October 12–14, 2026
AI Engineer New York 2026: Where AI Engineering
Meets Wall Street
An AI conference in New York for engineers and technical leaders building production AI across banking, hedge funds, fintech, insurance, and asset management.
1.5M+
Unique viewers worldwide
1,000+
In-person AI engineers & leaders
100+
Top industry speakers
150K+
Remote livestream attendees
Trusted by leading AI labs & financial institutions
What to expect
Three days of talks, workshops, and high-signal networking designed for technical leaders deploying AI in financial services and beyond.
Day 1
October 12
Deep Dives & Welcome Reception
- Hands-on technical workshops across the day
- First access to the Expo floor and partner exhibits
- Welcome reception connecting speakers, attendees, and sponsors
Day 2
October 13
Full-Day Keynotes, Talks, and Networking
- Full day of keynotes and sessions
- Expo Sessions, breakouts, and leadership programming
- Expo floor open all day
Day 3
October 14
Full-Day Keynotes, Talks, and Closing Programming
- Full day of keynotes and sessions
- Expo Sessions and continued access to the Expo floor
- Final day to explore the Expo floor and connect
Join the Future of AI & Finance
Secure your spot alongside 1,000+ builders, leaders, and bankers shaping the future of AI and finance.
Why financial institutions
choose AI Engineer NYC
Attendees are not in discovery mode — they are actively deploying, optimizing, and investing in AI solutions across financial services and beyond.
Production AI Talks
Engineers and technical leaders from banking, fintech, and asset management share real-world production systems and infrastructure challenges.
Cutting-Edge Expo
Meet the companies building AI infrastructure for financial services — from model serving to compliance tooling to agent frameworks.
Financial Services Networking
Connect with CTOs, CIOs, VPs of AI/ML, and technical founders from top financial institutions and AI companies.
Facilitated Discussions
Deep-dive roundtables on AI adoption in banking, trading, insurance, and more — every conversation is high-signal.
Your Guide to AI Engineer NY
Explore AI in finance before the conference
Start with our AI in finance guide, including implementation lessons on financial research, reconciliation, customer assistance, and verification.
- Verifiable financial AI: KeplerFrom: World’s Fair 2026
- Enterprise knowledge applications: BlackRockFrom: World’s Fair 2025
- Evaluating banking agents through simulation: NubankFrom: World’s Fair 2026
These recordings are from past events, not announcements of NYC 2026 speakers.
Venue
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
Located in Midtown Manhattan near NYC’s financial and tech districts, the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel offers large-capacity ballrooms, dedicated expo floor space, and seamless access for sponsors, networking, and attendee experiences across the event.
Why this audience matters
Attendees are not in discovery mode — they are actively deploying, optimizing, and investing in AI. The most plugged-in audience of any AI conference.
Top 10 Role Classifications
Company Size
Number of Attendees
Top Countries
- United States84.0%
- Canada3.4%
- United Kingdom2.6%
- Singapore1.2%
- Germany1.1%
- Other7.7%
Experience Level
Speak at AIE NYC 2026
Call for Speakers
AIE NYC will be the largest AIE flagship event ever held in New York, with over 1,500 AI engineers, researchers, and founders live in person and hundreds of thousands tuning in online. This year our mainstage focus track is the rising role of AI in Financial Services, alongside past speakers from Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Capital One, Bloomberg, Jane Street, and Fidelity.
Every talk is professionally recorded and published on our YouTube, X, and LinkedIn for free. Multiple submissions are welcome, and you can refine your titles and abstracts with us later.
Speakers travel free: economy flights and accommodation covered (up to 2 nights domestic, 3 nights international), plus a free event pass. Mainstage keynotes are strictly non-vendor — an anti-sales-pitch policy that does not apply to workshops, leadership, expo, or booth sessions.
Key Dates
- Call for Speakers opensJul 17
- Wave 1 acceptancesAug 15
- Wave 2 acceptancesSep 1
- Call for Speakers closesSep 12
Session Formats
Stage Talk
15–20 min
Keynotes, live demos, and paper presentations. Most talks are this format.
Workshop
1–2 hours
Hands-on sessions or technical deep dives.
Lightning Talk
5–10 min
Launches, hot takes, and fun rants.
Online Talk
5–55 min
Very free form, no IRL stress, same exposure online.
Associate Program
Join us as an Associate
Help our team run the event for a few shifts and receive full access to the conference.
Past speakers & attendees from
Aman Gupta
Principal ML Engineer, Nubank
Brendan Rappazzo
Machine Learning Scientist, Morgan Stanley
Udi Menkes
Principal Product Manager, Intuit
Vinoo Ganesh
CEO & Co-Founder, Kepler
Yogendra Miraje
Principal AI Engineer, FactSet
Sai Krishna Rallabandi
Director, Data Science, Fidelity Investments
John Crepezzi
Software Engineer, Jane Street
Will Brown
Prev. ML Researcher, Morgan Stanley
Grace Isford
Partner, Lux Capital
Lei Zhang
Head of Technology Infrastructure, Bloomberg
Martin Harrysson
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Anju Kambadur
Head of AI Engineering, Bloomberg LP
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Arize
Arize helps financial services teams improve AI agents. Arize AX turns traces and evals into investigations, reviewable fixes, and experiments. Phoenix offers open-source observability and evaluation.
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Past NYC Conferences
From the team that produced AI Engineer World's Fair and two of the best technical AI conferences in NYC last year
AI Engineer Summit 2025
Agent Engineering — the flagship AI Engineer Summit held in NYC
February 19 - 22, 2025 at The Times Center
AI Engineer CODE 2025
Held in NYC in 2025 — featuring Google DeepMind, Anthropic, Cursor, Netflix, Cline, OpenAI, Meta, and METR
November 19-22, 2025 at The Times Center
Buy Tickets
October 12–14, 2026 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel.
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