What is this?

The Agentic City is an applied research initiative at Cornell Tech's Urban Tech Hub in New York City, bridging the gap between high-level AI governance vision and on-the-ground municipal implementation. We help cities envision, specify, and build responsible AI capabilities to address strategic opportunities and challenges on the horizon.

What we mean by responsible AI

Responsible AI means AI that is secure, accountable, fair, and effective (SAFE). Our work translates developments in global and national agentic AI governance to identify topics for collaborative inquiry, prototyping, and standards development at the city level.

What we offer

We position ourselves in the critical space between global AI governance frameworks and the practical realities of municipal innovation. We leverage university expertise, engineering faculty, and students to support experimentation by participating cities.

What we build on

We are inspired by the thought leadership of The Agentic State, a global action platform helping public leaders use agentic AI for responsible innovation. Their vision paper sets out the case.