The Festival of AI takes over Massachusetts.
Every fall, Massachusetts' AI community — founders and business leaders, workers, researchers, investors, students, and the simply curious — comes together for hundreds of events across the state to explore, build, and accelerate what's next.
September 16 – October 28, 2027 · Six weeks across Massachusetts · Core Festival Week: September 24 – October 1
America's largest AI festival, open to everyone regardless of affiliation.
Massachusetts AI at ecosystem scale
The convening layer for the people building, funding, researching, and applying AI.
Boston AI Week — the Festival of AI — connects everyone shaping AI across Massachusetts, from Seaport to Kendall Square and across the Commonwealth.
- Boston
- Cambridge
- Seaport
- Kendall Sq.
- Somerville
- Worcester
- Lowell
- Amherst
- Springfield
Boston AI Week 2026 · Sept 16 – Oct 28, 2026
Tens of thousands of participants since the first festival in 2025. Six weeks also makes it the longest AI festival anywhere.
Massachusetts is uniquely dense in the people, capital, research, and institutions that move AI from conversation to implementation. Boston AI Week brings them all into one connected ecosystem — across Massachusetts, from the Berkshires to Wellfleet.
- Universities & research
- Startups & venture capital
- Enterprise adoption
- Healthcare & life sciences
- Robotics & manufacturing
- Government & civic leadership
- Artists, creators, & community builders
Core Festival Week, September 24 – October 1, 2027, is the anchor; official events run across Massachusetts before, during, and after.
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Find your place in Boston AI Week.
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How the festival is structured
September 16 – October 28, 2027
AI events across Massachusetts, open to everyone.
Sept 16–22
Festival week
Sept 23–29
Core Festival Week begins Fri, Sept 24
Sept 30–Oct 6
Core Festival Week through Fri, Oct 1
Oct 7–13
Festival week
Oct 14–20
Festival week
Oct 21–28
Festival week
Core Festival Week anchors for 2027, including the Boston AI Summit, will be announced in 2027.
Traveling in?
Make the Seaport your base camp.
Flying in from out of town? Get to Boston, get around, find a hotel near the parties, and explore the city — with the Seaport as your home base.
Host Neighborhood Partner — Boston Seaport / WS Development
Signature Experiences
2026 anchor programs
The programs that anchored the 2026 festival. Browse the 2026 schedule for everything else.
- ConferenceThu, Oct 1 · 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET
The Boston AI Summit
Boston AI Week
The flagship one-room executive conference — opening with the release of The State of AI in Massachusetts 2026.
Foundation Medicine
View details → - MeetupMon, Sep 28 · 6:00 PM–9:00 PM ET
Boston Generative AI Meetup
Boston AI Week
The flagship monthly gathering of MA founders, researchers, and practitioners building with generative AI.
Laugh Boston (in the Westin Boston Seaport)
View details → - Career FairTue, Sep 29 · 1:00 PM–5:00 PM ET
The AI in Massachusetts Workforce Development and Career Fair
Boston AI Week
Connecting Massachusetts talent with the companies hiring across enterprise AI, robotics, and applied research.
Metcalf Hall Grand Ballroom, George Sherman Union, Boston University
View details → - ConferenceSept 28–30, 2026
GAI World 2026
GAI Insights
The premier enterprise generative AI conference — strategy, deployment, and ROI for senior leaders.
Hynes Convention Center
Visit event → - Policy SummitWed, Sep 30 · 9:00 AM–12:00 PM ET
AI Blueprint for Massachusetts
A working session uniting government, industry, and academia on the state's path to AI leadership.
Greater Boston — venue to be announced
View details → - CommunityFri, Sep 25 · 5:30 PM–8:00 PM ET
Boston AI Week Opening Party
An early-week gathering in Boston's Seaport for founders, operators, and the wider ecosystem.
The Grand
View details → - CommunityFri, Oct 2 · 5:30 PM–8:30 PM ET
Core Week Closing Party
Celebrate nine days of building, shipping, and connecting across Massachusetts AI.
Island Creek Oysters Raw Bar
View details →
Our Sponsors & Partners
Leaders across AI, enterprise, venture, academia, and community.
Premier
Enterprise & Technology
Venture & Innovation
Academic & Research
Hospitality & Venue
Comedy & Entertainment
Media Partners
Seen across local media & community guides
Boston AI Week has been covered, listed, or featured by local media, university publications, and ecosystem partners.
Voices from the ecosystem
What Boston's AI leaders are saying
Founders, executives, and partners on why Boston AI Week matters.
Boston AI Week is where Massachusetts shows how AI gets built and deployed. We bring together enterprises, researchers, academia, startups, founders, investors, nonprofits, artists, government, museums, and the public in one festival where people can learn, hire, invest, grow, and launch together.
Boston AI Week is the place to be if you care about the future of AI. It's a powerful platform to share what we've learned building Maven AGI and to help shape the next wave of enterprise-grade AI agents.
Jonathan CorbinFounder & CEOMaven AGIAI is a force multiplier for developers when it's secure at inception. Boston AI Week brings the builder community together to share practices for shipping secure software at AI speed.
Manoj NairChief Innovation OfficerSnykThe Seaport is Boston's front door to innovation, hospitality, and culture. Boston AI Week plays a vital role in connecting talent and ideas with catalytic opportunities that strengthen the city's tech ecosystem.
Yanni TsipisEVP, DevelopmentWS DevelopmentOur goal is radical openness. Anyone can attend, and anyone can propose an event. That's how we create a durable, inclusive AI community for the state.
Paul BaierFounder & CEO, GAI Insights; Executive Fellow, Harvard Business SchoolGAI Insights
About Boston AI Week
A movement, not a conference.
Boston AI Week grew out of the belief that Massachusetts should not experience AI as isolated conferences, closed-door meetings, and scattered meetups. It should come together — across startups, enterprises, universities, government, investors, artists, students, and practitioners — as one connected ecosystem.
- 2023
Boston Generative AI Meetup
A community for MA founders, operators, and researchers working with generative AI.
- 2024
AI Workforce Development & Career Fair
Connecting Massachusetts talent with the companies hiring across applied AI.
- 2025
Boston AI Week's first festival
The first festival, including the AI Blueprint for Massachusetts.
- 2026
The Festival of AI
Six weeks across the Commonwealth: 252 events, 900+ participating organizations, 23 countries.
- 2027
AI Everywhere. For Everyone
Six weeks across Massachusetts, September 16 – October 28.
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