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Meet the NYC International Landing Pad Cohort in Partnership w/ NYCEDC & Lightspeed; Dinner feat. NEA ($30B+ AUM; Backed ByteDance & 100+ Unicorns), Founders x VCs Ping Pong Rally & Bites feat. Flybridge Capital ($1B AUM), and more!

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Edwina Yeo
May 07, 2026

Hi homies,

If you're an AI B2B growth-stage founder, don't miss our Private Founders Dinner with NEA ($30B AUM; backed 100+ unicorns), hosted at NYC's tallest all-electric skyscraper (JPMorgan's invite-only $3B headquarters). Spend meaningful time with fellow VC-backed founders over a complimentary private chef experience. 
Founders with $10-$100M+ raised only | May 13, 6.30 - 8.30pm | RSVP here

And if you'd like to join us in creating these meaningful opportunities for curated communities to connect, we're hiring our NYC Market Lead! Work directly with leadership to shape Supermomos's future in our flagship NYC market — an entry-level, high-ownership role with real revenue and partner responsibility. Recent grads welcome, as long as you're an absolute animal 🐅 (in drive, ownership, and execution). 
See more & apply here. 

Introducing the NYC International Landing Pad Cohort

Today we're proud to unveil our inaugural NYC International Landing Pad cohort - ten global AI companies handpicked from hundreds of applicants, choosing New York as the place to prove their technology where it matters most: in the systems people actually depend on.

Built together with NYCEDC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Anthropic, Airwallex, and Perkins Coie, we’re welcoming:

🇬🇧 Auquan: Agentic AI for smarter institutional investing
🇸🇬 Firstwork: AI agents helping frontline workers get hired and onboarded faster
🇦🇪 nybl: Physics-informed AI that keeps critical infrastructure from going dark
🇰🇷 Pyler: AI video analysis for brand safety and ad relevance
🇨🇦 Qohash: Data security platform that discovers and protects sensitive unstructured data at scale
🇪🇸 Quibim: AI medical imaging for faster, more accurate disease detection
🇫🇷 Spore.Bio: Microbiology testing that detects bacteria in minutes for safer food and products
🇬🇧 Swoop Funding: Connecting growing businesses to loans, equity, and grants
🇸🇬 SynaXG: AI-native wireless infrastructure for the cities and workers of the future
🇪🇸 Zepo: Defending people and companies from social engineering attacks

These 10 companies are putting AI to work in the real world, inside the systems that power everyday life. The next wave of global innovation is launching in NYC.

A huge thank you to our founding partners who helped make this possible:

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that creates reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Anthropic's flagship product is Claude, a large language model trusted by millions of users worldwide. Learn more about Anthropic and Claude at anthropic.com.

Airwallex is an AI-native global financial operating system built for modern businesses. On a single proprietary infrastructure, it replaces fragmented banking and finance tools with unified solutions for business accounts, payments, treasury, spend management, cards, and embedded finance. 

Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm helping startups and growth companies scale from founding to exit. The firm advises on venture financings, corporate strategy, and legal operations, and has managed thousands of venture capital and private equity financings from pre-seed to growth stage, acting as a strategic partner to high-growth technology companies.

Learn more about the Landing Pad program and our newest cohort here.

Spotlight Events

Invite & approval only: Founders who have $10M–100M+ in revenue or funding. 

A complimentary exquisite dinner will be provided at an upscale private dining room. It will be a great time – expect to come away with new learnings, impactful connections, inspiring conversations with like-minded founders and funders, and a full stomach!

We will have a private room to ourselves, and individually-assigned seating using our proprietary AI algorithms. There will also be a seat change and ample time for mingling before & after dinner, so you'll get to know everyone in the room!

Invite & approval only: Founders and VCs with $500k-$10M+ in revenue or funding 

Make meaningful connections with other like-minded founders and VCs over a ping pong social with complimentary food and drinks! Expect an afternoon filled with new learnings, curated connections, and impactful conversations that will leave you inspired (and well-fed!). 

We will have a short panel session and Q&A with our speakers. You’ll have the chance to ask them questions and gain valuable insights.

We’ll have a private room reserved exclusively for this event. There will also be ample time to network and meet other founders and VCs in attendance. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights and connect with peers in an intimate, engaging environment!

Invite & Approval: Founders & VCs only

Join us for an inspiring masterclass on navigating product innovation and strategic growth. This session will delve into the journey of 0 to 1, discussing product-market-fit, how to get to your first $1M in revenue/ ARR, and how to secure funding from VCs in today's market.

This event is part of our Female Founders & Funders series where we feature female founders & VCs as speakers. Attendees are founders and funders of all genders.

Invite & approval only: Founders who have $10M–100M+ in revenue or funding. 

A complimentary exquisite dinner will be provided at an upscale private dining room. It will be a great time – expect to come away with new learnings, impactful connections, inspiring conversations with like-minded founders and funders, and a full stomach!

We will have a private room to ourselves, and individually-assigned seating using our proprietary AI algorithms. There will also be a seat change and ample time for mingling before & after dinner, so you'll get to know everyone in the room!

Invite & Approval only: CISOs, SVPs, and senior security executives (VPs and above) at Fortune 1000 companies & enterprises

The attackers have AI. Your board has questions. This is where CISOs compare notes.
The threat surface didn't just expand. It shape-shifted. AI-generated phishing that clears every filter. Deepfake audio that passes voice authentication. Sensitive data sprawling across tools your team didn't approve and can't fully see.
You've been managing this in real time — often without a playbook, and rarely in a room where you can speak freely.

This private, off-the-record dinner brings together 12-16 CISOs and senior security leaders from Fortune 1000 companies for the conversation that doesn't happen at RSA or in vendor briefings.

You'll hear directly from peers who are:

  • Rethinking human risk strategy as AI-generated threats outpace traditional security awareness programs

  • Building board-ready frameworks to quantify cyber risk in language that drives real investment decisions

  • Getting ahead of sensitive data exposure across a sprawling, AI-augmented tool stack before it becomes a liability

No panels. No pitches. Expect great peer learning, and high-trust conversations hosted in a 2-Michelin-starred private dining room. We'll have a private room to ourselves with AI-powered individually assigned seating. There's also a mid-dinner seat change and plenty of time to mingle before and after, so you'll leave knowing everyone in the room.

Invite & approval only: Founders and VCs with $500k-$10M+ in revenue or funding 

Make meaningful connections with other like-minded founders and VCs over a complimentary full, hearty breakfast. Expect a morning filled with new learnings, curated connections, and impactful conversations that will leave you inspired (and well-fed!). 

We will have a short panel session and Q&A with our speakers. You’ll have the chance to ask them questions and gain valuable insights.

We’ll have a private room reserved exclusively for this event, where discussions will be facilitated at your table over breakfast. There will also be ample time to network and meet other Founders and VCs in attendance. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights and connect with peers in an intimate, engaging environment!

This Week’s Events

Upcoming Events

Thu, May 14, 07:00 PM Tech Gather NYC May Meetup

Thu, May 21, 05:30 PM The Startup Pitch: Demo Showcase

Fri, May 29, 05:00 PM Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

What Happened Last Week?

Last week, we hosted a Private Founders Dinner with Vig Sachidananda (Partner at Gradient, Google's $1B AI Fund) where we dove into hard questions about the AI fundraising landscape over delicious Mediterranean cuisine. Vig shared about the hard truths in building an AI company that wins:

  • Build for monopoly, not competition.

  • MVPs now do the talking decks used to.

  • In deep tech, founder pedigree and bottleneck-picking matter more than TAM math.

A huge thank you to Thoropass, Perkins Coie, Vouch Insurance, and Justworks for co-hosting this dinner with us, Sam from Thoropass for moderating the conversation, and Vig for sharing his hard-earned wisdoms! 

Much love,
Team Supermomos NYC
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