NYC Creative AI August Forum (formerly ComfyUI NYC)

NYC Creative AI (formerly ComfyUI NYC) hosted by ZeroSpace and Daydream

August 2026

Join us for our monthly NYC Creative AI event, where we explore the broader AI ecosystem and the tools, models, workflows, and the artists and builders pushing this space forward. Each event features technical sessions, live demos, and discussions with community experts.

ComfyUI remains close to the community's roots, and as the AI landscape evolves, this event is growing into a home for all of creative AI in New York.

Hosted at ZeroSpace, a next-gen production & creative studio specializing in the integration of digital, virtual, and live content.

​💟 Speakers

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✨Sponsors

ZeroSpace
ZeroSpace is a next-gen production & creative studio specializing in the integration of digital, virtual, and live content.

4Wall Entertainment
4Wall Entertainment provides entertainment equipment and production services across all facets of the entertainment industry.

HP Z
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Past Events:

• July: Matt Miller of Comfy Org on MCP integrations in ComfyUI, Gil Shefler from Bria announce their latest video background removal model, Xuelong Mu from ZeroSpace introduces ZeroGen.

• April: ​Louis Castricato from Overworld presents Waypoint-1.5 world model, and ​RyanOnTheInside on an ACEStep 1.5 XL ComfyUI integration.

• March: ​Michael Gold on an Comfy agent harness for 3D characters and James Barnes on ETHEREA, an engine for collective imagination

• February: RyanOnTheInside on VACE for autoregressive video models and ACEStep 1.5 audio model integration

• January: Purz on integrating Comfy with GLSL Shaders and ​Bria AI on FIBO, FIBO Edit workflows

• December: Yondon Fu on Scope and Alex Katzfey on ComfyGit

• October: Automating ComfyUI with agents by Fill, plus an introduction to the LTX-2 video model by Lightricks

• August: Advanced ComfyUI workflows with Wan: Advanced Techniques by @allhailthealgo, plus a deep dive into WAN 2.2 + the Banodoco community with shadowworksltd.com.

• July: A showcase of real-time AI video workflows using ComfyUI, TouchDesigner, and Livepeer by Dotsimulate, plus a production-focused session with Jacky Lu.

• June: Calvin Herbst showcasing FLUX and WAN 14B using open-source multimodal pipelines within ComfyUI.

• May: A demo of Daydream + ComfyStream for real-time video AI, paired with techniques for using ComfyUI to leverage generative AI in accelerating and extending traditional 3D production pipelines.

• April: Demo by Flipping Sigmas, a professional AI artist at Asteria Film, using ComfyUI for animation and film production.

• March: Honouring International Women's Day with an inspiring meetup focused on women in AI! Emma, a Comfy Ambassador, leads an engaging workshop designed to celebrate and empower women in the field.

• February: Interview with Spencer Sterling, multidisciplinary artist and machine learning researcher who transforms musical experiences into immersive visual environments.

• January: Kosinkadink, creator of the ComfyUI extension for AnimateDiff, presented on Masking and Scheduling LoRA and Model Weights. He also demonstrated his new real-time manipulation system for LoRA weights, integrated with ComfyStream for AI-driven video adjustments.

• December: Interview with ComfyAnonymous: We explored ComfyUI, its impact on AI workflows, and its role in shaping the future of creative AI.