Who is attending · Barcelona 13–14 October 2026
Who Is
Attending
The founders, operators and investors deciding how AI software gets built, priced and sold in Europe. Shift AI Europe is hard-capped at 1,000, so the audience stays senior and high-signal. 81% are founders, C-suite or senior leaders, and they arrive to make real build-vs-buy decisions across two days and 8,000 curated 1:1 meetings.
81%
Founders, C-suite & senior leaders
76%
Lead AI-first or AI-native
40%
At €5M+ ARR (disclosed)
The full breakdown
See exactly who's in the audience.
Seniority, revenue, AI adoption, countries, categories, funding stages and named companies. The full attendee breakdown, updated as registrations come in.
Free · PDF · September 2026
Shift AI Europe · Attendee Breakdown 2026
Who is attending
A snapshot of the audience registering for Barcelona.
Download the full breakdown to see countries, categories, funding stages and named companies.
Attendee snapshot
1,000 decision-makers. A snapshot of who's registered so far.
This is an early sample, not the full attendee list. Even at this stage the registrations skew senior, AI-first and revenue-generating.
A snapshot, not the full list
Countries registered so far
Categories registered
Funds & investors registered
+ Personas, funding stages and named companies. Download the breakdown to see it all.
Already registered
Companies already coming.
The companies and funds sending founders, operators and investors to Barcelona. One entry per company, showing its most senior confirmed registration. The roster grows every week.
Speakers
Leaders talking to leaders.
The first speakers are confirmed, with more announced in the run-up to October.
Sponsors
Backing the inaugural edition.
The companies putting their brand at the centre of the AI software conversation in Europe.
What they get
Different founders. Different outcomes.
Three types of attendee, each leaving Barcelona with something specific. Switch to see what each one gets.
- 01
Learn how to transform to AI
Hear from founders who have made the shift. Peer-led, no vendor agenda.
- 02
Get honest peer feedback
Shift Roundtables under Chatham House Rules. Bring your real challenges.
- 03
Benchmark your business
Compare metrics and AI adoption pace with direct peers, confidentially.
- 04
Win new customers
Pre-qualified buyers in structured 1:1 Shift Meetings. No cold outreach.
- 05
Raise capital
Meet investors actively backing AI software transformation.
- 01
Learn how to build AI-native
Playbooks from founders 12–24 months ahead. No consultant framing.
- 02
Win first enterprise customers
Structured meetings with buyers already evaluating new AI software.
- 03
Raise your round
Meet investors deploying into AI-native software at seed and Series A.
- 04
Find distribution partners
Co-sell, integration and distribution deals built in days, not months.
- 05
Pressure-test pricing
Unfiltered input from operators who are your potential buyers.
- 01
Source deals systematically
8,000 structured meetings. Meet the most interesting founders first.
- 02
Read where the market moves
Signal from the founders closest to the frontier over two days.
- 03
Get under the hood on AI
See which categories are being rebuilt and which models hold up.
- 04
Meet co-investors
20 funds already registered, from pre-seed angels to growth and PE.
- 05
Create portfolio value
Bring portfolio founders and make direct customer introductions.
1,000 seats. Hard cap.
The audience is filling and the cap does not move. Lock in your place in Barcelona.
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