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
Speakers
A preview of the people joining us, with more to be revealed soon.
Model Labs & AI Platforms
- ExaCEO
- ValsCEO
- BasisCEO
- OpenAITBA
- AnthropicTBA
- SF ComputeCEO
- Cursor / SpaceXAIIntegrations Lead
- General IntuitionCEO
Hedge Funds & Investors
- CoatueHead of AI
- Point72Market Intelligence Lead
- BlackRockAI Investment Lead
- Two SigmaManaging Director, Head of AI Core Team
- BridgewaterCTO
- Compound AICofounder
- Apollo Global ManagementHead of Data, Digital, and AI
Banks & Asset Managers
- JPMCGlobal Chief Security Architect
- VanguardTech Lead
- BloombergHead of CTO Cloud Compute
- MastercardDeputy CISO
- Capital OneDistinguished Engineer
- Wells FargoHead of Frontier AI Models
- Franklin TempletonHead of AI
- Fidelity InvestmentsDirector
Fintech & Startups
- RampCTO
- RogoCEO
- SonarCEO
- LinearHead of Engineering
- RevolutHead of AI
- CoinbaseAI Product Lead
- MintlifyCEO
From Financial Institutions to Frontier AI. All in One Place.
What to expect
Three days of talks, workshops, and high-signal networking designed for technical leaders deploying AI in financial services and beyond.
Monday
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
Tuesday
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
Wednesday
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
Program structure
How the three days fit together
A high-level view of registration, keynotes, breakouts, Expo hours, and evening events. Exact times are subject to change; the full session schedule will be published closer to the event.
Hands-on workshops all day, then the Expo opens with a welcome reception
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.
Around the conference
Side Events
Come for AI Engineer New York, stay for the NYC AI scene! Many people organize side events around our conferences. With the world's top AI Engineers flying in to New York, there are lots of meetings and side events in the surrounding days. Please reach out to Sponsorships@ai.engineer for listing pricing.
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
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.
Workshops available as add-on
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