Sentient Futures Summit Bay Area 2026
By Jonah Woodward, Sentient Futures (formerly AI for Animals) @ 2025-11-19T04:30 (+33)
Sentient Futures Summit (SFS) Bay Area 2026 is a three-day conference exploring the impacts of AI on sentient non-humans, both biological (i.e. animals) and potentially artificial.
Register here by December 1st for a 30% Early Bird Discount!
Taking place in San Francisco the weekend of February 6-8th – a week before EAG Bay Area 2026 – it will build on the success of Sentient Futures’ previous AI, Animals and Digital Minds events in London and NYC, and the AI for Animals Bay Area conference.
Hosting 200-300 attendees, SFS will bring together thought leaders with backgrounds in philosophy, animal welfare science, industry, AI ethics/safety, and government/policy.
Already on our list of attendees, we have:
- Lewis Bollard (Farm Animal Welfare Program Director, Open Philanthropy)
- David Meyer (CEO, Food Systems Innovation)
- David Pearce (Co-founder, Humanity+)
- Jan Leike (Alignment Lead, Anthropic)
- Josh Balk (Co-Founder, The Accountability Board)
The agenda will include:
- Talks and lightning talks (Apply to speak here)
- Participant-driven unconference discussions
- An organization fair (Apply to participate here)
- Networking sessions and opportunities for 1:1s
- Satellite events, including coworking and an afterparty.
For a free or discounted ticket, you can also:
We hope to see you there!
- Watch this highlights video to get a vibe of our events.
Questions or suggestions? Reach out to Jonah at bay2026@sentientfutures.ai