Startup & tech events in Dubai

18 upcoming startup & tech events in Dubai: networking nights, founder meetups, pitch events, demo days & more. Updated daily.

The Gulf's two biggest founder conferences land back-to-back in Dubai this Q4. Dubai AI Festival (Oct 26) draws 500+ investors and 20,000+ attendees under Sheikh Hamdan's patronage. Then GITEX week (Dec 7) and co-located Expand North Star bring 2,000+ startups and $1.1T in investor AUM, with 5,000+ pre-booked meetings across three days. Before that run, AI Tinkerers has a builder hackathon Sep 12 and a demo day in October.

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AE August 2026
Type
All Meetup Conference Demo Day Hackathon Pitch Workshop Dinner
Topic
AI
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