Hot Off The AI Furnace - June 19

1 Day Left for Early Bird Pricing, Exclusive Founder/Funder Mixer, Events and Updates

Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day for early bird pricing, don’t miss out on the AI Hot 100 Summit 👀

Early bird tickets for the AI Hot 100 Summit ends at midnight tomorrow. Grab your ticket to the Most EPIC AI Startup Event of the Year, happening on June 26 in NYC.

👉 One day. One room.

👉 Highest curation and concentration of the who’s who of early stage AI.

👉 Meet founders ranging from under-the-radar stealth to series C founders who have raised up to $356M

👉 Meet connections that could change your trajectory in the AI space.

👉 100 early and growth stage AI founders, 100+ enterprise implementers, 50+ venture funds.

Check out the full agenda here.

Secure your spot today, only 50 more community tickets available 👉 aifurnace.co 

Founders ✨ Announcing the Year’s Most Exclusive Founder-Funder Mixer at the AI Hot 100 Summit w/ 30+ Top Funds Attending

1.5hrs of curated networking with top funds - apply now

Some of the funds participating in the Founder—Funder Meet & Greet at The #AIHot100 Summit next Thursday, June 26th (10.45AM to 12PM session):

  • Sequoia Capital

  • a16z

  • Bessemer Venture Partners

  • Insight Partners

  • FirstMark

  • Greylock

  • Point 72 Ventures

  • M13

  • Gradient Ventures

  • Lerer Hippeau

  • Canaan

  • Eric Schmidt Family Office

  • Flybridge Capital

  • Bain Capital

  • Eniac Ventures

  • Collab Fund

  • Communitas Capital

  • IBM Ventures

  • Mirae Asset

  • Fintech Collective

  • LocalGlobe

  • OneSixOne Ventures

  • Revolution

  • The Cashmere Fund

  • Harmony Partners

  • Ardent Venture Partners

  • Apprentis Ventures

Apply to get your discounted founder ticket here.

Released today - See the next 20 startups on the #AIHot100 List who will be attending the Summit on June 26

Check out the Linkedin post to see who made the cut. We’ll be revealing the next 20 over the next few days so keep an eye out 👀

AI Hot 100 Market Map 2025 (blurred), which is being revealed over the next few days

🤖 Volunteers Roles for The AI Hot 100 Summit 🚀 Are you a Student & Interesting in Volunteering?

The AI Furnace is on the lookout for talented students to volunteer at the summit on June 26th in NYC. It’s your chance to be part of a day filled with cutting-edge discussions, networking and demo’s. Open to students only.

Benefits include:

  • Being in the room with the hottest AI founders, VCs and executives;

  • Networking with AI experts and enthusiasts;

  • Free access to insightful sessions and workshops;

  • Complimentary meals and exclusive event merchandise.

👉 Fill in this form to be considered.

About The AI Hot 💯 Summit

June 26th. NYC.

The Who’s Who of Early Stage AI. 100 of the Hottest Funded Startups in the World, All in One Place. 400 Founders, AI Business Leaders and Investors.

Some of the founders attending include:

We’ll have some dope AI VCs joining including:

  • A16z

  • Lerer Hippeau

  • Gradient Ventures

  • Flybridge

  • Eniac Ventures

  • M13

  • Firstmark

  • Creative Capital

  • Link Ventures

  • IBM Ventures

  • Left Lane Capital

  • True Ventures

  • Red Sea Ventures

  • Communitas Capital

  • Apprentis Ventures

  • + More

Some of the AI enterprise leaders include:

  • Chief Data Officer of Mastercard

  • Chief Information Officer of CBRE

  • Head of AI at Unilever

  • Head of Global AI and Data Science at Pfizer

  • Group Chief Innovation & AI Officer at Ringier AG

  • Head of Enterprise Technology at Memorial Sloan Kettering

  • Head of AI at Puma

  • Head of AI at UBS

  • SVP of Data, AI & Emerging Technologies at NBC Universal

  • + More

a16z, Eniac Ventures, and Link Ventures at The AI Hot 100 Summit in 2024

Promo Code For our loyal community, we are offering a 10% discount for our newsletter followers. Use code FURNACENEWSLETTER, with only 60 tickets available at this price.

Make sure to get yours here! Check it out the full agenda here.

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About The AI Furnace

The AI Furnace is a global network of 20,000+ AI founders, developers and researchers. It was started by Angela Mascarenas and Hamza Zaveri, AI founders from NYC and London who started the org to support fellow AI founders and operators building in local cities outside of Cerebral Valley (San Francisco).