Ugly Talk: The Future of Fashion & Beauty Tech - #NYTechweek

Wednesday, Jun 3

7:00pm

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💡 What’s the Ugly Truth Beauty tech is booming, but growth has made the category louder, not clearer. AI diagnostics, AR try-ons, personalization, and smart devices are pulling more founders into the space, but more innovation also means more hype, more copycats, and more brands fighting for the same customer attention. For founders, a strong product is just the entry fee. The real edge comes from knowing what actually drives trust, repeat purchase, and loyalty in a market where branding and novelty can fake momentum. This room is for people who want to separate signal from noise and figure out which trends are truly shaping the future of beauty tech. 🎯 Why You Should Attend - Hear from a pioneer in beauty tech and understand what they are building, how they got there, and what they are paying attention to now. - Connect with other beauty tech founders who are relentlessly innovating and building through the noise. - Understand shifting consumer behavior, changing demand, and what customers are looking for now. 🙋 Who's Getting In This Room - Beauty tech founders - Beauty business owners - Consumer and brand experts - Investors interested in beauty tech and consumer companies 🎤 Who’s Taking the Stage Zehra Soysal - Founder & CEO of Savanah.ai Zehra's career journey began at Google in business strategy, followed by impactful roles at BCG, where she worked across diverse sectors in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She played a key role in establishing a tech joint venture with Turkey's largest conglomerate, igniting her passion for innovative business technologies. She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School in 2022. Post-MBA, she joined Metaphysic.ai in New York, where she was instrumental in scaling operations and driving strategic growth through its $1.4B acquisition. She is now the founder and CEO of Savanah.ai, a New York-based visual AI platform helping brands create e-commerce imagery at scale and optimize conversion. Yarden Horwitz - Co-Founder of Spate Yarden Horwitz is the Co-founder of Spate, an AI-driven platform used by 250+ beauty brands like Estée Lauder, L’Oréal, and P&G to make data-driven decisions. Before founding Spate in 2018, Yarden worked at Google, launching the first Google Trends Report and co-founding the trendspotting division. She’s been named a top female leader by Entrepreneur Magazine and sits on the boards of CEW and NewBeauty Brain Trust. Yarden is a frequent speaker at beauty events like CEW’s State of the Beauty Industry and her work has been featured in publications including WWD, Vogue Business, and the New York Times. More speakers coming soon! Moderator: Jessica Sophia Wong - Founder & CEO of Yorkseed Jessica Sophia Wong is the founder of Yorkseed — a venture intelligence and relationship platform built for the people who move capital and companies across borders. Through Yorkseed Connect, she has built one of the most active cross-border founder and investor ecosystems in the world, operating across 50+ city hubs and running alongside SXSW, Web Summit, Davos, CES, VivaTech, and New York Tech Week. She also founded Valois, a private invitation-only network for family offices, HNWI, and fund managers at the highest level of global capital. Venture Partner at VNTR Capital. Based in NYC and Paris. 💬 What We Do Not Sugarcoat - In an industry full of noise and competition, how do you separate real signal from hype? - How do you fight copycats in a market where products move fast and differentiation can disappear overnight? - What trends actually reflect customer demand, and what are customers burning for now that they were not asking for before? - How does AI actually matter here, from diagnostics and personalization to discovery, conversion, and retention? 🤝 Who's Hosting It Yorkseed - Yorkseed is a global venture platform and community connecting founders, investors, and operators. Belong NYC- We offer our members a unique blend of luxury and convenience, including access to showers, locker space, luggage storage, private phone booths, conference rooms, nap pods, and co-working space. This event is a part of #NYTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.

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