AI ENGINEER
TOUCHES DOWN
IN MIAMI
Join 500+ AI engineers, CTOs, and VPs of AI in Miami to connect, learn, and build the future of AI engineering.
Part of Frontier Tech Week. Organized by the creators of React Miami.
DOWNTOWN MIAMI
APRIL 20 - 21, 2026
Organized By
Date
Apr 20-21
2026
Location
Downtown
Miami, FL
Bringing the global AI engineering movement to South Florida for the first time
A technical conference & expo gathering 500+ engineers, VPs of AI, founders, and CEOs building the future of AI
No theoretical promissory hoopla. Just engineers and founders on the cutting edge of AI Engineering, sharing their knowledge.
AI Engineering moves fast. Meet the engineers & founders behind the companies who are innovating at the edge of what's possible.
Connect with 500+ AI engineers, founders, and industry leaders. Build meaningful relationships that extend beyond the conference.
The hallway track is buzzing with AI Engineers & founders. Every conversation you have is ensure to educate & inspire.
Speakers
World-class speakers from leading AI companies sharing insights on the future of AI Engineering.
Dax Raad
OpenCode • Co-Founder
Jared Palmer
GitHub / Microsoft • VP of Product, CoreAI
Alisa Fortin
Google DeepMind • Product Manager Google AI Studio
Max Stoiber
OpenAI • ChatGPT Apps
Rita Kozlov
Cloudflare • VP of Product
Philip Kiely
Baseten • Head of Developer Relations
Dexter Horthy
HumanLayer • CEO and Co-Founder
Rick Blalock
Agentuity • Founder
David House
G2i • Engineering Manager
Alvin Pane
OutRival • Engineering Lead
Anna Juchnicki
Pinterest • Sr. Software Engineer
Dave Kiss
Mux • Sr. Community Engineering Lead
Sarah Chieng
Cerebras • Head of DevX
Geoffrey Huntley
Latent Patterns • Founder
Hassan El Mghari
Together AI • Director of Developer Experience
Laurie Voss
Arize AI • AI Engineer / Head of Devrel
Lech Kalinowski
CallStack • Senior AI System Engineer
Lena Hall
Akamai • Senior Director of Developer Relations
Nnenna Ndukwe
Qodo • AI Principal Developer Advocate
Shashank Goyal
OpenRouter, Inc • Founding Engineer
Ben Vinegar
Modem • Founder
Guillaume Vernade
Google DeepMind • GenMedia Developer Advocate
Erik Thorelli
CodeRabbit • Head of DX
Nyah Macklin
Neo4j • Senior Developer Advocate
Tejas Bhakta
Morph LLM • Founder
David Gomes
Cursor • Software Engineer
Gabe Greenberg
G2i • CEO and Founder
Stefan Avram
OpenCode • Head of Business
Ben Davis
T3 • Theo's Manager
Schedule
A curated program to provide you with maximum value, intrigue, and fun. Three main events across two days.
Conference Opener
Evening welcome reception! Meet & chat with top engineers and founders. Food and drinks provided.
Conference Days
Full days of sessions with inspiring keynotes, expo booths, and networking. The expo runs all day featuring the latest AI tools.
Afterparty
Reflect on the day's talks with peers, speakers, and sponsors. Relax and unwind with food and drinks!
8:00 AM
Check In and Breakfast
9:00 AM
Welcome to AI Engineer Miami
9:10 AM
Opening Remarks
9:15 AM
Coming Soon
9:40 AM
Coming Soon
10:05 AM
Everything We got Wrong About RPI
No Vibes Allowed is the second most-watched talk of the 2025 AI engineer code summit, and in the top five most-watched AI Engineer talks of all time.
10:30 AM
Morning Break
11:00 AM
From Local to Remote: Working with Coding Agents over SSH
Many engineers have already adopted terminal-based coding agents. This talk is about the next step: moving those workflows off your laptop and onto remote machines.
11:25 AM
Evaluations and Benchmarks in the wild
Traditional benchmarks only partially reveal a model's real-world performance, which we observe closely at OpenRouter through diverse user interactions.
11:50 AM
How to Embed AI Code Quality Gates in Your SDLC
AI is a force multiplier that turns weak standards into architectural chaos. As code review becomes the ultimate bottleneck, engineering teams must bridge the gap between human intuition and machine output.
12:15 PM
Lunch
1:40 PM
Coming Soon
2:05 PM
How to quantize models (without killing quality)
Four-bit quantization has a bad reputation for destroying model quality. While it's true that post-training quantization in 4-bit integer formats makes models noticeably worse, new microscaling data formats like MXFP4 and NVFP4 deliver on the promise of fast low-precision inference without meaningful quality loss.
2:30 PM
From Prompt to Production: Maximizing Value with Google's GenMedia Models
Unlock the product potential of Google's latest generative media models in this focused deep dive. Move beyond the hype and discover how to extract tangible user value from cutting-edge models like Veo, Nano Banana, and Lyria.
2:55 PM
From Tickets to PRs: Shipping a Governed Snowflake Ops Agent with LangGraph and MCP
At Pinterest, we built Agent Snowy, a LangGraph‑based agent that automates routine Snowflake data warehouse operational requests end‑to‑end, designed to cut median resolution time from hours down to minutes for supported flows.
3:20 PM
Afternoon Break
3:50 PM
Coming Soon
4:15 PM
Coming Soon
4:40 PM
Coming Soon
5:05 PM
You're using the wrong AI SDK
BAML, Vercel's AI SDK, the Pi Agent SDK, and the Opencode SDK. Which one should you build with?
Venue
Venue
Hyatt Regency Miami
Hyatt Regency Miami is a waterfront urban retreat at the center of downtown, offering panoramic river and skyline views alongside modern rooms and thoughtful amenities. Connected to the city's Metromover and moments from Brickell, Wynwood, and the beaches, it places guests at the crossroads of business, culture, and leisure. As Miami emerges as a global hub for technology and AI innovation, the hotel serves as a meeting point for the AI engineering community in our most dynamic district.
Sponsors
We're carefully curating a sponsor expo & non-exhibiting sponsors who are relevant, interesting, and pushing the boundaries of the AI Engineering ecosystem. These are the companies that are building & innovating with AI — from Devtools & Infra to Vector DBs & Open Models.
Our Sponsors
To learn more about available sponsorship opportunities for AI Engineer Miami 2026, let's connect
You can view our previous supporters at World's Fair 2025
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Discovery Track & Expo
Join 500+ AI engineers, CTOs, and VPs of AI in Miami to connect, learn, and build the future of AI engineering.
Date
Apr 20-21
2026
Location
Downtown
Miami, FL
Attendees
500+
AI Engineers
Format
Talks
Expo & Networking