From Startup to City Pilot: How Do You Get NYC to Test Your Technology?

New York has no shortage of problems worth solving or institutions looking for better solutions. But for an early-stage founder, figuring out how to actually work with the city can be difficult. We're having a candid conversation with Matthew Horwitz, investor at the Partnership Fund for New York City, on how founders can navigate New York’s ecosystem, work with major institutions, and get new technologies tested in the city. We'll Get Into: How the Partnership Fund's Innovation Labs help companies test technologies with major public-sector agencies. What NYC institutions look for before agreeing to a pilot. How founders can position themselves for opportunities they may not even know exist. And what happens after a successful test. Who Should Join Founders building emerging technologies that could be tested or deployed across New York. Agenda 6:00 PM — Doors + networking6:30 PM — Welcome from Rokdove6:35 PM — Building in NYC: A Candid Conversation with Partnership Fund 7:20 PM — Founder Q&A7:45 PM — Networking8:30 PM — Close Rokdove is a New York-based innovation lab focused on advancing human agency in an AI-driven world. Our work focuses on three areas: safety, protecting people from emerging digital harms; data, giving people greater control over their information; and voice, helping people participate in the decisions and policies shaping their lives.