Boston | Claude Build Day

PLEASE READ: This event is primarily designed for internationally-based founders. Due to overwhelming demand, we are unable to admit non-startup international founders at this time. As part of the 9th annual Boston Fintech Week, Fintech Sandbox is excited to host International Acceleration Day (IAD) on Thursday, September 24, at the Federal Reserve Plaza in Boston. IAD is a curated networking event built for international fintech founders looking to enter and scale in the U.S. market. Programming opens with sessions tailored to global teams exploring the U.S. for the first time, then flows into a broader startup track relevant to international and domestic founders alike. Throughout the day, we'll dig into what actually shapes a company's first two years in Boston and the U.S. more broadly — customers, capital, compliance, and growth. Whether you're mapping your U.S. market entry or already building here, expect practical insight and meaningful connections with founders, investors, and partners navigating the same path. This day is made possible in partnership with leading financial institutions and international consulates, including the Scottish and Canadian consulates, supporting founders as they navigate their U.S. expansion. Friendly reminder to bring your ID to go through security. AGENDA • 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM — Opening Remarks • 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM — Panel Discussion: The Pros and Cons: Choosing Boston as a Place to Build • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM — Networking Break • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM — Panel Discussion: Money, That's What I Want • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM — Presentation and Discussion Led by EY: Navigating the Exit • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM — Lunch • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM — Panel Discussion: How U.S. Financial Services Firms Buy Fintech: Winning Your First Enterprise Customer • 1:45 PM – 2:10 PM — Panel Discussion: and Concluding Remarks: US Regulation as a Competitive Advantage: Building Trust in the World's Most Complex Financial Market This is a community event as part o

Mass Fintech Hub is bringing banks and fintechs together to answer a shared question: how are they responding to the next generation of customers? Fintech companies are able to quickly adapt to customers with rapidly evolving expectations, especially Gen Z and younger. We'll discuss how banks are adapting in response, and how fintechs are thinking about the trust and credibility that banks have built over time. Panelists: Meghan Greeley, Executive Vice President of Customer and Transformation Enablement, M&T Bank Shivangi Khanna, Co-Founder & CEO, Krida J. Lewis, Founder & CEO, Valusync T.J. Steele, Senior Vice President and Director of Digital Channel Solutions, Eastern Bank Questioners Bernice Tsewole, Customer Solutions Advisor, Loxo Van Tran, Financial Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Moderator Lisa Gold, Founder and Principal, GoldStandard Advisors Spots are limited. Please register your interest, and we will be in touch to confirm your participation. This is a community event as part of Boston Fintech Week, presented by Fintech Sandbox.

Join F-Prime, SVB, and Underscore VC for a celebration as we welcome the fintech community at the official closing event for Boston FinTech Week. This event is a part of Boston Fintech Week hosted by Fintech Sandbox, please visit www.bostonfintechweek.org to learn more about the week's programming.

Boston AI Week 2026: Core Week Opening Party at Island Creek Oysters Raw Bar Date: Friday, September 25, 2026 Time: 5:30PM - 8:30PM Location: Island Creek Oysters Raw Bar, Seaport, Boston Join us for the official Opening Party of Boston AI Week 2026, presented by Seaport by WS Development, the Island Creek Foundation, Boston AI Week, and Squark AI. We open the festival the way Boston does best: fresh oysters on the waterfront, great food and drinks, and high-energy networking with the founders, executives, investors, researchers, students, and builders of the Massachusetts AI ecosystem. At 7:00 PM, a panel of AI experts will share what is ahead for AI in Boston and beyond. An annual tradition, the Opening and Closing Parties bookend the festival at the same waterfront raw bar. About Boston AI Week: Boston AI Week 2026 runs September 24 through October 2, with events across the Commonwealth organized into one unified calendar. Last year, the festival brought together 125 events and 249 organizations, and tallied tens of thousands of attendees across 23 days and 8,000 square miles of Massachusetts. This year will be bigger. Explore the festival: Full schedule: https://aiweek.boston AI in Massachusetts Workforce Development and Career Fair, Metcalf Ballroom at Boston University, Tuesday, September 29: https://aiweek.boston/massachusetts-workforce-in-ai Boston AI Summit, our flagship executive conference in the Seaport, Thursday, October 1: https://aiweek.boston/summit Closing Party at Island Creek Oysters Raw Bar, Friday, October 2: https://www.meetup.com/boston-ai-week/events/315063405/ Contribute to The State of AI in Massachusetts 2026 by taking the survey: https://aiweek.boston/survey Ways to take part: Join the community to RSVP, build a personal agenda, and follow announcements: https://aiweek.boston/join Host an event, always free: https://aiweek.boston/host-event The Host Guide covers everything from planning to promotion: https://aiweek.boston/hosts