** Co-Founder & CTO @RunAnywhere ​**[Anders Erickson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/axerickson/) -** Solutions Consultant @Airia ​**[Jenna Laughlin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenna-laughlin-56435bb5/) -** Product Marketing @Airia ​**[Alec Jo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecsjo/) -** Head of Applied AI @ FLORA ​**[Yash Vedanaparti](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yashvinvedanaparti/) -** AI Engineer @Braintrust ​​​**[Loading...](https://i.gifer.com/ZKZg.gif)** ## ​**​**​**🗓️ Schedule (Tentative):** * ​​**9:30 AM**: 🚪 Doors Open * ​​**9:45 AM**: 🎤 Keynote & Opening Remarks * ​​**11:00 AM**: 💻 Start Coding! * ​**1:30 PM**: 🍕 Lunch * ​​**4:30 PM**: 📤 Project Submission Deadline * ​​**5:00 PM**: 👩‍💻 Finalists Presentations and Judging * ​​**7:00 PM**: 🏆 Awards CeremonyThe Opportunity ## ​Thank you to our ​**Sponsors!** * ​Google DeepMind * ​ElevenLabs * ​Datadog * ​Braintrust * ​Modulate * ​Airia * ​Evolution Equity Partners * ​Lightdash * ​Senso * ​Flora Ai * ​Runanywhere ​​​**[Loading...](https://i.gifer.com/ZKZg.gif)**

The Gilder Lehrman Traveling Historical Exhibit’s "Who Can Vote?: A Brief History of Voting Rights in the United States" showcase has come to Bergen Community College. The traveling exhibit will explore the biggest moments in American voting history, from the Civil War and Reconstruction era to the Women’s Suffrage movement. Seven key moments in history will be displayed to allow everyone to dive deeper into the social issues and progress made during those eras, allowing us to reflect on today’s American voting rights. "Who Can Vote?: A Brief History of Voting Rights in the United States" will be displayed from February 16 to March 13 at Bergen Community College’s Paramus Campus in the Pitkin Education Center. The first floor Student Center will display seven panels with each panel representing a specific era and highlighting the voting rights progress made during the time period. The exhibit is also open to the public. For more information about the exhibit, email Director of Community Affairs Tracy Miceli at [tmiceli@bergen.edu](mailto:tmiceli@bergen.edu).

The Gilder Lehrman Traveling Historical Exhibit’s "Who Can Vote?: A Brief History of Voting Rights in the United States" showcase has come to Bergen Community College. The traveling exhibit will explore the biggest moments in American voting history, from the Civil War and Reconstruction era to the Women’s Suffrage movement. Seven key moments in history will be displayed to allow everyone to dive deeper into the social issues and progress made during those eras, allowing us to reflect on today’s American voting rights. "Who Can Vote?: A Brief History of Voting Rights in the United States" will be displayed from February 16 to March 13 at Bergen Community College’s Paramus Campus in the Pitkin Education Center. The first floor Student Center will display seven panels with each panel representing a specific era and highlighting the voting rights progress made during the time period. The exhibit is also open to the public. For more information about the exhibit, email Director of Community Affairs Tracy Miceli at [tmiceli@bergen.edu](mailto:tmiceli@bergen.edu).

This is the monthly Startup Grind social 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](https://www.timeout.com/time-out-market-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 patio.**

Calling all New Jersey techies to the **NJ Code and Coffee** tech community meetup at the EqualSpace ES550 Tech & Innovation campus! Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal networking/co-working session for those in tech (and the tech-curious). That includes operators, founders, and investors. Developers, data engineers, UX/UI designers, data scientists, product managers, software engineers, solution architects... **all are welcome!** People of all skill and experience levels can attend, we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! Come grab a cup of coffee and meet new people, share stories, find collaborators, talk about everything tech, talk about everything NOT tech, take a break from job applications, get away from the computer screen, make connections, make conversation, **make friends!** **Agenda:** **2pm:** Doors open, networking starts **2:30pm:** Intro circle **3pm:** networking continues **5pm:** event ends **The Intro Circle** **Near the beginning of the event (about 2:30 pm), we will do a standup in a circle:** We first talk about organizer announcements, updates, and logistics. Then we go around the circle where each person says: * your name and job title/ role in tech/ tech stack, * What you can help others with, * What you would like help with, * Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized. **Community Discord - come hang out before and after!:** [www.codeandcoffee.chat](www.codeandcoffee.chat) **The Venue** Equal Space is a premium share-space created with multicultural business owners in mind, =SPACE equips founders with resources, programming and a powerful network. Headquartered in the City of Newark, their share-space provides resources for startups, coaching for tech companies, and a wealth of intellectuals to collaborate and build with. The next wave in enterprises is being born within their walls. Become a part of the story: [EqualSpace.co/](https://equalspace.co/)

Long before we were debating the ethics of **Agentic AI** or the security of edge systems, **[The Twilight Zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series))** was exploring these same dilemmas on a black and white screen. Between 1959 and 1964, **the popular show served as a speculative sandbox for the postwar technological boom**. It provided a roadmap for both the shining promises and the darker corners of innovation that we are currently navigating in 2026. It provided early evidence of how humans would eventually interact with complex, connected ecosystems. Join author and designer **[Arlen Schumer ](https://arlenschumer.com/)**— the creator of **[Visions from The Twilight Zone](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1672049.Visions_from_the_Twilight_Zone)** and the new book **[The Five Themes of The Twilight Zone ](https://arlenschumer.com/product/the-five-themes-of-the-twilight-zone-by-arlen-schumer/)**— as he examines more than a dozen classic episodes that brilliantly anticipated the technological struggles of our own century. **Complete your FREE RSVP here:** **[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979900491668](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979900491668)** In collaboration with the **[National Arts Club](https://www.nacnyc.org/)** and its **[Art and Technology Committee](https://www.nacnyc.org/arts-and-programs/committees)**, this is a specialized opportunity to hear directly from an expert whose work sits at **the intersection of historical media, hardware deconstruction, and the architectural foundations of our modern tech stack**; helping technologists understand how to present and build systems with code, data, and machine logic. **What You Will Learn** * **Autonomous Logic:** How the series predicted the sensor-heavy ecosystems required for machine decision-making and smart city infrastructure. * **Deconstructed Hardware:** Identifying the shift from single-purpose devices to the personal digital ecosystems of wearables and haptics we use today. * **Intelligence as Disruption:** Connecting early speculative tech to the current rise of Agentic AI models and industrial automation. Reserve your spot and **arrive early**. Space is limited. **Complete your FREE RSVP here:** **[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979900491668](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979900491668)**

This event will be online at [YouTube](https://youtu.be/YL9RuBmoJEY) and in-person (New York City). **The speaker and live stream starts at 7:30 pm ET**. In-person attendees may arrive as early as 7 pm ET. If arriving late, please leave a comment on this page and someone will come down ASAP. **Description** This talk, from the perspective of speech pathologists who specialize in communication language, focuses on strategies and perspectives that support all people, with or without a clinical or therapeutic background, in meaningfully engaging with individuals who are non-speaking or minimally-speaking to uplift and celebrate their unique personalities as well as provide space and opportunity for autonomy, self-expression, and connection with others. They'll provide an overview of total communication to broaden understanding of how all individuals use different forms of communication depending on our anatomy, physiology, cognition, preferences, and personality, as well as how we may code-switch depending on the setting, context, and our current state. The importance of being an informed and welcoming communication partner will be discussed to broaden perspectives on the significance of human connection. They'll outline specific, language-based strategies and provide examples. Attendees will have an opportunity to practice self-awareness of their own preferred communication methods, handling discomfort when interactions may push those boundaries, and opening their minds to the idea that connection transcends speech! We'll cover: * What is AAC? (Many different forms) * Strategies such as attributing meaning and verbal referencing * Following someone's lead * Partner-Assisted Scanning (PAS) * Expressive, receptive, and social language * Self-awareness of preferred communication methods **Presenter bios** [Molly Ziegler](https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-c-ziegler-89351b1a7/) is a communication enthusiast with a passion for assistive technology. She hails from a suburb of Chicago, IL, and loves her life in NYC as much as she loves her Midwestern roots. She specializes in finding creative ways for people of all abilities to access personally meaningful language for creative, self-expressive, social, and self-care purposes, with a specific interest in finding person-specific strategies that allow individuals to direct their care. She works with teenagers and young adults with multiple disabilities and medical complexities as well as their families and caregivers to ensure connection and communication across all environments using methods that are unique to each individual and support system. [Christina Lompado](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-lompado-m-s-ccc-slp-tssld-atp-a291449b/) has worked in the field of assistive technology for over 8 years, servicing individuals with significant disabilities and complex communication needs. She is a speech and language pathologist and assistive technology provider conducting services in the educational and home settings. Christina has provided training to educational teams and therapy departments focusing on the implementation of a range of lite to high-technology devices, communication partner strategies, and material development for academic success. Christina is passionate about AAC, literacy, and access to communication all day, every day! **Accessibility** The presentation will have human captions [CC], not automatic captions. For ASL preferred speakers, learn about the [Aira ASL App](https://aira.io/aira-asl-app/), and download it before the event. For the Blind and Low Vision community, learn about the [Aira Explorer App](https://aira.io/aira-explorer-app/) and download it before the event. To access the online webinar for audio description, use the A11yNYC Access Offer to call, or simply inform your Visual Interpreter that you'd like that offer applied when you connect. For additional accessibility requirements, please email meryl@equalentry.com **two weeks** **before** the event. **Livestream** [YouTube link](https://youtu.be/YL9RuBmoJEY). Provided by Internet Society Accessibility SIG. **Location details** The event is on the 4th floor. Everyone must be accompanied to the event on the 4th floor. Because everyone needs to be escorted, please arrive early or on time. When you enter the ground floor, a representative from A11yNYC will be there to provide elevator access. The building is near several transit stops: 6 train * Spring Street (non-accessible stop): 100 feet * Canal Street (accessible stop): 0.4 miles NQRW trains * Prince Street (non-accessible stop): 0.2 miles * Canal Street (accessible stop): 0.3 miles M1 / M55 Bus lines * Broadway/Spring Street stop: 500 feet Cabs and rideshares can let passengers out right near the building entrance **Important note** Google Maps currently incorrectly pins the location around the corner on Crosby Street. The entrance is not on Crosby. The entrance is on Spring Street, inside the Marc Jacobs International building. It is roughly halfway between Crosby and Lafayette, almost directly across Spring Street from the Chipotle restaurant. **Accreditation** All A11yNYC meetups are pre-approved for IAAP Continuing Accessibility Education Credits (CAEC). **Sponsors** Thanks to [AKQA](https://www.akqa.com/), [Deque](https://www.deque.com/), [Evinced](https://www.evinced.com/), [Equal Entry](https://equalentry.com/), and [Fable](https://makeitfable.com/) for sponsoring. Want to be a sponsor? Contact meryl@equalentry.com

We're back! This session we'll be working through the exercises for Chapter 1 of Steve Awodey's *Category Theory* together. Bring your attempts, your questions, and your confusion! If you missed session 1, don't worry. Chapter 1 covers the basics and you can catch up easily before we meet. *(Meetup free membership means the event has a max capacity of 10 people on this site but feel free to attend even if we've hit the limit)*

[Code and Coffee](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ny-code-coffee/) is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! **The Intro Circle** **Near the beginning of the event (2:30 pm), we do a standup in a circle:** * We first share organizer announcements, updates, and logistics **Introductions (7 secs max):** * Your name * Tech/coding topic(s) you want to talk about * Non-tech topic(s) you want to talk about * Job **opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one**. If none, that's cool. *After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized. We sometimes have FEATURES in a nearby room; check out those events on Meetup as well.* Doors close at 4:00pm. Please keep us updated in the comments if you're intending to show up late, as we want to ensure our venue hosts are able to clean up in time to get out by 5pm and enjoy their weekends. **🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Discord - come hang out before and after!:** [www.codeandcoffee.chat](http://www.codeandcoffee.chat) **Our Venue and Coffee Sponsor** Fractal Tech is a meeting place in the heart of Williamsburg for startup founders and engineers to do their most ambitious work. We offer daily events, a startup engineer accelerator, and 24/7 coworking access. Find out more at [http://fractaltechhub.com/](http://fractaltechhub.com/). \*\*\*

**✨ To join this event, please make sure to book your ticket here 👉 [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1981742754927?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1981742754927?aff=oddtdtcreator)** **Spaces are limited, and only registered guests with a ticket will be able to attend. Don’t miss out!** Join us for a focused networking evening bringing together **AI and Machine Learning startup founders, engineers, investors, researchers, and industry professionals** building and investing in the next generation of intelligent technologies. This event is designed for people who want **real conversations, practical insights, and meaningful connections** — whether you’re building AI products, scaling ML systems, investing in deep tech, or applying AI across industries. ### Event Highlights * **1-Minute Startup Pitches** – Founders introduce their AI or ML product, problem, or use case in a fast, impactful pitch. * **Open Networking** – Connect with founders, data scientists, ML engineers, product leaders, investors, and operators. * **Match-Style Introductions** – Simple, effective prompts to help you meet relevant people quickly. * **Collaboration Opportunities** – Discuss funding, partnerships, pilots, hiring, research collaboration, and real-world applications. ### ### Who Should Attend * AI & Machine Learning Startup Founders * Entrepreneurs & Innovators in Artificial Intelligence * Investors, VCs, Angels & Accelerators * Data Scientists, ML Engineers & AI Researchers * Product Managers, CTOs & Technical Leads * Business Development, Ops & Growth Professionals * Anyone building, investing in, or applying AI & ML solutions ### Why Attend * **Meet the right people** – investors, co-founders, collaborators, customers, advisors, and talent. * **Showcase your startup** through quick, high-impact pitching. * **Explore real opportunities** – funding, pilots, partnerships, and commercial use cases. * **Exchange insights** on model development, deployment, scaling, regulation, and ethics. * **Grow your network** with people actively working in AI and ML. * **Stay ahead** of trends shaping artificial intelligence across industries. This event is designed to help you build strong connections, gain visibility, and accelerate progress in the AI & Machine Learning ecosystem. **Register now - space is limited to 50 attendees only!** **P.S. Click Follow for future event alerts!**