AI Engineer Conference · 2023 → 2026

The Evolution of the AI Engineer

What 972 conference talks reveal about where the field is going. Each line is a topic, ranked by its share of the program each year — dot size is that share.

38 → 561 talks/yr· ~500 → 6,000+ attendees· agents: 18% → 54% of the program

hover a ribbon for its year-by-year story · tap a label to find its sessions

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By the numbers

How big the event got, and how the 2026 program splits across themes.

Scale

Attendees per edition

Topics by theme

Sessions per theme, each year

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Who showed up

355 companies across four editions, by sector — from a handful of vendors to a full industry, with 247 distinct companies in 2026 alone. Each bar counts the companies that gave a talk that year; browse the individual companies in the table below.

2025 affiliations are under-recorded in the source (speakers listed roles, not employers) — 2025 is a floor

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Every session

All 972 tagged talks across four editions. Search, filter by year / topic / track, and sort any column.

Year Session Speaker Company Track Topics