about
raid is a recurring meetup in new york city featuring talks across disciplines (research, ai, design). raid is organized by zach krall and jessica garson.
past events
- 9
raid 9
speakers- Emily Zhang - The machine that builds the bufo
- Maxim Leyzerovich - anew.page and the rise of linkware
- Erik Nelson - Product Moment Fit
venueThe WoodsSep 9, 2026
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- 8
raid 8
speakers- Andrew Pouliot - The agent is the tool
- Joshua Pham - What your notebook owes a stranger
- Vampire Exec - A Labyrinthine Framework for Livecoding
musical guestvenueMar 26, 2026
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- 7
raid 7
speakers- Maxwell Neely-Cohen - 10,000 Drum Machines
- Char Stiles - Computation as an artistic material
- Charlie Freiberg - Story is Deployment
- Yagil Buroski - LM Studio
musical guestvenueDec 9, 2025
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- 6
raid 6
speakers- Pedro Sanches - What are the community gardens of software
- Kelani Nichole - The New Data Economy
- Luca Lee - Becoming L: Speculative Narratives of the Self
- Calvary Rogers - beyond ontology: designing AI through relation
musical guestvenueSep 25, 2025
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- 5
raid 5
speakers- Helen Huang - Profiles, resumes, personality tests, oh my! Who are we really?
- Zekai Zhang - Understand Loneliness: My Journey Navigating Complex Social Problems
- Dalena Tran - Building Fuser: Creative Tools for Friction and Flow
musical guestvenueAug 28, 2025
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- 4
raid 4
speakers- Ben McCarthy - Building a 3D Transit App
- Sabina Cabrera - What does design look like ten years from now?
- Tim Moore - I don't want to design for a billion users
- Gyani Mishra - Tabtabtab
- Tyler Angert - Agents should be private chefs
venueMay 20, 2025
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- 3
raid 3
speakers- Belen Tenorio - I Accidentally Became a Founder (While Teaching AI to Feel)
- Isa Woodward - AI Textile and Plushie Design
- Donna Kim - Introducing 'Easy Read' - AI powered text interpreter for people with developmental disabilities
- DC - Fact checking in the post truth era
musical guestvenueApr 15, 2025
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- 2
raid 2
speakers- Alexia Adana - Creative Futures: What We Need from AI in 2025
- Kelin Carolyn Zhang - Teaching design students how to prototype with LLMs
- Danielle Ezzo - Incantations: Thinking Through A Generative Practice
musical guestvenueFeb 18, 2025
- 1
raid 1
speakers- Jonah Brucker-Cohen - Critical Media Art Meets A.I.
- Derek Schultz - Non-Generative AI Generative Films
- Weber Wong - Creative Interfaces in a Generative Age
- Jessica Garson-Beauchemin - Translation, RAG, and Visceral Realism
musical guestvenueDec 10, 2024
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