Leo AI was the media partner for Ship & Sip Vol. 2, a build-along happy hour for startup founders, builders and investors at the Microsoft Experience Center in New York on 14 October 2026. Leo filmed the evening and turned it into four ads in two shapes, 23 cover photos and captioned reels of the welcome speeches, all within ten days.
Microsoft: Ship & Sip, New York’s build-along happy hour for startup founders, builders and investors, held at the Microsoft Experience Center on Fifth Avenue with Microsoft for Startups as a partner and hosted by Miguel Martinez.
What came out
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The brief
| Event | Ship & Sip Vol. 2, Wednesday 14 October, 5 to 7:30 pm |
| Room | Founders, builders and investors, every registration approved by hand |
| Leo’s role | Media partner: filmed the evening, then made its ads, photos and reels |
What Leo did
Join as media partner
Leo AI was one of the evening’s partners, alongside Microsoft for Startups, with its logo on the banner and a slot on the mic. The coverage was planned with the host before the night.
Film the room, not a shoot
Two cameras moved through the evening: arrivals, founders building at their laptops, the bar, demos and the welcome speeches.
Ads and photos in four days
Four music-led ads, each cut vertical for Reels and landscape for LinkedIn, plus 23 cover photos chosen from 1,586 scored frames, went to the host on 18 October.
The speeches as reels
Leo then found nine speaking moments in the welcome talks and cut them into captioned vertical reels, with the hosts’ voices playing over shots of the room.
Frequently asked questions
What is Ship & Sip?
A build-along happy hour in New York for founders, builders and investors, run by Miguel Martinez. Guests bring a laptop to build or just come to meet people, with no slides and no presentations. More than 700 people signed up for the first one; the second came to the Microsoft Experience Center on 14 October.
What did Leo AI do as media partner?
Leo filmed the evening and turned the footage into the event’s own media: four ads in vertical and landscape shapes, 23 cover photos, and captioned reels of the welcome speeches, ready for the host to post.
How fast did the coverage come back?
The ads and photos were delivered on 18 October, four days after the event. The speech reels were finished on 24 October, ten days after it.