Organizer @aiDotEngineer (swyx) says the 2026 World's Fair is "completely sold…

Brief

The 2026 World's Fair (announced 2026-06-28 by @aiDotEngineer/swyx) is claimed "completely sold out," with the Leadership track, tomorrow's workshops, and late-bird tickets gone. Attendance has passed 6,000 and may reach 7,000 this weekend. Limited overflow expo/engineering tickets are available (no seat guarantee). There are 65 free SF side events, free YouTube engineering content, and New Engineer Orientation at Moscone 5–9 PM tonight.

Why it matters

Organizer @aiDotEngineer (swyx) says the 2026 World's Fair is "completely sold out" — Leadership track for CTOs & VP AIs, tomorrow's workshops, and all late-bird tickets are sold out; limited overflow tickets for the expo and engineering passes are now open with no seating guaranteed (first-come, first-served).

Key details

Attendance has already crossed 6,000 and organizers expect to call it sold out when they hit 7,000 this weekend; they warn of extremely heavy last-minute registration and ask attendees to help load-balance across days.

There are 65 free side events across San Francisco; all engineering content will be published free on YouTube; New Engineer Orientation is at Moscone tonight from 5:00 PM–9:00 PM, and students or those between jobs are directed to /associates.

The 2026 World's Fair is completely sold out 🫡

✅ The largest AI industry expo on earth
✅ Sold out on Leadership track for CTOs & VP AI's
✅ Sold out on Workshops tomorrow
✅ Sold out on ALL late bird tickets
🙌 65 side events still FREE all over SF (see website)
What we will never sell out: Our commitment to publishing all the best AI engineering content for free online on YouTube.

We have now opened limited overflow tickets for our expo and engineering tix — no seating guaranteed, sessions are first come first served.

If you ARE one of our attendees, DO come down to Moscone for New Engineer Orientation tonight from 5p-9p to meet new friends and skip the morning crush for tomorrow. We expect EXTREMELY heavy last minute registration and need your help to load balance across days.

Please give your speakers and sponsors all the love for all the effort they are putting into making this the greatest show we have ever done!

swyx 🔜 @aiDotEngineer (@swyx)

btw we crossed our 6k attendee mark a while ago. will probably call sold out when we hit 7k this weekend. do get tix now, this is the epicenter of ai next week.

if you are a student or between jobs, head to /associates to help us out.

— https://nitter.net/swyx/status/2070920495051280623#m