NYC AI Landing Pad:

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization that works for a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers. We take a comprehensive approach, through four main strategies: strengthen confidence in NYC as a great place to do business; grow innovative sectors, with a focus on equity; build neighborhoods as places to live, learn, work, and play; and deliver sustainable infrastructure for communities and the city's future economy. NYCEDC's Startup and Venture Capital Internship Programs are aimed at supporting tech-enabled startups and VC firms with capacity to host interns, grow their teams, and strengthen their businesses, while developing equitable and efficient talent pipelines in New York City's tech sector.

Supermomos is the world's first verified IRL professional community, and NYC's premier platform for connecting 30,000+ professionals in tech, business, and finance sectors, including 3,000+ startup founders. They are dedicated to bringing people together in real life to foster meaningful connections and knowledge exchange, all while facilitating the participation of underrepresented minority groups. They are also behind major industry events including Super AI ML Summit and the Women's Leadership Summit at the NYSE.

Lightspeed is a leading global multi-stage investment firm, investing across venture to late-stage growth, with a focus on accelerating disruptive innovations in AI, Enterprise, Financial Services, Consumer, Health, and B2B. Over the past two decades, the Lightspeed team has backed hundreds of entrepreneurs building some of the most innovative and category-defining companies in the world. Globally, Lightspeed has invested in more than 500 companies, including Anthropic, Epic Games, Snapchat, Rubrik, Wiz, Oyo, Zepto, PocketFM, Physics Wallah and many others.

Anthropic is an AI research and development company that creates reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Anthropic's flagship product is Claude, a large language model trusted by millions of users worldwide. Learn more about Anthropic and Claude at anthropic.com.

Airwallex is an AI-native global financial operating system built for modern businesses. On a single proprietary infrastructure, it replaces fragmented banking and finance tools with unified solutions for business accounts, payments, treasury, spend management, cards, and embedded finance.

Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm helping startups and growth companies scale from founding to exit. The firm advises on venture financings, corporate strategy, and legal operations, and has managed thousands of venture capital and private equity financings from pre-seed to growth stage, acting as a strategic partner to high-growth technology companies.