AI networking in Austin
Where Austin's AI community connects: happy hours, mixers, founder dinners, and demo nights built for meeting people, not just watching slides. Every upcoming AI networking event in the city, verified daily.
Sep
10
Thu
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
Autonomy in Motion: Drones, UAV, USV, UUV & Beyond
Little Woodrow's Domain Northsideby Texas Physical AI Builders
A free late-afternoon meetup for people building autonomous air, sea and ground systems — covering drones, airspace management, maritime autonomy and the edge AI that runs on all of it.
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
Austin GILD AI Forum x Tecla: AI and Engineering Leaders Dinner — September
by GILD Events
The September edition of a closed-door Austin dinner series convening senior AI and engineering leaders for candid discussion of what is genuinely working inside their companies and what is not.
Sep
11
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Sep
14
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Sep
17
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Sep
22
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24
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4:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
Autonomy in Motion: Drones, UAV, USV, UUV & Supply Chains
Little Woodrow's Domain Northsideby Texas Physical AI Builders
The September Texas Physical AI Builders meetup at Little Woodrow's Domain Northside — a happy hour and technical gathering on unmanned systems and physical autonomy, this month adding supply chains to the drone, surface-vessel, and subsea focus.
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
NachoThursday: SaaS & AI Founder + Investor Happy Hour
15 W 6th Stby NachoNacho
An application-screened rooftop happy hour in downtown Austin bringing together funded SaaS and AI founders, investors, and tech press for open networking over sponsored drinks and appetizers.
Sep
25
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Sep
29
Tue
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
15
Thu
4:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
Autonomy in Motion: Drones, UAV, USV, UUV & Supply Chains
Little Woodrow's Domain Northsideby Texas Physical AI Builders
A free happy-hour meetup for builders working on autonomous air, sea and ground systems — drones, uncrewed vessels, edge AI and robotics — with a 60-second open pitch round to the room. Rescheduled from 22 October.
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Revenue & Risk: A Night of AI Excellence (Austin)
Eberlyby Kamp Events
An application-only executive dinner at Eberly convening senior leaders who own enterprise AI strategy, with a panel on AI governance, automation and infrastructure followed by a three-course dinner and open networking.
Oct
21
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Oct
22
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Oct
26
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Oct
27
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5:30 PM – 7:15 PM CDT
GSLI Impact Chat: Sustainability & AI
Robert B. Rowling Hallby Global Sustainability Leadership Institute
McCombs' Global Sustainability Leadership Institute devotes its fall Impact Chat to the intersection of sustainability and artificial intelligence, with dinner and networking followed by a moderated conversation and Q&A. Free, in Crum Auditorium at Rowling Hall.
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
Austin GILD AI Forum x Tecla: AI and Engineering Leaders Dinner — October
by GILD Events
A Chatham House Rules dinner for 20–25 CTOs, VPs of Engineering and Heads of AI in downtown Austin — no panels or pitches, just senior technical leaders interrogating each other's live AI projects.
Nov
17
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Dec
10
Thu