AIS26 · Berlin · 18–20 June 2026 — that's a wrap

AI Agents
Summit
2026

From Chatbots to Autonomous Economies. AIS26 brought the global agentic ecosystem to Berlin — and AIS27 is already in motion.

🎤 AI Agents Summit 🛠️ AI Agents Hackathon 📍 Spielfeld Hub + 42Berlin

The lowest price for AIS27 — super early bird is limited.

3
Days in Berlin
20+
Speakers
500+
Agent Builders
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Speakers

The AIS26 speakers.

The founders, engineers, and researchers who took the AIS26 stage to show how they ship real agents. Want to be in the room — or on it — for AIS27? Grab the super early bird, or apply to speak.

In the room

Who was in the room on 18 June.

Teams from across the agentic economy joined us in Berlin — here's a snapshot of who was there.

Celestia
Celestia
RNS
RNS
Softstack
Softstack
ShellWatch
ShellWatch
Solarpunk
Solarpunk
OpenDeSci
OpenDeSci
Plurality Network
Plurality Network
Yoona.ai
Yoona.ai
Whaaat
Whaaat
Bless
Bless
Weavz
Weavz
For Speakers

Speak at a future AI Agents Berlin event.

The 2026 line-up is set — but AI Agents Berlin runs events all year. If you have real deployments, original research, or hard-won lessons in agentic AI to share, put yourself forward for an upcoming stage.

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18 June · Spielfeld Hub

The AI Agents Summit.

Five thematic tracks across one day in Berlin, 10:00–18:00. Expand any track to explore its sessions, speakers, and panels.

10:00–10:15 · Welcome — AIS Team & Spielfeld
The Agentic Economy 10:15–11:00 · 2 sessions
10:15–10:40
State of the Agentic Economy: What Changed in 12 Months
Stefan Erschwendner · Frontira
Opening keynote
10:40–11:00
The Agent Isn't the Product. The Context Is
Hira Siddiqui · Plurality Network
Impact demo
Agents in Production 11:00–11:40 · 2 sessions
11:00–11:20
Agents vs. Workflows in Production: What Breaks When AI Touches Real SaaS Tools
Ahmad Shakir · Weavz
Impact session
11:20–11:40
From Prompt Engineering to Loop Engineering: The Agent Engineering Journey
Sascha Hoffmann · Whaaat
Impact session
11:40–11:55 · Short reset
Autonomous Commerce & Payments 11:55–14:00 · 3 sessions
11:55–12:25
Agentic Commerce on Ethereum
Philip Krause · Ethereum Foundation
Case study
12:25–13:15
Agentic Payments: What Works, What Breaks, What Scales
Moderator Rick Lamanna  ·  Panel Philip Krause (Ethereum Foundation), Nathan Vandy (Bond.Credit), Viet Nguyen (Celestia), Rafael Schultz (BCP Partners)
Panel discussion
13:15–14:00
The Rails of Autonomous Commerce: How Agents Discover, Pay, Verify, and Fulfil
Moderator Ivan Volovik  ·  Panel Blessing Adesiji (Circle), Andrei Mitrea (Solar Punk), Martin Riedel (ShellWatch), Julius Danek (Stripe)
Panel discussion
14:00–14:15 · Break
Beyond Payments 14:15–15:00 · 2 sessions
14:15–14:25
DeSci Agents: Autonomous Research Workflows Beyond Finance
David Wang · OpenDeSci
Lightning talk
14:25–15:00
Beyond Payments: What Agents Will Actually Do for Users, Markets, and Machines
Moderator Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler  ·  Panel David Wang (OpenDeSci), Anna Franziska Michel (Yoona), Sem Bloom (EVMcrispr), Rafael Schultz (BCP Partners)
Panel discussion
15:00–15:30 · Break
Trust, Risk & Accountability 15:30–17:55 · 4 sessions
15:30–16:30
Kicking Off Yield Season 2 by bond.credit
Nathan Vandy · Bond.Credit
Alpha session
16:30–17:10
Autonomy with Guardrails: Identity, Security, Arbitration, and Human Approval
Moderator Michael Van Baelen  ·  Panel Nathan Vandy (Bond.Credit), Phil Fogel (Cork.Tech), William Wang (RNS.ID), Julian Kuners (Runtime Verification)
Panel discussion
17:10–17:35
Capital Formation in the Age of Agentic Finance: When Agents Price, Route, and Manage Risk
Phil Fogel · Cork.Tech
Vision talk
17:35–17:55
Legal Agents in Practice: What Autonomous IP Workflows Teach Us About Trust and Liability
Moritz Breitenbach · Ziebig Hengelhaupt
Case study
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Why Attend

Four reasons to be in the room.

🧠

Learn

Understand how agentic systems are reshaping products, organisations, and digital economies — from the people actually building them.

🤝

Meet

Connect with founders, developers, researchers, and investors who are serious about autonomous AI — not just watching it from the sidelines.

🔭

Discover

See live demos and real deployments from the teams building autonomous agents, and walk away knowing exactly where the frontier is.

🚀

Build

Join the AI Agents Hackathon. Collaborate with top builders. Ship a working agent in a focused two-day build and put it in front of people who can fund it.

Who It's For

Built for the agent ecosystem.

Three audiences. One summit. Every format is designed with you in mind.

🧭

Leaders & Strategists

Understand where agentic systems are creating economic value and competitive advantage — and what that means for your decisions over the next three years.

⚙️

Agent Teams

Showcase products, attract users, and find distribution partners across the agent ecosystem.

🛠️

Builders & Entrepreneurs

Launch projects, meet collaborators, and build production-ready agents in the AI Agents Hackathon — with prizes and real investor attention on the line.

Be in the room for AIS27

AIS26 packed three days of talks, live demos, and an overnight hackathon into Berlin. The next edition is already in motion — lock in the super early bird before prices step up.

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See It for Yourself

This is what we built last year.

AI Agents Summit 2025 — the people, ideas and energy that started it all.

Previous Partners & Sponsors

The organisations that got us here.

Organisations that have supported AI Agents Berlin since 2024.

Get Involved

Partner with the summit.

Limited sponsor slots. Limited speaker spots. Both go fast once the programme is announced.

FAQ

Common questions.

Everything you need to decide.

What is AI Agents Summit 2026?
AI Agents Summit 2026 is the flagship annual gathering for the global agentic AI ecosystem, hosted by AI Agents Berlin. The 2026 edition took place in Berlin, Germany on 18–20 June 2026 during Berlin Blockchain Week, in two parts: the AI Agents Summit on 18 June (talks and live demos) and the AI Agents Hackathon over 19–20 June (an overnight build sprint). The next edition, AIS27, is open now for super early bird sign-ups.
When and where is it?
In 2026, the AI Agents Summit was on Thursday 18 June at Spielfeld Digital Hub, Berlin, and the AI Agents Hackathon ran Friday 19 to Saturday 20 June at 42Berlin. AIS27 dates and venue will be announced on Luma.
How do I get tickets?
AI Agents Summit 2026 (18–20 June) has wrapped. Tickets for the 2027 edition are live — grab the super early bird on Luma at luma.com/ai-agents-summit-2027.
Can I attend just one day or format?
In 2026 you could attend the summit and hackathon together or pick a single track. AIS27 ticket options will be announced on Luma — the super early bird is the lowest price.
What is the Agentic Economy Forum — is it part of AIS26?
The Agentic Economy Forum has been moved to later in 2026 as a standalone event. It is not part of the June 2026 summit. Sign up to the newsletter to be notified when it's announced.
What is the AI Agents Hackathon and who should join?
The AI Agents Hackathon is an overnight build sprint at 42Berlin (19–20 June) where teams build production-grade autonomous agents from scratch — building kicks off Friday at 6 PM and runs through Saturday's submissions and judging. Two tracks: Agentic Commerce and Agent Infrastructure, with $3,000+ in prizes. Workshops and mentorship from Circle and partner teams. Open to developers, designers, domain experts, and founders. Solo participants welcome — team formation happens on Day 1.
Who organises AI Agents Summit?
AI Agents Summit is organised by Raphael Gutsche, operating as AI Agents Berlin — Berlin's leading community for agentic AI since May 2024. 1,500+ members, 30+ partners, 10+ events.
What happened at AI Agents Summit 2025?
AIS25 was held on 19 June 2025 at w3.hub Berlin. 400+ attendees. 15+ speakers from Masumi, ICP, NEAR AI, Gnosis, Algorand, Livepeer, Boson Protocol, and others. Four tracks: Personalised AI, DeFAI, Agent Frameworks, and Agent Launchpads. See the full AIS25 recap →