Open Source x Sovereign AI: SF Tech Week
A three-day track where builders and cryptographers get a working stage. Day 1 is sovereign AI for builders. Day 2 is encryption for enterprise AI. Day 3 merges both into an open source unconference and ends with demo night.
October 6-8, 2026 · Apollo Innovation Commons, San Francisco · Part of SF Tech Week
Hosted by Apollo Innovation Commons. Headline sponsor: TrustedRouter.
WHO SHOULD COME
Builders shipping products on open models
Maintainers of serving, quantization, FHE, and enclave projects
Cryptographers and security researchers
Security, compliance, and enterprise AI buyers who sign off on deployments
HOW THE DAYS WORK
Every day opens at 8:15 with coffee, contributors, and a social panel
75-minute working sessions with running code on screen, not slides. Bring a laptop
Lunch and afternoon blocks reserved for actually building
Happy hour 5:00 to 7:00 PM every day. Day 3 rolls straight into demo night
DAY 1 · TUE OCT 6 · SOVEREIGN AI FOR BUILDERS
What it takes to ship on open weights: open weights and who gets to build, self-hosting and inference infrastructure, on-device inference, and export controls on shipping open weights internationally.
8:15-10:00 AM Coffee, Contributors, and What Actually Shipped (social + panel)
10:15-11:30 AM Self-Host the Frontier (working session)
11:45 AM-1:00 PM On-Device Inference That Actually Runs (working session)
1:00-2:00 PM Lunch + Open Build
2:00-3:15 PM Can You Legally Ship These Weights? (working session)
3:15-4:15 PM Show Your Stack: Builder Showcase
4:15-5:00 PM The Open Weights Gap Closed. Who Gets to Build Now? (keynote)
5:00-7:00 PM Open Source Happy Hour
DAY 2 · WED OCT 7 · ENCRYPTION FOR ENTERPRISE AI
Running inference on data you can't send to an API: homomorphic encryption for inference, secure enclaves and confidential computing, verifiable compute, and the enterprise sign-off conversation with security and compliance in the room. TrustedRouter headlines.
8:15-10:00 AM Coffee, Ciphertext, and Where Deals Go to Die (social + panel)
10:00-10:45 AM Getting to Yes with Security and Compliance (fireside)
11:00 AM-12:15 PM Run Inference on Data You Can't See (working session)
12:15-1:15 PM Lunch + Open Build
1:15-2:30 PM Inside the Enclave: Confidential Computing, Hands On (working session)
2:30-3:30 PM Prove What Ran: Verifiable Compute (working session)
3:30-4:15 PM Attested Routing, Live: TrustedRouter x anyeval (working session)
4:15-5:00 PM "We Can't Send This to an API": The Real Deal Killer (keynote, TrustedRouter)
5:00-7:00 PM Open Source Happy Hour
DAY 3 · THU OCT 8 · OPEN SOURCE UNCONFERENCE
Two days in: what got built and what broke. The unconference board opens at 8:15 AM and anyone can propose a session.
8:15-10:00 AM The Board Opens: What Got Built, What Broke (social + panel)
10:00-11:00 AM Confidential Inference, Shipped (case study)
11:15 AM-12:15 PM Running a Lab on Open Weights (case study)
12:15-1:15 PM Lunch + Open Build
1:15-2:15 PM The Export Control Fight, From the Builder Side (panel)
2:15-4:00 PM Open Build Block
4:00-5:00 PM Sovereignty and Encryption Are the Same Problem (keynote, TrustedRouter + TBA)
5:00-7:00 PM Happy Hour: Demo Night Doors Open
7:00-9:00 PM Demo Night
DEMO NIGHT · OCT 8, 7:00-9:00 PM
Running code only. Projects with an active repo and a working demo, including ones that came out of the week's working sessions. Doors open at happy hour. Produced by MASS Arts.
TAKE PART
The speaker lineup is still being booked. Propose a session, nominate a speaker, apply to demo, or apply for a contributor pass at opensourcesf.com.
Contributor passes are subsidized for people who maintain or contribute to an open serving stack, quantization runtime, FHE library, confidential computing project, or open model.
Registration is free and reviewed. A $200 sponsor ticket is available for anyone who wants to back the track, and full sponsorship packages are at opensourcesf.com.
ABOUT THE HOST
Apollo Innovation Commons is a civic innovation hub in San Francisco, organized as a lab of labs across AI, biotech, robotics, climate, and the arts. The work is about widening access to the tools, capital, and shared infrastructure that let people build.
Open innovation, here, is a practical commitment: publish what we learn, support the maintainers who keep shared infrastructure running, and keep the people building with these tools in the conversation about how they develop. Large organizations and independent builders both rely on that common layer, which is why this track is built for both.
Anchor labs: Learning Layer Labs and MASS Arts. Headline sponsor: TrustedRouter.
Full schedule and speaker updates at opensourcesf.com.