Wednesday, May 20, 2026

New York City just rolled out nearly 100,000 3-K and Pre-K offers for next school year, as City Hall pushes closer to universal childcare and shorter commutes for parents. 👶 (CBS New York) 

Orchard Beach’s historic pavilion is finally reopening after sitting mostly dormant for 17 years, giving the ‘Bronx Riviera’ a $114 million refresh just in time for summer. 🌊 (PIX 11) 

This Memorial Day weekend is shaping up to be the busiest on record, with an estimated 45 million Americans traveling. If you’re heading to the Jersey Shore, the Hamptons, or anywhere with a beach, you should start mentally preparing now for intense traffic. Here are the best and worst times to travel throughout NYC this weekend. 🚗 (FOX New York)

Map: The best sushi restaurants in Manhattan (Eater) 

Hochul brings the ‘Wrath of Kath’ to LCA show (City & State)

A new interactive game show is opening a flagship in NYC (Time Out New York) 

From June 1-7, New York will play host to 1,500+ (!!!) events celebrating the tech ecosystem across the city. 🗽

With our curated list of events by Tech:NYC and our member companies, you can view by date, host, and even interest area — there are suggestions for those interested in fundraising, product development, or just good ol’ networking.

Many member companies are hosting multiple events throughout the week — be sure to check out the full cal here.

Taking AI to New Heights (June 2): Datadog and Vercel host an event to talk about how teams are building with AI today.

Axios AI+ NY Summit (June 3): Tech:NYC has once again partnered with Axios to bring its AI+ Summit to NYC for a third year, featuring appearances by IBM’s Arvind Krishna, Yahoo’s Jim Lanzone, GLAAD’s Sarah Kate Ellis, and more to be announced!

An Insider Look at Empire AI (June 3): Tech:NYC teams up with HR&A to give a peak behind the curtain of Empire AI, the $500 million consortium of leading universities building world-class supercomputing for the public interest.

Decoded Futures AI Build Day (June 4): Tech:NYC’s AI-for-the-social-sector initiative will bring together nonprofit leaders and technologists to explore practical ways to use AI to build organizational capacity and scale impact.

💰 Fintech: Tech:NYC is teaming up with J.P. Morgan Payments to bring together leading fintech journalists and tech comms pros to explore how finance innovation is transforming industries. More here.

💻 New media: Tech:NYC has partnered with Edelman to host a happy hour and panel on how new media is reshaping the tech landscape. More here. 

🤖 Robotics: Dig deeper into deeptech and discover how machines are built, deployed, and scaled. More here.

🗽 NY tech talent: With IBM, explore how NYC is attracting tech, talent, and growing the startup ecosystem. More here.

🏢 Proptech: Build up your proptech network and play some poker to boot. More here.

The founders playbook: Building an AI-native startup (Claude) 

Google reinvents search before AI rivals replace it (Axios) 

These companies say AI is reviving entry-level jobs, not killing them (Wall Street Journal)

Century Health, an NYC-based company applying AI to clinical data to accelerate research, raised $5 million in seed funding. Origin Ventures led the round and was joined by InnovateHealth Ventures, 25madison, Next Play Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and angel investors.

Eisen, an NYC-based developer of AI-powered compliance operations for financial services, raised $18.5 million across Series A and seed rounds. MissionOG led the $10 million Series A round and Index Ventures led the $8.5 million seed round.

Ocean, an NYC-based agentic email security platform, raised $28 million in funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round and was joined by Picture Capital, Cerca Partners, and angel investors.

Radar, an NYC-based retail intelligence platform, raised $170 million in Series B funding at a $1 billion post-money valuation. Gideon Strategic Partners and Nimble Partners led the round, joined by Align Ventures.

Texture, an NYC-based provider of software for electric utility operations, raised $12.5 million in Series A funding. VoLo Earth Ventures and Equal Ventures led the round, joined by Lerer Hippeau and Abstract Ventures.

Vi, an NYC-based maker of health care AI agents raised $145 million at a $1.65 billion valuation from General Atlantic, Revelstoke, 1902 Capital, Square Peg, Savano Capital, and Island Green.

Apply for the Best Places to Work in NYC, a free initiative designed to recognize organizations that excel in workplace culture and employee satisfaction. Eligible companies with at least 15 employees and one year in operation can participate and gain valuable employee feedback while earning recognition as an employer of choice. Apply here by May 22.

The Social Science Research Council has opened applications for their Just Tech Fellowship, a one-year, unrestricted award of up to $60,000 for researchers, artists, and practitioners working to understand and shape how technology impacts society and public life. Apply here by June 28. 

Endless Frontier Labs has opened applications for its 9-month program which helps founders transform their science and tech based ideas into commercially scalable companies. Apply here by July 31.

The Tech Week team has a list of companies open to co-hosting events in their offices/venues for NY Tech Week, a great way to reach customers, find co-hosts for Tech Week events, and increase your footprint at Tech Week. 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 can 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.