FutureStack 2026 — Press Release
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FutureStack 2026 Brings 800 AI Infrastructure Leaders to Austin for Two-Day Technical Conference
AUSTIN, TX -- July 1, 2026 -- FutureStack Events, LLC today announced FutureStack 2026, the premier conference for engineers and technical leaders building the infrastructure layer of artificial intelligence. The two-day event will take place October 15--16, 2026 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, and is expected to draw 800 attendees from across the AI and systems engineering community.
Event Details
Now in its second year, FutureStack 2026 centers on the theme of AI Infrastructure -- the systems, tooling, architecture decisions, and operational practices that determine whether AI works reliably in production. The conference features keynote addresses, 30+ technical sessions across five tracks (inference optimization, training infrastructure, data pipelines, MLOps, and GPU orchestration), hands-on workshops, and structured networking experiences designed for practitioners.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Event | FutureStack 2026 |
| Dates | October 15--16, 2026 |
| Venue | Austin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701 |
| Expected Attendance | 800 |
| Theme | AI Infrastructure |
| Website | futurestack.dev |
| Hashtag | #FutureStack2026 |
Opening Keynote
Dr. Amara Osei, Principal Research Scientist at DeepMind, will deliver the opening keynote, titled "Building the Foundations That Don't Break." Dr. Osei leads DeepMind's Infrastructure Research group, where her team has pioneered distributed training systems, fault-tolerant inference architectures, and resource scheduling frameworks behind some of the largest model deployments in the world. Her keynote will address why infrastructure engineering -- not model architecture -- is becoming the primary constraint on AI progress, drawing on lessons from systems that serve billions of daily inference requests.
"The next bottleneck in AI isn't algorithms -- it's infrastructure," said Dr. Amara Osei, Principal Research Scientist at DeepMind. "We've reached a point where the most impactful work in AI is happening in the systems layer: scheduling, fault tolerance, memory management, and the thousand unglamorous decisions that determine whether a model actually works at scale. FutureStack is exactly the kind of venue where these conversations need to happen -- practitioners sharing real-world solutions to real-world problems."
Conference Highlights
- Keynote and plenary sessions from leaders at the frontier of AI systems engineering
- Five technical tracks covering inference optimization, training infrastructure, data pipelines, MLOps, and GPU orchestration
- Hands-on workshops led by the teams building widely-used AI infrastructure tools
- AI-powered networking matchmaker connecting attendees based on shared interests and complementary expertise
- AI Ambassador concierge providing real-time event assistance via SMS and WhatsApp, powered by ai-ambassador.xyz
- ActionNotes session capture delivering AI-generated summaries, searchable transcripts, and full video recordings to all attendees within 48 hours of each session
General Chair Statement
"FutureStack exists because we believe the people building AI infrastructure deserve a conference that respects their depth," said Sara Chen, General Chair of FutureStack 2026. "This is not a keynote-and-cocktails event. Every session is built for practitioners -- the engineers debugging distributed training at 2 AM, the platform teams building inference pipelines that actually hold up under load, the architects making build-versus-buy decisions that shape their organizations for years. We built FutureStack for them, and we are honored to bring this community together in Austin for the second year."
Registration
Tickets are on sale now at futurestack.dev/register.
| Tier | Price | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Early-Bird | $395 | Through September 5, 2026 (or until 250-seat cap is reached) |
| Standard | $595 | September 6 -- October 14, 2026 |
| VIP | $1,295 | Limited to 50 attendees |
| Student | $95 | Valid .edu email required |
Group discounts are available for teams of five or more. Contact registration@futurestack.dev for details.
Sponsors
FutureStack 2026 is supported by sponsors across the AI infrastructure ecosystem. Sponsorship opportunities, including Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Community Partner tiers, remain available. For sponsorship inquiries, contact sponsors@futurestack.dev.
About FutureStack Events, LLC
FutureStack Events, LLC produces practitioner-focused conferences for the AI and systems engineering community. Founded with the belief that infrastructure is the defining challenge of the AI era, FutureStack brings together engineers, researchers, and technical leaders to share hard-won knowledge about building systems that work at scale. FutureStack Events is a subsidiary of MSG2AI. For more information, visit futurestack.dev.
Media Contact
Name: Taylor Brooks, Director of Communications Organization: FutureStack Events, LLC Email: press@futurestack.dev Phone: +1 (512) 555-0177 Address: 4200 Congress Avenue, Suite 310, Austin, TX 78701
High-resolution logos, speaker headshots, and event photography are available in the FutureStack Press Kit.
Members of the press may request complimentary media credentials by emailing press@futurestack.dev with your outlet name, anticipated coverage, and publication date.
Last updated: July 1, 2026 Marketing & Communications skill -- FutureStack 2026