Tech:NYC AI Demos lineup

Tech:NYC has set the lineup for its next New York City artificial intelligence demo night on April 23, with five companies scheduled to show products live in Brooklyn. (garysguide.com) The event is listed for 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, 2026, at The Refinery at Domino, 300 Kent Ave. in Williamsburg. GarysGuide’s listing names Justworks, Clay, Cognition, Norm Ai and Windmill for the program. (garysguide.com) Tech:NYC’s Luma page identifies the event as “NYC AI Demos #8: AI Startup Stack” and lists Tech:NYC, Kyle Bhiro and Two Trees Management as hosts. The same page shows earlier editions on March 5 and January 29 at the same Domino venue. (luma.com) The format is simple: companies get on stage and show working software instead of slides. Tech:NYC said in a December recap that it launched the series in spring 2025 with Pensar and The Refinery at Domino to let New York builders “show, not tell” how they are using artificial intelligence. (blog.technyc.org) Tech:NYC said the series drew more than 200 in-person attendees and a waitlist of more than 1,000 people each month in 2025. The group called it the largest recurring artificial intelligence demo series on the East Coast. (blog.technyc.org) The April lineup also sketches the kind of artificial intelligence New York startups are pitching right now: tools for payroll and human resources, software engineering, sales outreach, legal compliance and internal operations. The event page describes the theme as the “AI Startup Stack,” spanning developer tools, deployment, go-to-market and operations. (garysguide.com) Each company points to a different slice of that stack. Justworks sells payroll, benefits and compliance software for employers; Clay says its product combines data, “AI agents” and intent signals for go-to-market teams; Cognition markets Devin as an artificial intelligence coding teammate. (justworks.com ) (clay.com) (cognition.ai) Norm Ai says it turns laws, regulations and company policies into compliance agents for legal teams. Windmill describes itself as an open-source workflow engine and developer platform for building internal tools and automations. (norm.ai) (windmill.dev) Tech:NYC has been pushing a broader argument that New York is no longer just a finance and media market for artificial intelligence companies. Its 2025 ecosystem snapshot says the city now has more than 2,000 artificial intelligence startups, more than 40,000 artificial intelligence professionals and 35 unicorns in the sector that have raised a combined $17 billion. (technyc.org) That is the backdrop for April 23: a local trade group, a waterfront Brooklyn venue and five companies pitching tools meant for everyday business work. The next test is whether the eighth demo night can keep filling the room the way the first seven did. (blog.technyc.org)