[4] Silicon Alley, once a metonym for the sphere encompassing the metropolitan region's high technology industries,[5] is no longer a relevant moniker as the city's tech environment has expanded dramatically both in location and in its scope.
New tech establishments include those of Israeli companies in New York City, at a rate of ten new startups per month,[6] and the technology sector has been claiming a greater share of New York City's economy since 2010.
[7] Tech:NYC, founded in 2016, is a nonprofit organization which represents New York City's technology industry with government, civic institutions, in business, and in the media and whose primary goals are to attract tech talent to the city and to advocate for policies that will help tech companies grow.
[8][9] The following is a partial and growing list of notable New York metropolitan area tech companies: During the 1960s and 1970s, there were a number of technology firms, especially software companies, founded in New York City.
These included: In addition, there were some companies located outside the city but within the greater New York metropolitan area.