PRIMARY
NYC
SUMMIT
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026
PIER SIXTY, CHELSEA PIERS
NEW YORK
Through
The
Looking
Glass
Through The Looking Glass
The annual gathering for builders, backers and operators shaping the future.
A full-day lineup of talks
Featuring founders and leaders from Cloudflare, Etched, Vercel, and more with no-BS perspectives on what’s next for startups and investors.
Networking opportunities
With an invite-only audience of 1,500 founders, operators, and investors shaping the future of technology.
Focused VIP events
Across enterprise AI, compute, clinical AI, cybersecurity, and more for dedicated exploration of topics shaping this moment’s most dynamic verticals.
Email Summit@primary.vc to register interest.
Featured
Speakers
This year's Summit speakers will share their predictions, provocations, and insights across a full day
Parag Agrawal
Parallel
CEO
Lance Armstrong
Next Ventures
Co-founder & Partner
Gavin Uberti
Etched
Co-founder & Ceo
Keith Enright
Harvey
Chief Strategy Officer
Jeanne Dewitt Grosser
Vercel
COO
Alex Konrad
Upstarts Media
Founder & Editor
Tanay Kothari
Wispr Flow
Co-founder & Ceo
Patrick O’Shaughnessy
Positive Sum & Colossus
Founder & Ceo
Matthew Prince
Cloudflare
Co-founder & Ceo
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Runway
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Shardul Shah
Index Ventures
Partner
Dan Shipper
Every
Co-founder & Ceo
Gabe Stengel
Rogo
Co-founder & Ceo
Tuhin Srivastava
Baseten
CEO & Co-Founder
Apoorv Agrawal
Altimeter
Partner
Aaron Rubin
Gunderson Dettmer
Partner
AGENDA
Registration & Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Morning Sessions
10:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Opening Remarks
Brad Svrluga, Primary
The Etched Story: The Future of AI & Compute
Gavin Uberti, Etched
Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Colossus
The End of the Job Description
Jeanne DeWitt Grosser, Vercel
Dan Shipper, Every
Jason Shuman, Primary
The Internet's Second User
Parag Agrawal, Parallel
Shardul Shah, Index Ventures
The Internet After Traffic
Matthew Prince, Cloudflare
Brad Svrluga, Primary
Lunch
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Afternoon Sessions
1:15 PM – 5:00 PM
From Information Advantage to Judgment Advantage
Gabe Stengel, Rogo
Emily Man, Primary
The Future Has No Text Box
Tanay Kothari, Wispr Flow
Alex Konrad, Upstarts Media
Simulating All Possible Worlds
Cristóbal Valenzuela, Runway
Brian Schechter, Primary
AI, Venture, and the Judgment Behind the Deal
Aaron Rubin, Gunderson
Keith Enright, Harvey
Cassie Young, Primary
Compute, Inference, and the Real Economy
Tuhin Srivastava, Baseten
Apoorv Agrawal, Altimeter
The Long Game
Lance Armstrong, NEXT VENTURES
Closing Remarks
Ben Sun, Primary
Networking Reception
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
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1,500 of the most consequential builders and backers in one room, for one day.
Expert insights that fuel what’s next in tech.
Since 2017, Summit has been the must-attend event for NYC’s startup community.
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Our cofounders Ben Sun and Brad Svrluga launched the Primary Summit in 2017 to showcase the excellence of New York City’s founders and catalyze the city’s emergent tech scene. Since then, NYC has become a powerhouse of the global tech community, and Primary Summit has become where that group convenes. We’re proud to host our flagship event in the city we call home, but Primary’s partners - Cassie Young, Jason Shuman, Brian Schechter, Rebecca Price, Sam Toole, Emily Man, Tobias Citron, and Jason Gelman - all now lead early stage deals around the world.
