Edition 02: Machine-to-machine payments Press & Media Kit

Press &
Media Kit

AI Startup Rodeo · Friday, October 30, 2026 · Austin, TX

Everything you need to cover AI Startup Rodeo: the fact sheet, ready-to-paste boilerplate, speakers, schedule, logos, venue photographs, brand colors, and a press contact. Grab the full kit or pull individual assets below.

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What · One-day builder event on machine-to-machine payments When · Friday, October 30, 2026, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Where · Q Branch, The Texas Embassy, Austin

01 Fast Facts

The event, at a glance

Event: AI Startup Rodeo
Edition: Edition 02: Machine-to-machine payments
Headline: Software is starting to pay software.
Date: Friday, October 30, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Format: One day. One room. Full stack.
Venue: Q Branch, The Texas Embassy Historic 6th Street, Downtown Austin
Address: 200 E 6th Street, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78701 ↗
Topics: AI agents · Developer tools · Security · Open-source infrastructure · Startups and funding
Edition 02 focus: machine-to-machine payments
Audience: Developers who build autonomous systems, plus founders and startup teams, including teams of one.
Speakers: Ben Carman (Developer · Spiral); Robert Willis (Hacker and writer · Sakura Samurai); Benjamin Morrow (Builder · Brainstorm.world); Christopher Scott (Bitcoin developer); Roberto Fuentes (Founder · Synapto); Car Gonzalez (Co-founder and CEO · PlebLab). More speakers are announced as they confirm.
Organizers: Roberto Fuentes, co-founder of AI Startup Rodeo, founder of Synapto and organizer of React ATX, and Car Gonzalez, co-founder and CEO of PlebLab.
Edition 01: 18 speakers, including speakers from Chaincode Labs and contributors to Bitcoin Core. Watch the talks from the first Rodeo ↗
Meals: Breakfast & lunch by Chef Johnny Ochoa. Drinks, water & coffee all day.
Admission: $25 · Get tickets ↗ · Paying in Bitcoin? Use Zaprite ↗
Offer: Bring a builder. Every ticket includes a free pass for one builder you bring.
Website: aistartuprodeo.com ↗

1 DayOne room, full stack

8–5Doors 8 AM · wrap 5 PM

AustinDowntown · 6th Street

Edition 02Machine-to-machine payments

02 Boilerplate

About the Rodeo

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Short · ~50 words

AI Startup Rodeo is a one-day builder event in downtown Austin. Talks and live demos on AI agents, developer tools, security, open-source infrastructure and startups. Edition 02 focuses on machine-to-machine payments: how software pays and gets paid. One room, one stage, breakfast and lunch included.

Long · ~80 words

Software is starting to pay software. AI Startup Rodeo is a one-day builder event in downtown Austin. On Friday, October 30, 2026, from 8 AM to 5 PM at Q Branch, The Texas Embassy, as part of Austin Tech Week, builders share one room and one stage. Talks and live demos cover AI agents, developer tools, security, open-source infrastructure and startups. Edition 02 focuses on machine-to-machine payments: how software pays and gets paid. Breakfast and lunch are included.

Builder-first

Demos and working code, not hype. A room for people building autonomous systems.

Demos, not slide decks

Talks and live demos anchor the day. Practical and technical over polished hype.

Austin-native

Downtown on historic 6th Street, where Austin’s builders actually build.

03 Speakers

Who’s speaking

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More speakers are announced as they confirm.

04 Schedule

One day, start to finish.

Friday, October 30, 2026 · 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM · schedule subject to change

More talks added as speakers confirm.

05 Brand Assets

Logos & photography

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