Austin Tech Week, one of the biggest Austin tech events of the year, is about to kick off.
Austin Startup Week is no more. Austin Tech Week is the new branding for an event that has occurred for the past 14 years in downtown Austin. With the growth and development of Austin as a tech hub, organizers decided a name change was in order.
Silicon Hills News has covered every Austin Startup/Tech Week. The event has grown from several hundred attendees to several thousand, as can be seen in Austin’s skyline. The city has changed dramatically in the past decade with the addition of Tesla, Oracle, and Zoho and the expansion of Google, Facebook, Apple, and Samsung campuses.
In addition, the U.S. Army Futures Command Center chose Austin in 2018 to establish its headquarters. This has spurred research and development and startups creating products for the military.
Austin entrepreneurs have created thousands of startups with numerous high-profile exits, such as HomeAway’s sale to Expedia, Indeed.com’s sale to Recruit, Opcity’s sale to Realtor.com, and Honest Dollar’s sale to Goldman Sachs.
Meanwhile, Austin has attracted more startups to its ecosystem, and homegrown startups like Icon, SparkCognition, Everly Health, Workrise, Wheel, The Zebra, and Zen Business have all raised money at a greater than $1 billion valuation.
Austin Tech Week occurs from October 28th to November 1st at Capital Factory and other venues downtown.
The week-long event offers a full lineup of activities, including keynote talks, panels, networking mixers, and a startup crawl on Friday night. Participants must register, and a ticket costs $29 to $59.
There will be keynote addresses and fireside chats with Joshua Baer, founder of Capital Factory, and Brett Hurt, Founder of Data.World, Jason Calacanis, Gretel Perera, and more.
Other highlights include a headshot studio powered by StudioPod during the Women in Tech track on Monday, networking opportunities over coffee or cocktails, and downtown happy hours at Inn Cahoots, Rivian, Fareground Food Hall, and Speakeasy.
The event also features offsite health and wellness events, such as FREE Barry’s and RIDE Indoor Cycling classes, the recovery lounge at Swift Fit Events, pickleball meetups, and more.
Austin Tech Week features nine educational tracks on women in tech, innovation, fundraising, AI, and more.
The week wraps up on Friday with AustinStartupCrawl, which features dozens of Austin’s hottest tech companies, live music, and free food and drinks.