Workshops, talks, and gatherings to get you out into San Francisco.
On October 12–13, AI founders, builders, and researchers will explore open weights, data, agents, infrastructure, and tooling, and how openness can drive more choice, better economics, faster innovation, and greater control.
Explore eventThe Open Intelligence Summit will explore how open, portable, and controllable AI can keep intelligence in builders’ hands, with deep dives, demos, and discussions from DigitalOcean, Nous Research, OpenHands, RadixArk, Inferact, and others. A hands-on Day 0 workshop with MLH will complement the Day 1 agenda.
Explore eventResearch leaders, principal investigators, and technologists will explore practical AI applications, get hands-on with foundation models, and examine how shared, open data can accelerate discovery.
Explore eventResearch leaders, principal investigators, and technologists will explore AI in research, foundation models, and open data through a hands-on technical workshop and focused discussion. The summit will also create opportunities to exchange ideas with peers.
Explore eventEngineering leaders, founders, and speakers will trade insights on scaling teams, navigating AI, and leading through high-pressure challenges during an informal networking evening. Hosted by Rootly AI, the AI-native incident response platform trusted by companies including LinkedIn, NVIDIA, and Canva, the gathering will feature craft cocktails and panoramic views.
Explore eventVercel Ship 26 will bring together engineers and AI experts from Vercel, Anthropic, and Notion to dive into agent-ready infrastructure, with hands-on sessions covering everything from Tailscale's model access to building with Vercel's Eve framework and running Grok in production. This one-day conference on October 15 will showcase the cutting edge of AI infrastructure and autonomous agents.
Explore eventHUMANOID HUB will bring together robotics engineers, founders, researchers, and investors for two days of hands-on demos, technical talks, and panels on embodied AI, autonomy, hardware, and commercialization. Speakers will include experienced leaders from 1X Technologies, Google DeepMind, Skild AI, Dyna Robotics, and Physical Intelligence.
Explore eventOrkes Shift will bring engineers, architects, product managers, and engineering leaders together to explore how to add agentic capabilities to business-critical workflows without rebuilding them. The program will cover durable execution, human approvals, failure handling, and production case studies, drawing on Orkes Conductor’s origins at Netflix and use at LinkedIn, Twilio, StoneX, and Bumble.
Explore eventHUMANOID HUB will bring robotics engineers, founders, researchers, and investors together for two days of live humanoid demos, hands-on showcases, technical talks, and panels on AI, hardware, autonomy, and commercialization. Speakers include leaders from 1X Technologies, Google DeepMind, Skild AI, Dyna Robotics, OpenMind, and Physical Intelligence.
Explore eventThe Industrial AI Summit will explore how AI is transforming manufacturing through robotics, computer vision, quality control, and supply chains, with a panel, startup demos, and networking. Investor Varad Mohod will moderate a conversation with founders Matt Puchalski of YC S24’s Bucket Robotics and Shan Mohta of YC S24’s Vendra, whose backgrounds include Argo AI, Skydio, Apple, and Microsoft.
Explore eventCloudflare Connect 2026 will bring together 2,500+ architects, developers, and security leaders for three days of keynotes, 100+ technical sessions, and hands-on training exploring AI, agents, and platform innovation across application security, developer tools, and governance—with 40+ ecosystem partners in the mix to expand your network.
Explore eventAttendees will dive into practical AI applications across startups with real technical case studies while getting hands-on with Bubble's no-code platform, perfect for anyone looking to leverage automation and AI without breaking into code.
Explore eventEncord’s two-day Long Horizon Physical AI Summit will bring together 1,000+ senior leaders from leading robotics, autonomous systems, and frontier AI companies for 60+ speakers, 30 sessions, hands-on workshops, and an expo. Day one will spotlight robotics and embodied AI, followed by autonomy across AV, ADAS, and defense.
Explore eventBuilders, founders, and AI experts will gather for a full-day summit featuring keynotes from industry leaders, live product demos, and deep dives into AI agents, infrastructure, and emerging startups. You'll network with engineers, investors, and founders shaping the next generation of AI technology on October 21, 2026.
Explore eventEncord will host a capped, 200-person Long Horizon afterparty, bringing summit attendees and robotics and Physical AI builders together for drinks, canapés, and conversation. The event will be sponsored by CoreWeave, an AI cloud provider trusted by leading labs and enterprises, and LanceDB, a multimodal AI data platform.
Explore eventAI developers and founders from the PyTorch and AGNTCon + MCPCon communities will gather for an evening of food, drinks, and networking before legendary hip-hop group DE LA SOUL delivers a live performance. It's a rare convergence of the AI ecosystem's top contributors and maintainers capping off with an unforgettable show.
Explore eventThe San Francisco Summit will bring together 300 senior women across AI, product, venture, fintech, and startups for a full day of keynotes, panels, and industry-seated networking. Speakers will include Cymbiotika co-founder Durana Elmi, Redpoint Ventures Partner Meera Clark, Headline VC Venture Partner Nandini Mullaji, and leaders from OpenAI, Block, Apollo, and lululemon.
Explore eventThe Patch the Conference Hackathon will bring builders together to create practical fixes for conference frustrations, with workshops, sponsor tools, free OpenAI credits, and a full day of prototyping and demos. Projects will be judged on stage, with iPhone Duos and other prizes up for grabs; featured tools include FalkorDB, an open-source graph database for AI agents.
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