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Ticketed conferences, summits, and premium workshops. Filter by city or tool to plan your travel.

22 upcoming paid events

What are paid vibe coding events?

A paid vibe coding event is a ticketed conference, summit, or premium workshop about building with AI coding tools (Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Claude Code, Replit Agent) where attendance requires a purchase. Paid events are usually the multi-day flagships (AI Engineer World's Fair, Code with Claude, GitHub Universe) and structured training workshops that fund deeper programming, larger venues, and hands-on instruction. Ticket prices range from around $99 for a single-day workshop to $2,000+ for a multi-day flagship conference, with early-bird discounts common 60 to 90 days out. The trade-off: paid events concentrate the most senior builders, vendor announcements, and partnership conversations in one room. Browse the paid events below, filter by city or tool, or subscribe to the iCal feed to plan your travel.

Upcoming paid vibe coding events

  1. VibeKode Utrecht 2026 by Software & Support Media, Oct 5, 2026
  2. AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026 by Linux Foundation, Sep 17, 2026
  3. AI Engineer Paris 2026 by AI Engineer, Sep 23, 2026
  4. The AI Conference 2026 (San Francisco) by The AI Conference LLC, Sep 29, 2026
  5. OpenAI DevDay 2026 by OpenAI, Sep 29, 2026
  6. World Summit AI Amsterdam 2026 by InspiredMinds (World AI Week), Oct 7, 2026
  7. Open Source Summit Europe 2026 by Linux Foundation, Oct 7, 2026
  8. AI Engineer New York 2026 by AI Engineer, Oct 12, 2026
  9. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 by TechCrunch, Oct 13, 2026
  10. Vercel Ship 2026: San Francisco by Vercel, Oct 15, 2026
SEP17
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AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026

by Linux Foundation

Sep 17 to Sep 18
Amsterdam, NL

Linux Foundation's European edition co-locating AGNTCon (agentic AI systems) and MCPCon (Model Context Protocol). Two days of talks, workshops, and working sessions on agent architectures, MCP servers, and production agent tooling.

SEP23
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AI Engineer Paris 2026

by AI Engineer

Sep 23 to Sep 24
Paris, FR

AI Engineer comes to Paris for two days at Station F, Europe's largest startup campus. Sessions for engineers building with AI: agents, tooling, evaluations, and production systems, anchored in the European builder community.

SEP29
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The AI Conference 2026 (San Francisco)

by The AI Conference LLC

Sep 29 to Oct 2
San Francisco, US

Three days at Pier 48, San Francisco, with 5,500+ attendees and 120+ speakers across five tracks. Day Zero workshops on Sep 29, main conference Sep 30 to Oct 1. One of the largest applied-AI gatherings of the year.

SEP29
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OpenAI DevDay 2026

by OpenAI

Sep 29 to Sep 30
San Francisco, US

OpenAI's flagship developer conference at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Keynote, API and product announcements, hands-on sessions, and demos from the OpenAI platform team. Attendance is application-based with a $650 ticket for accepted developers; the opening keynote streams free for everyone. DevDay Exchange satellite events follow in eight cities worldwide including Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, and London.

OCT07
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World Summit AI Amsterdam 2026

by InspiredMinds (World AI Week)

Oct 7 to Oct 8
Amsterdam, NL

Tenth-anniversary edition of World Summit AI, the anchor event of World AI Week in Amsterdam. Two days of keynotes and tracks spanning applied AI, agent systems, AI infrastructure, and AI in industry. Major draw for European AI engineering and product audiences.

OCT07
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Open Source Summit Europe 2026

by Linux Foundation

Oct 7 to Oct 9
Prague, CZ

The Linux Foundation's flagship European open source conference, an umbrella event spanning Linux, open source AI tooling, cloud native, embedded, security, and community leadership tracks. Three days in Prague bringing together maintainers, contributors, and the companies building on open source.

OCT12
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AI Engineer New York 2026

by AI Engineer

Oct 12 to Oct 14
New York, US

AI Engineer returns to New York for three days at the Sheraton New York Times Square. Talks and workshops for engineers shipping AI in production: coding agents, evaluations, retrieval, and the working AI toolchain.

OCT13
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

by TechCrunch

Oct 13 to Oct 16
San Francisco, US

TechCrunch's flagship startup conference at Moscone West. Three days with 10,000+ attendees, the Startup Battlefield pitch competition for the $100K Disrupt Cup, and stages covering AI and machine learning, enterprise SaaS, fintech, and more. A fixture for founders building and shipping products with AI coding tools.

OCT15
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Vercel Ship 2026: San Francisco

by Vercel

Oct 15 to Oct 16
San Francisco, US

The San Francisco stop of Vercel's 2026 Ship world tour and the closing show of the year. Product launches, AI infrastructure updates, framework and developer tooling talks plus an evening community session for the Bay Area builder community.

OCT19
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All Things Open 2026

by All Things Open

Oct 19 to Oct 20
Raleigh, US

One of the largest open source technology conferences in the United States. The 2026 edition moves to two focused days in downtown Raleigh: Monday for immersive learning and community experiences, Tuesday for keynotes and 30-minute sessions across 20 tracks, with AI-assisted development featured heavily. Co-located community activities run Sunday, October 18.

OCT20
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PyTorch Conference North America 2026

by PyTorch Foundation (Linux Foundation)

Oct 20 to Oct 22
San Jose, US

The PyTorch Foundation's flagship North America conference. Two days in San Jose gathering AI researchers, engineers, and developers around the open source AI stack: PyTorch, vLLM, DeepSpeed, Ray, Helion, and Safetensors, plus tracks on training, inference, and production AI systems.

OCT22
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Next.js Conf 2026

by Vercel

Oct 22 to Oct 23
San Francisco, US

The annual Next.js conference. App Router, Server Components, AI integrations, and v0 + Vercel platform deep dives. Free virtual track historically; in-person tickets for SF.

OCT22
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AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2026

by Linux Foundation

Oct 22 to Oct 24
San Jose, US

Linux Foundation's North America edition of AGNTCon (agentic AI systems) and MCPCon (Model Context Protocol). Co-located in San Jose with talks on agent runtimes, MCP server ecosystems, and production agent tooling.

OCT27
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ODSC AI West 2026

by Open Data Science Conference

Oct 27 to Oct 30
Burlingame, US

ODSC's West Coast flagship for applied AI and data science. Three days of training sessions, workshops, and talks covering AI engineering, LLMs, agents, and the production AI stack, plus an AI Engineering Accelerator track.

OCT28
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GitHub Universe 2026

by GitHub

Oct 28 to Oct 30
San Francisco, US

GitHub's annual developer flagship. Copilot deep dives, agentic workflow demos, platform announcements, and hands-on labs. Two days in-person plus a free virtual track for global attendees.

NOV16
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AI Coding Summit NYC 2026

by GitNation

Nov 16 to Nov 19
New York, US

Four-day AI coding conference and workshops in New York. Hands-on training on Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and agentic coding workflows. Sister event to the AI Coding Summit London (July) and Berlin (December) editions, run by GitNation, organizers of the React Summit and Node Congress series.

NOV23
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VibeKode Berlin 2026

by Software & Support Media

Nov 23 to Nov 27
Berlin, DE

The Berlin edition of VibeKode. Five days of conference and workshop programming on AI-driven software development for engineers, tech leads, and architects.

NOV30
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AWS re:Invent 2026

by Amazon Web Services

Nov 30 to Dec 5
Las Vegas, US

AWS's flagship cloud and AI conference. Five days across the Las Vegas Strip with 2,000-plus sessions, hands-on labs, and product news spanning generative AI, developer tooling, serverless, and data. re:Inforce folds into re:Invent for 2026.

DEC04
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AI Coding Summit Berlin 2026

by GitNation

Dec 4 to Dec 7
Berlin, DE

Four-day AI coding conference and workshops in Berlin. Hands-on training on Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and agentic coding workflows. The European Berlin edition of the GitNation AI Coding Summit series, alongside London (July 2026) and NYC (November 2026).

FEB09
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AI DevWorld 2027

by DevNetwork

Feb 9, 2027 to Feb 12, 2027
Santa Clara, US

Co-located with DeveloperWeek 2027 in Santa Clara, AI DevWorld is a multi-day conference for AI and machine-learning developers. Tracks for AI tooling, LLM deployment, agent frameworks, and integrating AI into existing dev workflows. Run by DevNetwork, organizers of the long-running DeveloperWeek conference.

FEB09
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DeveloperWeek 2027

by DevNetwork

Feb 9, 2027 to Feb 12, 2027
Santa Clara, US

DeveloperWeek 2027 is one of the largest developer conferences in the world, drawing thousands of attendees to Santa Clara for three days of talks, workshops, and an open-floor expo. The 2027 edition emphasizes AI-assisted development, agent frameworks, and the AI coding tooling stack. Co-located with AI DevWorld 2027 and several other DevNetwork tracks.

About paid vibe coding events

What are paid vibe coding events?+
Paid vibe coding events are ticketed conferences, summits, and premium workshops about building with AI coding tools. Attendance requires a purchase, which funds deeper programming, larger venues, and hands-on instruction. Most are the multi-day flagship conferences.
How much do paid vibe coding events cost?+
Single-day workshops start around $99. Multi-day technical conferences run $499 to $1,999 for general admission. Flagship events like AI Engineer World's Fair sit at the top ($1,500 to $2,500). Early-bird pricing is common 60 to 90 days before the event.
Are paid vibe coding conferences worth the money?+
They are if you ship with AI tools or sell into the ecosystem. Paid events concentrate the most senior builders, vendor announcements, and partnership conversations in one place. Skip them if you are still at the validation stage with no shipping product to discuss.
Do paid vibe coding events offer discounts?+
Most do. Look for early-bird rates, community and student passes, group discounts, and scholarship or diversity tickets. Each listing links to the official registration page, where current pricing and any active discount codes are shown.
Can I expense a paid vibe coding conference?+
Usually yes if you build or ship software professionally. Conferences count as professional development, and most issue an invoice or receipt suitable for reimbursement. Check with your employer's learning and development policy before you buy the ticket.