AI events in Austin this week
Your next seven days of Austin AI: every meetup, workshop, hackathon, and networking night coming up this week, verified daily.
Sep
9
Wed
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
CosmicAI Seminar: Surrogate Modeling — Bellinger & Ballester
The University of Texas at Austinby CosmicAI — NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins
The September 9 session of CosmicAI's fall hybrid seminar series at UT Austin, continuing the semester theme of AI surrogate models for astrophysical systems.
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CDT
Austin Chief of Staff Meetup: AI Demo Night
Capital Factoryby Chief of Staff Network
A capped Austin peer meetup for chiefs of staff, founders' associates and operations leaders, built around short demos and discussion of practical AI workflows, prompts and tools.
Sep
10
Thu
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
Abstractions for Scalable Verification of AI-enabled Cyber-Physical Systems
Peter O'Donnell Jr. Buildingby Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
A Center for Autonomy seminar at UT's Oden Institute on formally verifying safety in systems that embed neural networks for perception and control — introducing interval abstractions that make verification of large networks and camera pipelines tractable. Free and open.
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.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
ACE September Meetup: From Freelancer to Founder
701 Brazos Stby AI for Creatives & Entrepreneurs
AI for Creatives & Entrepreneurs' September meetup at 701 Brazos on making the leap from freelancing to founding — using AI tools to build a real business, plus networking.
Sep
11
Fri
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CDT
Build Your First AI Agent: Hands-On Weekend Workshop (No Coding Required)
Capital Factoryby Makersquare.ai
A three-day hands-on Austin workshop from Makersquare.ai on building a working AI agent from scratch, running 9am–4pm daily at Capital Factory for people who want to ship rather than watch demos.
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CDT
AI Show-and-Tell Breakfast (Founders)
The Red Fridge Societyby Red Fridge Society
A morning version of Red Fridge Society's AI show-and-tell: founders demo what they have built with AI — from companies to weekend projects — over coffee and tacos.
Sep
13
Sun
Sep
14
Mon
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
Forrester Technology & Innovation Forum Central 2026
by Forrester Research
Forrester's two-day Austin forum for technology leaders, themed "The IT Singularity" — how organizations align now-ubiquitous AI to business outcomes, with a dedicated Data and AI track and an AI-focused opening keynote.
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM CDT
AI IRL Social — WilCo AI Lab
Red Horn Brewery & Roasteryby WilCo AI Lab
WilCo AI Lab's in-person AI social for the Williamson County side of the metro, this time at Red Horn Brewery in Leander — builders, business owners, operators and curious newcomers, no technical background assumed.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
Austin Claude Code Meetup: Claude Design
Capital Factoryby Claude Community Events
The Austin Claude Code community meets at Capital Factory for an evening on Claude Design — how builders are using it, what time it actually saves, and where it fits in day-to-day work. Free, with food and networking.