Ai4 2026

Ai4 is an annual artificial intelligence industry conference held at The Venetian in Las Vegas. The 2026 edition runs August 4-6, with optional pre-conference training workshops on August 3. Organizers project 12,000+ attendees, 1,000+ speakers, and 400+ exhibitors across nearly one million square feet, roughly double the 2025 footprint. The event was founded in 2018 by Michael Weiss and Marcus Jecklin and is positioned as the largest applied-AI conference in the United States.

Programming Focus

• Enterprise AI strategy and leadership
• Scaling AI across large organizations
• Data infrastructure, MLOps, and model deployment
• Governance, privacy, and responsible AI
• Generative AI and foundation models
• Agentic AI and AI alignment
• Frontier models and emerging research
• Social and policy implications of AI

The full program spans four headline keynote themes and 20 industry and technical tracks covering financial services, healthcare, cybersecurity, retail, manufacturing, energy, transportation, national security, insurance, and media. Session formats include executive panels, fireside chats, enterprise case studies, and technical deep dives.

Featured Speakers

Keynote Panel (Wednesday, August 5):

• Geoffrey Hinton, AI researcher and Turing Award recipient
• Fei-Fei Li, Stanford HAI
• Andrew Ng, founder of DeepLearning.AI and Landing AI

Autonomous Mobility Keynote (Thursday, August 6):

• Dmitri Dolgov, Co-CEO, Waymo
• Sebastian Thrun, Founder, Waymo

Enterprise Speakers:

• Franziska Bell, Ford Motor Company
• Sameer Sethi, Hackensack Meridian Health
• Lasherelle Morgan, NBCUniversal
• Jorge Reis-Filho, AstraZeneca
• Jeff Moore, Gap Inc.
• Nilovna Chatterjee, AbbVie

Participating Organizations

Confirmed and returning participants include Google, Amazon, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Meta, Databricks, Capital One, Walmart, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, J.P. Morgan, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Comcast, Samsung, American Medical Association, Ford Motor Company, Mayo Clinic, NBCUniversal, U.S. Bank, Airbus, AstraZeneca, and the United States Air Force. The 2026 sponsor lineup has not yet been published by the organizer.

Who Should Attend

• C-suite executives and enterprise AI leaders
• Data scientists and machine learning engineers
• Data infrastructure, MLOps, and platform teams
• Venture capitalists and growth investors
• Government and defense leaders
• Hyperscale and data center operators supporting AI workloads
• Enterprise buyers from finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and media

Co-Located and Special Programming

• Two half-day pre-conference training workshops on August 3, delivered with General Assembly
• Executive Summit
• Women in AI Reception
• Startup showcase and evening receptions
• AI Policy Summit held separately at an MGM property August 11-12

Logistics

Venue: The Venetian, 3355 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109. Main conference dates August 4-6, 2026. Pre-conference workshops August 3. Registration via ai4.io/register.