AI Growth
Summit
The global event for builders, engineers, founders, and marketers growing with AI.
The AI Growth Summit brings together everyone pushing AI forward, whether you are shipping products, scaling companies, or building the tools that power the next wave. Free intimate meetups across 7 European cities in summer 2026. One massive flagship event in Austin, Texas in March 2027.
7 Cities, Summer 2026
Nathan Latka is taking the AI Growth Summit on the road. Each stop is a free evening meetup with live interviews, drinks, and real conversations with local AI builders. Whether you are an engineer shipping AI features, a growth marketer running LLM experiments, a founder raising capital, or a developer building tools, this is your room. Every event runs from 6 to 8pm local time.
Also appearing at SaaSiest Paris (Tue, Jun 16) and SaaSiest Munich (Thu, Jun 18).
Coming up in 2027
Austin, Texas — March 1–3, 2027
5,000 AI builders. 3 days. One city.
The AI Growth Summit Annual is the flagship gathering for the global AI builder community. Three days of keynotes, live demos, builder showcases, and the conversations that shape what gets built next. Austin, Texas. March 1 through 3, 2027. Join engineers, developers, founders, growth marketers, PMs, designers, and investors all in one room.
"Founderpath is the perfect home for SaaStock."
— Alex Theuma, Founder, SaaStock
5,000 attendees
35 keynotes
90+ AI tools featured
$500K in hackathon prizes
3 days of programming
Austin, Texas
NATHAN100
3 days, measured
3 days, 35 keynotes, 56 sessions
The full minute-by-minute schedule across all five stages.
Monday, March 1 · Learn + Launch
All-stage keynotes, hands-on workshops, tool showcase, hackathon kickoff.
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Doors · Registration · Coffee · Expo hall | ||||
| 9:30 AM | Opening keynote | ||||
| 9:50 AM | The AI platform wars | ||||
| 10:10 AM | The AI coding revolution | ||||
| 10:30 AM | The vibe coding era | ||||
| 10:50 AM | From zero to AI-native | ||||
| 11:10 AM | Agents in production |
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 AM | Scaling with AI | AI-powered GTM playbook | Build an app in 20 min w/ Lovable | Automation 101 w/ n8n | Voice cloning w/ ElevenLabs |
| 11:50 AM | Open source AI | Outbound at scale w/ Clay | Ship a feature w/ Cursor | Multi-agent orchestration | AI video w/ Runway |
| 12:10 PM | AI + enterprise | AI pricing strategies | v0: prompt to production | Zapier AI workflows | Midjourney for brands |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch: light catering + on-site restaurants | ||||
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:30 PM | AI data infrastructure | Building AI agencies | Bolt.new: 0 to deployed | RAG in 20 min w/ LangChain | AI music w/ Suno |
| 1:50 PM | Why AI investing is broken | AI customer support | Replit: full-stack in a prompt | CrewAI: build a team of agents | HeyGen: AI video avatars |
| 2:10 PM | AI + growth loops | SEO at scale w/ AI | Claude Code: terminal to ship | Voice agents w/ Vapi | Generative design systems |
| 2:30 PM | Break · Expo hall · Hackathon team formation | ||||
| 3:00 PM | The $100M AI company | AI ops for non-technical teams | Windsurf: AI-native IDE | Browser agents + Composio | AI for podcasting |
| 3:20 PM | How VCs evaluate AI | AI-first sales playbook | GitHub Copilot deep-dive | Make: visual automation | Text-to-image mastery |
| 3:40 PM | AI regulation reality | Fundraising w/ AI tools | Devin: autonomous coding | Flowise: no-code agents | AI localization at scale |
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 PM | Tool showcase lightning round: 90+ tools × 90 sec | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Hackathon kickoff: challenge prompts revealed, teams assigned, The Lab opens | ||||
| 6:30 PM | Opening night party + networking · hacking begins in The Lab | ||||
Tuesday, March 2 · Build Day + The War Room
Morning keynotes, full-day hackathon, executive War Room training (1–5 PM).
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Doors · Breakfast · Hacking resumes in The Lab | ||||
| 9:00 AM | AI developer tools | AI content at scale | Supabase + AI: full-stack data | Agent security | Personalization at scale |
| 9:20 AM | Betting billions on AI | AI for product teams | Pinecone: vector search | MCP: the protocol layer | AI brand creative |
| 9:40 AM | AI + growth hacking | Case study: 0 to $10M ARR | Vercel: deploy AI apps | Dify: open-source agents | Opus Clip: video repurposing |
| 10:00 AM | Building the AI stack | AI hiring playbook | Google Antigravity | Relevance AI: custom agents | Play.ht: real-time voice |
| 10:20 AM | The future of work | AI for support teams | Aider: open-source coding | Lindy: AI employee | Flux: image generation |
| 10:40 AM | AI + open source | AI for finance teams | Amazon Q deep-dive | Bardeen: browser automation | Synthesia: AI presenters |
| 11:00 AM | Side stages close · All energy into The Lab | ||||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch · Hackers keep building | ||||
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 PM | What separates good AI companies from great | War Room Session 1: Build your first AI agent from scratch | |||
| 1:20 PM | AI infrastructure bets | ||||
| 1:40 PM | Deploying AI at Fortune 500 | ||||
| 1:50 PM | War Room Session 2: Automate your entire sales pipeline | ||||
| 2:00 PM | Where the smart money goes in AI | ||||
| 2:20 PM | AI product-market fit | ||||
| 2:40 PM | The AI talent war | War Room Session 3: Deploy a custom chatbot for your business | |||
| 3:00 PM | When AI eats your market | ||||
| 3:20 PM | Surprise keynote | ||||
| 3:30 PM | War Room Session 4: Build an internal tool w/ AI (no code) | ||||
| 4:20 PM | War Room Session 5: Ship an AI-powered app live | ||||
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:00 PM | Code freeze: all hackathon submissions locked | ||||
| 5:30 PM | Track judging: each of 30 tracks picks top 2 | ||||
| 7:00 PM | Builder's dinner: all hackathon teams + VIPs + sponsors | ||||
Wednesday, March 3 · Demo Day + Austin Experiences
30 hackathon finalists demo live · $500K awarded · afternoon Austin adventures.
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Doors · Breakfast | ||||
| 8:30 AM | The AI growth playbook · Track finals begin on side stages | ||||
| 8:50 AM | AI + the next decade | ||||
| 9:10 AM | What we got wrong about AI | ||||
| 9:30 AM | Grand finale: 30 track winners, 4-min live demo each | ||||
| 11:00 AM | Surprise guest | ||||
| 11:20 AM | Builder spotlight | ||||
| 11:40 AM | Awards: 30 winners × $15K + $50K best-in-show = $500K | ||||
| 12:00 PM | Closing keynote | ||||
| 12:20 PM | Conference wraps | ||||
| Time | Main Stage | Blueprint | Workshop | Operator | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 PM | Choose one Austin experience. No lunch served: grab a bite en route. | ||||
| Lake Austin sunset cruise: private pontoon fleet, BYOB, Hill Country views | |||||
| Texas BBQ crawl: chartered bus to Franklin, la Barbecue, Micklethwait | |||||
| Lake Travis zipline adventure: boat to private island, 5 ziplines, 65 mph | |||||
| Lady Bird Lake kayak + paddleboard: guided downtown paddle, ends at waterfront bar | |||||
| Live music venue crawl: Continental Club, Stubb's, C-Boy's, Scoot Inn | |||||
| Rainey Street bar + food truck hop: wristband, food voucher, curated map | |||||
| Hill Country winery + distillery tour: 3 wineries, 1 distillery, charcuterie | |||||
| Barton Springs pool party: Austin's 68°F spring-fed pool, DJ, lawn games | |||||
| Congress Bridge bat watching: 1.5M bats emerge at sunset, naturalist guide | |||||
Six stages, running in parallel
One main stage for the keynotes everyone needs to see. Five focused side stages so you can dig deep on the topic that matters most to you.
$500K in prizes
30 tool tracks · 20+ hours of build time · tool company engineers as mentors. Kickoff Monday 5:30 PM, code freeze Tuesday 5:00 PM, grand finale Wednesday 9:30 AM.
- 30 track winners × $15,000 = $450,000
- 1 best-in-show grand prize = $50,000
- Included with Builder Pass and up
400 executive seats
Tuesday 1–5 PM, executive-only. Five 45-minute hands-on sessions at a table of 10, dedicated trainer, TV at the end. You leave having built 5 real things.
- Build your first AI agent from scratch
- Automate your entire sales pipeline
- Deploy a custom chatbot for your business
- Build an internal tool with AI (no code)
- Ship an AI-powered app live
90+ tools, 8 categories
Every major model, IDE, agent framework, and workflow tool — represented, demoed, and hackable in The Lab.
Anthropic / Claude · OpenAI / GPT · Google / Gemini · xAI / Grok · Meta / Llama · Mistral · Cohere · DeepSeek · Perplexity · Together AI · Groq · Fireworks AI · Replicate · AI21 Labs · Stability AI · Hugging Face · Amazon Bedrock · Azure AI
Cursor · GitHub Copilot · Windsurf (Codeium) · Claude Code · Devin (Cognition) · Tabnine · Sourcegraph Cody · Amazon Q Developer · Google Antigravity · Aider · OpenCode · Continue · Supermaven · Sweep AI
Lovable · Bolt.new · v0 / Vercel · Replit · Google Stitch · Softr · Dyad · NxCode · Mocha · Magic Patterns · AppWizzy · Flatlogic
LangChain / LangGraph · CrewAI · AutoGen (Microsoft) · OpenAI Agents SDK · Google ADK · Smolagents (HF) · Semantic Kernel · Flowise · Langflow · Composio · LlamaIndex · Dify
n8n · Make (Integromat) · Zapier AI · Pipedream · Activepieces · Relevance AI · Lindy AI · Bardeen · Workato · Gumloop
ElevenLabs · HeyGen · Synthesia · Runway · Suno · Midjourney · DALL-E / Sora · Opus Clip · Kling · Vapi.ai · Play.ht · Flux (Black Forest)
Supabase · Pinecone · Weaviate · Chroma · Qdrant · Neon · Vercel · Cloudflare Workers AI · Modal · Unstructured
Clay · Jasper · Copy.ai · Notion AI · Salesforce Einstein · HubSpot AI · Attio · Writer · Gamma · Intercom Fin
Four ways in
Use code NATHAN100 for $100 off any tier.
- ✓All keynotes & sessions
- ✓Expo hall access
- ✓Opening night party
- ✓Hackathon spectating
- ✓Everything in Builder
- ✓Priority seating
- ✓VIP lounge
- ✓1 Austin experience included
- ✓Everything in VIP
- ✓5 executive training sessions
- ✓10-seat table w/ dedicated trainer
9 Austin experiences
The conference wraps at noon Wednesday. Pick one curated Austin experience to close out the trip.
Who Attends
The AI Growth Summit is for anyone building, shipping, or scaling with AI. Attendees include software engineers integrating LLMs and foundation models into production systems. Growth marketers running AI-powered acquisition, retention, and personalization experiments. Product managers shipping AI-native features and navigating build-versus-buy decisions. Startup founders building AI-first companies from pre-seed through growth stage. CTOs and engineering leaders making infrastructure and tooling decisions. Designers exploring generative AI workflows. And investors looking for the next wave of AI-native companies. The AI Growth Summit is built for practitioners and builders, not spectators.
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