OpenAI DevDay 2026

OpenAI DevDay 2026 is OpenAI's annual developer conference, held on 29 September 2026 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The single-day programme opens with a keynote covering the platform roadmap, then runs technical sessions on the API and developer tooling, hands-on demos of new models, workshops led by OpenAI engineers, and unstructured time with the teams that build them. Attendance is by application and invitation only: applications closed on 10 July 2026, decisions went out in late July, and invited applicants had fourteen days to register at $650 before their place passed to the waitlist. A limited number of scholarships were offered. The opening keynote is livestreamed free and open to everyone, with remaining sessions recorded and published on openai.com shortly afterwards. New for 2026, OpenAI is following the San Francisco flagship with DevDay Exchanges in eight cities — Bengaluru, Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, Berlin, London, São Paulo and Mexico City.

Date

September 29, 2026

Location

Fort Mason, San Francisco, California

Format

Hybrid

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Expected Attendance

1,500+

Pricing

Paid (Free tier available)

Organizer

OpenAI

Added

Jun 24, 2026

Updated

Aug 17, 2026

• ✓Software Engineer
• ✓Technical Founder
• ✓AI/ML Engineer
• ✓CTO
• ✓Head of Engineering
• ✓AI Researcher
• ✓Technical Product Leader

DevDay is where the next twelve months of the OpenAI platform are set out, and for a technical leader betting a product roadmap on those APIs, hearing it first-hand is worth the day. The value is less the keynote — that is free to stream — than the workshops and the direct access to the engineers behind the model, agent and tooling APIs, where an architecture question that would take weeks in a support queue gets answered in a corridor. Capacity is around 1,500 and admission is by application, so the people standing next to you are also shipping production systems on the platform.

• ✓Opening keynote covering the OpenAI platform roadmap — livestreamed free and open to everyone
• ✓Technical sessions on the OpenAI API, agents and production patterns
• ✓Hands-on demos of new models and developer tooling
• ✓Workshops run by OpenAI engineers
• ✓Direct access to the OpenAI teams building developer tools
• ✓Session recordings published on openai.com shortly after the event
• ✓DevDay Exchanges — eight satellite events later in 2026 in Bengaluru, Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, Berlin, London, São Paulo and Mexico City
• ✓A limited number of scholarship places alongside the paid ticket

• ★Application-and-invitation only at roughly 1,500 places, so the room is filtered to engineers, technical founders and researchers already shipping on the platform rather than to anyone with a budget.
• ★The first DevDay to pair the San Francisco flagship with eight international satellite events; previous editions were single-city affairs, and the expansion is aimed squarely at developers outside the United States.
• ★The keynote is livestreamed free and the sessions are published afterwards, so the $650 ticket buys the workshops and the face time — not the announcements, which are public within hours.
• ★Direct, unmediated access to the OpenAI engineers who build the API, which is the scarce good here and the reason places are rationed by application.
• ★$650 is low for a vendor developer conference of this profile; scarcity rather than price is what gates the room, and limited scholarships lower it further.

$650 for an in-person place, by application and invitation only. Applications closed on 10 July 2026 and decisions went out in late July; invited applicants were given fourteen days to register before the place passed to the waitlist, and in-person applications are now closed. A limited number of scholarships were offered. The free tier is real and not a teaser: the opening keynote is livestreamed at no cost and open to everyone, and the remaining sessions are recorded and posted on openai.com shortly after the event.

When is OpenAI DevDay 2026?

OpenAI DevDay 2026 takes place September 29, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

Where is OpenAI DevDay 2026 held?

OpenAI DevDay 2026 is held in San Francisco, California. The event format is hybrid.

How much does OpenAI DevDay 2026 cost?

OpenAI DevDay 2026 is paid, with a free tier available. $650 for an in-person place, by application and invitation only. Applications closed on 10 July 2026 and decisions went out in late July; invited applicants were given fourteen days to register before the place passed to the waitlist, and in-person applications are now closed. A limited number of scholarships were offered. The free tier is real and not a teaser: the opening keynote is livestreamed at no cost and open to everyone, and the remaining sessions are recorded and posted on openai.com shortly after the event.

Who should attend OpenAI DevDay 2026?

OpenAI DevDay 2026 is aimed at Software Engineer, Technical Founder, AI/ML Engineer, CTO, Head of Engineering, AI Researcher, Technical Product Leader.

What topics does OpenAI DevDay 2026 cover?

OpenAI DevDay 2026 covers Generative AI, LLM APIs, AI Agents, Developer Tooling, AI Application Development, Model Deployment, Production AI Patterns, AI Safety.

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