Free AI events in Boston
You don't have to spend a dollar to plug into Boston'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.
Oct
19
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Oct
23
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9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT
ARC Prize Research Summit 2026
Massachusetts Institute of Technologyby ARC Prize Foundation
A Cambridge forum for researchers advancing frontier AI reasoning, convened by ARC Prize with MIT. It focuses on work combining neural methods, program synthesis and formal reasoning.
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT
Action Space Hackathon 2026
Microsoft New England Research and Development Centerby Action Space
A two-day Cambridge physical AI hackathon focused on counter-drone swarm defense. Teams work with Claude, hardware and multi-agent systems, with lessons in Isaac Lab, PPO optimization and real drone runs.
Nov
4
Wed
Nov
12
Thu
1:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST
Boston AI Showcase
by Mass AI Coalition
A Boston showcase where emerging AI companies present working solutions to enterprise leaders, CIOs and innovation teams. The Massachusetts AI Coalition and Silicon Valley Bank pair short pitches with curated meetings and an evening networking reception.
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Boston Physical AI Workshop and Meetup
Northeastern Universityby Voxel51
A hands-on Boston workshop on building physical AI applications with visual data, from robotics and sensor dataset curation to evaluating real-world vision models.
Nov
16
Mon