True Confessions:AI Hype & Fundraising - #NYTechWeek

Monday, Jun 1

7:00pm

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100 total spots

What would you say about AI right now if no one could trace it back to you? TRUE CONFESSIONS is a candid, facilitated conversation about the AI boom's real impact on fundraising.  We'll cut through the hype so founders and investors can make better decisions based on what's actually happening. Hosted by Flywheel Strategy x Tech/ish during NY Tech Week, this session brings together investors, AI founders, and non-AI founders for a structured discussion grounded in anonymous feedback and sentiment from those in the room and outside experts. The Problem AI hype is distorting capital markets — pressuring AI companies to overstate, making non-AI founders feel locked out, and skewing perception for everyone keeping up through headlines. How It Works Attendees complete an anonymous pre-event survey where unpopular opinions are welcome. We open by sharing what the room actually believes: where investors feel pressure to deploy, where AI founders feel pressure to overstate, where non-AI founders feel locked out. Then we dig in. No panels. No pitching. No performative takes. You'll Leave With - Clarity on signal vs. hype: a grounded read on what’s actually driving AI fundraising decisions right now (and what’s just noise) - Unfiltered market insight:  real, anonymous sentiment from founders and investors you won’t hear on stage or in press cycles - Actionable positioning edge: how to navigate (or leverage) the AI narrative whether you’re building in AI or not, to raise and compete more effectively

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