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🗽 Big news: We’re launching Obviously New York—an initiative that celebrates a simple truth: if you want to build in tech, build in NYC, the capital of everything. Designed by @redantler, supported by @NYCEDC, this is a spotlight on NYC’s tech momentum. 🧵obviously.nyc

Governor Hochul has a strong track record on attracting and building a vibrant and responsible AI ecosystem in New York, and she reaffirmed that commitment today with the announcement of the FutureWorks Commission. The Governor recognizes the potential benefits as well as the potential risks that come with the inevitable shift to an AI-based economy. We are encouraged by a strong effort to bring together the public sector, the private sector, researchers, and labor to work together to navigate this transition in a way that ensures that new technologies lift up all New Yorkers. We are also encouraged to see significant investment in education, workforce training, and small business support, especially the designation of Welcome to Chinatown — an alumnus of Tech:NYC's Decoded Futures program, which empowers the social sector to scale their impact with AI — as a statewide hub for AI assistance. Read the full announcement here: governor.ny.gov/news/governor-…

@ProulxKerem New York: Home of safe and secure tech 🗽💪

Our autonomous pentesting agent just outperformed the two most popular open source offensive security agents on a benchmark of 60 modern, defense-enabled web apps. Battle-tested in production against our customers' environments from startups to financial institutions, Apex consistently finds and exploits critical vulnerabilities other agents and humans miss. Today we're releasing it open source alongside our internal benchmarks.

500+ NYC funding rounds, all in one place. 💰🗽 We track NYC funding announcements every day in our newsletter, and now we’ve put all of them from the past year into one searchable, sortable website. If you’re fundraising, job searching, or just keeping tabs on the ecosystem, it’s a useful way to see: ✅ Who’s writing checks in NYC ✅ How much is being raised ✅ Which startups just raised (and are likely hiring) ✅ When it happened + links to the companies + lead investors Access the tracker ➡️ technycdigest.beehiiv.com/products/nyc-f…

We don’t know exactly what the next 10–15 years of AI will look like. But we do know that New York has everything it takes to lead during this period. The question is whether we’ll invest like it. @juliepsamuels latest in @CrainsNewYork on why doubling down on research, talent, and innovation is how NY wins the global tech race: crainsnewyork.com/op-ed/op-ed-ho…

5/5 Read more about our day on the Hill ➡️ blog.technyc.org/news/grid-fell…

4/ A lesson from our day with the Grid Fellowship was that engagement is most effective when it’s consistent. Leaders encouraged the #GridFellows continue the conversation at home. While federal policy may take shape in DC, the biggest impact for innovation and governance begins within our own communities. And as technology reshapes the economy, governance, and national security, stronger relationships between innovators and policymakers will be critical. Programs like the #GridFellowship help build those connections — ensuring NYC remains the best place to build, live, and grow.

1/ @Tech:NYC Grid Fellows recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to learn more about how NYC engages with federal government, and how policymaking at the federal level shapes our local politics, government, and innovation economy. At @CTATech’s Innovation House, fellows kicked off the day with @mpetricone before meeting with members of the New York congressional delegation, policymakers, and industry leaders.

Thank you @TechNYC for hosting me this morning for a thoughtful conversation on technology, innovation, and the future of our city. Looking forward to continuing our work together to modernize government and improve the lives of New Yorkers.

Great to host @SpeakerMenin with Tech:NYC leadership at Gutter Capital this morning for a discussion on how local government can better adopt new tech to deliver for New Yorkers. 🗽 We talked about how AI and public-private partnerships can improve city services while investing in NYC’s next generation of high-growth companies. Thanks for joining us, Speaker Menin! 🤝

Still buzzing from our NYC AI Demos event last week with @runpensar and @TwoTreesNY, which featured an all-female lineup of presenters from some of the top AI companies like @AnthropicAI, @datadoghq, @suno, @vellum, @Greenly_Earth, and Housewarming! And the data backs it up: NYC ranks #2 nationally for female-founded deal count since 2016. 🗽💪

Same vibes, new city. @TechNYC AI Demo Nights.

"Game recognizes game." When @juliepsamuels joined @EricNewcomer on the Newcomer Podcast, that's how she summed up the recent meeting between New York City's mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump. In that meeting, they discussed a massive affordable housing project.

How does New York’s tech industry navigate AI, city politics, and a new mayor in the Trump era? @JuliePSamuels joined the @EricNewcomer Podcast for a wide-ranging convo on tech + politics, from government modernization to AI infrastructure and literacy.

Welcome to the Innovation House @juliepsamuels @TechNYC!

AI is showing up in the day-to-day work of NYC nonprofits and small businesses as a way to do more with less — reduce admin time, make sense of data faster, and free teams up for more people-facing work, @THECITYNY reports. #DecodedFutures is proud to help social-sector organizations use AI to help build capacity and better serve their communities. We love this spotlight on @WtChinatown's Victoria Lee, who, as part of Decoded Futures Cohort 3, developed a tool to decrease admin work and increase mission-driven work. “Early data shows that New Yorkers are adopting AI more quickly than people in other cities, and I’m not surprised because New York is filled with ambitious, hard working people that are always trying to do more than less,” said @juliepsamuels, President and CEO, @TechNYC. More: thecity.nyc/2026/03/04/art…

20+ states have passed comprehensive data privacy laws, yet New York still hasn’t. That protection gap leaves New Yorkers with fewer rights over their data, and our businesses navigating with uncertainty. In @EmpireReport, Tech:NYC President & CEO @juliepsamuels makes the case for why NY passing a comprehensive privacy law in 2026 isn't just smart policy — it’s essential for innovation, AI, and NY’s competitiveness. Read more here: empirereportnewyork.com/the-missing-fo…

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Hey @TechNYC - can I make a suggestion? Rethink the way you utilize space in your newsletter. You devote a ton of space to static boilerplate, while the actual content is hard to read. Take a look at how newspapers / magazines do it.

Affordability is the issue in NYC, and @NYCMayor is right to focus on it. As @juliepsamuels writes in @NYDailyNews, tech, done right, can lower costs and make government work better. The Mayor’s directive for agencies to appoint chief savings officers is an important step, but real savings will depend on how effectively tech is deployed across our city. If we get tech right, we can make New York more affordable. Read Julie’s full take here: nydailynews.com/2026/02/22/mam…