Building AIE: Open Q&A and Feedback Session with swyx

An open mic with the organizer: what's working at AI Engineer, what isn't, and what changes next year. NEXT UP: AI ENGINEER CODE SUMMIT Join us in SF for the second annual AIE CODE Summit, Nov 10–12, our last flagship summit of 2026. Applications live now: https://aie.codes swyx, co-founder of AI Engineer, runs an open Q&A and feedback session at the 2026 World's Fair. Attendees raise an AI safety track, expo length, overfull workshops, Wi-Fi and the conference app. swyx covers plans to keep the World's Fair at Moscone at the same size, a finance-focused New York event, the partner model for AIE events around the world, tips for local meetups, how speakers are picked from 2,200 applications for about 300 spots, and the first academic poster sessions. In this video: • How AIE picks speakers from 2,200 applications • Plans for the World's Fair and AIE events worldwide • How to start and run a local AI Engineer meetup • Attendee feedback on workshops, Wi-Fi and the app SPEAKER swyx, Co-founder, AI Engineer X: https://x.com/swyx Website: https://www.swyx.io CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro and next year's events 1:02 Should there be an AI safety track? 3:41 Is a four-day expo too long? 6:37 Partner AIE conferences 8:32 Bringing AIE to India 11:47 Tips for running local meetups 15:20 Workshop rooms filling up 17:12 Conference size and staying at Moscone 20:02 Wi-Fi complaints 23:23 More networking time for leaders 26:23 Replacing the conference app 29:30 Workshop and talk lengths 31:56 Track continuity and YouTube 33:44 New engineer orientation 36:11 Too many talks and FOMO 38:59 Detailed app feedback 44:51 Team investment and leadership track 49:02 Conference culture and costumes 51:48 How to get selected to speak 55:25 Student and academic poster sessions Recorded at the AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 in San Francisco. Subscribe for more talks from the engineers building with AI. AI Engineer: https://ai.engineer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aiDotEngineer X: https://x.com/aiDotEngineer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aidotengineer/ #AIEngineer #swyx