Manhattan’s AI Summit Boots Up in Midtown

Midtown buzzed last night with Manhattan’s AI Summit, sparking NYC’s tech spring at the Javits Center. Speaker Mia Chen demoed neural nets as 1,000 geeks gaped, a $50 ticket dive into machine minds. It’s borough bytes—panels ran hot, pure Midtown vibe. A kid coded a bot; a pro pitched a startup. ‘Manhattan thinks—this is it,’ Chen says, tweaking slides. The halls turned silicon.

The summit’s fresh—March 15’s kickoff, it tripled since ’24, packing floors by 9 a.m. Chen’s a Flatiron coder; last night’s crowd hit max—screens glowed. A latecomer nabbed a badge; Q&A sparked—NYC grit shone. Runs two days—AI ruled. #NYCAISummit trended; Brooklyn’s jealous.

Some griped—’Too dense,’ sniped a newbie, dodging jargon. Wi-Fi lagged—cables saved it; talks held. A rival’s pitching a Dumbo hack, splitting nerds. Still, 2,000 stayed—tech reigned. Javits’s never computed so hard.

Chen’s teasing a hackathon, maybe a rooftop if spring bites. ‘NYC’s future—this boots it,’ she says, packing drives. The summit’s a Manhattan win—grit meets grid. It’s a tech rush; catch day two. Bring a laptop—code calls.