Ten years bringing builders together.

Meet the top AI infrastructure minds where architects of AI share what actually works. Vendor neutral, community led, every year since 2015.

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[2015 - 2026]

A decade of infrastructure expertise.

We've been the home for high-scale builders since 2015. Originally founded as Data Council, we've spent over ten years bringing together the engineers who design the systems the world relies on. Today, we're applying that same rigorous, builder-first mindset to the AI stack.
Pete Soderling, Founder of AI Council
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Pete Soderling

Founder, AI Council

Former software engineer, repeat founder, and investor in 70+ data-oriented startups. Since 2013, Pete has been building at the center of the data engineering world — from Data Council to Zero Prime Ventures — on a mission to help 10,000 engineers build thriving companies.

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Who we're guided by

The advisors, founders and operators who shape the direction of AI Council year after year.

Hannes Mühleisen, Co-Founder & CEO, DuckDB Labs

Hannes Mühleisen

Co-Founder & CEO, DuckDB Labs

Nikhil Benesch, CTO, turbopuffer

Nikhil Benesch

CTO, turbopuffer

Heather Ceylan, CISO, Box

Heather Ceylan

CISO, Box

Linus Lee, Head of AI, Thrive Capital

Linus Lee

Head of AI, Thrive Capital

2027 Sponsors

Supported by leaders in AI infrastructure

Frequently asked questions

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Our next AI Council will be in San Francisco on March 23–24, 2027, at the Palace Hotel.

AI Council draws 1,200+ engineers, technical founders, and researchers — the people actually building and shipping AI systems. Attendees come from OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Google, Meta, Snowflake, Vercel, Hugging Face, and hundreds of AI-native startups.

Highly technical content chosen by our community track hosts. No vendor pitches dressed up as talks. AI Council is practitioner-first — every talk is selected for technical depth. Speakers are engineers and researchers presenting real architectures, real tradeoffs, and real production failures.

Yes! We <3 teams at AI Council and offer streamlined packages for groups of 5 or 10 with significant savings of up to 50% off regular ticket prices. Best of all, you can purchase them directly with no invoicing or back-and-forth needed with a sales rep. Use our ticketing page to easily checkout.

Yes, we offer discounts for startups (must have raised <$10M), non-profits, government agencies and academic students & faculty. For startups, please see our ticketing site and for non-profit & academic, please contact community@aicouncil.com for more information.

Once you purchase your ticket, all talks, workshops and networking opportunities are available to you as part of the AI Council experience. However, external costs such as travel, lodgings and commuting are your responsibility.