All Things AI events: a conference every spring, meetups all year
Here's what we run, when and where it happens, and how to take part.
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Meetups
Learning that keeps going.
All Things AI (Live) is continuous learning year-round — virtual lunch and learns and live meetups around the Triangle. New events go up on Meetup first.
Build an Agent Day is a hands-on program of All Things AI for people in business, government and education. You bring a real piece of your own work and spend the day building an AI agent for it.
All Things AI 2027: April 18–20 at the Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center
All Things AI is our conference, and it happens every spring. After two years in Durham, we're moving to Raleigh: April 18–20, 2027, at the Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center.
Downtown Raleigh, home of the Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center. Architectural rendering.
The week opens with the Agent Hackathon. Then come hands-on workshops, where you build with AI instead of watching slides about it, and a conference day of keynotes and sessions for executives, engineers, builders, and everyday users.
When
April 18–20, 2027
Where
Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center500 S Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina
What
Agent Hackathon, a workshop day, and the conference day
Executives deciding where AI fits in the business. Engineers and builders shipping it. Teachers, public servants, founders, students, and veterans working out what it means for their jobs. We build the program so every one of them leaves with something they can use.
A full ballroom for a keynote. All Things AI 2026 · Durham, NC.
Across 2025 and 2026, people from 1,897 different employers registered for All Things AI. In 2026, 807 people came on a free seat (832 in 2025). Here's how our scholarships work.
Year-round · Meetups
Continuous learning, virtual and live
The conference is one week. The rest of the year is continuous learning through our Meetup group, All Things AI (Live). It has 5,025 members. Since April 2023, we’ve hosted over 70 events of our own and co-hosted dozens more: online lunch and learns, in-person meetups around the Triangle, and hands-on workshops.
Conversations in the hallway between sessions. All Things AI 2026 · Durham — the same community that meets year-round.Working through a problem together at All Things AI 2026 — the hands-on feel of our workshops and meetups.
Standing room at the back of a breakout. All Things AI 2026 · Durham.Laptops open at a workshop table — All Things AI 2026. Virtual and live sessions keep that going all year.
The community's first gathering on the road to the conference
Ahead of the conference we get together in Durham to kick off the season — a preview of the program, first looks at what's coming, and the first chance to see people you haven't seen since the last conference. It's the on-ramp for anyone who's new, and the reunion for everyone who isn't.
The week opens with a hackathon. Teams spend Sunday building AI agents, and the winners demo in front of the full conference on Tuesday — on the main floor, not in a side room.
It's free to enter and open by application, which keeps the teams balanced and the rooms workable. Applications open alongside conference registration.
Online · Webinars
Webinars, wherever you are
Not everyone can get to Raleigh or Durham. We run webinars through the year with The AIE Network: one topic, and someone who has shipped it. Each listing shows its own date and time zone, and a replay link appears only once a recording is published.
People who came to our first conference, on what it was like.
Attendee stories from All Things AI 2025, about 47 seconds, with captions in the video. It includes the three attendees quoted here and other 2025 attendees.
“The whole one on creating agents — I do feel that agents are gonna help small businesses progress.”
38 reviews and 14 video testimonials from people who came to All Things AI.
It's great to be here at All Things Open AI. I've been in Mark Hinkle's session and it's been amazing.
Barbara Cosgriff
Filmed at All Things AI 2025
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What an incredible experience attending this conference. I gained so much knowledge, met incredible industry experts, and built long lasting relationships. The topics were excellent, especially the hands-on training sessions.
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Gabriela Godner
Director Data Engineering, MetLife
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Mark's not just a brilliant AI and open-source leader — he's also just a great guy. His AIOS AI SuperUser Bootcamp was packed with gold on how to level up from just using AI to actually building AI agents.
Aaron Fulkerson
Head of Confidential Computing, Anthropic
For someone who is not very familiar with AI and learning a lot, this conference was great because you touched on every subject.
Mary Adelman
Green Star Services · Filmed at All Things AI 2025
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A tech conference at the cinema? Count me in! Day one was exhilarating — fantastic venue, insightful talks, and a delightful dinner to wrap up the day.
Ruth Akintunde, Ph.D.
GenAI Lead, Data Governance, SAS
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That was a tremendous event. AI governance is at the forefront, especially with ethical AI governance. With the EU currently rolling out GDPR, it will be an interesting journey.
RS
Robert Strunk
Operations Lead, Amazon
It has been a fantastic event of content from the most novice AI level of information to all the way to extremely deep workshops.
Mary Glerum
BlueM Digital · Filmed at All Things AI 2025
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As someone still in the early stages of learning about AI, this event was transformational. I walked in curious and left inspired. The possibilities of AI have expanded how I view the world.
SF
Sterling Fulton, MHA
Director of Training & Evaluation, The Center for Black Health
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Really enjoyed spending the last two days at the conference right here in Durham NC. Congratulations on a fantastic first annual event bringing together over a thousand people from the local AI community.
Jon Reifschneider
Director, AI Master of Engineering, Duke University
I'm having a great time meeting lots of interesting people.
Andrew Pitts
ProductFest · Filmed at All Things AI 2025
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I was amazed at the quality of the speakers and the depth of the conversations. This is not your typical AI conference — it's a community gathering where real practitioners share real experiences.
Jessica Hall
Founder, Hallway Studio
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The conference struck the perfect balance between technical depth and accessibility. Whether you're an AI engineer or a business leader exploring AI adoption, there was something valuable for everyone.
Venkat Venkatakrishnan
AI/ML Leader, Truist
The one about the guardrails which really helps us understand how to implement the governance and how to securely use the AI.
Srikanth Reddipalli
Filmed at All Things AI 2025
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The hands-on workshops were a game-changer. I walked away with actual working code and a clear roadmap for implementing AI in our organization. That's rare for a conference.
Shivay Lamba
Developer Advocate, Couchbase
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What sets this conference apart is the genuine focus on community. It's not just about the talks — it's about the conversations in the hallways, the connections made over lunch, and the follow-ups that happen weeks later.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker
Co-Founder & CTO, Six Feet Up
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