Dublin AI Week 2026: Bringing Dublin’s AI Communities Together
October 2 @ 8:00 am – October 9 @ 5:00 pm
Through AI Dubliners, I regularly follow events, meetups and hackathons across Dublin. And I keep noticing the same thing: the city already has a strong community of people building with artificial intelligence.
But that energy is often spread across different events, spaces and communities.
The first Dublin AI Week aims to bring those parts together.
What is Dublin AI Week?
Dublin AI Week is a community-led programme taking place across Dublin from 2 to 9 October 2026.
Presented by Give(a)Go and Baseline Community + Fund, the week will feature events hosted independently by different communities across the city.
There will be no single main stage or central conference venue. Instead, organisers are planning 35+ free events, including:
- Hackathons and build challenges
- Technical workshops and product demonstrations
- Talks and research paper discussions
- Capture the Flag cybersecurity challenges
- Robot-building sessions
- Community meetups
Some events will be designed for experienced engineers and researchers. Others will welcome people using AI tools for the first time.
Why does Dublin AI Week matter?
From what I have seen, Dublin does not lack AI talent or community activity. The bigger opportunity is to connect that existing energy and make it more visible.
The decentralised format means people can do more than listen to presentations. They can build products, share ideas, meet potential collaborators and perhaps take the first step towards a new team or company.
As the organisers explain in their manifesto, the aim is to help Dublin’s builders find each other, share what they know and start creating together.
What happens alongside and after Dublin AI Week?
From 7 to 9 October, Baseline and Frontline Ventures will host Rebase in the City. The invitation-only event aims to bring together approximately 300 founders and investors from Europe and the US.
On 14 October, Ireland will host the International AI Summit as part of its Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The summit is a separate, invitation-only event.
Together, these events highlight three different layers of Dublin’s AI ecosystem: open community activity, founder and investor connections, and international business and policy.
Through AI Dubliners, I will continue following the programme, the communities taking part and the projects that emerge.
The question is no longer whether Dublin has an AI community.
What could happen when that community becomes part of the same citywide story?