AI Events in Austin, TX
Every upcoming AI meetup, workshop, hackathon, and conference in Austin. Updated 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.
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.
Sep
16
Wed
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
AI x Education Austin — September Meetup
701 Brazos Stby AI x Education Austin
The September gathering of Austin's AI-in-education community at STATION Austin — an evening for teachers, ed-tech builders, and technologists working through what AI actually changes about teaching and learning.
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CDT
Admin Night: Create an AI Chief of Staff
Austin, TXby Planoly
An Austin evening session from Planoly focused on creating an AI chief-of-staff workflow, for professionals exploring practical agentic support for administrative work.
Sep
17
Thu
Sep
20
Sun
Sep
22
Tue
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CDT
The Austin AI Table
by GoML
A small Austin AI conversation for practitioners and leaders, hosted by GoML, with registration by request and an address shared through the organizer's flow.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
Full Lifecycle AI Software Teams Meetup — September
701 Brazos Stby Full Lifecycle AI Software Teams Meetup
The September 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.
Sep
24
Thu
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
Reuters Events: Momentum AI Austin 2026
by Reuters Events
A two-day invitation-only Reuters Events forum in Austin for senior enterprise AI leaders, capped at around 500 attendees and focused on practical AI deployment rather than theory. Venue not yet publicly announced.
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
Fri
Sep
28
Mon
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
AI Assistants for Your Business — Meet Your First AI Team Members
701 Brazos Stby The Rising Trend of One-Person Businesses
A hands-on workshop for solopreneurs on structuring AI assistants as defined roles across research, content, operations, client onboarding, and communications. Includes brief-writing and prompt-flow exercises. Free, 25 seats.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
The Larger Half: AI at Work, Community Meetup
701 Brazos Stby The Larger Half
A September Austin meetup for working professionals who use AI in their jobs but do not write code, focused on practical use across common business tools and workflows.
Sep
29
Tue
Sep
30
Wed
Oct
6
Tue
Oct
7
Wed
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
2026 UT REAL Health AI Symposium
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Centerby The University of Texas System
A two-day University of Texas System symposium at the AT&T Conference Center convening researchers, clinicians, educators, and industry to accelerate responsible AI adoption in health care.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
How to Build and Use Custom GPTs for Real Business Tasks
Capital Factoryby AIAM — AI Automation & Marketing
An AIAM presentation and networking session on creating and applying custom GPTs to practical business work, designed for AI entrepreneurs, developers, founders, marketers, and digital specialists.
Oct
8
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.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
ACE October Meetup: Productizing Your Passion
701 Brazos Stby AI for Creatives & Entrepreneurs
An ACE session on turning creative services into scalable products — fonts, templates, kits, courses — using AI to speed development while keeping brand identity intact. Facilitated discussion, free and open to the public.
Oct
9
Fri
Oct
14
Wed
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
16
Fri
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CDT
Automate Your Ops with AI — 3-Day Workshop
Capital Factoryby Makersquare.ai
Makersquare.ai's three-day Austin intensive on applying AI to operational work — mapping real business processes and building automations for them, 9am–4pm daily at Capital Factory.
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM CDT
Austin AI Film Festival 2026
Zach Theatreby Austin AI Film Festival
The second annual two-day festival for AI-assisted cinema at Zach Theatre — craft talks and platform demos on day one, juried finalist screenings and awards on day two, with a creator hackathon running throughout.
Oct
21
Wed
4:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT
Meridian: Quarterly Showcase of AI in Deep Tech
by Texas Futures Coalition
A quarterly Austin showcase from the Texas Futures Coalition and Neon Syndicate, pairing short presentations from AI and climate-driven deep tech companies with extended time for founders, investors, academics and policymakers to talk. Free to register.
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT
HOTA October: Agentic Research Systems
ACC Rio Grande Campusby Austin AI Alliance
Austin AI Alliance's October Human Orchestration of Tools & Agents workshop at ACC Rio Grande on designing agentic research systems — a hands-on, paid session for practitioners.
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
AI x Education Austin — October Meetup
by AI x Education Austin
October's meeting of Austin's AI-in-education community — a monthly evening for educators, ed-tech builders, and technologists examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping teaching and learning.
Oct
22
Thu
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
AI Engineering Summit | Austin | 2026
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Centerby TESTINGMIND
A one-day, single-track summit for engineers running AI in production — agentic development, deployment, responsible AI and data infrastructure — with an explicit no-vendor-pitch policy.
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
ATX Marketing Innovators Happy Hour
Vacancy Brewingby Wishbone Advisory
A screened Austin happy hour for marketing and e-commerce operators trading notes on what is actually working across the AI stack — generative engine optimization, listing automation, workflow acceleration and AI-run marketing operations. Free with RSVP approval.
Oct
26
Mon
Oct
27
Tue
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.
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.
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
12
Thu
Nov
17
Tue
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM CST
MLOps World | GenAI Summit 2026
Etter-Harbin Alumni Centerby MLOps World
The seventh annual MLOps World conference lands in Austin for two days on agentic AI in production — case studies, architecture talks, workshops and an expo for AI engineers and platform teams.
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
TomorrowX Summit 2026
Moody Centerby iConnections
A two-day Moody Center summit on the capital and infrastructure behind frontier AI — breakout tracks on frontier models, AI silicon, and the grid and data centers that power them, plus main-stage CEO keynotes.
1:30 PM – 6:30 PM CST
State of AI in Texas 2026
Texas Capitolby Texas AI Alliance
A half-day Texas Capitol summit for workforce, industry, government, and AI-community leaders on the state's AI adoption, policy, economic development, and social impact.
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
ATX Marketing Innovators Happy Hour
Pinthouse Brewing — Ben Whiteby Wishbone Advisory
A screened Austin happy hour for marketing and e-commerce operators trading notes on what is actually working across the AI stack — generative engine optimization, listing automation, workflow acceleration and AI-run marketing operations. Free with RSVP approval.
Nov
18
Wed
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM CST
HOTA November: A Studio of One
ACC Rio Grande Campusby Austin AI Alliance
The November session of the Austin AI Alliance's paid, hands-on HOTA series: build a one-person media studio out of AI agents and finish a real video, podcast, or infographic on your own topic in a single evening.
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
AI x Education Austin — November Meetup
by AI x Education Austin
The November session of Austin's monthly AI-in-education meetup, bringing together educators, ed-tech builders and technologists working on what artificial intelligence changes about teaching and learning.
Nov
24
Tue
Dec
2
Wed
Dec
3
Thu
Dec
10
Thu
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
Pediatric to Adult Cardio A.I. Conference: Digital Twins
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Centerby Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
A three-day Austin conference on AI, machine learning and digital-twin modelling in cardiovascular care, convened by UT's Oden Institute with Dell Medical School and Dell Children's Ascension.
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST
Austin GILD AI Forum x Tecla: AI and Engineering Leaders Dinner — December
by GILD Events
The December sitting of GILD's Chatham House Rules dinner for 20–25 CTOs, VPs of Engineering and Heads of AI in downtown Austin — no panels or pitches, just senior leaders working through each other's live AI projects.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CST
ACE December Meetup: Annual Review & Future Proofing for 2027
701 Brazos Stby AI for Creatives & Entrepreneurs
AI for Creatives & Entrepreneurs closes the year with a look back at how AI reshaped creative practice in 2026 and what independent creatives should prepare for heading into 2027.
Dec
16
Wed
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM CST
HOTA December: Human Orchestration of Tools and Agents
ACC Rio Grande Campusby Austin AI Alliance
The December session of the Austin AI Alliance's paid, small-format HOTA training series — a hands-on evening on a single AI tool, skill, or agent workflow, with room to practice and ask questions.
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
AI x Education Austin — December Meetup
by AI x Education Austin
The December session of Austin's monthly AI-in-education meetup — an evening for educators, instructional designers, ed-tech builders and researchers working on what AI changes about teaching and learning.
Dec
22
Tue
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