Free AI events in Houston

You don't have to spend a dollar to plug into Houston'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

8:00 AM – 3:00 PM CDT

CDHI Informatics Summit 2026

TMC Innovation Factoryby UTHealth Houston Center for Digital Healthcare Innovation

UTHealth Houston's Center for Digital Healthcare Innovation hosts its annual Informatics Summit at the TMC Innovation Factory, bringing engineers, clinicians and researchers together to examine the role of artificial intelligence in clinical care.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateResearchersDevelopersBusiness

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

ZEDEDA TRANSFORM 2026: Houston

The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houstonby ZEDEDA

A full-day executive roadshow on deploying and securing AI at the network edge in distributed, industrial and energy operations, hosted at The Post Oak Hotel in Uptown Houston.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Thu

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

2026 AWS Energy Symposium

Hyatt Regency Houston Downtownby AWS Energy & Utilities

AWS's complimentary annual Houston symposium for energy and utilities leaders on deploying agentic and generative AI at cloud scale across energy operations, hosted at the Hyatt Regency downtown.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Tue

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

Governing AI Agents on AWS Workshop

Improving Houstonby Houston AWS Group

A Houston AWS User Group hands-on workshop on governing AI agents deployed on AWS, covering oversight, guardrails, and operational controls for agentic AI systems, with in-person and online attendance options.

WorkshopFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Sep

Fri

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM CDT

Global AI Community Houston: Legacy & Modernization, A Glimpse

CODE Groupby Global AI Community Houston Chapter

A Global AI Community Houston Chapter session on using AI as an evidence-driven research partner to analyze legacy systems, followed by a talk on system rewrites.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Sep

Mon

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT

Houston EnergyAI Annual Conference: Advancing AI for Energy

Thompson Houstonby Houston EnergyAI Users Group

Houston EnergyAI Users Group's annual all-day conference at Thompson Houston, bringing together roughly 150 members from over 20 energy companies to share operator-led experience deploying AI safely across oil, gas and energy operations.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Sep

Tue

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT

Houston Amazon Quick User Group

Amazon HOU14by Amazon Quick User Group Houston

A new Houston chapter of the Amazon Quick User Group launches with a hands-on workshop and product deep dive on Amazon Quick, AWS's agentic AI and business intelligence assistant.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Wed

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM CDT

Workshop: AI in Energy Supply Chain

The Cannon West Houstonby Energy Industries Council Houston

The Energy Industries Council hosts a Houston workshop on how artificial intelligence is reshaping energy-sector supply chains, covering efficiency and resilience trade-offs, procurement transparency, and market consolidation versus diversification.

WorkshopFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Nov

Wed

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CST

SentinelOne Prompt Security AI Roundtable Houston

Perry's Steakhouse & Grille (Katy Freeway)by SentinelOne

A sponsor-hosted lunch roundtable at a Katy Freeway steakhouse for Houston security and IT leaders on AI security risks: autonomous agents, shadow AI, data leakage and agentic threats in the enterprise.

NetworkingFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST

Houston Open Source Society: AI Day

Improving Houstonby Houston Open Source Society

A free evening of technical talks and open discussion from the Houston Open Source Society focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning, including open source AI frameworks and tools.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopers