A day for the people building with Aether.
Annual developer + research event. New releases in the morning, customer sessions after lunch, hands-on workshops in the afternoon, a reception in the evening. The agenda is real work and the talks ship code.
One day. Four ways in.
Pick the track that fits the day you want to have. All-access pass switches between them freely; track-specific sessions run concurrently in the afternoon.
Builders
If you write code against the Aether API. Workshops, cookbook walk-throughs, the early-access slot.
Customers
If you have or are evaluating a Aether deployment. Customer-only afternoon with our engineering team in the room.
Researchers
If you publish or hire research. Methods talks, scaling-law results, an evening seminar.
Press
If you write about AI. Press pre-brief at 08:00; full agenda from 09:00; one-on-ones in the afternoon.
The day, block by block.
Subject to change up to launch — but only in the way the talks land, not the shape of the day.
- State of AetherA. Singh · Founder & CEO
Where the model is, where it's going, the year in numbers.
- What we shippedResearch leadership
New checkpoints, new disciplines, new benchmarks. The next release named.
- Aether for engineering — what's newEngineering platform
Multiphysics couplings, new geometry kernels, the wind-tunnel-correlated regression suite.
- Aether for drug discovery — closed loopsDiscovery platform
Active-learning campaigns, plate-ready hand-offs, FEP improvements.
- Aether for software — every IDESoftware platform
New adapters, whole-repo memory, the on-call agent runtime.
- An aerospace prime, on the modelCustomer · aerospace
Replacing the legacy CAE stack one workload at a time.
- A biotech, closing the discovery loopCustomer · biotech
From in-silico hit to plate-ready candidate in nine weeks.
- A fabless semi, on RTL signoffCustomer · semiconductors
Standing up Aether as the secondary signoff path.
- Builder showcaseCommunity
Five short builds from the community. Live demos.
- Hands-on · couple thermal-structuralWorkshop · engineering
Build the turbine-blade cookbook recipe end-to-end. Bring a laptop.
- Hands-on · a FEP campaignWorkshop · pharma
Score a small ligand library against four targets. Real data.
- Hands-on · whole-repo editWorkshop · software
Migrate a Python 3.8 codebase to 3.12 with the agent driving.
- Hands-on · running on-premWorkshop · infrastructure
Stand up Aether in your VPC. Bring a cloud account or a laptop with Docker.
- ReceptionEveryone
Music, dinner, conversations that go past midnight.
Who you'll hear from.
The speaker list firms up over the summer. The shape below is what to expect.
- A. SinghFounder & CEO · Apex
Opening and closing keynote.
- Research leadershipApex
State-of-the-model + what we shipped this year.
- Platform leadsApex
Engineering · Discovery · Silicon · Labs · Software platform updates.
- Customer practitionersIndustry
The teams running Aether in production today.
- Community buildersIndependent
Five short builds from the community.
The things people ask first.
When and where?
October 2026, in San Francisco. The exact date and venue will be confirmed by July. Hold the second week of October on your calendar.
Cost?
Free for customers, partners and academic researchers. A nominal fee for builders to cover catering and AV. Press, free.
Will it be recorded?
Keynote and main-track sessions are recorded and published within a week. Workshops are not recorded — bring your laptop.
Travel and accommodation?
On you. We will publish a hotel block at a discounted rate when registration opens.
Code of conduct?
We follow a strict code of conduct. Harassment of any kind ends your participation in the event with no refund.
Accessibility?
The venue is wheelchair-accessible. Captioning is provided for main-track sessions. Email events@apexworldlabs.com with any specific need.
See you in October.
Registration opens in July. The hotel block opens with it. Email events@apexworldlabs.com with anything we should know about your travel or access needs.