# 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.

A conference series hosted by ATL BitLab in Atlanta, GA. The series overview lives at https://aiunderground.dev/ (markdown: https://aiunderground.dev/index.md); each conference has its own sub-site under /{year}/{slug}. Markdown mirrors of every public page are linked below for agents and crawlers.

## THE AI UNDERGROUND — August 15-16, 2026

- [Event page](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/index.md): Overview, lineup, venue, door prices, and FAQ.
- [Schedule](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/schedule.md): The two-day schedule, with a markdown page per session.
- [Tickets](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/tickets.md): Live pricing and how to buy.
- [Sponsor us](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/sponsor-with-us.md): How to sponsor the event.
- [Apply to speak](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/apply-to-speak.md): How to pitch a talk.
- [Volunteer](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/volunteer.md): How to join the crew and get in free.
- [Why attend](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/why-attend.md): What a ticket gets you: the talks, the lineup, and the room.

### Speakers (August 15-16, 2026)

- [Austin](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/austin.md): Local Model Hacker, PlebDevs.
- [Nitesh B](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/nitesh-b.md): Lead Developer, Hunk.
- [HODLBarbarian](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/hodlbarbarian.md): Agent Wrangler, HODLBarbarian Capital, LLC.
- [Stephen DeLorme](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/stephen-delorme.md): Founding Designer, moneydevkit.
- [Matthias Debernardini](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/matthias-debernardini.md): Founder & Principal Engineer, Nashville Automation.
- [Sherif Cherfa](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/sherif-cherfa.md): Applied AI Researcher, Sybil Solutions.
- [Ben Carman](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/ben-carman.md): Dev, Spiral.
- [Adewale Abati](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/adewale-abati.md): Ambassador, Agentic AI Foundation.
- [Harrison Friedes](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/harrison-friedes.md): Freedom Tech Grants Lead, Human Rights Foundation.
- [Alex Lewin](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/alex-lewin.md): Developer, Finite Computer.
- [Anthony Ronning](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/anthony-ronning.md): Co-founder & CTO, Maple.
- [James Harris](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/speaker/james-harris.md): Entrepreneur in Residence, ATDC.

### Sponsors (August 15-16, 2026)

- [Human Rights Foundation](https://aiunderground.dev/2026/august/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.