# THE AI UNDERGROUND

> A conference for people building the future of freedom with AI. From open weight models to open source agents, the AI Underground brings together the minds building AI into a technology of liberation.

ATL BitLab · Atlanta, GA · August 15-16, 2026. ALL AGES · BYO LAPTOP · DOORS 9AM. Markdown mirrors of the public pages are linked below for agents and crawlers.

## Pages

- [Home](https://aiunderground.dev/index.md): Event overview, lineup, venue, door prices, and FAQ.
- [Tickets](https://aiunderground.dev/tickets.md): Live wave pricing and how to buy.
- [Sponsor us](https://aiunderground.dev/sponsor-with-us.md): How to sponsor the event.

## Speakers

- [Austin](https://aiunderground.dev/speaker/austin.md): Local Model Hacker, PlebDevs.
- [Nitesh B](https://aiunderground.dev/speaker/nitesh-b.md): Lead Developer, Hunk.
- [HODLBarbarian](https://aiunderground.dev/speaker/hodlbarbarian.md): Agent Wrangler, HODLBarbarian Capital, LLC.
- [Stephen DeLorme](https://aiunderground.dev/speaker/stephen-delorme.md): Founding Designer, moneydevkit.
- [Matthias Debernardini](https://aiunderground.dev/speaker/matthias-debernardini.md): Founder & Principal Engineer, Nashville Automation.

## Sponsors

- [Human Rights Foundation](https://aiunderground.dev/sponsor/human-rights-foundation.md): Defending freedom and human rights worldwide.

## Optional

- [robots.txt](https://aiunderground.dev/robots.txt): Crawl and AI-use policy.
- [Sitemap](https://aiunderground.dev/sitemap.xml): Canonical crawlable pages.