{"id":"evt_cfcb56615ab5","title":"AI Startup Challenge: Future of Finance","date":"2025-04-25","timezone":"America/New_York","start_time":"14:00","time_of_day":"afternoon","venue":null,"location":{"basis":"unresolved","likely_area":null,"likely_area_granularity":null,"evidence":null},"description":"Please join us for the AI Startup Challenge: Future of Finance - Finals featuring talks on AI + Entrepreneurship from Columbia University faculty, and pitches from the student founders competing for prizes. The AI Startup Challenge: Future of Finance competition invites current graduate degree students at Columbia University, Cornell Tech, and Wharton to harness the transformative power of AI to create innovative solutions within the finance industry. Come hear the finalists pitch for cash prizes with live Q&A from the V.C. judging panel, including industry talks by Columbia Business School faculty. The evening will conclude with a networking reception with light refreshments.","access":{"free":null,"application_required":null},"audience_roles":["students_academics","founders"],"audience_orientation":"technical","company_stage":null,"interaction":["pitch_demo"],"topics":["ai","fintech"],"modality":"in_person","meal_context":"none","series":null,"mentions":[{"text":"Columbia Business School","kind":"organization","subtype":"university","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Columbia University","kind":"organization","subtype":"university","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Cornell Tech","kind":"organization","subtype":"university","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Wharton","kind":"organization","subtype":"university","role":"affiliation"}],"sources":[{"id":"nextnyc","class":"newsletter","publisher":"nextNYC","first_observed_at":"2025-04-21T11:00:32.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2025-04-21T11:00:32.0000000Z"}],"discovery":{"first_party":[],"newsletter":["nextnyc"],"provider":null},"basis":{"audience_roles":{"students_academics":"observed","founders":"inferred"},"topics":{"ai":"observed","fintech":"observed"},"audience_orientation":"inferred","company_stage":null,"interaction":"observed","modality":"default"},"canonical_url":null,"first_seen":"2025-04-21T11:00:32.0000000Z","last_seen":"2025-04-21T11:00:32.0000000Z","observation_count":1}