PRIMARY

NYC

SUMMIT

SEPTEMBER 16, 2026
PIER SIXTY, CHELSEA PIERS
NEW YORK

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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.

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Networking opportunities

With an invite-only audience of 1,500 founders, operators, and investors shaping the future of technology.

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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.

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Featured

Speakers

This year's Summit speakers will share their predictions, provocations, and insights across a full day
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Lance Armstrong

Next Ventures

Co-founder & Partner

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Cristóbal Valenzuel

Runway

Co-founder & Co-CEO

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Gavin Uberti

Etched

Co-founder & Ceo

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Matthew Prince

Cloudflare

Co-founder & Ceo

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Patrick O’Shaughnessy

Positive Sum & Colossus

Founder & Ceo

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Gabriel Stengel

Rogo

Co-founder & Ceo

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Dan Shipper

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Jeanne Dewitt Grosser

Vercel

COO

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Tanay Kothari

Wispr Flow

Co-founder & Ceo

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WHY ATTEND?

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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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INVESTORS

For VCs, GPs and LPs backing the next generation of companies.

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OPERATORS

For the people scaling today's best companies.

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FOUNDERS

For the people building category-defining companies.

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PARTNERS

THE WORLD’S

LARGEST
EARLY STAGE

VC FUND

THE WORLD’S
LARGEST EARLY STAGE VC FUND

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.