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Events at Betaworks
We host events that explore the latest frontiers of technology, art, politics, and science.
Upcoming Events
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Dessn: Creative Machines NYC
Thursday, October 15, 2026
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AI Agents Build Day with Genspark
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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AI Camp: Agents - Demo Day Highlights (Spring '24) from Betaworks on Vimeo
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How ✨AI is Transforming Podcasting w/ Kevin Smith (Snipd), Caleb Bissinger (The Next Big Idea), and John Borthwick (Betaworks) from Betaworks on Vimeo
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Yuval Noah Harari on The Power of Truth in the Age of AI
Event Archive
Over the years we've hosted builders and thinkers who've built tech that changed the world. Some of them were kind enough to let us share those chats with you.
Event List
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 10.9.26 | Feeling Lucky? A Fortune Cookie Mixer for Builders |
| 10.20.26 | AI Agents Build Day with Genspark |
| 10.15.26 | Creative Machines NYC |
| 10.7.26 | CoClaude & CoWork NYC |
| 10.10.26 | The New Agentic Economy Hackathon |
| 10.6.26 | Ophelia Demo Night: The Future of Agentic Commerce 🗽 |
| 10.2.26 | The Creative Breakfast Club 001 |
| 9.30.26 | Frontier Paper Club |
| 9.28.26 | The Shortlist: September Founder Showcase |
| 9.30.26 | Distribution Is Your Moat ft. Alex Chung |
| 8.27.26 | Beta to Launch Strategy with Zoe Chamberlin |
| 8.26.26 | CoClaude & CoWork NYC (Ops Edition) |
| 8.20.26 | Distribution Is Your Moat ft. Julia Dixon |
| 8.6.26 | Distribution Is Your Moat ft. Liz Friedland |
| 7.22.26 | Building Agents Workshop |
| 7.22.26 | CoClaude & CoWork NYC |
| 7.21.26 | The Shortlist: July Founder Showcase |
| 6.23.26 | The Shortlist: June Founder Showcase |
| 6.18.26 | On the Record With Roger Mondrane |
| 6.25.26 | Distribution Is Your Moat ft. Tony Haile |
| 6.11.26 | Rust Demo Night |
| 6.11.26 | Physical AI Builders Lunch |
| 6.11.26 | CoClaude & CoWork NYC |
| 6.5.26 | The Future of Tech in NYC |
| 6.4.26 | ArtificialRuby.ai June - After the Agent. Two Ways Out of the Chat Box. |
| 6.3.26 | CoClaude & CoWork NYC |
| 6.2.26 | How We Build with Agents |
| 5.20.26 | GTM-as-Code - GTM + Claude Code Lightning Talks with Profound, Sequel.io & Default |
| 5.20.26 | CoClaude & CoWork NYC |
| 5.13.26 | ArtificialRuby.ai NYC: May - Building Got Easy. Now, What About Distribution? |
| 6.6.26 | Multimodal Hacks: build the interface for agents |
| 4.28.26 | Software is the New Media |
| 4.22.26 | ArtificialRuby.ai NYC: April |
| 4.30.26 | Multi-Agent Hackathon |
| 4.16.26 | Beyond Text |
| 4.11.26 | Generative Media Hackathon with ElevenLabs |
| 4.30.26 | Distribution Is Your Moat ft. Chris Fischer |
| 4.4.26 | MischiefClaw Hack NY |
| 3.25.26 | ArtificialRuby.ai NYC: March |
| 3.26.26 | Distribution Is Your Moat ft. Grace Ouma-Cabezas |
| 3.12.26 | Arize Builders Meetup - NYC - Boosting Claude Code performance with prompt learning |
| 3.10.26 | Future of DevEx: NYC |
| 2.28.26 | 🦞 ClawHack NY |
| 2.17.26 | 🦞 Demo Night: OpenClaw |
| 2.21.26 | AI Interfaces Hackathon with Claude |
| 2.4.26 | AI Tinkerers February Demo Day: How are you turning design into code? |
| 12.9.25 | The Future of AI Infrastructure (Ft. Oracle & NVIDIA) |
| 12.3.25 | ArtificialRuby.ai NYC: December Meetup |
| 12.10.25 | NYC AI Builders Meetup: Building and Improving Agents |
| 11.17.25 | November Demo Day ft. Google Cloud |
| 11.15.25 | Web Agents Hackathon with Redis, Tavily, and CopilotKit |
| 10.29.25 | Evolving AI Agents: From Prompt Learning to Scalable Data Foundations |
| 10.23.25 | RAID 7: Talks on Research, AI, and Design |
| 10.2.25 | AI Tinkerers October Demo Day |
| 10.9.25 | Building AI Agents for the Real World |
| 9.23.25 | Powering through Uncertainty: an AI and Innovation Gold Mine |
| 9.25.25 | RAID 6: Talks on Research, AI, and Design |
| 9.6.25 | AI Tinkerers × Google – Gemini CLI Buildathon |
| 9.17.25 | ArtificialRuby.ai NYC: September Meetup |
| 8.28.25 | RAID 5: Talks on Research, AI, and Design |
| 8.26.25 | AI Tinkerers August Demo Day ft. Auth0 |
| 8.20.25 | Protocols for Publishers Showcase |
| 7.29.25 | How it's Made: Creating a Multi-Agent Email Generation Tool with Dynamic Content Pipelines |
| 7.15.25 | Tiger One Tour |
| 7.16.25 | ArtificialRuby.ai NYC: July Meetup |
| 7.19.25 | Agentic AI App Hackathon with Google Cloud Run GPUs |
| 7.31.25 | Ignite AI NYC - Summer 2025 |
| 6.24.25 | New York Innovate Showcase |
| 6.16.25 | The Future of Community |
| 7.1.25 | Biggest Bottlenecks & Opportunities in Open-Source LLMs |
| 6.20.25 | Xeno Grant Demo Day |
| 6.14.25 | NYC LeRobot Hackathon |
| 5.20.25 | RAID 4: Talks on Research, AI, and Design |
| 5.19.25 | How It’s Made: Architecting Planning-Based AI Systems ft. AI21 Maestro |
| 5.8.25 | Tristan Harris' 2025 TED Talk on AI & Discussion |
| 5.7.25 | ArtificialRuby.ai May NYC Meetup |
| 4.19.25 | LeRobot Arm Hackathon NYC |
| 4.9.25 | ArtificialRuby.ai NYC Meetup |
| 4.16.25 | Agents are Taking Over NYC |
| 3.18.25 | Ignite AI NYC - Spring 2025 |
| 2.24.25 | How AI is Transforming Podcasting ✨ |
| 2.21.25 | AI Engineer Happy Hour |
| 2.15.25 | OpenAI Realtime Voice x Reasoning Hackathon |
| 1.25.25 | Xeno Grant: Agent Identity Hackathon |
| 1.24.25 | Xeno Grant: Hackathon Kickoff Mixer |
| 1.23.25 | Rethinking Hardware in the AI Era |
| 12.9.24 | Demo Nite + Creative Tech Hang |
| 12.7.24 | The Merge Hackathon |
| 1.30.25 | Demo Night LIVE |
| 11.4.24 | Women in NYC Engineering Mixer |
| 11.13.24 | The Future of SaaS: Evolving with AI or Facing Extinction? |
| 11.14.24 | Responsible Tech Mixer & Tech Agnostic Book Celebration |
| 10.15.24 | How Granola Turned Its Users Into Note-Taking Addicts |
| 10.10.24 | Inside the Artist's Mind: Adam Moss & Daniel Pink |
| 9.24.24 | next play Co-Founder Matching |
| 9.13.24 | Hack-AI-Thon |
| 9.19.24 | Prompt Games: A Night of Engineering Challenges |
| 8.28.24 | founders x investors chess tournament |
| 9.11.24 | Yuval Noah Harari on the Power of Truth in the Age of AI |