Monday, September 8, 2025

September 08, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

Monday, September 8, 2025 

In today’s digest, Covid-19 vaccine updates, August tech hiring, and a ghostly guide to New York’s spooky season. 👻

  • But first: We’re excited to launch The Grid Fellowship — Tech:NYC’s inaugural civic fellowship, designed to prepare the next generation of tech leaders committed to using their strengths to build a better New York. Learn more and meet the cohort here.

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  • Despite new FDA guidelines surrounding the Covid-19 vaccines limiting eligibility, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Friday that allows all New Yorkers to get vaccinated at pharmacies in the state without a prescription. 💉 (ABC New York)

  • In an effort to bridge the digital divide in NYC, the city will distribute 350,000 free Chromebooks with internet access to public school students. 🧑‍💻 (NYC Gov)

    • The phased rollout will see 1,700 public school students across the five boroughs receive devices for the 2025-2026 school year. 

  • In other back-to-school news, all NYC public school students are now eligible for free school breakfast and lunch through a program called Universal Free Meals designed to combat food insecurity and encourage healthy eating choices. 🍽️ (Spectrum News)


In other reading:

August’s data on tech hiring continues to be ambiguous as labor markets were once more rocked by a weaker-than-expected jobs report.

What’s 🆕: August proved to be another mixed month for the tech sector as hiring activity continues to be inconsistent, according to CompTIA’s latest tech jobs report analysis. But the NYC tech scene remained strong. 💪

📉 In the losses column:

  • The unemployment rate for tech jobs ticked up to 3% in August (compared to 2.9% in July).

  • Tech companies reduced staffing by a net 2,311 positions for all positions.

Yes, but: The tech unemployment rate remains more than a full percentage point behind that of the national rate of 4.2%.

📈 In the wins column:

  • There were 446,763 active employer job postings for tech positions in August, 42% of which were newly added last month.

  • Active employer job listings that included AI skills requirement increased once more — and the figure is up 94% since August 2024.

🗽 NYC is making great strides, both in the tech sector and overall:

  • The broader NYC metro leads the country with 157,500 jobs added in the past year, per NYC EDC data, more than double second-place Philadelphia with 65,300 jobs added.

  • This year, the unemployment rate has fallen from 5.6% to 4.8%.

  • The NYC metro area ranked second in the nation in tech job postings in August with 10,595.

  • In July, NYC added 8,600 private sector jobs, for a total of more than 143,900 private sector jobs than in February 2020. This record private sector job total reflects the overall resilience of the city’s economy despite broader headwinds.

💼 Did you know? Tech:NYC has a jobs board, powered by Getro, with 3,200+ open tech roles from 380+ tech companies just a click away. Explore the jobs board here.

  • We also post a weekly list of job openings from our jobs board on our LinkedIn — follow along!

“Hiring intent data continues to show employers pursuing tech talent across a range of disciplines, from AI and data science to tech support and cloud engineering,” said Tim Herbert, chief research officer, CompTIA. 

In other reading:

  • 5 use cases for agentic AI in the finance office today (The CFO)

  • Why we’re leaving the office earlier but still showing up on time (Wall Street Journal)

  • AI is supercharging Gen Z workers — if they can land a job (Washington Post)

  • Euclid Power, an NYC-based operating system for renewable energy project operations, raised $20 million in Series A funding. Venrock led the round and was joined by HSBC Asset Management, Spero Ventures, Toba Capital, Designer Fund, and Commonweal Ventures.

  • Pave Finance, an NYC-based provider of wealth management software for investment advisors, raised $14 million in seed funding from individuals like George Pereira (ex-Charles Schwab) and Keith Hughes (ex-Citi).

  • September 9-10: New York Venture Summit, featuring 220+ leading VCs speaking on moderated panels and judging startup pitches, and 180+ innovators across AI, cleantech, fintech, medtech, life sciences, and more. Register with promo code early200 for $200 off a ticket here. 

  • September 10: New York Developer & Lawmaker Roundtable, a discussion on key policy issues impacting app development today,  including data privacy, artificial intelligence, online age verification, and more. Register here.

  • September 10: NYC Summit, Primary’s annual invite-only conference, bringing together 2,000 top founders, VCs, and LPs. This year’s speakers include Julie Samuels (Tech:NYC), Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals), David Karp (Tumblr), Toyin Ajayi (Cityblock Health), Lina Khan (FTC), Kareem Amin (Clay), and more. Apply to attend here.

  • September 11: Expanding the Tech Corridor: U.S.–Europe Innovation, a tech networking event connecting U.S. innovators with Europe's top innovation region, Baden-Württemberg. Register here.

  • September 11-12: AI, Impact, Investing, & Family Office Summit, a curated circle of family offices, other direct investors, institutional investors, and AI founders for a two-day deal making summit. Register here.

  • September 17: Travel Tech's NYC Start-Up Founder Happy Hour, a chance to meet fellow founders and innovators, and plug into the NYC travel tech community. Register here.

  • September 18: NYC AI Demos, featuring live demos from OpenAI, Priceline, Daydream, Tabs, Lumos, Northflank, and AngelList. Register here.

  • September 18: Brderless’ September Founder Breakfast, a private breakfast for a curated group of early-stage founders, especially those who are scaling and looking for international hiring. Register here.

  • September 18-20: The Atlantic Festival relocates to NYC with its screenings, book talks, and more with influential thinkers including Scott Galloway, Keri Russell, Mark Cuban, H.R. McMaster, Robert Downey Jr., Richard Ayoade, David Letterman, Dr. Becky Kennedy, Tom Hanks, and others. Register with promo code TECHNYC20 for 20% off one-day passes here.

  • September 19: Vibe Coding for VCs, ​a crash course for venture investors to move from talking about AI to building with it. Register here.

  • September 23: Deep Tech Forum + Startup Showcase in NYC, bringing together deep tech startups from across the globe alongside corporate innovation leaders, investors, and ecosystem partners. Register with promo code TECHNYC for a 20% discount here.

  • September 25: 11th Annual Bloomberg-Columbia Machine Learning in Finance Conference 2025, with talks by international practitioners and academics on AI applications in finance including asset pricing models, neural SDEs, market sentiment analysis, and fairness in financial ML. Register for early rates here.

  • September 25: NYC Climate Week — Scaling Solutions with Fortune 100, exploring how Fortune 500 companies are aligning climate goals with business strategy, leveraging data to drive accountability, and empowering next-gen solutions to scale through meaningful partnerships. Register here.

  • September 29: From Demos to Durable AI: A Fireside Chat with Arize’s Aman Khan, who will share how to turn AI experiments into dependable products. Register here.

  • October 7: Information Security Summit, for public sector leaders, cybersecurity pros, and tech experts committed to safeguarding New York’s state and local government operations. Register with promo code TECHNYC for a 25% discount here.

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