Austin AI events
Meetups, conferences, demo days, and academic symposiums for the Austin AI community.
Meetup
Austin AI Meetup
Austin’s largest AI community gathering — talks, demos, networking. Topics rotate across LLMs, computer vision, robotics, and AI ethics.
📍 Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St
Meetup
Austin Machine Learning Meetup
Deep technical talks on ML research, model training, MLOps, and production AI systems.
📍 Various locations
Demo Day
Capital Factory AI Demo Day
Austin AI startups pitch and demo their products. Open to investors, press, and the tech community.
📍 Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St
Meetup
Austin LLM & Prompt Engineering
Hands-on sessions on prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, and building with LLM APIs.
📍 WeWork Congress Ave
Meetup
Austin Robotics Meetup
Hardware and software for robots — humanoid-robot discussions, drone builds, and ROS workshops.
📍 ATX Hackerspace
Academic
UT Austin AI Seminar Series
Weekly research talks from UT CS faculty and visiting researchers. Open to the public.
📍 UT Austin, Gates Dell Complex
Conference
SXSW AI & Machine Learning Track
The world’s largest tech / culture festival dedicates multiple tracks to AI: keynotes, panels, demos, and startup showcases. Austin becomes the global AI conversation for one week.
📍 Austin Convention Center + citywide
Conference
AI World Austin
Enterprise AI conference — case studies, vendor exhibitions, and executive networking focused on practical AI deployment.
📍 JW Marriott Austin
Academic
UT Austin AI Symposium
Annual research showcase from UT’s AI labs: poster sessions, faculty talks, and industry partnerships.
📍 UT Austin Campus
Showcase
Austin AI Startup Showcase
Annual showcase of Austin-born AI companies — pitch competition, demo hall, and investor matchmaking.
📍 Capital Factory
Conference
RobotX Austin
Robotics and automation conference covering humanoid-robot updates, manufacturing AI, and warehouse robots.
📍 Palmer Events Center