{"id":"evt_9999bd90277e","title":"Vertical AI Founders & Investors Dinner","date":"2026-02-19","timezone":"America/New_York","start_time":"18:30","time_of_day":"evening","venue":null,"location":{"basis":"unresolved","likely_area":null,"likely_area_granularity":null,"evidence":null},"description":"Software is abundant, but generic AI is already converging. As frontier models become widely accessible, differentiation no longer comes from raw capabilities - it comes from embedding intelligence directly into the operational logic of real industries. They become part of how a market operates, powering underwriting decisions in insurance, routing and forecasting in supply chain, compliance automation in financial services, patient flow optimization in healthcare, and countless other domain-specific functions. We're bringing the best Vertical AI startups of NYC together for a seated Dinner. Leverage.Work, Rho, Olive Tree Capital and Coorelation VC hand-select founders for a seated dinner.","access":{"free":null,"application_required":null},"audience_roles":["founders","investors"],"audience_orientation":"technical","company_stage":null,"interaction":["social"],"topics":["ai","venture"],"modality":"in_person","meal_context":"dinner","series":null,"mentions":[{"text":"Coorelation VC","kind":"organization","subtype":null,"role":"organizer"},{"text":"Leverage.Work","kind":"organization","subtype":null,"role":"organizer"},{"text":"Olive Tree Capital","kind":"organization","subtype":null,"role":"organizer"},{"text":"Rho","kind":"organization","subtype":null,"role":"organizer"}],"sources":[{"id":"nextnyc","class":"newsletter","publisher":"nextNYC","first_observed_at":"2026-02-09T12:45:56.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2026-02-16T12:45:28.0000000Z"}],"discovery":{"first_party":[],"newsletter":["nextnyc"],"provider":null},"basis":{"audience_roles":{"founders":"observed","investors":"observed"},"topics":{"ai":"observed","venture":"inferred"},"audience_orientation":"inferred","company_stage":null,"interaction":"observed","modality":"default"},"canonical_url":null,"first_seen":"2026-02-09T12:45:56.0000000Z","last_seen":"2026-02-16T12:45:28.0000000Z","observation_count":3}