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Join us for a stellar line-up of curated demos (no pitch decks - live demos only!) and networking with fellow builders and founders.

Lineup

​Day Lane is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist from New York. She collects business cards, fire hydrants, and stories. She will be demoing The Hydrant Directory.

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

​Octavio Figueroa is a creative technologist and musician focused on new interfaces for musical expression. He will be demoing a musical instrument made of a wall of LEDs that you play holding solar panels.

​Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY. Demoing Loopy, an AI-powered podcast app for language learners

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera is a Director of Product at American Express Digital Labs, where he works on Membership and AI products. He will demo Roadwork, a tool that uses AI agents to streamline highway safety inspections.

​More demos will be announced - if you would like to demo at the next event please email ripka@betaworks.com

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when

Thursday
January 30, 2025
6:00 pm

LoCATION

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

agenda

Doors open at 6pm

Demos at 6:30pm

Networking afterwards

Speakers

Day Lane

Co-founder
Limbo Lane Games
Biography

Day is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist. She currently makes games fulltime at LimboLane. In her spare time, she works on sculpture, photography, and performance art.

Jediah Katz

Software Engineer
Figma
Biography

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

Bill Roberts

Technologist
Legible Labs
Biography

Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY.

Yiliu Shen-Burke

Founder
Softspace
Biography

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera

Director, Product Development – Membership and AI
American Express
Biography

Sponsors

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January 30, 2025
6:00 pm

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Join us for a stellar line-up of curated demos (no pitch decks - live demos only!) and networking with fellow builders and founders.

Lineup

​Day Lane is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist from New York. She collects business cards, fire hydrants, and stories. She will be demoing The Hydrant Directory.

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

​Octavio Figueroa is a creative technologist and musician focused on new interfaces for musical expression. He will be demoing a musical instrument made of a wall of LEDs that you play holding solar panels.

​Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY. Demoing Loopy, an AI-powered podcast app for language learners

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera is a Director of Product at American Express Digital Labs, where he works on Membership and AI products. He will demo Roadwork, a tool that uses AI agents to streamline highway safety inspections.

​More demos will be announced - if you would like to demo at the next event please email ripka@betaworks.com

‍

When

January 30, 2025
6:00 pm

Where

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
RSVP

Agenda

Doors open at 6pm

Demos at 6:30pm

Networking afterwards

Speakers

Day Lane

Co-founder
Limbo Lane Games
Biography

Day is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist. She currently makes games fulltime at LimboLane. In her spare time, she works on sculpture, photography, and performance art.

Jediah Katz

Software Engineer
Figma
Biography

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

Bill Roberts

Technologist
Legible Labs
Biography

Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY.

Yiliu Shen-Burke

Founder
Softspace
Biography

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera

Director, Product Development – Membership and AI
American Express
Biography

Sponsors

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Jan

30

Public Event

In Person

Betaworks:

Demo Night LIVE

Register for Event
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Join us for a stellar line-up of curated demos (no pitch decks - live demos only!) and networking with fellow builders and founders.

Lineup

​Day Lane is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist from New York. She collects business cards, fire hydrants, and stories. She will be demoing The Hydrant Directory.

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

​Octavio Figueroa is a creative technologist and musician focused on new interfaces for musical expression. He will be demoing a musical instrument made of a wall of LEDs that you play holding solar panels.

​Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY. Demoing Loopy, an AI-powered podcast app for language learners

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera is a Director of Product at American Express Digital Labs, where he works on Membership and AI products. He will demo Roadwork, a tool that uses AI agents to streamline highway safety inspections.

​More demos will be announced - if you would like to demo at the next event please email ripka@betaworks.com

‍

when

Thursday
January 30, 2025
6:00 pm

LoCATION

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014

agenda

Doors open at 6pm

Demos at 6:30pm

Networking afterwards

Speakers

Day Lane

Co-founder
Limbo Lane Games
Biography

Day is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist. She currently makes games fulltime at LimboLane. In her spare time, she works on sculpture, photography, and performance art.

Jediah Katz

Software Engineer
Figma
Biography

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

Bill Roberts

Technologist
Legible Labs
Biography

Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY.

Yiliu Shen-Burke

Founder
Softspace
Biography

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera

Director, Product Development – Membership and AI
American Express
Biography

Sponsors

1/30/2025

Betaworks

Demo Night LIVE

Presented by

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Join us for a stellar line-up of curated demos (no pitch decks - live demos only!) and networking with fellow builders and founders.

Lineup

​Day Lane is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist from New York. She collects business cards, fire hydrants, and stories. She will be demoing The Hydrant Directory.

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

​Octavio Figueroa is a creative technologist and musician focused on new interfaces for musical expression. He will be demoing a musical instrument made of a wall of LEDs that you play holding solar panels.

​Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY. Demoing Loopy, an AI-powered podcast app for language learners

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera is a Director of Product at American Express Digital Labs, where he works on Membership and AI products. He will demo Roadwork, a tool that uses AI agents to streamline highway safety inspections.

​More demos will be announced - if you would like to demo at the next event please email ripka@betaworks.com

‍

speakers

Day Lane

Co-founder
Limbo Lane Games
Biography

Day is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist. She currently makes games fulltime at LimboLane. In her spare time, she works on sculpture, photography, and performance art.

Jediah Katz

Software Engineer
Figma
Biography

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

Bill Roberts

Technologist
Legible Labs
Biography

Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY.

Yiliu Shen-Burke

Founder
Softspace
Biography

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera

Director, Product Development – Membership and AI
American Express
Biography

Schedule

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WHEN

Thursday, January 30, 2025
6:00 pm

WHERE

Betaworks
29 Little West 12th Street
New York, NY 10014

Agenda

Doors open at 6pm

Demos at 6:30pm

Networking afterwards

Tools
For
Thinking

How New Technologies are Changing How We Create, Share, and Build Knowledge

When

January 30, 2025
6:00 pm

Where

Betaworks • 29 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
or livestream
Proof of Full Vaccination Required

RENDER is Over, but Camp is just beginning

We had some great speakers and participants turn out for Render, and we all got to participate in very interesting conversations. You can find recordings of all of our sessions below. If you're working on a Tool for Thinking and want to participate in our upcoming accelerator program, you can learn more here.

Building Bicycles for the Mind

Join us for a stellar line-up of curated demos (no pitch decks - live demos only!) and networking with fellow builders and founders.

Lineup

​Day Lane is a producer and multi-disciplinary artist from New York. She collects business cards, fire hydrants, and stories. She will be demoing The Hydrant Directory.

​Jediah Katz is a software engineer and storyteller exploring how New Yorkers live and travel through subwaystories.nyc, an interactive visualization built with MTA Open Data. A finalist in the MTA's 2024 Open Data Challenge, the project was created in collaboration with Julia Han and Mark Zitelli. It has gained recognition for turning complex transit data and human stories into insights.

​Octavio Figueroa is a creative technologist and musician focused on new interfaces for musical expression. He will be demoing a musical instrument made of a wall of LEDs that you play holding solar panels.

​Bill Roberts is an independent technologist based in Brooklyn, NY. Demoing Loopy, an AI-powered podcast app for language learners

​Yiliu is an architecture school dropout who built one of the best spatial productivity apps for the Meta Quest. He's now working on a new desktop product that seeks to answer the question, "How should we create together with AI?"

​Juan Figuera is a Director of Product at American Express Digital Labs, where he works on Membership and AI products. He will demo Roadwork, a tool that uses AI agents to streamline highway safety inspections.

​More demos will be announced - if you would like to demo at the next event please email ripka@betaworks.com

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Speakers

Howard

Rheingold

Author
Tools for Thought
@hrheingold

Day

Lane

Co-founder
Limbo Lane Games
@DayOfLane

Jediah

Katz

Software Engineer
Figma
@jediahkatz

Bill

Roberts

Technologist
Legible Labs
@willrob4

Yiliu

Shen-Burke

Founder
Softspace
@softspaceninja

​Juan

Figuera

Director, Product Development – Membership and AI
American Express
@juanbfiguera

Schedule

11:30 AM
Doors Open
12:00 PM
Welcome
with MC
12:10 PM – 12:20 PM
How Do We Define Tools for Thinking and Why Do They Matter?
Join Jerry Michalski and John Borthwick as they talk about their interest in tools for thinking, and what excites them the most about the future of the category.
12:20 PM – 12:50 PM
Inflection Points for Tools for Thinking
What are the key inflection points that will supercharge Tools for Thinking in the near future? How will new technologies, user metaphors, and funding models change how people build these tools? John Borthwick will be discussing how the landscape is changing with the co-founders of Readwise, Daniel Doyon & Tristan Homsi.
12:50 PM – 1:00 PM
Q+A
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Demo: Protocol Design for Tools for Thinking
Gordon Brander will be presenting a brief demo on Subconscious and the Noosphere, products he and his team are working on to allow Tools for Thinking to become interoperable and better connected.
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch and Networking
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
The History and Future of Software as Tools for Thinking
Some of the earliest examples of software explored by pioneers like Doug Engelbart, JCR Licklider, Alan Turing, and others were at their core technologies that help magnify, inspect, and spread our ideas. Jerry Michalski will be sitting down (virtually) with Howard Rheingold, author of Tools for Thought, to explore the history and future of "mind-amplifying technology".
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Q+A
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tools for Thinking Product Demos
We’ll hear from builders and thinkers deep in the space and get to take a look at what they’re working on. We’ll be checking out Plexus, Re:Collect, Jerry’s Brain, Subconscious and more. 
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Leveraging AI and ML in Building New Tools for Thinking
Alice Albrecht and Linus Lee will be sitting down with Chris Pedregal to discuss their work in leveraging AI and Machine Learning for creating new kinds of tools for thinking.
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Q+A
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Idea Dimensionality and Representing Semantic Meaning
How do ideas - and the human brains that make and hold them - interact?  Get prepared for meta! Esther Dyson and Jerry Michalski, will discuss the idea of how people work together to shape, compare, intertwine and ultimately produce multi-faceted ideas and multi-dimensional idea spaces.  As David Waltz (Thinking Machines) once said, “Words are not in themselves carriers of meaning, but merely pointers to shared understanding.” Watch and lob questions as the two of them try to build and share the idea of how better ideas can be developed through collaboration.
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Q+A
5:45 PM – 7:00 PM
Closing and Happy Hour

Proof of Full Vaccination Required

Betaworks requires all visitors to show proof of full vaccination to enter. No exceptions. Two ways that you can show proof:
  • Official vaccine card with at least 2 weeks having passed since the date of the last required dose (1 dose for J&J/AstraZeneca, 2 for Pfizer/Moderna)
  • An active digital pass such as the NY State Excelsior Pass or the CLEAR app
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