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.

Meetups Workshops Hackathons Conferences Networking

Sep

Tue

9:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT

REAL 2026

by Ginkgo Bioworks

A Boston Seaport summit on physical AI, agentic systems and lab automation in pharma R&D. Ginkgo Bioworks, MilliporeSigma and Zifo bring together leaders from biotech, automation, data and AI for talks, panels and networking.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateResearchersDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Wed

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT

Datapoints Summit: AI & Tech in Drug Discovery

by Ginkgo Datapoints

Ginkgo Datapoints hosts a Boston day for biopharma and technology practitioners exploring AI and computational approaches to drug discovery, with speakers from major industry and research organizations.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateResearchersDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Thu

11:00 AM – 7:00 PM EDT

Yorkseed Frontier Day: Boston

by Yorkseed

A Boston day for founders, investors and researchers working in physical AI, robotics and deep tech. The program centers on The Engine and connects frontier-technology commercialization with investor conversations and the Cambridge innovation ecosystem.

NetworkingFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersBusinessStudents

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

AI Native Dev Boston: Inside the Dark Factory

Snykby AI Native Dev

A Boston evening for engineers using coding agents and the people securing them, with talks on AI-powered development pipelines, agentic security remediation and trustworthy code verification.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Sep

Thu

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

DevConf.US 2026

Boston University, 43 Hawes Streetby Red Hat

The eighth annual DevConf.US, Red Hat's free open source community conference, runs two days on Boston University's Brookline campus. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science is a primary conference theme, covering LLMs, PyTorch and applied machine learning. Free, but registration is required.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersStudents

Sep

Mon

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

When AI Gets Physical: Navigating the Real-World Risks and Rewards

Matria at the InterContinentalby Greenberg Traurig, LLP

A Boston panel and networking reception on the legal, business and operational considerations surrounding AI in real-world environments, hosted by Greenberg Traurig during Boston AI Week.

NetworkingFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopersResearchers

Sep

Tue

8:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

LangSmith Roadshow: Building Agents with Agents

Convene at One Boston Placeby LangChain

The Boston stop of LangChain's LangSmith Roadshow, a half day of technical sessions, live demos, an engineering leader spotlight and a hands-on lab, all centred on building and improving agents in production with LangSmith's observability and evaluation tooling.

WorkshopFreeIntermediateDevelopers

8:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

LangSmith Roadshow: Building Agents with Agents

Convene One Boston Placeby LangChain

A half-day hands-on Boston workshop from LangChain on taking AI agents from prototypes into production, with live demonstrations, a customer perspective and a lab using a real agent codebase.

WorkshopFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Sep

Wed

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT

AI Go-to-Market: From First Customers to Repeatable Growth

Venture Lane | Startup Hubby Venture Lane

A Boston panel for early-stage B2B founders and operators on turning early customer traction into a repeatable growth motion, including where AI can strengthen workflows without losing direct customer insight.

NetworkingFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

5:15 PM – 7:15 PM EDT

AI Meetup for Developers and Startups

CIC Venture Caféby AICamp Boston

A Cambridge developer meetup from InterSystems and AICamp Boston on applied AI, generative AI, LLMs and agents. The evening combines technical talks with guided networking, food and drinks at CIC Venture Café.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Oct

Thu

9:00 AM – 2:30 PM EDT

Agents in the AM

WeWork, 33 Arch Streetby DataRobot

A Boston hands-on session for CIOs and developers working to move AI agents from experiments into reliable production systems. DataRobot combines practitioner perspectives with a practical lab on scalable agent development.

WorkshopFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Oct

Thu

5:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

DevConnect Boston

by Databricks

A Boston technical meetup for data and AI practitioners using Databricks, focused on real-world use cases, learning from experts and conversations with other builders.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchers

Oct

Mon

9:00 AM – 9:30 PM EDT

Federate AI Summit: Boston

Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaportby AICamp Boston

A full day summit at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport on deploying AI inside regulated industries, with federated learning as the central theme. Four tracks cover infrastructure and governance, enterprise deployment across pharma, healthcare and banking, the underlying research, and the investment picture.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessResearchersDevelopers

Nov

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.

NetworkingFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers