Empowering the Seattle AI Ecosystem
#SeattleAIWeek is a cluster of events hosted by the Seattle tech community that brings together a wide variety of people to celebrate, learn, and engage with AI. October 26–30, 2026.
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The week is community-driven by design. WTIA and partners produce the flagship Summit and anchor events, but the calendar is built by the community itself — organizers, companies, meetup groups, universities, and creators who host their own events under the #SeattleAIWeek banner. In 2025, that meant 75 events across the region. In 2026, we’re going even bigger.
Our Mission
To bring together the Seattle region's AI community and bring the world here to have conversations about the future of AI — across sectors, disciplines, and backgrounds — creating the space where ideas collide, relationships form, and the future of AI gets built together.
Why Seattle? Why Now?
The Pacific Northwest is already one of the top AI hubs on the planet. The talent is here. The infrastructure is here. The startups, the research institutions, the energy grid, the ambition — all here. The flywheels are turning. But a region doesn't become the best in the world by accident. It happens when the people in it build coherence and when tech leaders, policymakers, researchers, and communities align around a shared direction and hold each other to it. That's what AI Week is for. 2024 proved the community exists. 2025 proved it's growing. 2026 is where we start building with intention, pushing forward across stakeholders to make this region the place where the future of AI gets shaped.
The Story So Far
2024
Celebrate AI in Seattle
3,500 attendees and 45+ events
2025
Strategic Growth
5,000 attendees and 75+ events