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AI Engineer NYC 2026

Closing Remarks

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MC Alex Lieberman closes day one of AI Engineer NYC 2026 with applause for the speakers, thanks to the sponsors, and two housekeeping items: go talk to humans tonight, and come back before 9 a.m. tomorrow.

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TL;DR

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  • A stage voice-over brings MC Alex Lieberman back for the day-one close at 4:51 PM ET.
  • He recaps the range of the last 30 minutes: Pim on world models (pixels to actions), Dylan on agents on owned versus rented land, and Frank on applied AI for investment decisions.
  • He asks for a round of applause for all the speakers, then credits the sponsor (“Tevernu” as transcribed) and all the day’s sponsors for making the event possible.
  • Housekeeping item one: “go speak to humans” — treat the day’s content as surface area for conversation, and live in Edge City.
  • Housekeeping item two: this is only day one; day two kicks off “right before 9 a.m.”, so arrive early.
  • A second, unidentified voice answers “Thanks for having me, and see you tomorrow” as the stream signs off.

Key lessons

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  1. The MC’s recap compresses each final talk into one line: Pim de Witte (General Intuition) on world models going from pixels to actions; “Dylan” — Dillon Rolnick of Nous Research per the day’s program — on building agents on owned versus rented land; and Frank Long (Coatue) on applied AI for investment decisions.
  2. The close runs in a fixed order: recap the content, applause for the speakers first, then sponsor thanks. Speakers get credit before sponsors.
  3. Sponsor credit on stream was one sentence: “Tevernu made the event possible and all the sponsors today.” “Tevernu” is almost certainly a transcription artifact; the opening remarks (session 002) named Arize as presenting sponsor. The audio, not the transcript spelling, is authoritative here.
  4. The MC frames networking as an instruction, not a suggestion: the day’s content is “surface area” for attendees to connect with each other and hold intellectually stimulating conversations. His words: “Don’t let the opportunity pass you by.”
  5. The “Edge City” idea from the morning welcome returns at the close as a verb — attendees should “live in edge city” through the conversations they have at the event.
  6. Day two starts “right before 9 a.m.” — earlier than the standard session blocks — so the MC tells attendees to get there “bright and early.”
  7. A roughly 29-second gap sits between “two final housekeeping items before we close out the day” [08:04:02] and the first item [08:04:31], consistent with applause or room noise the transcription skipped.

Watch this session

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Alex Lieberman · 4:51:19 PM ET–4:52:55 PM ET · announcement · Watch on YouTube from 08:03:27

Notable quotes

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  • “Okay, let’s close this thing out.” [08:03:38 | 4:51:29 PM]
  • “First, very important one, go speak to humans.” [08:04:31 | 4:52:22 PM]
  • “Don’t let the opportunity pass you by.” [08:04:48 | 4:52:39 PM]
  • “Thanks for having me, and see you tomorrow.” [08:05:02 | 4:52:53 PM]

Session narrative

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A stage voice-over hands the room to the MC: “please welcome back to the stage our MC and the managing partner at 10X, Alex Lieberman.” The pronunciation “10X” matches how Lieberman said his firm’s name in the morning welcome; the agenda and his speaker record write it as Tenex. This on-stream close runs from 4:51 PM to 4:53 PM ET. The official agenda also lists a separate “Closing Remarks” slot at 5:25 PM flagged as after the livestream cut, so this segment is the day-one wrap that the video audience actually saw.

Lieberman opens with a recap of the final 30 minutes, calling out the range across three back-to-back talks: Pim on world models going from pixels to actions, Dylan on building agents on owned versus rented land, and Frank on applied AI for investment decisions. He then asks the room for a round of applause for all the speakers, followed by a one-line thank you to the sponsor rendered “Tevernu” in the transcript and to all the day’s sponsors for making the event possible.

The close ends with two housekeeping items. Item one: “go speak to humans.” He ties it back to the morning’s Edge City framing — the day’s content is surface area for connection, and attendees should not let the opportunity pass. Item two: this is just one day of the event, and day two kicks off “right before 9 a.m.,” so attendees should arrive bright and early. He thanks everyone for coming, and a second unidentified voice — likely the stage announcer or crew, not identified in the manifest — answers “Thanks for having me, and see you tomorrow” as the stream signs off into the post-sign-off hold (session 052).

Speaker details

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Alex Lieberman - Managing Partner, Tenex. Serial entrepreneur best known as co-founder of Morning Brew, the business media company he started as a college newsletter and grew to 2M+ daily readers before its ~$75M sale to Business Insider in 2020. He is now co-founder and Managing Partner of Tenex, an AI engineering and transformation firm (co-founded with Arman Hezarkhani) that helps companies go from AI-absent to AI-native. He also founded Storyarb and Distro, hosts the Founder’s Journal podcast, and co-hosts The Crazy Ones. Recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 and AdAge 40 Under 40; based in New York City. At AI Engineer NYC 2026 he served as MC, delivering the welcome, keynote intros, and closing remarks. Links: LinkedIn | X/Twitter | Website

Note: the voice-over introduction says “managing partner at 10X,” matching Lieberman’s own pronunciation from the welcome; the agenda and speaker record list the company as Tenex. Both refer to the same firm.

Unidentified second voice (identified from session) - Delivers the single closing line “Thanks for having me, and see you tomorrow” [08:05:02 | 4:52:53 PM]. Not identified in the manifest or speaker records; likely the stage announcer who introduced the segment.

Full timestamped transcript

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[08:03:28 | 4:51:19 PM] And now, for a few closing thoughts and remarks, please welcome back to the stage our MC and the managing partner at 10X, Alex Lieberman.
[08:03:38 | 4:51:29 PM] Okay, let's close this thing out.
[08:03:42 | 4:51:33 PM] Look at the range we just had in the last 30 minutes.
[08:03:45 | 4:51:36 PM] We had Pim talking about world models going from pixels to actions.
[08:03:49 | 4:51:40 PM] We had Dylan talking about building agents on owned versus rented land.
[08:03:54 | 4:51:45 PM] And then we had Frank talking about how they think about leveraging applied AI as it relates to making decisions around investments.
[08:04:00 | 4:51:51 PM] First of all, let's just give a round of applause to all the speakers.
[08:04:01 | 4:51:53 PM] Tevernu made the event possible and all the sponsors today.
[08:04:02 | 4:51:53 PM] And then two final housekeeping items before we close out the day.
[08:04:31 | 4:52:22 PM] First, very important one, go speak to humans.
[08:04:35 | 4:52:26 PM] That is housekeeping item one.
[08:04:37 | 4:52:28 PM] There's been incredible content covered today.
[08:04:40 | 4:52:31 PM] Again, that is surface area for you to be able to connect with others and live in edge city by having intellectually stimulating conversations.
[08:04:48 | 4:52:39 PM] Don't let the opportunity pass you by.
[08:04:50 | 4:52:41 PM] And then second, this is just one day of an amazing event.
[08:04:55 | 4:52:46 PM] So tomorrow things kick off again right before 9 a.
[08:04:58 | 4:52:50 PM] m.
[08:04:59 | 4:52:50 PM] So make sure you get here bright and early.
[08:05:01 | 4:52:52 PM] Thank you all for coming.
[08:05:02 | 4:52:53 PM] Thanks for having me, and see you tomorrow.