ABOUT OUR HOSTS & SPONSORS
The AI Furnace is NYC's largest and most active AI community. It was started by AI founders, Angela Mascarenas and Hamza Zaveri, who were based in NYC and London and started the org to support fellow AI founders and operators building in local cities outside of Cerebral Valley (San Francisco). It has since grown to a global community of 20,000 AI founders, operators and researchers and has since organized events in 4 countries and 7 cities including NYC, London, Paris, Dubai, Boston, DC, and Philly.
Foley Hoag offers practical, forward-looking advice in the fast-changing world of artificial intelligence, including at the leading edge of generative and agentic technologies. We partner with the thought leaders driving innovation and the dreamers who are responsibly developing AI to transform our world for the better. Investors, entrepreneurs, inventors, enterprises of all sizes, and community players all seek the guidance that is informed by our deep understanding of AI's role in our future.
Our work with AI-enabled technologies and businesses covers various industries and stages of growth, but follows a core guiding principle: At every turn, set the stage for AI innovation and then get out of the way.
As a firm, we walk the talk. We have deployed best-in-class legal technology firm-wide. Our lawyers and professionals are dedicated to using AI tools to boost our efficiency, allowing us to prioritize client relationships. We're focused on AI's ability to give us more time to foster individual connections with our clients.
