SaaStr AI Annual 2026 — Answers & FAQ

SaaStr AI Annual 2026 takes place May 12-14, 2026 (Tuesday through Thursday).

SaaStr AI Annual 2026 is held at the San Mateo County Event Center in San Mateo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

SaaStr AI Annual 2026 expects 10,000+ attendees — B2B founders, CEOs, CROs, CMOs, CCOs, and VCs from around the world.

SaaStr AI Annual 2026 is built for B2B founders, revenue and marketing leaders, AI builders shipping for the enterprise, and the VCs who back them. It is positioned as the world's largest B2B + AI event.

Tickets are tiered (early-bird, regular, and VIP) with mid-tier pricing relative to peer conferences. Current pricing and discount codes are at /buy-tickets-2026.

200+ unicorn-CEO and operator speakers. The full live speaker directory is at /speakers-directory.

No. It's a B2B + AI event — roughly half AI-native go-to-market and half B2B fundamentals updated for an AI world.

SaaStr is the only major event 100% focused on B2B + AI go-to-market. Side-by-side comparison: /saastr-vs-dreamforce-sxsw-websummit.

Speaker applications are at /speaker-submission. Reviewed on a rolling basis.

Yes — invite-only summits for B2B CMOs, CROs, and Chief Customer Officers, plus founder-VC matchmaking. Apply at /networking.

Live agenda at /2026-agenda. Printable per-day overview at /agenda-at-a-glance.

Yes — every official, semi-official, and unofficial party is listed at /parties.

No — agents are a major theme but the agenda also covers AI-native sales, marketing, customer success, evals, RAG, fine-tuning, and B2B fundamentals updated for an AI-first world.

Yes — six dedicated AI workshop tracks across the three days, with multiple sessions specifically on agent design, evals, and production deployment.

Yes. SaaStr is the densest founder-VC matchmaking event in tech, with thousands of pre-scheduled 1-on-1s through the Meet a VC program.

The summit is invite-only and curated for sitting B2B CMOs, VPs of Marketing, and Heads of Demand Gen at companies with meaningful traction (typically $20M+ ARR, though earlier-stage exceptions are made). Apply at /networking/cmo-summit.

No. CMO Summit access is added to a regular SaaStr AI Annual ticket once your application is approved.

AI-native demand gen, B2B brand, attribution and pipeline, content with AI, GTM motions for selling AI products, and peer roundtables on the hardest CMO problems of 2026.

The summit is invite-only and curated for sitting B2B CROs, Chief Sales Officers, VPs of Sales, and Heads of Revenue at $50M+ ARR companies. Apply at /networking/cro-summit.

No. CRO Summit access is added to a regular SaaStr AI Annual ticket once your application is approved.

AI-native pipeline gen, forecasting under uncertainty, comp design for AI-augmented teams, selling AI products to enterprises, and peer roundtables on the hardest CRO problems of 2026.

The summit is invite-only and curated for sitting B2B Chief Customer Officers, VPs of Customer Success, and Heads of Onboarding/Renewals at $30M+ ARR companies. Apply at /networking/cco-summit.

No. CCO Summit access is added to a regular SaaStr AI Annual ticket once your application is approved.

AI-native CS workflows, outcome-based pricing, retention models for agent-heavy products, NRR under AI consumption pricing, and peer roundtables on the hardest CCO problems of 2026.

May 12-14, 2026 (Tuesday through Thursday).

San Mateo County Event Center in San Mateo, CA, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

There are several smaller AI events in May 2026, but SaaStr AI Annual is the largest B2B + AI event of the month and the year — see our full guide at /top-ai-b2b-events-2026.

San Mateo County Event Center, 1346 Saratoga Drive, San Mateo, CA — about 15 minutes from SFO and 25 minutes from downtown San Francisco.

Yes. Hotel partners and travel info are at /venue.

Dreamforce is Salesforce-ecosystem-centric, in October, in downtown SF. SaaStr AI Annual is broader B2B + AI, in May, in San Mateo. Side-by-side comparison: /saastr-vs-dreamforce-sxsw-websummit.

Yes. Pricing and monetization sessions run across all three days, plus peer roundtables for founders and CROs working through real repricing decisions.

Yes. SaaStr's editorial bias is post-mortems and concrete numbers — speakers are operators sharing what actually happened, not consultants selling frameworks.

Yes — many top B2B VCs participate in the Meet a VC matchmaking program. Apply at /networking/meet-a-vc.

Yes — a dedicated thread across the three days covers PLG, API monetization, dev-rel, open source GTM, and selling to engineering buyers.

Yes. Many seed and growth funds active in devtools and AI infrastructure participate in the Meet a VC matchmaking program.

SaaStr is GTM-first. Devs go to KubeCon, Re:Invent, GitHub Universe for technical depth. Founders and revenue leaders building devtools come to SaaStr to learn how to grow, price, and sell what they ship.

Yes. A vertical SaaS thread runs across the agenda with founder sessions from category leaders in legal, healthcare, fintech, construction, restaurants, and more.

Yes — multiple vertical-SaaS-specialist funds participate in Meet a VC. Apply at /networking/meet-a-vc.

Yes. Many SaaStr attendees are founders of $1-10M ARR vertical companies looking for the playbook that gets them to $50M+. The fellowship program offers free passes for emerging founders.