PROMPT New York Gives AI Founders Ten Minutes to Connect

Ten minutes with an investor is more useful when the fit has been considered beforehand. PROMPT: New York is organizing short online meetings for pre-seed and seed AI founders, with matching based on factors including stage and investor focus.

The organizer’s current New York page confirms November 16 and 17, 2026, from 2 to 6 p.m. EST, UTC-5, each day. It is an online event with no physical venue. Applications are due November 8, and a Luma RSVP alone does not qualify a founder for matched meetings.

The introduction begins before the call

The announced format uses ten-minute one-to-one video meetings rather than a stage program. Founders apply, the organizer reviews the pool and participants are matched before the sessions. The audience includes pre-seed and seed AI founders and early-stage investors, angels and scouts.

Emrah Kurtulmus and CT Turanli are listed as hosts. The organizer’s investor roster is still in progress, so this listing does not turn a provisional name into a guaranteed meeting. The useful promise to assess is the matching process: whether a company’s stage, sector and needs line up with the people it is scheduled to meet.

Two afternoons, with an application first

The official New York application hub explicitly states that sessions run from 2 to 6 p.m. UTC-5 on both November 16 and 17. That dated FAQ and the event artwork confirm the two-day schedule, even though Luma’s embedded calendar metadata currently represents only the first afternoon. Participants should use the organizer’s confirmed meeting instructions for their own assigned times.

New York-based and international AI founders may apply, subject to screening. Start with the organizer’s application page by November 8, rather than treating the RSVP as the completed process. For a founder, the preparation is a compact account of the problem, the company’s progress and the conversation worth continuing after those first ten minutes.