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OpenAI Dev Day 2026

OpenAI Dev Day 2026 is Tuesday 29 September at Fort Mason, San Francisco. In-person applications are closed. The keynote is livestreamed for free. An invited ticket was $650.

Updated 2026-09-27

The event site is devday.openai.com. It is a developer conference: keynote, technical sessions, time with the teams shipping the API and Codex. It is not a job fair and not Academy.

Who could attend

  • Engineers, technical founders, researchers, and technical leaders building with the API
  • Applications closed, with statuses promised by late July and 14 days to register if invited
  • If you were invited, registration was $650
  • Everyone else: the keynote stream on 29 September, then session recordings posted on openai.com
  • Later DevDay Exchanges: Bengaluru, Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, Berlin, London, São Paulo, and Mexico City. Those are separate signups

Questions

Where is OpenAI Dev Day?

29 September 2026, Fort Mason, San Francisco. The keynote is also online.

Can I still buy a ticket?

In-person applications are closed on the event site. Watch the livestream.

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