🌙 Shotwell's Speakeasy 2026
The official after party of the AINative Summit: from build labs and championship finals to late-night conversations
You've spent the day in talks, labs, and the Hack Champion Finals. Now it's time to celebrate. Join the champions, founders, AI engineers, researchers, and builders from the AINative Summit for a late night at Shotwell's. There's no stage and no sales pitches, just good drinks, good people, and the conversations that happen when the badges come off.
🎟 AINative Summit attendees get in FREE. Your Summit ticket includes your Speakeasy pass.
Not attending the Summit? Request a spot on the guest list:
See What The Vibe Will Be
Get a feel for the energy, the people, and the conversations that happen at AINative events.
What to Expect
Teams from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Detroit came to compete. Builders shipped something in the labs, and speakers shared what's actually working in production. The Speakeasy is where all of it comes together in one room.
Come raise a glass to the 2026 Hack Champions, meet the people you only got to wave at between sessions, and keep the conversations from the Summit going. Whether you're a founder, an engineer, a vibe coder, a designer, or an investor, this is where the AINative community unwinds.
- 🍸 Drinks, late-night snacks, and a proper speakeasy atmosphere
- 🏆 Toast the AINative Hack Champions 2026 and meet the teams behind the winning builds
- 🤝 Meet founders, engineers, researchers, investors, and Summit speakers
- 🧠 Pick up the threads from the day: multi-agent orchestration, agent memory, A2UI, inference, and what everyone’s shipping next
- 🚀 Quick, casual demos from anyone who built something worth showing (optional)
- 🌉 A relaxed Tech Week night in San Francisco
Who Attends
We curate the room to bring together people who are actually building.
- AINative Summit attendees, speakers, and lab leads
- Hack Champion finalists from SF, LA, Atlanta, and Detroit
- AI founders and startup teams
- AI engineers, agent builders, and vibe coders
- Infrastructure engineers and developer-tool creators
- Investors, partners, and sponsors backing the next wave of AI-native startups
The Night
Doors at 10 PM. Last call at 2 AM.
Head over from the Summit, grab a drink, and find your people.
A quick welcome from the hosts and a toast to the 2026 Hack Champions.
Anyone who wants to can take 2–5 minutes to show what they built today, ask for feedback, or recruit collaborators. It’s optional and meant to be fun.
Informal circles on Agent Memory, Multi-Agent Orchestration, AI Infrastructure, Developer Tools, AI Startups & Fundraising, and Open Source AI, or skip the topics and just hang out.
That’s a wrap on Tech Week’s best after party.
Your Hosts
Brought to you by the AINative Studio team.
Toby Morning
Founder @ AINative Studio
Karsten Wade
Head of Dev Relations @ AINative Studio
Ayori Selassie
Chief Growth Officer @ AINative Studio
Sponsor the Speakeasy
Put your brand in front of a curated room of AI founders, engineers, investors, and the 2026 Hack Champions on the biggest night of the AINative Summit. Sponsorships help cover event costs, and the deck shows what's possible.
developer@ainative.studio
See You at Shotwell's
Friday, October 9, 2026 · 10 PM – 2 AM PT · Shotwell's, San Francisco
Exact address announced on event day.
Summit attendees are in automatically. For everyone else, space is intentionally limited, and RSVP is required.
🎉 Part of the Paipalooza community? Send a message in the WhatsApp group to get the venue location before it's announced to the general public.
