Tough Tech Dual-Use Day 2026: One Year of SHIELD

Tour Lovable HQ. Get free credits. Hack with the team.Step inside Lovable’s office, meet the recruiters and operators building the future of AI-powered product creation, grab exclusive credits, and team up on-site to ship something real together.

Join us for an informal, geeky, growth-oriented meetup all about the Alt Clouds that build their value directly on top of infrastructure: GPU clouds, AI clouds, data clouds, developer clouds, connectivity cloud, sovereign clouds…and more! Jack O'Brien CEO and co-founder at Subconscious "Inference in Marathon Mode" Sebastian Bryers Lead Solutions Engineer at Shopify "Lessons from Shopify's Agentic Coding Setup" ------ Jack O'Brien (LinkedIn) is the co-founder and CEO of Subconscious, the inference platform for long-horizon agents. The Subconscious inference stack is designed for 200k+ token sessions to deliver faster, cheaper, more accurate inference on the most valuable tasks like coding agents and agentic products.

Join Cooley, Fidelity Private Shares, and New England Venture Capital Association for a founder & investor breakfast. We're inviting past & current startups from YC, Greentown Labs, The Engine, Harvard, MassChallenge, MassRobotics, MIT, Techstars, TNT, VentureLane, VenX, Suffolk Tech/Boost, LabCentral, Pearce Fellowship, BU BUILD Lab, and more. We'll dig into how the most strategic founders build momentum and relationships with investors early on. Our panel will touch on how to get the most out of incubators & startup ecosystem engagement. We'll cover: How to optimize accelerators & incubator experiences How to grow your momentum coming out of these programs How to build and maintain the right relationships How company fundamentals shift at each stage of growth Exit pathways Agenda 9:00 – 9:30 AM: Arrival & networking over breakfast 9:30 – 10:00 AM: Panel discussion 10:00 – 10:30 AM: Closing networking Panelists Moderator: Kristen Craft, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Fidelity Private Shares Panelists:Alex Manick, Schooner Capital Julien Pham, 3CC | Third Culture Capital Katie Bodner Spielberg, 5am Ventures Laura Stoffel, Cooley Priya Yadav, MassVentures Event Co-Hosts Cooley is known for being the go-to legal and business advisors for venture investors and companies who are disrupting and reshaping the global economy. We advised on the formation of the first VC fund in the US and have grown to be one of the most active players globally in both early and late-stage financings. Cooley is deeply connected in the venture ecosystem, working with startups, boards, leadership teams and investors – all of whom share Cooley’s vision that fusing capital and innovation can transform the world. Fidelity Private Shares is committed to supporting the startup & venture capital community. Fidelity helps founders prepare for their next round of funding with our cap table management and data room platform, events that give you access to capital, and premier support to generate, exe

Get inside WHOOP, one of Boston's leading tech companies. Tour WHOOP HQ in Kenmore Square, meet the founders, operators, and recruiters building the future of AI and performance tech in Massachusetts, and see what it's really like to build at a fast-growing company. Come ready to ask questions directly to the people doing the work. Seats are limited. Please include your .edu email to sign up to confirm you are a student!