North America Edition

June 26, 2025 | New York City

The AI Hot 100 Conference - Where Fortune 500 executives meet the AI founders and breakthroughs that matter

An invite only summit bringing together 100 of the hottest AI startups from across the US, alongside Fortune 500 executives, policy innovators, and investors.

Get an exclusive look into the groundbreaking tech coming out of early stage AI, where every showcase will make you say "holy shit" and every conversation could lead to your next breakthrough.

This is your window into the future - 100 carefully curated early-stage AI companies building market-ready innovations that will revolutionise your industry within the next 24 months.

The next wave of AI transformation is here - be the first to catch it.

Real innovation happens when extraordinary people collide

  • We curate and bring 100 of the most exceptional AI founders building on the frontiers, carefully selected for the AI Hot 100 Market Map from thousands of applications.

  • See founders showcase their breakthroughs live, and join intimate industry-focused discussions that cut through the hype. Each and every session is designed for real insight and practical understanding.

  • Curated discussions and networking with top executives, government officials, and investors.

Who’s Invited

Senior Executives (CIO’s, CDO’s, AI Strategy, Digital Transformation)

AI Founders / CEOs (Handpicked from thousands of applications)

VC Investors, Government, Media

Past Hot 100 Include

Past Invitees

  • Sol Rashidi

    Fmr. Chief AI Officer

    Estée Lauder & Merck

  • Alexander Bricken

    Applied AI

    Anthropic

  • Marc Andrusko

    Partner

    a16z

  • Lucas Liebenwein

    Deep Learning Algorithms

    NVIDIA

  • Santanu Bhattacharya

    Senior Researcher

    MIT Media Lab

  • Sheila Marcelo

    Founder

    Care.com (IPO'd) and Ohai.ai (raised $6M)

  • Sami Shalabi

    Co-Founder

    Maven AGI (raised $28M)

  • Cecilia Kushner

    Chief Strategy Officer

    NYC Economic Development Corporation

  • Jahanvi Sardana

    Partner

    Index Ventures

  • Tey Bannerman

    Partner, AI & Design

    McKinsey & Company

  • Sarah Nagy

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Seek AI (raised $10.5M)

  • Brian Benedict

    Co-Founder & CRO

    Arcee AI (raised $29M)

  • Andriy Mulyar

    Founder & CTO

    Nomic AI (raised $17M)

  • Ben Colman

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Reality Defender (raised $15M)

  • Julie Samuels

    CEO

    Tech: NYC

What to expect

Learn from the People Building the Future

Rethinking Organizations: From Digital Transformation to AI First

The Future of Knowledge Work: Will UI Based Agents Change the Game?

The Commoditization of Intelligence & What This Means for Innovation

The Succession & Training Problem: Human Development in an AI World

Train, Tune, or Turnkey?

The Era of the AI Worker: Training and Managing Agents

How to Train Your Robot: The Era of Physical Intelligence

Investing at the Frontier: The Hidden Value in AI

See Groundbreaking Technology

Workshop: Training and Managing AI Agents

Interview with a Humanoid Robot

Product Deepdives from the most innovative AI startups in the world

The AI Hot 100 Showdown: Best of the “Hot 100”

AI Fashion Show

AI Art Installations

Apply to discover the next frontier in AI.