Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Calling on cinephiles, NYC’s indie theaters are getting a big spotlight. Nearly 30 art-house cinemas will host screenings, perks, and special programming during the city’s first Art House Cinema Week in March. 🍿 (PIX 11)

NYC’s biggest sea of green returns: The city’s 265th St. Patrick’s Day Parade marches up Fifth Avenue next week, drawing thousands to celebrate Irish heritage along the iconic route. Here’s everything you need to know about the parade. ☘️ (amNY)

Baseball season is on the horizon and the MTA is celebrating in style. The transit agency and the New York Transit Museum are running nostalgia subway rides on classic trains to the Mets and Yankees home openers this season. ⚾ (PIX 11)

Map: 2.3-magnitude earthquake reported north of New York City (New York Times)

WeWork inks 37K sf lease at Jeff Sutton, Aurora Capital’s 511 Fifth Avenue (The Real Deal) 

Your face is your hospital ID under Mount Sinai's new Clear scanning contract (Crain’s New York Business)

More than 90% of legal professionals now use at least one AI tool in their daily work, according to the 2026 Future Ready Lawyer Survey.

47% of corporate legal teams are already using generative AI.

18% of law firms say GenAI is already central to their workflows, with another 44% expecting it to become central within two years.

Platforms like Thomson Reuters’ CoCounsel and LexisNexis’ Protégé are rolling out agentic workflows that can conduct deep research, review documents, and assist with multi-step legal work.

Venture capital firms are racing to fund the next generation of legal tech startups — spanning everything from AI legal copilots and contract tools to compliance platforms and even AI-native law firms. 

Firms that clean up and structure that data will get far more useful insights from AI tools, experts say.

Courts are already dealing with hundreds of cases involving AI hallucinations, where lawyers submitted inaccurate information generated by AI tools.

Jensen Huang: AI’s biggest buildout is still ahead (Axios) 

How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world (MIT Technology Review)

Human brain cells run new data centers in Singapore, Melbourne (Bloomberg)

Captur, an NYC‑based developer of AI infrastructure for enterprise mobile apps that instantly verifies user-submitted photos for quality and accuracy, raised $6 million in seed funding. Rally Ventures led the round and was joined by Sure Valley Ventures.

Jazz, an NYC-based data loss prevention platform, raised $61 million across seed and Series A rounds. Glilot Capital Partners and Team8 led the round and were joined by Ten Eleven Ventures, Merlin Ventures, and others.

Nitra, an NYC-based AI company focused on health care financial and operational workflows, raised $50 million in Series B funding from Actions Capital, AppWorks, Comma Capital, Dunamu & Partners, Era Funds, NEA, Pantera Capital, and Sazze Partners.

Rebar, an NYC-based operating system for HVAC and plumbing industries, raised $14 million in Series A funding. Prudence led the round, joined by Zero Infinity Partners, Founder Collective, Villain Capital, and Optimist Ventures.

Sandbar, an NYC-based developer of a voice first AI ring and conversational notes app, raised $23 million in Series A funding. Adjacent and Kindred led the round.

Translucent, an NYC-based healthcare finance startup, raised $27 million in Series A funding. GV led the round, joined by NEA, FPV Ventures, and Virtue.

Final call for applications! Tech:NYC is proud to partner with Company Ventures to deliver the NYC Startup Internship Program for Summer 2026. This 10-week program connects high-potential NYC students with early-stage tech companies for paid, meaningful work experience while building equitable pathways into our industry. Apply to host an intern here by March 13.

Decoded Futures, Tech:NYC’s initiative to empower the social sector with AI to scale their impact, is headed west, with a pilot in Colorado, and accepting applications from Denver-based technologists to work with the nonprofits. Apply to volunteer here (or tell your Denver friends!).

Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s Make It in Brooklyn Ag Tech Pitch Contest, seeking innovative startups that develop cutting-edge technologies to address critical challenges in modern agriculture — from precision farming and crop monitoring to sustainable irrigation, soil health management, and farm automation. Apply here by March 15.

Headstream Accelerator, supporting early-stage digital health and edtech products that address the mental well-being of young people. Benefits include 16 weeks of virtual-first programming, funded in-person kickoff and conference attendance, access to a supportive network of advisors, funders, industry experts, and a $30k non-dilutive stipend. Apply here by March 15.

Governor Hochul has launched EXPRESS NY, a statewide effort to tackle outdated or onerous regulations that stand in the way of delivering for New Yorkers. The state is soliciting ideas from stakeholders across New York on opportunities to cut red tape and improve government delivery. Submit proposals and recommendations here by April 3.

Kevin Maney, friend of Tech:NYC and co-author of The Category Creation Formula, is offering 30-minute office hours to answer category design questions from community members. Book a session here.

The Tech Week team is building a list of companies open to co-hosting events in their offices/venues for NY and Boston Tech Week, a great way to reach your target customers, find great co-hosts for Tech Week events, and increase your footprint at Tech Week with minimal cost. Apply to be a venue partner here.

CUNY 2x Tech’s NYC Tech Talent Pipeline Residency Program, connecting high-potential Computer Systems Technology students with NYC-based employers for  10-week, full-time internships focused on software engineering and data analytics. Employers, express interest here.

HubSpot’s How You Hustle, where you and your business could be featured and receive free press exposure to their 1.5 million subscribers. Apply here.

Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s Living Lab is seeking innovative technologies that address operational and quality-of-life challenges in urban parks and public spaces. Selected participants will use DBP-operated streets and plazas as real-world testing grounds for their technologies. Apply here. 

Zero Irving — the Union Square tech hub home to Civic Hall — is relaunching its Workforce Development Project Fund, which awards $200,000 annually for programs that expand tech access and economic mobility for underrepresented New Yorkers, especially those in Manhattan Community District 3 (Lower East Side, East Village, Chinatown). Submit your proposal here.