AI events in San Diego this week

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Sep

Wed

Today

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT

AI Happy Hour: Drinks and Intelligent Conversation

Botanicaby San Diego AI Meetup Group

Weekly after-work gathering in North Park for San Diegans building with AI or simply curious about it. No talks and no slides, just an open bar-side conversation among practitioners, founders and newcomers.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

Sep

Thu

Tomorrow

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT

Nucleate San Diego Inside Series: State of AI x Biotech

Bioterraby Nucleate San Diego

Panel at Bioterra in Sorrento Valley on where AI is already producing measurable value in biotech R&D, covering foundation models for biology, AI-enabled discovery platforms, lab automation and the experimental validation problem.

MeetupFreeIntermediateResearchersBusiness

Sep

Sat

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

North County AI Coffee Chat

Pannikin Coffee & Teaby North County AI

Informal Saturday morning coffee meetup in Oceanside where North County builders, practitioners and learners compare AI projects, tooling and open questions. No agenda, no speakers, just conversation over coffee.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersGeneral

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT

AI for Systems Engineering Tutorial/Workshop

Sorrento Valley Modern Lounge & Suiteby INCOSE San Diego

Four-hour Sorrento Valley workshop on applying large language models to complex systems-engineering analysis, covering prompt design, problem framing, collaborative exercises and lessons learned.

WorkshopBeginnerDevelopersBusinessStudents

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT

Agents, Everywhere: Bots, Channels, & More, Global Hackathon

by AI Tinkerers San Diego

AI Tinkerers San Diego’s day-long builder hackathon for creating working agent prototypes, with resources from OpenAI, CopilotKit and OpenRouter.

HackathonFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersStudents

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

The AGI Transition: How AI Affects Work and Life

San Diego County Library, Lakeside Branchby AI Safety Awareness Group San Diego

Free, beginner-friendly Lakeside workshop examining what artificial general intelligence means, how it differs from today’s tools, and the potential effects on work, relationships and everyday life.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerGeneral

Sep

Mon

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT

Autonomous Vehicle (RC): Beginners and Builders

Coronado Brewing Company San Diego Tasting Roomby San Diego Robotics Club

Monthly DIYRoboCars build night in San Diego where attendees work on neural-network-driven autonomous RC vehicles, from small scale models up to full size, over food and drinks. Beginners welcome.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersGeneral

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT

Prototyping in the AI Era

San Diego Made Factoryby SDXD (San Diego Experience Design)

Free San Diego panel on how AI is changing product-design prototyping, featuring designers and Magic Patterns leaders discussing tools, tradeoffs, evolving roles and practical workflow changes.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

Sep

Tue

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT

SAFe & AI Summit San Diego 2026

Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Centerby Scaled Agile, Inc.

Two-day enterprise conference in Chula Vista on building AI-native organizations, with applied case studies, hands-on labs, leadership guidance, transformation practice and peer networking.

ConferenceAdvancedDevelopersBusiness