The AI & Creativity Summit: NYC
On April 24th, 2025, Artist and the Machine hosted the inaugural AI & Creativity Summit in the heart of Williamsburg, bringing together 400 leading innovators, cultural pioneers, executives, and founders for a day at the cutting edge of human-machine collaboration. Across three stunning, immersive spaces, 30+ world-class speakers—including visionaries from Runway, Meow Wolf, Monumental Labs, Amazon, Adobe, TikTok, Asteria, Fortune—shared insights, demos, and dynamic conversations on the future of creativity and AI.
From panoramic keynotes on the Machine Stage to intimate workshops in the speakeasy, the energy was electric all day long, fueled by groundbreaking ideas, AI-powered installations, and meaningful encounters.
Our curated, high-impact experience drew leaders from companies such as Amazon, LVMH, a16z, OpenAI, MIT Media Lab, Red Bull, Disney, and WBD, sparking partnerships, inspiration, and new collaborations. The day wrapped with a buzzing happy hour overlooking the NYC skyline, leaving the community energized and ready to shape the next era of creativity.
Huge thanks to our sponsors—including ElevenLabs, AWS, Leonardo.AI, frog Design, AE Studio, ArentFox Schiff, Zeta Global, Rings.ai and Misguided—and to all our community partners for making this summit unforgettable.
May 2, 2025
Paige Piskin is an award-winning AI and XR creator, known for pushing the boundaries of digital makeup, character design, and augmented reality experiences. With AR effects generating more than 300 billion impressions, shared 2 billion times, Paige has worked with major brands like Netflix, Bratz, Warner, and Coldplay, bringing immersive storytelling to life. She has also been a guest judge for Netflix, consultant, and 2x hackathon winner, recognized for her innovative work in AI-driven AR experiences. Paige is passionate about blending generative AI with character design, expanding the possibilities of digital self-expression and interactive storytelling.
Claire Silver is an anonymous AI-Collaborative artist that works with oil, acrylic, collage, photography, and different digital mediums to create her work. She often blends the classical style and mythos into her art, collaboratively producing work that feels at once familiar and strange. Her work explores themes of innocence, trauma, the hero’s journey, and how our view of them will change in an increasingly transhumanist future. Claire’s art can be found in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, has been at Sotheby’s London and Christie’s New York and in galleries, museums, and festivals all over the world. Featured in the New York Times, WIRED, Fortune, NPR, and countless podcasts, Claire takes every opportunity to explore her unending fascination with AI, fight for visibility for this budding art movement, and wonder at the magnitude of this moment in history. She often feels like a caveman painting fire. Claire is vocal in her belief that with the rise of AI, for the first time, the barrier of skill is swept away and that in this evolving era, taste is the new skill.