Codeiac AI
Buildcon 2026
Three days where the people actually building the AI-first world meet, ship and party. In the city that's becoming the world's AI capital — Dubai.
- 3,000+
- Builders
- 120+
- Speakers
- 40+
- Workshops
- 25+
- Countries
Doors open in
The conference
Less stage. More build.
Buildcon is engineered for makers. Half the schedule is workshops, hack jams and 1:1s — the rest is the sharpest keynotes and demos in the industry.
Builders Track
Hands-on workshops on agents, RAG pipelines, fine-tuning and evals — bring your laptop.
Founders Track
Closed-door sessions with operators scaling AI products from zero to nine figures.
Demo Nights
60 startups, 60 demos, one rooftop. Live audience voting and prize pool of $250k.
Community Hall
Lounges, hacker-tables, podcast booths and serendipitous matchmaking with investors.
Speakers
Voices defining what's next
Dr. Layla Mansour
Chief Scientist · Aurora Labs
Kenji Watanabe
Co-founder & CEO · Lumen AI
Priya Iyer
VP Engineering · Frontier
Marcus Devlin
Founder · Synthflow
Hana Al Suwaidi
Director · UAE AI Office
Elena Rossi
Research Lead · OpenStack
Tariq Hassan
CTO · Mirage Robotics
Jordan Lee
Principal · Anthropic
Agenda
Three days, one trajectory.
Foundations
- Opening keynote: The AI-native decade
- Workshop: Production-grade agents
- Fireside: Scaling research orgs
- Welcome reception · Marina
Build
- Hardware × AI showcase
- Multi-modal model deep-dive
- Founders dinner (invite only)
- Late-night hack jam
Ship
- Demo Day finals
- AI policy roundtable
- Investor speed-meets
- Closing party · Atlantis Royal
Backed by the world's most ambitious AI companies
Venue
Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Three interconnected venues across waterways and white sand, with the Burj Al Arab framing the stage. Direct shuttle from DXB and discounted partner hotels.
- Madinat Arena · Conference Hall A–C · Atrium Lounge
- 10 Gbps mesh network across the entire campus
- $250,000 prize pool for the Buildcon Demo Day
Be in the room where it's built.
Early-bird passes are 35% off until December 31. Founder, student and team passes available.