The Future Labs at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering are a network of innovation spaces and programs that support early-stage startups in New York City through a venture catalyst role. We accept high-potential companies (no NYU affiliation necessary) and build on their success with a unique approach that emphasizes success rate, sustainability, revenue and growth.
The Digital Future Lab supports startups taking analog into the digital world such as software-enabled hardware, internet of things and video.
The Data Future Lab supports startups that are pushing forward the next generation of data technologies such as artificial intelligence, data for industry, and distributed technologies.
The Urban Future Lab supports startups that are developing technologies for smart cities, a smarter grid, energy efficiency, and clean and renewable energies.
The Veterans Future Lab is a hardware and prototyping space that is home to Bunker Labs NY, a partnership between NYU Tandon and Bunker Labs.
The Digital Future Lab supports startups taking analog into the digital world such as software-enabled hardware, internet of things and video.
The Data Future Lab supports startups that are pushing forward the next generation of data technologies such as artificial intelligence, data for industry, and distributed technologies.
The Urban Future Lab supports startups that are developing technologies for smart cities, a smarter grid, energy efficiency, and clean and renewable energies.
The Veterans Future Lab is a hardware and prototyping space that is home to Bunker Labs NY, a partnership between NYU Tandon and Bunker Labs.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 1-10
Phone:(212) 292-3123
Founded date: 2009
Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 254
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 11.10.2022 | TrustUS | trustus.app | - | United Sta... |
| 11.10.2022 | Wove | wovemade.com | $3.85M | United Sta... |
| 11.10.2022 | SparkUp | sparkupbiz.us | - | - |
| 11.10.2022 | BLS Remote | blsremotetherapy.com | - | - |
| 11.10.2022 | Chow Corp. | letschow.org | - | United Sta... |
| 11.10.2022 | Shadowscap... | shadowscape.io | - | United Sta... |
| 11.10.2022 | Empower Em... | empoweremploy.us | - | United Sta... |
| 11.10.2022 | Wrexx | getwrexx.com | - | - |
| 11.10.2022 | accelEQ | acceleq.com | - | United Sta... |
| 10.05.2022 | Brooklyn | bkln.com | - | United Sta... |
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| 21.05.2018 | NYU Tandon Future Labs selected seven startup companies to join its first Catalyst NYC cohort. | NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Future Labs have selected seven startup companies to join its first Catalyst NYC cohort. The selective, six-month program makes the portfolio of benefits previously available only to Future Labs companies ... |
| 23.03.2018 | Startups! Tonight is the deadline for Future Labs’ Catalyst NYC program | Young startups have until midnight Friday to send in applications for the Catalyst NYC program organized by the Future Labs at NYU. The program will select six seed or pre-seed companies, which will be awarded free office space for two cofo... |
| 06.04.2017 | IBM Watson’s Chief Architect Talks Democratizing AI, Starting With Fifth Graders | Artificial intelligence (AI) systems can recognize your speech like Siri or identify images like Facebook, but these types of machine intelligences are built on statistical approximation, using loads of data to make educated guesses. Though... |