The AI Conference 2026 5,500+ global builders, researchers & leaders Day ZERØ workshops • Hack Day • 120+ speakers 📍 San Francisco | Sept 29–Oct 1, 2026

San Francisco, CA
The AI Conference 2026 is designed for founders, engineers, and builders working on real-world AI. Join 100+ speakers across applied, technical, and leadership tracks. Pre-sale tickets are available for a very limited time.
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We're excited to welcome Safer by Thorn as a sponsor of The AI Conference 2026. Safer by Thorn helps AI teams keep generative systems from being used for child sexual abuse and exploitation. Built for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and text-based exploitation detection, Safer detects illegal content in training corpora, user inputs, and model outputs across image, video, and text. It combines verified CSAM matching (including scene-sensitive video hashing) with risk prediction for potentially novel CSAM. Safer is available via API-based or self-hosted deployment. Thorn can meet you where you are with expert-backed solutions and advisory services, providing actionable guidance across the full AI lifecycle so you can scale responsibly and prioritize child safety.
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We're excited to welcome PlayerZero as a sponsor of The AI Conference 2026. PlayerZero is the leading AI production engineering platform. The company's AI production engineers operate complex enterprise software autonomously, resolving production incidents, catching defects before release, and building durable models of how systems actually behave. PlayerZero is deployed across the Global 2000, including Zuora and Georgia-Pacific, delivering up to 80% reduction in escaped defects and 65% faster resolution times. The company is backed by Foundation Capital and the founders of Databricks, Figma, Vercel, and Dropbox.
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We're excited to welcome Asignet as a sponsor of The AI Conference 2026. Asignet combines AI, RPA, and data intelligence to help organizations automate workflows, reduce errors, and gain greater control over IT and financial operations. Proud to have them supporting the builders and innovators shaping the future of AI.
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8 startups. 4-minute pitches. One room full of founders, builders, investors, and AI leaders. Startup Showdown at The AI Conference 2026 gives early-stage AI companies the stage to pitch bold ideas, get real-time judge feedback, and compete for top honors, including the People’s Choice Award. Be in the room for the ideas that could shape what comes next in AI. Apply now: aiconference.com/startups/
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The people building the future of AI don't just talk about what's next. They build it. Hear from Charlie Guo (OpenAI), Piero Molino (Studio Atelico), Bhavin Parikh (Comcast), and 120+ industry leaders at The AI Conference 2026. See you this September in San Francisco.
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If you’re building, deploying, or scaling AI systems, this is the room to be in. The AI Conference 2026 brings together the engineers, researchers, founders, and technical leaders shaping what comes next. Save $1,700 before prices increase tomorrow, June 26th.
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Join 5,500+ founders, engineers, researchers, and AI leaders at The AI Conference 2026 and save $1,700 before pricing moves to the next tier on June 26. The sooner you register, the more you save.
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Your pass to The AI Conference 2026 is more than a conference ticket. It's access to 120+ speakers, five tracks, Startup Showdown, the Innovation Hub, Ignite Talks, Party in the Park, and a full week of networking events across Mission Rock. Join 5,500+ founders, engineers, researchers, and AI leaders shaping what's next. Ticket prices increase on June 26. Right now, you can save $1,700 before the next pricing tier takes effect.
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The future of AI is being built right now. Join 5,500+ engineers, founders, researchers, and technical leaders at The AI Conference 2026 and learn from the people building, deploying, and scaling AI in the real world. ⏳ Ticket prices increase June 26. Secure your pass now and save $1,700 before the next pricing tier.
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Hack Day | September 29 Build something real. Join a focused room of builders, engineers, founders, and leaders turning ideas into products with real customer potential. Mentors in the room all day. Prizes for teams that ship something real. The top team pitches live to VCs on the Startup Showdown stage the next day. This is your shot. Don't miss it.
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Sponsored by @redpandadata Helping teams build high-performance, real-time data infrastructure for the next generation of AI applications. Proud to have them supporting The AI Conference 2026.
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AI is reshaping client needs across industries. The AI Conference brings together builders, vendors, operators, and business leaders, giving teams a clearer view of what clients may ask for next. For Viduushi, that made the event valuable research.
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New Speaker Announcement 🚀 Chris Lattner, Co-Founder & CEO of Modular, is joining The AI Conference 2026. Creator of LLVM, Clang, Swift, and MLIR, Chris has helped shape some of the most important technologies in modern computing. Today, he's focused on building the future of AI infrastructure at Modular. Join us in San Francisco to hear from one of the industry's most influential builders.
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We’re proud to welcome Google Cloud as a sponsor of The AI Conference 2026. From foundation models and AI infrastructure to developer tools and enterprise applications, Google Cloud is helping organizations build, deploy, and scale AI with confidence. Join us in San Francisco to connect with the teams shaping the future of AI.
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Your competitors won't wait. Team Ticket pricing increases today at 4:00 PM. Join the engineers, founders, researchers, and leaders shaping the future of AI, and bring your team along for the experience. Last chance to secure the current rate.
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⚠️ Team Ticket pricing increases tomorrow at 4:00 PM. Right now, Team Tickets are just $775 per person. Bring your team to San Francisco for two days of world-class speakers, networking, Startup Showdown, the Innovation Hub, Party in the Park, and Ignite Talks. The best teams learn together, plan together, and build together. Secure your team’s tickets before prices go up.
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Build something real at Hack Day. This isn’t a traditional hackathon. It’s one focused day to build a product people might actually pay for. Work alongside top engineers, ML leaders, and founders, get feedback from mentors throughout the day, and compete for prizes. The winning team will pitch live to leading VCs during Startup Showdown the next day. Hack Day is where ideas become companies. 🚀 Register for Day ZERØ and secure your spot.
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The teams adopting AI successfully are learning together. Bring your team to The AI Conference 2026 for three days of technical sessions, deployment strategies, infrastructure insights, and real-world implementation conversations. Team ticket pricing increases soon.
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