About us
NY AI Engineers is a community for builders working with AI. It brings together AI engineers, machine learning practitioners, and software engineers who want to learn from peers and stay close to how AI is built and deployed in production. The focus is high signal conversations, real systems, and shared lessons from the field.
AI Engineers is run by Fonzi. Fonzi is a talent marketplace that connects elite engineers with top AI companies through a monthly, high signal, structured hiring process called Match Day. We run AI Engineers communities in both New York and San Francisco.
If you are interested in speaking at a tech talk in either location, email lauren@fonzi.ai with your LinkedIn profile, the location you want to speak in (NY or SF), and a short abstract on how you are applying or building with AI in your current role. Use the subject line “AI Engineers Abstract Submission”.
Upcoming events
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AI Engineers: All-In on AI
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Join a private, invite-only poker game for founders, engineers, and VCs building and backing the next generation of vertical AI companies.Consider this the Molly’s Game of the AI world. A private table with limited players and a small circle of observers. Designed for the operators setting the pace in AI.
Cocktails will be served throughout the night by a dedicated bartender, alongside a selection of sushi and dumplings.
Bring your A game.
High signal. Limited seats.***
AGENDA
7:00 PM — Cocktail Service & Food
Cocktails and sushi are served. Guests arrive and settle in.
8:00 PM — Game Begins
Players take their seats and the first hands are dealt.About the host:
Fonzi is a recruiting platform focused exclusively on product and AI engineering hires in NYC and SF. We work with 75+ open roles across the best startups in the city.Hiring?
Want intros to startups?Spots are limited.
1 attendee
AI Engineers: Game Night
Location not specified yetGame Night with NYC's Top Engineers
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We're bringing together some of the best engineers in New York for a night of Smash Bros, Mario Kart, board games, and good conversation. Drinks and pizza are on us.What is this?
A game night for engineers and builders in NYC's tech ecosystem.
No pitches or networking vibes - we’re just hanging out.Who's coming?
A curated mix of engineers from tier 1, VC-backed startups across AI/ML, infrastructure, and full-stack product. Seed to Series C+.About the host:
Fonzi is a recruiting platform focused exclusively on product and AI engineering hires in NYC and SF. We work with 75+ open roles across the best startups in the city.Hiring?
Want intros to startups?Spots are limited.
1 attendee
AI Engineers: Devs & Drinks
Location not specified yetThe kind of engineering crowd you don’t find by accident.
Join us for a monthly gathering of NYC engineers building real, meaningful systems across companies of all kinds. Grab a drink on us, play a few games, and spend the evening with other engineers who care deeply about what they’re building. Pool, ping-pong, foosball, shuffleboard, and classic arcades are all open.You’ll be surrounded by engineers shipping serious products and hiring teams from Ramp, Suno, Graphite, Tennr, FLORA, OpenRouter, and more. Whether you’re exploring new opportunities or simply want to meet other high-caliber engineers, this is a rare chance to connect in a relaxed, social setting.
About the host:
Fonzi is a recruiting platform focused exclusively on product and AI engineering hires in NYC and SF. We work with 75+ open roles across the best startups in the city.1 attendee
Founders to Follow
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Fonzi presents a curated live pitch night featuring NYC’s most exciting tech companies, exclusively backed by tier 1 venture funds.
Six Seed to Pre-IPO founders each deliver a focused 2–3 minute pitch on what they are building, followed by 2–3 minutes of live Q&A centered on product, technical challenges, and business model decisions.
Attendance: this is an invite only event exclusively for New York’s best software engineers and venture backed founders
**The goal is simple:**an opportunity for intimate interactions, talking all things venture back startups between some of New York’s best founders, and the cities’s best engineersFounders:
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Agenda
- 6:00pm: Networking with pizza and soft drinks courtesy of Fonzi AI
- 6:30pm: Pitches x3
- 6:50pm: Networking break
- 7:20pm: Pitches x3
- 7:40pm: Networking break
- 8:00pm: Open networking
About the host:
Fonzi is a recruiting platform focused exclusively on product and AI engineering hires in NYC and SF. We work with 75+ open roles across the best startups in the city.1 attendee
Past events
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