Artist and the Machine has announced its AI & Creativity Summit New York 2026, scheduled for May 14 at The Lighthouse Brooklyn. Founded by Dani Van de Sande, the event brings together brand leaders, artists, researchers, and technologists working at the intersection of AI and the creative industries.
The Summit is designed around a practical moment: AI has moved from experimentation into production across media, design, music, and entertainment, changing how content is created, owned, and distributed. Adobe joins as Presenting Creative Partner and Bloomberg Media as Official Media Partner across the 2026 New York and Los Angeles editions.
“We are at an urgent moment when AI is profoundly impacting our self-perception as humans, leaders, and creators,” said Van de Sande. “Every industry is grappling with AI, and the decision to embrace it can’t be made in a silo.”
Both 2025 Summits — New York and Los Angeles — sold out. The 2026 New York edition expands to 400 attendees, selected through a curated application process. Sessions include The New Brand Imagination, From Generative to Production, Flourishing with Machines, Stop Selling AI Content, Embodied Intelligence and Design, and Voices of the Impossible.
Confirmed speakers include Kathleen Grace (Chief AI Officer, Lionsgate), Nicholas Thompson (CEO, The Atlantic), Bjarke Ingels (Founder, BIG), David Rager (Creative Director, NASA), Marcus Frödin (VP Engineering for Music, Spotify), Kakul Srivastava (CEO, Splice), Hilary Mason (CEO, Hidden Door), and Alex Henning (Academy Award Winner, Best Visual Effects), among many others.
The Summit runs as a full-day program across a Main Stage, Machine and Human Stages with hands-on workshops and live workflow demonstrations, and an all-day networking track. Sponsors include Adobe, Replit, ElevenLabs, Luma, AWS, and others.
More information and applications are available through the Artist and the Machine website.