Agentic AI Summit 2026: 5,000 Gather in Berkeley to Explore Future of Agents
Scobleizer · x · 2026-08-22
The Agentic AI Summit 2026, held on August 1-2 at UC Berkeley, attracted approximately 5,000 in-person attendees and 100,000 online participants. The event featured around 200 world-class speakers, including frontier AI researchers, visionary founders, and industry leaders.
Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw, noted in his talk that "The text box is AI's radio-on-TV phase," suggesting that every new medium starts by imitating the old one.
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