Kick off NY Tech Week with our $50K AI Pitch Day!
New York City's top pre-seed AI startups will take the stage to pitch their startups to a roomful of 100 investors.
The grand prize: a $50,000 investment from Next Wave NYC!
Each startup will pitch their story and demo their products live on stage. The showcase will be followed by a reception with drinks, light bites and good conversation.
Investors: Want to attend?
Request a ticket on this page; attendees will be accepted on rolling basis.
*The $50k prize of an investment is subject to reason & light due diligence.
About Next Wave NYC
Next Wave NYC is a pre-seed venture fund run by some of the best and brightest founders and operators from the last decade of the New York City startup scene - including leaders from Casper, Chief, Google, Major League Hacking, OpenAI, Snowflake, Squire & WeWork - primed to back the next generation of world-changing founders from this city.
Our investment areas currently include Native AI applications, Agentic AI for the enterprise, and developer platforms for AI builders. Next Wave NYC is wholly backed by Flybridge Capital.
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Lynx Collective connects and supports the NYC startup ecosystem through curated events and a weekly newsletter, founded by longtime startup veterans Andrew Chang (investor, advisor, board member) and Dorothy Chang (investor at NextWave NYC & Flybridge).