# All Things AI

> All Things AI is a practical AI community for people in business, government and education: an annual conference in North Carolina's Research Triangle, meetups and webinars throughout the year, and hands-on programs such as Build an Agent Day. Co-founded by Todd Lewis (All Things Open) and Mark Hinkle (The AIE Network).
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> Org line: Your Launchpad for AI in Business. The 2027 conference theme is Make AI Work for You. Those are not the same sentence.

This file is a plain-language guide to the site. The linked pages are the authoritative source; where they differ from this file, trust the pages.

## Status as of September 2026
- 2027 registration is not open.
- The 2027 call for proposals is not open. It is scheduled to open December 1, 2026 and close January 15, 2027.
- Notify-only: [newsletter](https://news.allthingsai.org) or [contact form](https://allthingsai.org/contact)

## All Things AI 2027 (the next conference)
- Theme: Make AI Work for You
- Dates: April 18–20, 2027
- Venue: Atlantic Union Bank Convention Center, 500 S Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Planned program: Agent Hackathon (Sunday, April 18), workshop day (Monday, April 19), conference day (Tuesday, April 20). Session details are being finalized.
- Executive AI Summit: April 21, 2027, a separate event with screened participation, co-hosted by Aaron Fulkerson, CEO of OPAQUE Systems
- [Conference page](https://allthingsai.org/conference)
- [Conference tracks](https://allthingsai.org/conference#2027-tracks)
  - AI Users, AI in the Enterprise (Transformation & Infrastructure), AI Builders, AI Engineers, AI Executives, AI Governance, Security & Compliance, Sovereign AI and Open Source, AI for Small Business, AI & the Workforce, AI Demo Theater
  - Formats alongside the tracks: hands-on workshops (Monday, April 19) and five-minute Ignition Talks (Monday and Tuesday at lunch)
- [Event page](https://events.allthingsai.org/events/all-things-ai-2027)

## The Industry (editorial desks)
Editorial picks by All Things AI, grouped by what each company does and listed A–Z inside each group. Not rankings. Every company page cites its sources. Updated September 19, 2026.
- [Hub](https://allthingsai.org/ai-industry)
- [The Agentic 80](https://allthingsai.org/ai-industry/agentic-80): 80 companies that ship AI agents
- [The All Things AI 100](https://allthingsai.org/ai-industry/atai-100): 100 AI companies that matter to business
- [Company directory](https://allthingsai.org/ai-industry/companies): One page per company, A–Z
- [The AIE Index](https://allthingsai.org/ai-industry/aie-index): 22 public AI stocks tracked since August 2024; educational, not investment advice
- [ATAI Best of Awards](https://allthingsai.org/ai-industry/best-of): Editors’ choice for 2027; nominations not open

## Year-round programs
- [Meetups](https://allthingsai.org/meetups)
- [Build an Agent Day](https://www.buildanagent.io/)
- [Webinars](https://allthingsai.org/webinars)
- [Upcoming events](https://allthingsai.org/#upcoming-events)
- [Newsletter](https://news.allthingsai.org)

## Past conferences
- [All Things AI 2026](https://allthingsai.org/2026): March 23–24, 2026, Durham, NC
- [All Things AI 2025](https://allthingsai.org/2025): Durham, NC
- [Speakers](https://allthingsai.org/speakers)
- [Speaker resources and downloadable coaches](https://allthingsai.org/speakers/resources)
- [Ignition Talk FAQ](https://allthingsai.org/speakers/ignition-talk-faq): five minutes, one idea, one win, one example; educate, entertain, inspire, and share a vision for AI's future.

## Organization
- [About](https://allthingsai.org/about)
- [How We Dogfood AI](https://allthingsai.org/about/dogfooding-ai): our AI work building ConferenceOS (our own conference software) and the website, editing videos and creating ads; an interactive WebMCP walkthrough. The site tools retrieve public information and links; event registration is not connected.
- [AI Skills for Work](https://allthingsai.org/ai-fluency)
- [AI Scholarships and free seats to learn AI](https://allthingsai.org/ai-scholarships)
- [Give Back](https://allthingsai.org/give-back): A for-profit that funds scholarships and free seats
- [Sponsorship](https://allthingsai.org/sponsors) (sponsors@allthingsai.org)
- [Contact](https://allthingsai.org/contact) (info@allthingsai.org)