We caught up with IBM’s Emily Fontaine to discuss her career, the corporate venture capital industry, the NYC tech scene, and much more.

Against the backdrop of NYCxDesign Festival and a design-themed NYC AI Demos, we caught up with four builders shaping the future of design and helping define the city’s next chapter.

Here’s a look at some of the learnings from the inaugural cohort of the Grid Fellowship.

As part of the Grid Fellowship — Tech:NYC’s civic leadership program connecting senior technology leaders with the systems shaping New York City, now accepting applications for the next cohort — fellows recently spent the day exploring one of the city’s defining challenges and opportunities: building the next chapter of housing in New York.

April 2026’s Series A: A Series adds 21 new companies that just crossed the Series A milestone, and the headline is that the checks are getting bigger.