The AI Conference 2026
by The AI Conference
Shaping the Future of AI
About This Event
The AI Conference 2026 is a premier independent, vendor-neutral AI conference bringing 5,500+ builders, researchers, and leaders together in San Francisco across five tracks covering AGI, LLMs, agentic AI, infrastructure, and applied AI. It features 120+ speakers spanning frontier labs and enterprise adopters, with a Day ZERØ workshop and live-build day preceding two full conference days.
At a Glance
- Date
- September 29 – October 1, 2026
- Location
- Pier 48 (Shed A and B), Mission Rock, San Francisco, CA
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Expected Attendance
- 5,500+
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- The AI Conference
- Added
- Jun 21, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 24, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Founders
- ✓AI/ML engineers
- ✓Researchers
- ✓Technical leaders
- ✓CTOs
- ✓VPs of AI
- ✓Operators
- ✓Investors
Why Attend
A CTO, CIO, or VP of AI gets concrete production architectures, technical depth, and applied lessons from teams shipping AI today, plus direct access to frontier-lab researchers and enterprise peers to inform real deployment and strategy decisions.
Event Features
- ✓Main-stage keynotes
- ✓Five-track session program
- ✓Day ZERØ workshops and AI Hack Day
- ✓Startup Showdown live pitch competition
- ✓Innovation Hub showcase
- ✓Party in the Park and AI Week networking events
What Makes This Unique
- ★Premier independent, vendor-neutral AI conference
- ★Five-track programming spanning AI Frontiers, AI Builders/Developers, AI Strategy, and Applied AI
- ★Day ZERØ: capped at 300 people with eight focused workshops and a live AI Hack Day
- ★Startup Showdown competition and expanded Innovation Hub
- ★Speakers span frontier research labs and enterprise AI adopters
Featured Speakers From
Industries Represented
Event Scale
Organizer
The AI Conference
aiconference.com/Frequently Asked
- When is The AI Conference 2026?
- The AI Conference 2026 takes place September 29 – October 1, 2026 in San Francisco, CA.
- Where is The AI Conference 2026 held?
- The AI Conference 2026 is held in San Francisco, CA. The event format is in-person.
- How much does The AI Conference 2026 cost?
- The AI Conference 2026 is paid.
- Who should attend The AI Conference 2026?
- The AI Conference 2026 is aimed at Founders, AI/ML engineers, Researchers, Technical leaders, CTOs, VPs of AI, Operators, Investors.
- What topics does The AI Conference 2026 cover?
- The AI Conference 2026 covers AGI, Large language models (LLMs), Agentic AI, AI infrastructure, Applied AI, Multimodal and world models, Governance, ethics, and alignment, RAG, MLOps and LLMOps, Model development and evaluation, AI startups.
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