AI Events in Boston, MA

Every upcoming AI meetup, workshop, hackathon, and conference in Boston. Updated daily.

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FieldAI Coffee Talks: Physical AI for the Real World

by FieldAI Boston

A small Cambridge coffee meetup for Greater Boston people building embodied AI and robotics, from perception and controls engineers to researchers, founders and students.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersResearchersStudents

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

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24

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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

1:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

Boston Cloud Connect Summit: The IT Odyssey

WGBH Studiosby Cloud Connect Summit

A half day IT leadership summit at the WGBH studios, themed around the interaction of data, security and AI. Speakers include Draper's Head of AI and a WPI researcher on human and AI interaction. Free with the Boston AI Week code, and worth two ISACA continuing education credits.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

The Human Edge: Women Leading in the Age of AI

MassChallengeby Women Applying AI

A Boston AI Week evening for women and allies exploring how AI is changing work and life, with community stories, a discussion of physical AI and time to meet other local practitioners.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsGeneralBusinessDevelopers

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9:00 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

Agentic World Cup Boston: Build AI Agents That Play Soccer

Amazon BOS17 Office Buildingby AWS Startups

A hands-on Boston workshop where teams build autonomous soccer-playing AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and the Strands Agents SDK, then compete in live matches. It is designed for developers of any experience level and doubles as a qualifying round for the global competition.

WorkshopFreeAll levelsDevelopersStudents

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT

AI in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing

PTCby PTC for Startups

A Seaport unconference for engineering practitioners comparing practical AI approaches for mechanical engineering and manufacturing work.

WorkshopFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusiness

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

MassRobotics Robotics and AI Technical Career Fair

88 Seaport Boulevardby MassRobotics

A focused two hour hiring event for robotics and AI engineers, held the day before RoboBoston at the same Seaport address. Confirmed employers include Boston Engineering, Braid Robotics, Maxon, Sudo and Synthium, with more to be announced. Free for job seekers.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsDevelopersStudentsResearchers

6:00 PM – 11:00 PM EDT

Boston AI Week 2026: Opening Party

Island Creek Oysters Raw Bar Seaportby Boston AI Week

Boston AI Week opens its 2026 core festival week with a waterfront gathering at the Island Creek raw bar in the Seaport, including a 7pm panel on what is ahead for AI in Boston and beyond. It is the week's main mixer for the people running and attending the festival's events.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopersGeneral

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26

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9:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDT

GDG Cloud Boston DevFest: AI and Tech Innovations

Hult International Business Schoolby GDG Cloud Boston

The Boston Google Developer Group's flagship annual conference, free and explicitly AI-themed for 2026. Sessions cover agent harness engineering, building a Blender agent, Google Antigravity with Workspace MCP integration, and AI governance through education, plus a hands-on workshop and lunch.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsDevelopersStudentsBusiness

9:30 AM – 5:30 PM EDT

Test Flight: Glasswing Ventures AI Hackathon

Glasswing Venturesby Glasswing Ventures

A selective two day build at Glasswing Ventures' Back Bay office, with a grand prize of $300,000 in compute credits. Teams of up to four are judged on technical execution and commercial viability, with sponsored compute and engineering support from AWS, Microsoft and TensorWave.

HackathonFreeAdvancedDevelopers

10:45 AM – 4:00 PM EDT

RoboBoston: 9th Annual Robot Block Party

88 Seaport Boulevardby MassRobotics

MassRobotics fills a Seaport block with more than 50 robotics companies, university groups and student teams for a free public showcase of what the organisers call physical AI. The day opens with a sidewalk robot parade at 10:45am, then runs as a come-and-go block party until 4pm.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsGeneralStudentsDevelopers

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28

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3:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT

Show & Tell: Meet the Real Small Business Owners Using AI

by Launch by Lunch

A free Boston show-and-tell for small-business owners using AI in real operations, hosted by Launch by Lunch.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerBusinessGeneral

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

AI in Oncology: From Data to Better Patient Outcomes

225 Franklin Streetby ConcertAI

A Boston panel on AI in oncology, bringing healthcare, life-sciences and AI practitioners together to discuss trusted data, clinical decision-making and ways AI can support better patient outcomes.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsResearchersBusinessDevelopers

4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT

Demos & Drinks: Where AI Meets Human Behavior Research

iMotions North American Headquartersby iMotions

An in-person Boston demo night on AI-assisted human behavior research, with demonstrations of tools for attention, emotion, engagement and response analysis, plus informal conversation and drinks.

MeetupFreeAll levelsResearchersDevelopersGeneral

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

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29

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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

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

AI in Massachusetts Workforce Development & Career Fair 2026

George Sherman Unionby AI in Massachusetts Workforce Development & Career Group

A Boston AI Week career fair connecting people seeking AI-sector roles with local employers and ecosystem partners. The program focuses on workforce development, hiring and practical career connections in Massachusetts’ AI economy.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersStudentsGeneral

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

AI in Action: Real Use Cases Driving Business Impact

Questrom School of Businessby BU Questrom Women in Business and Partners

A Boston University panel on practical AI outcomes across finance, healthcare, consulting and STEM, with senior leaders discussing what delivered value, what fell short and lessons from implementation.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsBusinessResearchersStudentsGeneral

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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

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

The Boston AI Summit

Foundation Medicineby Boston AI Week

Boston AI Week's flagship conference: a single track, single room, 250 seat day at Foundation Medicine in the Seaport. It opens with the public release of The State of AI in Massachusetts 2026, a survey of how Commonwealth residents are actually using AI.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsBusinessResearchersGeneral

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

Architecture and AI

Wentworth Institute of Technologyby Wentworth Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design

A Wentworth workshop on how AI is changing architectural education, research and practice, pairing rapid faculty and practitioner presentations with a moderated roundtable and audience Q&A.

WorkshopFreeAll levelsResearchersStudentsDevelopersGeneral

2:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

DataRobot Build Club: Boston AI Week Edition

WeWork, 501 Boylston Streetby DataRobot

DataRobot launches its Boston Build Club with an informal afternoon for developers and AI enthusiasts to share projects, trade notes on agents and AI-powered development, and meet other local builders.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersGeneral

4:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

Boston AI Week @ Venture Café!

CIC Venture Caféby Venture Café Cambridge, CIC

A Cambridge gathering at Venture Café for conversations, expert-led sessions and networking around inclusive, equitable AI innovation, including a session on agentic security in Google Cloud.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersGeneral

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

Boston OpenClaw Meetup

Microsoft New England Research and Development Centerby Boston OpenClaw Meetup

A monthly Cambridge gathering for people interested in OpenClaw and hands-on AI-agent building, with networking at Microsoft NERD during Boston AI Week.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersResearchersBusiness

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT

Tech Runs Boston: The Great AI Divide, October

CIC Venture Caféby Tech Runs Boston

A Cambridge conversation for young technology professionals weighing AI’s potential for opportunity and productivity against its effects on work, careers and society. The discussion aims to replace easy certainty with useful, practical perspectives.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

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