Cypher 2026
by Analytics India Magazine (AIM Media House)
India's biggest AI conference, 10th edition
About This Event
Cypher 2026 is the tenth edition of Analytics India Magazine's flagship AI conference, running 7-9 October 2026 at KTPO Whitefield in Bengaluru, Karnataka's largest exhibition and convention complex. Organisers expect 5,000+ attendees, 150+ speakers and 100+ exhibitors across six parallel formats: keynotes and mainstage panels, an AI Expo spread over Halls A, B and C, a Workshop Studio of hands-on practitioner sessions with limited seats, a Live Demo Floor, a Research Lab for technical work, and a networking lounge. Coverage spans generative AI, AI agents, enterprise deployment, MLOps, responsible AI, AI infrastructure, computer vision, frontier and open-source models, robotics and AI safety. The AI Awards India 2026 are presented alongside the conference, and AIM runs more than twenty satellite events around it across a six-month window. The 2026 edition is presented by IBM and powered by Genpact.
Key Dates & Deadlines
- Regular-rate registration closes
At a Glance
- Date
- October 7–9, 2026
- Location
- KTPO, Whitefield, Bengaluru, India
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Expected Attendance
- 5,000+
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- Analytics India Magazine (AIM Media House)
- Added
- Jul 5, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 14, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓CTOs and CIOs
- ✓Chief Data and Analytics Officers
- ✓AI/ML engineers
- ✓Data scientists
- ✓Enterprise architects
- ✓Startup founders
- ✓AI product leaders
Why Attend
For an Indian or India-adjacent technology leader, Cypher is the one week where the domestic AI vendor market, the GCC engineering base and the research community are in the same building. Three days buys a shortlist: 100+ exhibitors on the expo floor to compare against your existing stack, a Research Lab track that shows what is genuinely deployable versus demo-stage, and a Workshop Studio where your engineers can pressure-test agent and MLOps tooling before you sign. The Awards evening and Speakers' Mixer compress months of partner and hiring introductions into two nights.
Event Features
- ✓Keynotes and mainstage panels with 150+ speakers
- ✓AI Expo across Halls A, B and C with 100+ exhibitors
- ✓Workshop Studio: hands-on practitioner sessions, limited seats, included with the Learning Pass
- ✓Live Demo Floor for interactive product showcases
- ✓Research Lab technical sessions on frontier models and applied research
- ✓AI Awards India 2026, co-located
- ✓Cypher Speakers' Mixer, an invitation-only evening add-on at the close of day one
- ✓20+ satellite events run by AIM before, during and after the conference
What Makes This Unique
- ★Tenth consecutive edition since 2015 and the largest AI conference in India by stated attendance, so the alumni network of lab heads, venture-backed founders and enterprise AI directors is already built
- ★Six parallel formats rather than one stage: a Workshop Studio with capped seats and a Research Lab sit alongside the keynote track, so practitioners and executives get different rooms
- ★The AI Awards India 2026 are co-located, putting the country's AI vendor and enterprise-team recognition in the same three days
- ★Held at KTPO Whitefield, inside Bengaluru's largest concentration of AI engineering talent and GCC captive centres
- ★Publishes its pass prices openly with a dated cutoff, which is unusual among Indian enterprise-tech conferences
Featured Speakers From
Industries Represented
Event Scale
Pricing Details
Standard Pass Rs 13,000; Learning Pass (adds Workshop Studio access) Rs 30,000; VIP Pass Rs 40,000. Regular pricing closes 11 September 2026 and rises thereafter. A 15% Independence Day discount on the Standard Pass was running at the time of writing. The invitation-only Cypher Speakers' Mixer is a Rs 6,000 add-on and requires a valid pass; group and student rates are available from the organiser.
Organizer
Analytics India Magazine (AIM Media House)
analyticsindiamag.com/Frequently Asked
- When is Cypher 2026?
- Cypher 2026 takes place October 7–9, 2026 in Bengaluru, India.
- Where is Cypher 2026 held?
- Cypher 2026 is held in Bengaluru, India. The event format is in-person.
- What is the Cypher 2026 submission deadline?
- The next Cypher 2026 deadline is regular-rate registration closes on Sep 11, 2026.
- How much does Cypher 2026 cost?
- Cypher 2026 is paid. Standard Pass Rs 13,000; Learning Pass (adds Workshop Studio access) Rs 30,000; VIP Pass Rs 40,000. Regular pricing closes 11 September 2026 and rises thereafter. A 15% Independence Day discount on the Standard Pass was running at the time of writing. The invitation-only Cypher Speakers' Mixer is a Rs 6,000 add-on and requires a valid pass; group and student rates are available from the organiser.
- Who should attend Cypher 2026?
- Cypher 2026 is aimed at CTOs and CIOs, Chief Data and Analytics Officers, AI/ML engineers, Data scientists, Enterprise architects, Startup founders, AI product leaders.
- What topics does Cypher 2026 cover?
- Cypher 2026 covers Generative AI, Enterprise AI, AI agents, MLOps, Responsible AI, AI infrastructure, Computer vision, Frontier models, Open-source AI, Robotics, AI safety, AI for India.
Sources
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