Attendees at the Boston AI Week opening celebration held at Island Creek Raw Bar in WS Development’s Seaport District in Boston. Boston AI Week 2026 will run from September 24th to October 2nd and will feature more than 300 events across Massachusetts.
Boston AI Week 2026 – “AI in Business and Life” – will be held from September 24 to October 2, 2026, and will feature more than 300 events across Massachusetts.
Boston-centered AI festival spanning Massachusetts to run from September 24 to October 2, 2026: 300+ events, 30,000 attendees, new board to drive jobs and AI adoption
— Samantha Perrone, Google Cloud Area Market Leader
BOSTON, MA, USA, June 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Boston AI Week, a Boston-centric AI festival headquartered in the Seaport and spanning communities across Massachusetts, announced today that Boston AI Week 2026 will run from September 24 to October 2, 2026, with more than 300 events and 30,000 participants across the state. announced that a number of participants are expected. The organization also announced the creation of its first Board of Directors to support governance, continuity, and long-term economic and workforce impact. This will accelerate responsible AI adoption across Massachusetts industries and expand employment and talent pathways for the Commonwealth’s workforce.
Boston AI Week is not a single conference, it’s a platform. Hundreds of organizations, including startups, corporations, universities, investors, employee groups, cultural institutions, nonprofits, and public sector partners, host events across the state and are compiled into a unified calendar by Boston AI Week.
Establishing a board of directors to support governance and long-term impact
As Boston AI Week grows, the Board will provide strategic guidance across partnerships, program integrity, sponsor engagement, public engagement, and talent development. Board members represent venture capital firms, global technology companies, executives, founders, and local partners with deep Massachusetts ties.
The Boston AI Week Board of Directors includes:
– Carol Meyers, Glasswing Ventures Advisor
– Chris Jennings, BUA President and CEO
– David Chang, Via AI Co-Founder and CEO
– Debbie Millin, Founder and CEO of UpperLevel Solutions
– Elyas Tecle, Google Cloud Strategic Partner
– Gregory Raiz, Managing Partner, FoundersEdge
– John Holmes, Managing Director, Accenture
– John Warner, Managing Director, Link Ventures. Founder, Imagination in Action. Forbes AI columnist. MIT part-time lecturer
– Jonathan Corbin, Founder and CEO, Maven AGI
– Kara Peterson, co-founder and CEO of Descrybe. Building AI Boston Co-Founder and Co-Organizer
– Nevin Stevens, Google Cloud Strategic Partner
– Patricia Geli, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, C10 Labs
– Paul Baier, GAI Insights Co-Founder and CEO
– Samantha Perrone, Area Market Leader, Google Cloud
– Scott Weller, Founder and CTO of EnFi.ai
– Yanni Tsipis, WS Development Vice President
“Boston AI Week exists to do something important: connect the people who build AI with the institutions that make Massachusetts work: businesses, universities, investors, and government,” said Judah Phillips, founder and producer of Boston AI Week. “The Board formalizes stewardship behind the platform, which strengthens governance, raises the bar for program quality, and continues our focus on outcomes such as talent development, responsible hiring, and lasting economic value.”
“Boston has the distinct advantage of having research, capital, talent, and operators concentrated in a compact geography,” said Yanni Tsipis, EVP of WS Development and member of the Boston AI Week Board of Directors. “Boston AI Week delivers a coordinated and focused national impact based in the Seaport District, which will define the future of our region’s innovation ecosystem. Boston AI Week provides numerous opportunities for partners to engage with like-minded companies and many ways for the public to engage with new ideas and technologies.”
“AI changes things only when it leaves the demo and goes to work in hospitals, classrooms, small businesses, city halls, and other workplaces,” said Samantha Perrone, unit area leader at Google Cloud and member of the Boston AI Week board. “Boston has the research, talent, and builder energy to lead this next chapter, and Google Cloud is here in business and life to help the entire ecosystem move from experimentation to real, responsible adoption at scale.”
“AI leadership doesn’t come from a single company or lab; it comes from an ecosystem,” said John Werner, managing director at Link Ventures and a member of the Boston AI Week board of directors. “Boston AI Week will help our region work as one connected network, ensuring Boston is seen not just as a place where AI is invented, but as a place where AI is actually deployed.”
“Most of the talk about AI is in software and demos,” said John Holmes, a managing director at Accenture and a member of the Boston AI Week Board of Directors. “The more difficult issue is operations: the manufacturers, utilities, and hospitals that keep Massachusetts running.” “Boston AI Week takes applied AI seriously, and that’s where real value comes from.”
“Ideas become reality when CEOs, board members, and technologists work together to turn innovation into scalable solutions,” said Debbie Millin, founder and CEO of UpperLevel Solutions and member of the Boston AI Week Board of Directors. “Boston AI Week showcases our position as a hub for this execution phase where the next generation of AI businesses are being built and scaled.”
Size, scope, and program architecture
Boston AI Week 2025 featured more than 125 events across Massachusetts over 23 days and reported more than 15,000 participants. The 2026 theme is “AI in Business and Life,” with a focus on applied AI: how organizations implement AI into their core operations, and how communities experience AI in education, culture, and everyday work and life.
Key experiences scheduled for this week include AI at the Seaport headquarters campus, the Massachusetts Workforce Development and Career Fair, and anchor partner conferences and cultural events across the city and state.
Economic and workforce development focus
Boston AI Week aims to strengthen the region’s AI economy by accelerating adoption, raising awareness of regional innovation, and expanding talent pathways. The festival supports Boston’s role as a global AI hub with a focus on workforce readiness and real-world deployment.
The Massachusetts Workforce Development and Career Fair brings together employers, job seekers, and training partners to center AI as a pillar of the workforce.
Organizers estimate that Boston AI Week will generate an impact of $45 million to $55 million for tourism and hospitality related to visitor and event-driven spending.
How to participate
Organizations interested in hosting, partnering with, or sponsoring Boston AI Week 2026 can learn more at aiweek.boston. Organizers can submit event proposals there to be included in the calendar. Sponsors and partners can contact the Boston AI Week team to discuss participation that aligns with program, workforce, and citizen priorities.
About Boston AI Week
Boston AI Week is a Boston-based AI festival headquartered in the Seaport that brings together partner-led events into a coordinated calendar spanning communities across Massachusetts. Launched in 2025 and with more than 125 events and 15,000 participants, the platform brings together leaders from startups, businesses, universities, investors, workforce organizations, and the public sector to advance responsible AI adoption, grow the Commonwealth’s AI economy, and develop talent at scale.
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