Partner Opportunities

Partner with ODSC AI NYC— AI for Work Summit —

Engage the builders, leaders, and teams putting AI to work.

ODSC AI NYC is a focused two-day AI for Work Summit in New York City, bringing together AI practitioners, engineers, product leaders, business operators, executives, founders, and innovation teams. Partner opportunities are designed around meaningful engagement — hosted talks, workshops, panels, executive roundtables, curated demos, networking, and VIP experiences.

December 2–3, 2026 · Jay Conference Center Bryant Park · New York City

Limited to 10 partners · 4 exclusive category slots remaining · First-come, first-served

Speaker addressing senior technical and business leaders at ODSC AI NYC

By the Numbers

Projected figures for ODSC AI NYC, based on historical ODSC event benchmarks and current registration trends. Final audit numbers will be shared post-event with partners.

400+

Projected attendees over two days

70%

Senior IC, manager, director, VP, or C-level

45%

AI engineers, ML engineers, and data scientists

25%

Product, operations, and business leaders

30+

Speakers from applied AI teams

20+

Sessions, workshops, panels, and roundtables

Projections. Sample seniority and role breakdown available on request.

Who's in the Room

Seniority mix

  • C-Level & Founders — 15%
  • VP & Head of — 20%
  • Director & Principal — 35%
  • Senior IC & Manager — 25%
  • IC & Practitioner — 5%

Role mix

  • AI / ML Engineers — 30%
  • Data Scientists — 15%
  • Software & Platform Engineers — 15%
  • Product & Operations Leaders — 20%
  • Executives & Innovation Teams — 15%
  • Founders, Consultants & Advisors — 5%

Industries represented

  • Financial services & banking
  • Healthcare & pharma
  • Technology & SaaS
  • Media, advertising & publishing
  • Professional services & consulting
  • Fortune 500 manufacturing & retail
  • Government, defense & public sector

Expected attending companies

A sample of companies whose teams register for ODSC AI events

Microsoft
IBM
JPMorgan Chase
Pfizer
Deloitte
Google
OpenAI
Anthropic
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
BlackRock
Citi
Bloomberg
Merck
McKinsey
AWS
Meta
Salesforce
Capital One
Mastercard
The New York Times
NBCUniversal
Databricks
Snowflake
Palantir
NVIDIA
Accenture
PwC

Past ODSC Partners

A selection of companies that have partnered with ODSC events. ODSC AI NYC continues this partnership program with a more focused, senior audience.

Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud
Databricks
Snowflake
NVIDIA
IBM
Intel
Anaconda
Hugging Face
MongoDB
Weights & Biases
DataRobot
H2O.ai
Domino Data Lab
Neo4j
Elastic
Confluent

Logos shown as text placeholders — official partner logo lockup available on request.

What Past Partners Say

The audience quality was noticeably higher than a typical AI conference. We had real conversations with the people actually making buying decisions.

Head of Developer Relations, AI infrastructure platform

Our workshop filled to capacity and drove more qualified pipeline in two days than our last three trade shows combined.

VP Marketing, AI evaluation platform

The executive roundtable format let us have a genuine conversation with 12 senior AI leaders — impossible to replicate on an expo floor.

CRO, enterprise AI governance company

Partner ROI Snapshots

Anonymized results from partners at recent ODSC events. Detailed references and introductions available on request under NDA.

Workshop Partner · Agent tooling company

180 qualified leads

Hands-on workshop for AI engineers building agent workflows. 210 attendees, 180 completed post-session lead capture, 42 opportunities created within 60 days.

Leadership Partner · Governance platform

12 enterprise conversations

Hosted an executive roundtable with 12 VP+ AI leaders from Fortune 500 companies. Six advanced to product evaluations within the quarter.

Premier Partner · LLM infrastructure

3.4x pipeline vs. last event

Combined main-stage case study, VIP dinner, and curated demo table. Reported 3.4x qualified pipeline vs. their previous flagship AI conference sponsorship.

The Partner Experience

ODSC AI NYC is a focused summit, not an expo floor. Value comes from hosted content, curated conversations, and premium hospitality — workshops for practitioners, executive roundtables and fireside chats, and VIP dinners across Midtown Manhattan.

Hands-on workshops

Small-group sessions where practitioners build with your tools and frameworks.

Executive roundtables

Curated conversations with senior AI leaders from Fortune 500 and high-growth teams.

VIP dinners & networking

Intimate hospitality in Midtown Manhattan for speakers, partners, and senior attendees.

Why Partner with ODSC AI NYC

Reach AI Builders

AI engineers, architects, and technical teams working on agents, copilots, evaluation, and production AI.

Engage Decision-Makers

AI, data, product, and business leaders responsible for adoption, governance, and investment.

Show Real Use Cases

Demonstrate how your platform moves teams from AI pilots to production deployment.

Build Trust Through Content

Lead the conversation through talks, workshops, panels, and roundtables — not booth pitches.

Who You'll Reach

ODSC AI NYC brings together a cross-functional audience of people responsible for turning AI into real business and technical outcomes.

AI Practitioners & Engineers

Builders working on agents, copilots, RAG systems, AI workflows, evals, automation, and production AI systems.

AI, Data & Technology Leaders

CAIOs, CDOs, CTOs, VPs, directors, and senior leaders responsible for AI strategy, deployment, governance, and ROI.

Product & Operations Leaders

Teams redesigning products, internal workflows, business processes, and customer experiences around AI.

Executives & Innovation Teams

Business leaders evaluating how AI changes productivity, team structure, decision-making, and competitive advantage.

Founders & Startup Teams

AI startups, builders, and founders creating new tools, platforms, and services for the AI-at-work market.

Consultants & Transformation Teams

Advisors and implementation partners helping organizations adopt, govern, and scale AI.

Who Should Partner

ODSC AI NYC is a strong fit for companies helping organizations build, deploy, evaluate, govern, secure, or scale AI at work.

  • AI agent platforms
  • Copilot and workplace AI tools
  • LLM application platforms
  • AI engineering and orchestration tools
  • RAG, search, and retrieval platforms
  • Vector databases and data infrastructure
  • AI observability, evaluation, and monitoring platforms
  • Governance, compliance, and responsible AI solutions
  • Security and risk management platforms
  • Workflow automation and enterprise productivity platforms
  • Cloud, compute, and infrastructure providers
  • Consulting, systems integration, and AI transformation firms
  • AI training, education, and certification providers
  • Startups building AI-for-work products

We are especially interested in partners who can bring practical content, real customer stories, technical depth, or useful implementation frameworks.

Partner Opportunities

Curated engagement designed around content, conversations, and access — not booth traffic.

Only 10 partner slots total. Category exclusivity available for the first 5 partners in each track.

Hosted Case-Study Talk

Lead a practical session showing how your company, customer, or team is using AI agents, copilots, workflows, evaluation, governance, or enterprise AI in real settings.

Best for

Platform companies, enterprise AI vendors, consulting firms, and AI solution providers with real implementation stories.

Sponsored Technical Workshop

Host a hands-on or workshop-style session for practitioners and teams who want to understand how to build, test, deploy, or evaluate AI systems.

Best for

Developer platforms, AI engineering tools, data infrastructure companies, evaluation platforms, orchestration frameworks, and technical service providers.

Sponsored Panel

Support and participate in a curated discussion on AI agents in production, AI governance, enterprise adoption, AI ROI, evals, security, or workflow redesign.

Best for

Partners who want thought leadership and category positioning without running a full workshop.

Executive Roundtable

Host a curated discussion with invited AI leaders, product leaders, operators, executives, and senior practitioners around a specific business or technical challenge.

Best for

Enterprise vendors, consulting firms, governance platforms, AI strategy firms, and companies targeting senior buyers.

VIP Dinner Sponsorship

Sponsor an intimate dinner with speakers, invited executives, partners, founders, and selected attendees.

Best for

Sponsors seeking high-quality relationship-building with senior leaders and high-intent buyers.

Networking Reception Sponsorship

Sponsor the broader event reception and connect with attendees in a more open, social setting.

Best for

Partners looking for brand visibility, lead generation, and informal conversations across the full attendee base.

Partner-Led Demo

Present a practical product or workflow demo in a focused session or curated partner showcase.

Best for

Tools and platforms that benefit from showing the product in action.

Curated Demo Table

A small number of physical demo tables are available for selected partners.

Best for

Partners who want a light physical presence, product conversations, and a place to meet attendees.

Topics Sponsors Can Align With

Partner sessions should be practical, useful, and aligned with the event's AI for Work theme. We are especially interested in sessions that show real deployment patterns, lessons learned, technical architecture, or measurable business value.

  • Moving AI agents from pilot to production
  • Building enterprise copilots that teams actually use
  • Evaluating AI-generated outputs and agentic workflows
  • Governing AI systems across teams and departments
  • Securing agents, tools, data access, and workflows
  • Measuring AI ROI beyond simple productivity claims
  • Redesigning business workflows around AI
  • Building reliable RAG and context systems
  • AI engineering patterns for workplace applications
  • Observability, monitoring, and testing for AI systems
  • Human-in-the-loop workflows and oversight
  • AI adoption lessons from real enterprise deployments
  • How startups are building the next generation of AI-for-work tools

Partner sessions should not be generic sales pitches. The strongest sessions will include practical examples, implementation lessons, architecture, workflow diagrams, customer stories, benchmarks, demos, or frameworks attendees can apply.

What Partners Receive

  • Direct access to a focused AI-for-work audience
  • Content-led engagement with practitioners and decision-makers
  • Opportunity to educate the market through talks, workshops, panels, and demos
  • Brand visibility across summit marketing, onsite signage, and attendee communications
  • Networking with speakers, executives, founders, and technical leaders
  • Limited sponsor environment, reducing noise and increasing partner visibility
  • Optional VIP and executive engagement opportunities
  • Association with the ODSC AI brand and broader applied AI community

Why New York City

New York City is one of the strongest markets for enterprise AI adoption, financial services, media, advertising, healthcare, professional services, startups, and technology leadership. Hosting ODSC AI NYC in Midtown Manhattan gives partners access to a dense regional audience of AI builders, business leaders, technical teams, and decision-makers.

ODSC AI NYC will take place at Jay Conference Center Bryant Park, 109 West 39th Street, New York City.

New York City Midtown skyline at dusk near Bryant Park

Book a 15-Minute Partner Call

Skip the email chain. Tell us a little about your goals and we'll schedule a focused 15-minute call to walk through the right opportunity, availability, and pricing for your team.

Only 10 partner slots for ODSC AI NYC 2026 — most category slots fill 60+ days out.

Share your details and we'll send calendar options within one business day.

FAQ

Is ODSC AI NYC an expo?

No. ODSC AI NYC is a focused summit with limited demo space. Partner value comes primarily from hosted talks, workshops, panels, roundtables, networking, VIP dinners, and curated engagement.

Are booth opportunities available?

A small number of curated demo tables are available, but space is limited. Demo tables are intended to support conversations, not serve as the main sponsor experience.

Can sponsors host a talk or workshop?

Yes. Hosted talks, case studies, workshops, demos, and panels are core partner opportunities. Sessions should be practical, relevant, and useful to the audience.

Can sponsors participate in executive networking?

Yes. Executive roundtables, VIP dinners, and curated networking opportunities are available for select partners.

Who attends ODSC AI NYC?

The audience includes AI practitioners, engineers, product leaders, business operators, executives, founders, AI leaders, innovation teams, and organizations working on AI adoption and deployment.

What types of companies are a good fit?

Strong fits include AI agent platforms, copilot tools, AI engineering platforms, data infrastructure, evaluation and observability tools, governance and security platforms, workflow automation, consulting firms, systems integrators, cloud providers, and AI training organizations.

Are partner packages customizable?

Yes. Packages can be customized based on audience goals, content fit, available inventory, and the level of engagement desired.

How do we get started?

Book a 15-minute partner call using the form on this page — we'll follow up with calendar options within one business day.

Put Your Company in the AI for Work Conversation

ODSC AI NYC gives partners a focused way to engage the practitioners, leaders, and teams shaping how AI gets deployed at work. Whether you want to educate the market, host a technical workshop, lead an executive discussion, sponsor networking, or build relationships with high-intent AI buyers, we can help you choose the right partner opportunity.