About us
WiSE (Women in Software Engineering) is a community organized by mec dot, that supports the empowerment and equal representation of women and other minority groups in software engineering, specifically, as well as in the broader tech industry.
We're under new management so bear with us as we collectively find our new direction.
Upcoming events
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March AI Engineers: Devs & Drinks
Fonzi HQ, 25 Kent Ave, Ground Floor (Rad Power Bikes sign), New York, NY, USRSVP on Luma - https://luma.com/hjb0i1w8?tk=0kB5aH
Drinks, games, and a chance to hang with engineering peers from across the city.
Every month, we bring together NYC’s top AI and product engineers for a low-key night out. Drinks are on us, and the pool, ping-pong, foosball, shuffleboard, and arcade games are all fair game.
No panels. No pitches. Just a good time with people building cool stuff.
About the host:
Fonzi is a recruiting platform focused exclusively on product and AI engineering hires in NYC and SF. We manage 75+ open roles at some of the best startups in the country, including hiring partners like Suno, Graphite, Tennr, FLORA, OpenRouter, and more4 attendees
Build w/ AI Hackathon | Google x NYU Tandon Engineering School - Day I
NYU Tandon Engineering School (Room 202), 370 Jay Street, Kings County, 11201, Kings County, NY, USRSVP for Day 1 here :
https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-nyc-presents-nyc-build-with-ai-hackathon-nyu-tandon-engineering-school-part-of-nyc-open-data-week-day-i/March 27th 2026 | Hackathon Kick Off Event
Empowering New Yorkers through Open Data and Artificial Intelligence!
🎤 Keynote & Labs Evening Session
Get ready to build! This evening session is designed to provide the technical foundation and inspiration needed for a successful hackathon. Attendees will receive direct guidance on Google Cloud tools and Gemini APIs.
Agenda:
6:00 PM – 6:15 PM: 👋 Check-in & Refreshments
Networking music, high energy.6:15 PM – 6:45 PM: 🎤 Keynote: The Multimodal Frontier
Intro to Gemini Live API & Agent Development Kit.
The "Anti-Project" Brief: Explicitly show the slide of what NOT to build (No basic RAG, No Medical/Mental Health bots).
Introduction of Judges and Mentors.6:45 PM – 7:00 PM: 🛠️ Environment Setup & API Access
Distribution of Google Cloud Credits.
Verification of API access (ensure every laptop is ready for Sunday morning).7:00 PM – 8:30 PM: 💻 Introduction to Gemini Live Agents and Anti-gravity
Technical deep-dive: "From 0 to Hello World" with Live API.
Technical deep-dive: How to master Antigravity for your coding projects8:30 PM – 9:00 PM: 🤝 Speed Networking & Team Formation
The Rule: Teams of 3–4 preferred.
Activity: "Pitch your skill" (e.g., "I'm a backend dev looking for a creative storyteller").
Solo hackers are grouped or encouraged to join existing ideas to maximize credit usage and project quality.
Workshop Guidelines:
https://codelabs.developers.google.com/way-back-home-level-0/instructions#0
https://codelabs.developers.google.com/way-back-home-level-1/instructions#0
https://codelabs.developers.google.com/way-back-home-level-3/instructions#0
https://codelabs.developers.google.com/way-back-home-level-4/instructions#0Step out of the traditional "text box" paradigm and build AI that truly connects. This hackathon challenges you to create immersive, multimodal AI agents using Google Cloud and Gemini.
Participants will leverage the speed of the Gemini Live API and the power of Google’s GenAI SDK/ Agent Development Kit to build solutions in benefiting NYC as part of the NYC Open Data Week
The Mission: Don’t just build a chatbot. Build an experience that sees, hears, speaks, and creates.### Prizes:
Up to 4 tickets to Google I/O on May 19-20 in Mountain View, CA
The winning team will receive an exclusive, private pitch session with the founders of Google’s AI Futures FundRegister for the waitlist and our team will review and approve shortly.
### Register for Day 2:
3 attendees
Build w/ AI Hackathon | Google x NYU Tandon Engineering School - Day 2
NYU Tandon Engineering School (Room 202), 370 Jay Street, Kings County, 11201, Kings County, NY, USRSVP for Day 2 here:
https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-nyc-presents-nyc-build-with-ai-hackathon-nyu-tandon-engineering-school-part-of-nyc-open-data-week-day-ii/March 28th 2026 | All Day AI Hackathon
🗓️ Hackathon Event Schedule
The main event is here. Since environment setup was completed during the previous evening's labs, we are hitting the ground running with a day dedicated to pure building and innovation.
9:00 AM: 🚪 Doors Open
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM: 🎤 Opening Remarks & Gemini Live Demo
Kick off with a physical device demo using Gemini Live to inspire the builds.
10:15 AM: 💻 Start Hacking!
Attendees start coding immediately since Labs were completed the night before.
1:00 PM: 🥗 Working Lunch
Food served; hacking continues to keep the momentum.
2:30 PM: 📤 Project Submission Deadline
Final push to get code into the portal.
3:00 PM: 👩💻 Judging & Presentations
Live demos and finalists present to the panel.
5:00 PM: 🏆 Awards Ceremony
6:00 PM: 🏁 Event Wrap-upStep out of the traditional "text box" paradigm and build AI that truly connects. This hackathon challenges you to create immersive, multimodal AI agents using Google Cloud and Gemini.
Participants will leverage the speed of the Gemini Live API and the power of Google’s GenAI SDK/ Agent Development Kit to build solutions in one of two categories:- The Live Agent: Build real-time, voice-and-vision enabled agents that can converse naturally and handle interruptions (e.g., real-time translators, vision-enabled tutors).
- The Creative Storyteller: Build agents that generate rich, interleaved outputs—seamlessly mixing text, audio, and visuals into a cohesive narrative flow.
### The Mission: Don’t just build a chatbot. Build an experience that sees, hears, speaks, and creates.Prizes:
### Up to 4 tickets to Google I/O on May 19-20 in Mountain View, CA
### The winning team will receive an exclusive, private pitch session with the founders of Google’s AI Futures FundRegister for Day 1
### https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-nyc-presents-nyc-build-with-ai-hackathon-nyu-tandon-engineering-school-part-of-nyc-open-data-week-day-i/Join the Slack
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