Ai4 2026 runs August 4-6 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, projecting over 12,000 attendees, 1,000 speakers, and 400 exhibitors across nearly one million square feet of space. It is the largest AI conference in North America, and the ChurchTechToday team plans to be on the ground reporting back on what Christian leaders need to know.
What gets decided at Ai4 shapes the tools landing on your desk in the next 12 to 24 months.
The Headline Panel
The opening keynote unites three of the most influential figures in AI history: Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng on the main stage. Hinton is the Nobel Prize-winning “Godfather of AI.” Li’s ImageNet project unlocked modern computer vision. Ng made deep learning accessible to millions through Coursera and Google Brain. Getting all three in one room is itself a statement about the moment we are in.
Together they will address frontier research, human-centered innovation, and emerging governance challenges. That governance conversation is one the church has a direct stake in.
Other Speakers Worth Noting
Additional keynoters include Dmitri Dolgov, Co-CEO of Waymo; Sebastian Thrun, Founding CEO of Waymo and Udacity; Jeetu Patel, President and CPO of Cisco; and Tim O’Reilly, Founder of O’Reilly Media. Sector representation spans the American Medical Association, Mayo Clinic, U.S. Bank, Airbus, and the United States Air Force.
The healthcare and media voices are the ones most relevant to ministry. How AI handles sensitive communication and content at scale in those industries maps directly onto questions churches are already asking about pastoral care and congregant engagement.
The Church Is Already in the Room
One thing that surprised our team at last year’s conference: we were far from the only ministry-minded people there. Walking the floor, we ran into teams and leaders from Life.Church, ACS Technologies, Stackhouse Ventures, Coalition for Christian Outreach, and others. The faith sector is showing up at events like this, and that presence is growing.
Ai4 is not a ministry conference. But the organizations building the models, platforms, and policies that will reshape how every institution communicates and serves people are all there. Church leaders who track what the enterprise AI world is deciding will ask better vendor questions and avoid being late to tools that could genuinely expand ministry capacity.
What to Watch For
An AI Policy Summit tackles governance, regulation, ethics, and national strategy. As denominations and congregations work to develop their own AI policies, this track will surface the conversations the broader culture is already having. If your church hasn’t started thinking through an AI use policy yet, AIPoliciesMadeSimple.com is a good place to start. It is a free resource site published by AIforChurchLeaders.com built specifically to help pastors and ministry leaders navigate that process. Ai4
We will bring back what matters most for Christian leaders navigating this moment. Stay tuned for live coverage and post-conference reporting from Ai4 2026.
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