Free AI events in Austin

You don't have to spend a dollar to plug into Austin's AI scene. Every free AI event in the city, gathered in one place and verified daily: meetups, workshops, hackathons, and talks with no ticket price.

Meetups Workshops Hackathons Conferences Networking

Oct

Tue

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT

Full Lifecycle AI Software Teams Meetup — October

701 Brazos Stby Full Lifecycle AI Software Teams Meetup

The October session of Austin's monthly meetup on how whole software teams coordinate planning, design, build, review, and shipping once AI agents are part of the process.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Oct

Wed

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT

ACM/IEEE Austin: October Tech Talks & Community Showcase

The Center for Government and Civic Serviceby ACM/IEEE Austin

ACM Austin and IEEE host their monthly Austin technical-community gathering, including technical talks, conversation, and an AI and engineering practitioner audience.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchers

Nov

Tue

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST

Chapter Four: AI Security Essentials with Javier Garza

Celis Breweryby AI Security Engineers - Austin, TX

A structured, hands-on Austin training session on AI security essentials for practitioners who want to understand and work through security issues in AI systems.

WorkshopFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Nov

Wed

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST

AIMUG Monthly Mixer & Showcase

ACC Rio Grande Campusby Austin LangChain AI Group

The November meeting of the Austin LangChain + AI Middleware Users Group — community showcase demos, lightning talks on agent orchestration, and open networking at ACC Rio Grande.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Nov

Tue

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CST

Full Lifecycle AI Software Teams Meetup

701 Brazos Stby Full Lifecycle AI Software Teams Meetup

The November edition of the monthly Austin meetup for engineers, PMs, designers, QA, and founders rethinking how whole teams — not just individual developers — build software when agents are part of the process.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Nov

Wed

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST

Austin Robotics & AI

HICAMby Austin Robotics & AI

The November meeting of Austin's robotics and AI community at HICAM — talks, project show-and-tell, and networking for engineers, researchers, and builders working on intelligent physical systems.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersStudents

Dec

Wed

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CST

How to Build Voice AI Bots that Sound Human

Capital Factoryby AIAM — AI Automation & Marketing

An AIAM session on building conversational voice agents that avoid the stilted, obviously-synthetic feel — speaker presentation and Q&A at Capital Factory, with networking beforehand.

MeetupFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Dec

Tue

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CST

Full Lifecycle AI Software Teams Meetup

701 Brazos Stby Full Lifecycle AI Software Teams Meetup

The December edition of the monthly Austin meetup on how whole software teams — engineers, PMs, designers, QA, and founders — coordinate their work when AI agents are part of the build process.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Dec

Wed

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST

Austin Robotics & AI

HICAMby Austin Robotics & AI

The December meeting of Austin's robotics and AI community at HICAM — talks and project show-and-tell for engineers, researchers, and builders working on robotics, perception, and embodied AI.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersStudents