A Unique Opportunity to be selected as a startup for the AI Hot 100 List

Criteria to Qualify

Fill in this form for a chance to be selected as a startup for the AI Hot 100 List and invite/application-only Summit on May 7, 2026 in New York City.
2026 is going to be the year of applied AI within industry: we aim to connect the right AI founders/companies with the right industry executives and use cases. Please only apply if one or more founders can make it in person to the conference.

Application process: Startups are evaluated by our Board of AI experts, technologists, senior executives, industry vertical experts to help select the Hot 100.

Benefits include:

• Being in the invite only room with senior business executives (Chief AI Officers, CIOs, CTOs, digital transformation, SVPs, Heads of Innovation and more)

• Get your startup connected to industry use cases

• Connections with leading VCs

• Exposure to create inbound interest and potential to demo at the event

• Being added to the market mapandbeing identified as a Hot 100 company in the world of early stage AI.

• Ideal for gaining access to industry executives as potential customers, as well reputation building, talent and top investors.

* Note: there will be a $250 admin fee if you are accepted into the AI Hot 100 List. You will only be asked to pay if you are accepted.

*Data: This data will be kept confidential and private and is for assessment purposes of the Hot 100 only. The data will be processed and the only information that will be shared is company name, founder and amount publicly raised (you can make a note if you don't want us to share this).