Caribbean artificial intelligence startups are preparing to pitch their innovations to global investors at the New York Stock Exchange this Friday, November 13.
The showcase, co-hosted by early Canva and Zoom investor Bill Tai and Future Caribbean founder Lily Dash, will feature emerging companies developing AI solutions across sectors including energy, healthcare, agriculture, tourism and financial services.
Finalist teams represent eight countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, as the initiative seeks to connect Caribbean innovators with international investment, enterprise customers and technology partners.
Future Caribbean, a global agentic AI development and deployment platform, will present selected AI startups at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, November 13, connecting founders with investors, enterprise customers and technology partners to accelerate commercial deployment.
The companies are developing technology for energy, disaster management, financial services, healthcare, tourism, agriculture and the blue economy. Finalist teams represent Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Guyana, The Bahamas, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
The showcase follows Future Caribbean’s global agentic AI buildathon, launched in May at IDB Invest Sustainability Week in Barbados. The program attracted more than 450 builders across 39 countries and 236 team applications. More than 200 advisors and judges contributed over 2,000 reviews and 660 advisory sessions to test concepts and strengthen commercial models.
“The Caribbean has founders building technology that can solve urgent problems at home and serve customers around the world,” said Lily Dash, Founder of Future Caribbean. “Those companies need access to capital, customers and relationships who can help them grow.”
Future Caribbean’s commercialization phase, delivered with ACTAI Advisors, connects startups with enterprise clients, strategic partners and technical infrastructure for international deployment. Its Buildathon-in-a-Box platform combines program management, community analytics and automated advisor matching to help organizations run their own innovation programs.
Co-host Bill Tai, an early investor in Canva and Zoom, is Co-Founder and Chairman of ACTAI Global and Founding Chairman of Hut 8. Dash, also Co-Founder of ACTAI Advisors, has assembled the program’s international network of founders, advisors and commercial partners.
NYSE event sponsors include Andrik Capital, Invest Barbados and Polymath Research. Book Better is the official travel sponsor, providing flights and accommodation for participating teams.
Event Details
Event: Future Caribbean Investor Showcase
Date: Friday, November 13, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: New York Stock Exchange, New York City
Co-hosts: Bill Tai and Lily Dash
Attendance: By invitation only for in-person attendance; live stream accessible to remote viewers at https://tapin.io/s/1JnE
Live Stream
Watch the live stream at https://tapin.io/s/1JnE.