Call for Speakers
If you’re building, researching, or deploying AI in groundbreaking ways, this is your chance. Join an elite lineup of AI leaders, engineers, and visionaries who are shaping the future. Speakers will be announced soon so take advantage of pre-sale prices now!
Day ZERØ
Sept 29
Day ZERØ is a high-signal, small-room kickoff where senior builders and leaders spend a full day moving between focused workshops and a live AI Hack Day before the main conference begins. The AI Conference full experience starts here.
Capped at 300 people, this where AI ideas go from concept to usable tech in real-time. It includes technical or leadership tracks (6 sessions, 90 min each), deeper discussions, and direct access to speakers and peers.
Observe or participate in a live AI build environment. See frontier ideas move from concept to working systems in real time.
An intimate gathering with fellow operators and speakers designed for meaningful conversations before the larger conference begins.
Start early, avoid lines, and move seamlessly into the two-day conference with complete access to all programming.
Be where AI ideas go from concept to usable tech in real-time. This is ground zero for where execution meets opportunity.
Full Conference
Sept 30 - Oct 1
Day 1 and 2 of The AI Conference brings together 5,500+ builders, researchers, and leaders for two full days of five-track programming, main-stage keynotes, the Startup Showdown, and an expanded Innovation Hub, focused on applied AI from research to production.
Dedicated programming spanning applied AI, technical depth, infrastructure, product, and leadership—so you can focus on the conversations most relevant to your work.
Founders, engineers, researchers, and operators sharing real implementation stories, technical insight, and lessons from scaling AI in production.
Emerging AI companies take the stage to present live. Competing, demonstrating, and connecting with investors, partners, and the broader ecosystem.
An expanded showcase of emerging tools, platforms, and startups shaping the next generation of AI.
Attendees can expect concrete architectures, practical lessons from teams shipping AI today.
AI Frontiers
Explore governance, ethics, societal impact, and frontier research—multimodal, agentic, and world models included.
AI Builders
Learn how to ship agentic and multi-LLM systems with the right toolchains, fine-tuning, retrieval, and scaling patterns.
The AI Stack
Dive deep into model design and training, distributed inference, data and evaluations, accelerators, and MLOps.
Applied AI
See how real deployments work: workflow automation, edge/on-device intelligence, rigorous evaluation, and case studies.
AI Strategy
Lead enterprise adoption with governance, risk management, capability building, ROI frameworks, and culture change.
San Francisco
The AI Conference 2026 is hosted at Pier 48, a waterfront venue in San Francisco’s Mission Rock neighborhood. The space sits steps from Oracle Park and the emerging Mission Rock district, with easy access from downtown, Caltrain, and major freeways.
The AI Conference 2026
Pier 48 · Shed A and B
48 Pier 48, San Francisco, CA 94158
Mission Rock waterfront district
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