Tech talks and hackathons in Austin
18 upcoming. In-person tech talks, hackathons, and meetups across Austin, from Downtown and the Domain to Round Rock.
TodayFriday, October 16
All day, through Oct 17$79
Zach TheatreA two-day in-person festival with a Friday summit of keynotes, masterclasses and panels on generative filmmaking, followed by Saturday screenings of the official selection and an awards ceremony at Zach Theatre in Zilker.
WednesdayOctober 21
5:30 to 7:30pm
Amazon Office, the Domain areaTwo tech sessions: lessons from AgentCore Payments, and moving from POC to production securing and governing AI agents on AWS with the WSO2 Agent Platform.
ThursdayOctober 22
6 to 8:30pmFree
The Oasis on Lake Travis, Starlight TerraceAn evening build-and-code meetup presented by Cerebras with a Cerebras intro, free Codex credits and Cerebras API access, and a fireside AMA with Cerebras, OpenAI and Microsoft.
All day, through Oct 23
McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at AustinTeams use ScorePlay's platform and open API plus TwelveLabs video intelligence to build tools for sports content problems, including automated content production and rights and compliance checks. Participation is curated by application.
MondayOctober 26
9am to 9pm$299
Texas Science & Natural History MuseumThe Austin Tech Week kickoff day on AI, humanity and business, with panels and workshops for business builders, investors and industry leaders, plus breakfast, happy hour and dinner, on the UT campus.
All day, through Oct 30
STATION Austin (Capital Factory building)A five-day citywide tech-week celebration for Austin founders, investors, operators and tech leaders, anchored at STATION Austin in Downtown with satellite events across the city.
TuesdayOctober 27
8:30am to 5pm
Better Business BureauThe Small Business Track of Austin Tech Week 2026: a one-day event of practical AI sessions and hands-on workshops for small business owners, ending with a written 90-day action plan and a networking happy hour.
WednesdayOctober 28
4 to 6pmFree
LBJ School of Public Affairs - Bass Lecture Hall, UT AustinA free, public LBJ Business Policy Forum debate on catastrophic AI risk and U.S. innovation, part of a 2026-27 series on AI safety and reliability. Doors open at 4 p.m.
5:30 to 8:30pm
Coder AustinA meetup for developers and platform teams on moving AI workflows to production, with talks on functional dev environments for humans and agents and on controlling token budgets for agents.
6 to 8:30pm
The Center for Government and Civic Service (CGCS), ACC Rio Grande, Building 3000Monthly joint ACM/IEEE tech talks on AI agents, cloud-ready data pipelines, self-optimizing infrastructure and AI in data engineering, with speakers including Barada Sahu and Rohit Garg / Naveen Goel.
ThursdayOctober 29
8am to 5pm, through Oct 30$28.52
Norris Conference Centers - AustinThe Lonestar Application Security Conference, an annual OWASP gathering of 400+ web app developers, security engineers and infosec professionals sharing cutting-edge application security ideas. Tickets range up to $320.89 by tier.
FridayOctober 30
8am to 5pm$25
Q BranchA builder-focused day of technical talks, panels and live demos on AI agents, developer tools, MCP security, production architecture and Bitcoin/Lightning-enabled products, for developers, founders and technical operators.
MondayNovember 2
6 to 9pmFree
ACC Rio Grande, RGC 3000Free monthly showcase of short, roughly 15-minute Thunderstorm Talks from people building with AI and agentic middleware (LangChain, LangGraph, DeepAgents, Claude Code), followed by Q&A and a mixer.
TuesdayNovember 10
9am to 5pm, through Nov 11$2,000
AustinAgency owners spend two days building a custom AI agent for their agency's biggest bottleneck and leave with a working agent, an AI Agency Operating System, and hand-off documentation. Limited to 30 builders; the $2,000 Solo Pass price is shown, with a two-seat Team Pass at $2,500.
ThursdayNovember 12
9am to 5pmFree
AT&T Hotel and Conference CenterA one-day, single-track, practitioner-led summit for engineers shipping AI in production, covering agentic development, LLMOps, responsible AI, AI architecture and AI data infrastructure, near West Campus.
All day, through Nov 13$599
AT&T Hotel and Conference CenterA two-day in-person IT conference with dozens of expert-led breakout sessions, hands-on workshops, an expo of tech brands, and community parties for IT professionals.
SundayNovember 15
All day, through Nov 18$1,545
Austin Marriott DowntownA four-day conference for cybersecurity marketing and go-to-market professionals, with keynotes, workshops, an exhibit hall and the Marquee Awards ceremony on November 17. A one-day in-person pass is also listed at $995.
TuesdayNovember 17
8:30am to 4pm, through Nov 18Free
Etter-Harbin Alumni CenterA two-day in-person conference and expo on putting AI models and agents into production, themed on AI Agents and Agentic Workforces, with workshops, case studies and tracks on evals, agent memory and AI-assisted software engineering. Paid tiers run up to $675.46; a separate virtual day runs Nov 16.
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