This year’s New York Tech Week has been marked by controversy as Andreessen Horowitz mandates that all official events use its portfolio company, Partiful, relegating competitor Luma to the sidelines. The change has sparked backlash from attendees and organizers eager to see a return to Luma, which had been a staple in previous iterations of the event. Critiques suggest that this policy undermines the decentralized spirit of Tech Week. As one industry leader noted, calls are growing to rescind this decision in future years in favor of more inclusivity.
I get the Partiful push this year. It's a portfolio company. Of course they're gonna try to make it the default. Next year, the people should take back NY Tech Week and bring back Luma as the default platform.
Official tech week events must use Partiful; that's left Luma, a competing events platform popular at previous iterations of Tech Week, out in the cold.
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