One of Austin’s biggest tech events of the year, Austin Tech Week, is just around the corner.
Austin Startup Week is over. Austin Tech Week is the new branding for an event that has been held in downtown Austin for the past 14 years. As Austin grows and develops as a technology hub, organizers decided a name change was appropriate.
Silicon Hills News covers every edition of Austin’s Startup/Tech Week. As you can see from the Austin skyline, the event’s attendance has grown from hundreds to thousands. The city has changed dramatically over the past decade with the expansion of Tesla, Oracle, and Zoho, and campus expansions of Google, Facebook, Apple, and Samsung.
Additionally, the U.S. Army Futures Command Center selected Austin for its headquarters in 2018. This has led to an increase in the number of start-up companies involved in research and development and developing products for the military.
Austin entrepreneurs have made a number of high-profile exits, including the sale of HomeAway to Expedia, Indeed.com to Recruit, Opcity to Realtor.com, and Honest Dollar to Goldman Sachs. It has spawned thousands of startups.
Meanwhile, Austin is attracting more startups to its ecosystem, with local startups like Icon, SparkCognition, Everly Health, Workrise, Wheel, The Zebra, and Zen Business all receiving funding at valuations exceeding $1 billion. We are procuring.
Austin Tech Week will be held from October 28th to November 1st at Capital Factory and other venues downtown.
The week-long event features a full range of activities, including keynotes, panel discussions, networking mixers, and a Friday night startup crawl. Attendees must register and tickets cost between $29 and $59.
Keynote speeches and fireside chats will include Capital Factory founder Joshua Baer, Data.World founder Brett Hurt, Jason Calacanis, Gretel Perera, and more.
Other highlights include a StudioPod-powered headshot studio at Monday’s Women in Tech track, networking opportunities over coffee and cocktails, and downtown happy hours at Inn Kahoots, Rivian, Fairgrounds Food Hall, and Speakeasy and so on.
The event will also feature off-site health and wellness events, including free Barry’s and RIDE indoor cycling classes, a recovery lounge at Swift Fit Events, and a pickleball meet-and-greet.
Austin Tech Week features nine education tracks on women in technology, innovation, funding, AI, and more.
The week ends on Friday with AustinStartupCrawl, featuring dozens of Austin’s hottest tech companies, live music, and free food and drinks.
