Logos Circle NYC #1

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Logos Circle NYC - April 1, 2026

Date: April 1, 2026
Location: Merlin’s Place, Brooklyn
Registered on Luma: 38 + 20 on waitlist
Attended: 8 (incl. host)
Languages: english
Circle Steward: Denisa Lepadatu

Participants

  • 8 people total incl. host
  • All new attendees came from the NYC Deep Tech Week calendar
  • Mixed backgrounds (privacy, cybersec, journalism, students) who have been living in NYC for various amounts of time (from 2 days - 2 years - a lifetime)

Event Structure

  • Start gathering @ 7:00 pm
  • Snacks and drinks (30 min)
  • Introductions (20 min)
  • Discussion about Logos tech (10 min)
  • Discussion about local issues (30 min)
  • Closing remarks & goodbye
  • End time @ 8:40 pm

Topics Discussed

  1. The Logos tech
  • debating the future need for a token
  • what makes the Logos stack more private than Signal & alternatives
  1. prevalent issues in NYC/US:
  • immigration: NYC is a highly international place; attendee suggested creating peer-to-peer networks to communicate about ICE
  • lack of access to abortion healthcare in the US (especially red states); attendee suggested spreading awareness about initiatives that try to increase accessibility to abortion healthcare (e.g. through special drug-infused cards you can buy/prep: https://fourthievesvinegar.org/microlab/)
  • around NYC, stores retain biometric data, such as facial recognition and voiceprints, to enhance security. They have to display a sticker on their windows to inform customers; attendee suggested creating a decentralized database/map of the stores that do / do not retain this data
  • giving back freedom to skilled workers & small businesses from banks and the broader, overshadowing financial sector; attendee suggested helping the local workers get funding
  1. privacy in a post-quantum world - attendee suggested attending the Quantum World Congress

Highlights

Food: set up charcuterie, chips & popcorn, fruits, pastry, drinks (~ 65 USD) on a table – the cat at the place ate the charcuterie, the rest was not eaten much

Distributed Logos flyers from PS & printed

Outcomes

  • attendees entered the relevant Signal group chat
  • next Circle not planned – TBD on new Steward who can take over

What We Learned / To Improve / New Ideas

  • Things that worked well: coupling event with a bigger ongoing tech week, as part of their scheduling, to attract new people

  • Areas for improvement: keeping people on track with the deliverables (topics did not converge on a winnable issue / clear roles at the end of the event)

  • New ideas or experiments to try next time: choosing and focusing on a specific issue