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Fedcap’s Civic Hall Announces Dynamic Lineup Focused on AI for NYC Tech Week 2026

Published: May 29, 2026
Average read time: 5 minutes

Programming Brings Together AI Innovators, Investors, Startups, Educators, Workforce Leaders, and Underrepresented Communities

New York, NY — Civic Hall is convening a week of comprehensive programming for NYC Tech Week focused on the latest innovations in AI. Throughout the week, Civic Hall’s Bernard Goldstein Center at Union Square will bring together founders, investors, technologists, educators, workforce development partners, and underrepresented communities to explore how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies can drive entrepreneurship, economic mobility, and forge economic growth in the tech sector.  

FULL EVENT SCHEDULE

Monday, June 1st

AI Content Lab: Build an AI Workflow Where Brand Voice Actually Scales

  • Next Growth Wave hosts a hands-on lab, led by AI workflow builder Nia Joseph and brand marketing expert Katy Lee, designed for founders and GTM leaders who want to make AI work in real content operations. Participants will map workflow gaps, translate brand guidelines into structured prompt systems, and build a content process with built-in QA guardrails.

Software for Hardware

  • NY Tech Meetup features NY Tech Alliance and NY Robotics leading an evening exploring the digital infrastructure behind physical systems, including simulation, autonomy stacks, developer tools, data pipelines, and deployment platforms. The event will bring together founders, engineers, researchers, and industry leaders working at the intersection of software, robotics, and embodied AI.

Tuesday, June 2nd

From PMF to Scale! If Your GTM Doesn’t Scale, Let’s Build an Agentic GTM System

  • VIPIC-NIC LLC hosts a workshop built to help attendees develop a systems mindset for scaling go-to-market work and leave with a working piece they can use with Claude during the session.

How Spatial AI Sells Real Estate and Engages Museum Audiences

  • Orbitour AI X-Grids explores how Gaussian Splatting, Physical AI, and Spatial Intelligence are reshaping the way people discover, tour, and book physical spaces. Two case studies will be featured, including Civic Hall at Union Square.

Agents of Change Workshop

  • 3% Club hosts a workshop to create space for women and underrepresented builders to dive into the technical heart of agentic AI and build multi-agent systems from the ground up.

Wednesday, June 3rd

An Insider Look at Empire AI: How New York Built World-Class Public AI

  • HRA Advisors hosts a conversation on New York’s Empire AI consortium, covering public AI infrastructure, its impact across sectors, and what comes next for the initiative.

Applied AI for the Modern Brand

  • Plug & Play leads an inaugural showcase, highlighting startups across Brand and Retail and Enterprise and AI, featuring founders building real-world solutions.

Who Will Defend the Internet? The Youth Cybersecurity Crisis

  • Moderated by Girls Who Code CEO Dr. Tarika Barrett, this panel will examine the growing cybersecurity skills gap and the challenge of preparing the next generation to defend the digital future. Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, will provide opening remarks.

Demystifying Corporate Venture Capital

  • Elpis Labs & The Vertical host a curated CVC event series, bringing together corporate investors and high-growth founders to discuss relationships, capital alignment, and the future of corporate venture capital.

Thursday, June 4th

Startup Grind

  • Six AI engineers and technical founders will share production-ready AI systems in a session focused on live demos, functional code, agentic loops, and API orchestration.

Building with AI Agents in Finance Operations

  • Zomma Labs hosts a hands-on session is designed for operations professionals who want to automate workflows and prototype AI agents that can do real work across desktops and web.

LOCATION
Civic Hall at Union Square
124 East 14th Street
New York, NY 10003

For more information contact us.

About Civic Hall

Civic Hall’s Bernard Goldstein Center at Union Square is a collaborative innovation center that brings together civic-minded technologists, social entrepreneurs, government officials, and community leaders to develop technology solutions for the public good. Located in Union Square—the heart of New York City’s burgeoning tech sector, Civic Hall fosters a vibrant ecosystem of knowledge sharing and cooperative action. Civic Hall’s mission is to support and enable best-in-class programs that help close the digital skills divide and plan for the needs of tomorrow’s workforce. Civic Hall facilitates groundbreaking partnerships among high-impact organizations, civic and social innovators, workforce training partners, and New York’s employer ecosystem to work collectively to meet the educational and professional needs of all New Yorkers, especially those from communities too often left behind. Civic Hall also serves as a tech incubator and accelerator, support network for profit and nonprofit organizations and start-ups, and place to spur new innovations and ideas. For more information about membership, training, and event opportunities please visit civichall.org. Civic Hall is an organization of Fedcap.  

About Fedcap  

For nearly ninety years, The Fedcap Group has developed scalable, innovative, and potentially disruptive solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs. The Fedcap Group drives economic mobility through four practice areas—education, workforce development, health, and economic development. The Fedcap Group also invests its time and resources in broader system change—working in partnership with federal, state, and local government to improve the way services are designed, funded, and delivered. For more information visit www.fedcapgroup.org.  

Media Contact:

Jim Malatras, JMalatras@Fedcap.org

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