What Tech:NYC does

Tech:NYC is a New York-based nonprofit organization founded in 2016 that functions as an advocacy body and member network for the city's technology sector. It convenes tech companies, venture capital firms, nonprofits, and government officials to shape policy, develop talent, and promote the NYC tech ecosystem. Its flagship initiatives include Decoded Futures (AI training and capacity-building cohorts for nonprofits, operated through the affiliated Tech:NYC Foundation), the Grid Fellowship (civic leadership program for senior tech leaders), and Obviously NYC (a talent attraction campaign supported by NYCEDC). The organization also operates a Daily Digest newsletter, a Tech Jobs board, the NYC AI Demos event series, and research publications such as the annual NYC Tech Ecosystem Snapshot.

The business model is membership-dues based, supplemented by foundation grants and philanthropic partnerships (Google.org, the New York Community Trust, Robin Hood, Salesforce, Altman Foundation). There is no proprietary technology product; rather, the organization's value lies in its convening power, policy access, and content/programmatic distribution. It maintains a small staff (1-10 employees) and is led by President & CEO Julie Samuels.

Tech:NYC's competitive position is anchored in its role as the recognized civic voice for the NYC tech industry, with direct engagement in state and city policy (e.g., the RAISE Act, Intro 540, the FutureWorks Commission). Its program portfolio creates layered touchpoints with diverse stakeholders — from early-stage founders (Founder House) to senior executives (Grid Fellowship) to nonprofits (Decoded Futures) — generating a network flywheel that would be difficult to replicate.

Name

Tech:NYC

Legal name

Tech:NYC

Website

https://technyc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tech:NYC is a nonprofit advocacy organization and member network representing New York City's technology sector. It convenes tech companies, investors, nonprofits, and government officials through policy advocacy, fellowship programs, and AI training initiatives for nonprofits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Industry Advocacy

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Inclusion & Civic Tech (Connectivity, GovTech for Social Good) (BPAGALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Smart Cities & Urban Innovation Programs (Digital Planning, Civic Tech for Cities) (BPAIANAJ), Product & Innovation Summits (Roadmap, Launch Readiness, Innovation Days) (THAHAMAG)

Keywords

• Tech industry advocacy
• Membership network
• Policy advocacy services
• Civic leadership programs
• Nonprofit AI training

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Tech:NYC generates revenue through membership fees from tech companies and organizations that join their network. Members gain access to advocacy, networking events, and ecosystem resources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Tech:NYC is a membership-based nonprofit advocacy and networking organization that represents New York City's technology ecosystem. It sells membership to tech companies, convenes stakeholders (tech leaders, VCs, nonprofits, and government), and runs programs such as the Decoded Futures AI training initiative, the Grid Fellowship civic leadership program, and the Obviously NYC city-promotion campaign, while also providing ecosystem research and a tech jobs board.

Product overview

Tech:NYC is a membership-based advocacy organization and network representing New York's technology ecosystem. Rather than a unified software product, it offers a portfolio of programs and initiatives including Decoded Futures (AI training for nonprofits), the Grid Fellowship (civic leadership program), Obviously NYC (career/brand initiative), Daily Digest newsletter, Tech Jobs board, and various event programs like Founder House and NYC AI Demos. These initiatives support NYC tech ecosystem growth, policy advocacy, talent development, and community building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Grid Fellowship: Tech:NYC's civic leadership program connecting senior technology leaders with the systems shaping New York City
• Decoded Futures
• Obviously NYC

Products and services

• Tech:NYC Membership Membership program for tech companies and organizations that provides policy advocacy representation, networking opportunities, access to events, and ecosystem resources in the NYC tech community.
• Decoded Futures An initiative of the Tech:NYC Foundation that equips mission-driven nonprofit organizations with AI tools, frameworks, and networks to scale their impact through cohorts and training programs.
• Grid Fellowship Tech:NYC's civic leadership program connecting senior technology leaders with the systems shaping New York City, exploring housing, transportation, and policy.
• Obviously NYC A bold initiative from Tech:NYC designed to promote NYC as a technology powerhouse and tech career destination, supported by NYCEDC.
• Daily Digest Newsletter Tech:NYC's daily email newsletter covering tech news, events, and policy updates from the NYC tech ecosystem.
• Tech Jobs Board Platform connecting tech talent with job opportunities at NYC-based tech companies and member organizations.
• Ecosystem Snapshot Reports Research publications and data dashboards tracking NYC's tech ecosystem including quarterly snapshots and annual reports.
• Founder House Quarterly co-working experience and networking event for early-stage founders in the NYC tech ecosystem.
• NYC AI Demos Monthly demo series showcasing AI startups and enterprise teams, described as the largest monthly AI demo series on the East Coast.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple cohorts of nonprofits trained in AI through Decoded Futures program
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Crain's New YorkcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 9 October 2025Tech:NYC co-hosts the annual Tech Summit with Crain's New York. The 2025 summit focused on AI transformation across NYC's economy including real estate, finance, healthcare, and public infrastructure, featuring panels on AI applications and policy proposals.
• Center for an Urban FuturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTech:NYC partners with the Center for an Urban Future on research initiatives including street safety analysis and the 'Sustaining NYC's Tech Edge' report on the city's tech sector.
• Visible HandsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTech:NYC partnered with Visible Hands to hold the SEEN Summit, bringing together founders, investors, and allies dedicated to championing diverse-led teams.
• Red AntlerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRed Antler designed the Obviously NYC initiative, a bold marketing effort to position NYC as a tech powerhouse.
• New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNYCEDC supports the Obviously NYC initiative designed to promote NYC as a tech hub and supports Company Ventures programs.
• Obviously NYCcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorObviously NYC is an initiative from Tech:NYC designed to promote NYC as a tech powerhouse and capital of everything, attracting talent and companies to the city.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MassTLC (Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council): Regional tech industry association that represents companies, runs advocacy and community programs, and convenes members at events — same membership- and advocacy-led model as Tech:NYC but in Massachusetts.
• NY Tech Alliance: NYC-based nonprofit membership organization that advocates for the local technology industry and convenes members through events, reports, and working groups — the closest direct analog to Tech:NYC operating in the same city and same member base.
• Silicon Valley Leadership Group: Bay Area business and tech advocacy organization that convenes senior leaders and lobbies on regional policy — directly comparable in mission (regional tech industry representation) and funding model (dues plus foundation support).

Broad incumbents

• CompTIA: Large trade association for the global technology industry with a membership-driven, advocacy, training and certification model — a broad incumbent version of the same member-based industry representation play Tech:NYC runs locally.
• Partnership for New York City: Leading NYC business-leadership organization representing CEOs of major employers and convening on city policy — same New York policy advocacy terrain as Tech:NYC but oriented to a cross-sector C-suite rather than tech specifically.
• TechNet: National bipartisan trade association representing senior executives from the largest U.S. technology companies — a scaled-up, federally-focused counterpart with similar policy advocacy and event-convening functions.
• Consumer Technology Association (CTA): Industry trade association that runs CES and represents the consumer technology sector on policy — a much larger but conceptually parallel organization built around member dues, events, and policy advocacy.
• Bay Area Council: Regional business-membership organization that advocates on policy, publishes research and convenes executives on issues from housing to AI — comparable to Tech:NYC in convening-and-advocacy scope but covering a broader industry mandate.

Emerging players

• Center for an Urban Future: NYC urban policy think tank that co-publishes research with Tech:NYC (e.g., 'Sustaining NYC's Tech Edge') and overlaps on tech-economic-development analysis and convening — adjacent rather than directly competing but shares the same civic-tech policy space.

Regional players

• Tech:LA: Los Angeles-based tech industry association with advocacy, networking and programming for the LA tech ecosystem — same regional trade-association model in a different metro, useful as a geographic proxy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TechNYC
• Facebookfacebook.com/technycorg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/10631560

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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