# Startup & founder events in Dublin

Curated by [foundercal.com](https://foundercal.com/). Only events worth a founder's time: conferences, demo days, founder dinners, meetups and workshops. Generic networking filler is filtered out. Updated daily.

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16 upcoming events as of 31 August 2026.

## Founder Filter

- Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 08:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Meetup
- Price: Free
- Venue: Baseline, 3rd Floor, 61 Thomas St, The Liberties, Dublin 8
- Organizer: [Founder Filter](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founder-filter)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founder-filter-2026-09-01
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9140?p=md

Seventy editions in and still the simplest founder meetup in Dublin: first Tuesday of the month, 8am to 10am, coffee at Baseline, no talks, no schedule, no sign-up. You walk in, ask someone what they are working on, and go from there. The room is founders, investors, and the engineers and designers…

## AI Founders Tour 🇮🇪 - NomadÉire Powered by Lovable

- Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 09:30 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Osprey Hotel, Devoy Quarter, Naas West, Naas, Co. Kildare, W91 X40K, Ireland
- Organizer: [AI Founders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-founders)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-founders-tour-nomadeire-powered-by-lovable-WgrQAsIjF01UXhV
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7921?p=md

AI Founders Tour 🇮🇪 - NomadÉire Powered by Lovable 3 hours. One problem. One working product. AI Founders Tour is landing in Ireland for the first time with NomadÉire and we're not coming to talk about building. We're coming to build. Together with NomadÉire and Lovable, we're bringing our…

## NomadÉire x AI Founders Pitch-a-thon | Powered by Gamma AI

- Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 09:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Pitch
- Venue: Merits Coworking, Devoy Quarter, Naas East, Naas, Co. Kildare, W91 FE8V, Ireland
- Organizer: [Digital Nomads Ireland](https://foundercal.com/organizers/digital-nomads-ireland)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/nomadeire-x-ai-founders-pitch-a-thon-powered-by-gamma-ai-316090270
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8168?p=md

NomadÉire x AI Founders Pitch-a-thon | Powered by Gamma AI FREE TO JOIN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM OSPREY HOTEL & MERITS, NAAS, COUNTY KILDARE Have an idea, MVP or startup you want to turn into a pitch? Join NomadÉire and the AI Founders Tour for a hands-on Pitch-a-thon powered by…

## CASTLE DAO | DEMO DAY

- Date: Friday 4 September 2026, 14:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Demo Day
- Organizer: [Superteam Ireland](https://foundercal.com/organizers/superteam-ireland)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/castle-dao-demo-day-RtBpRpKQv3w6Xdn
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9668?p=md

Demo Day Demo Day features a selection of projects from CastleDAO presenting their work to a panel of judges and a live audience of investors, founders, and ecosystem participants. Pitches will be live-streamed to US and European audiences, providing selected teams with the opportunity to showcase…

## Liffey Founders Club x Avalanche x Clear IP - Open Mic Pitches

- Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 19:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Pitch
- Venue: 61 Thomas St, The Liberties, Dublin 8, Ireland
- Organizer: [Liffey Founders Club](https://foundercal.com/organizers/liffey-founders-club)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/liffey-founders-club-x-avalanche-x-clear-ip-open-mic-pitches-nF1lRECtqESEJPJ
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7922?p=md

Welcome to the Liffey Founders Club! Join us on September 8th, 2026, at Baseline (3rd Floor, 61 Thomas St.) for our next event of the year! Hosted by Quinn Bonta and Karl Timmins, this evening brings together the innovators, builders, and curious minds defining Dublin’s startup scene. We are proud…

## AI Tinkerers Dublin: Agents, Everywhere Hackathon

- Date: Saturday 12 September 2026, 10:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Hackathon
- Price: Free
- Organizer: [AI Tinkerers Dublin](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-tinkerers-dublin)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-tinkerers-dublin-agents-everywhere-hackathon-2026-09-12
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9144?p=md

One shared build day across AI Tinkerers cities worldwide, with the Dublin room running 10am to 5pm. The brief: ship an agent that lives where people already work, in Slack, email, tickets, documents or a device, and make it genuinely more useful because of that context. OpenAI is the marquee…

## AI Tinkerers Dublin x Notion: Rebuilding Products Around Agentic Workflows

- Date: Wednesday 16 September 2026, 18:30 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Meetup
- Price: Free
- Venue: Baseline, 3rd Floor, 61 Thomas St, The Liberties, Dublin 8
- Organizer: [AI Tinkerers Dublin](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-tinkerers-dublin)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-tinkerers-dublin-x-notion-rebuilding-products-around-agentic-workflows-2026-0
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9145?p=md

A fireside with three Notion engineers on the problem every AI product hits: agents can act, but company knowledge is scattered and stale, so what does a trustworthy system of record look like? Expect permissions, approvals and audit trails, plus how Notion's Workers, external agents and APIs…

## Dublin | Claude Conversation

- Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 18:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Meetup
- Organizer: [Claude Community Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/claude-community-events)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/dublin-claude-conversation-CpNfIYSsGq8jxYq
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9460?p=md

Join a Claude Community Event, organized by local enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude! Talk first, build next Claude Conversations runs as a pair of events. This one is the talk. The next one is the build. Tonight we take the biggest open questions in AI, the ones nobody has…

## From Idea to Something Real

- Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 19:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: BrewDog Outpost, Three Locks Square, 4, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 E5R7, Dublin
- Organizer: [People Building Things Dublin | Startups, Project, Ideas](https://foundercal.com/organizers/people-building-things-dublin-startups-project-ideas)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/from-idea-to-something-real-316158314
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8169?p=md

Working on a startup, side project, business, or just an idea you can’t stop thinking about? Come meet other people in Dublin who are building things too. No pitches, no awkward networking, just relaxed chats, new connections, and interesting ideas. Come for a drink, share what you’re working on,…

## GEC AI Forum: Surviving in the SaaS World

- Date: Friday 18 September 2026, 13:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Workshop
- Price: Free
- Venue: Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylor's Lane, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 ET2R
- Organizer: [Guinness Enterprise Centre](https://foundercal.com/organizers/guinness-enterprise-centre)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/gec-ai-forum-surviving-in-the-saas-world-2026-09-18
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9146?p=md

An hour of unglamorous SaaS reality from two Irish CEOs who have done it. Jerome Forde built HR Duo from an HR practice into a funded workforce platform expanding internationally. Colm Brady took RentalMatics from a local IoT startup to a global telematics platform selling to enterprise fleets.…

## Scientist to Founder: Dublin

- Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 15:30 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Meetup
- Organizer: [Conception X](https://foundercal.com/organizers/conception-x)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/scientist-to-founder-dublin-KBHiVVsvQjtE5lk
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8716?p=md

How do you turn scientific research into a company? Where’s the right place to start? And once you’ve started, how do you get your idea funded at the earliest stage? Join Conception X to meet and learn from academic founders who have successfully translated their research into companies creating…

## Dublin AI Week 2026

- Date: 2 October 2026 – 9 October 2026
- Type: Conference
- Price: Free
- Venue: Venues across Dublin
- Organizer: [Give(a)Go](https://foundercal.com/organizers/give-a-go)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/dublin-ai-week-2026-2026-10-02
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9141?p=md

A city-wide, community-led week of about 35 free AI events, put together by the Give(a)Go builder community and the Baseline founder community. Events are grouped into theme trails (AI infra, security and compliance, healthcare, creative, finance, enterprise) so you can follow one all week or roam.…

## Rebase 2026

- Date: 7 October 2026 – 8 October 2026
- Type: Conference
- Venue: The Liberties, Dublin 8
- Organizer: [Baseline](https://foundercal.com/organizers/baseline)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/rebase-2026-2026-10-07
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9143?p=md

Baseline runs Rebase twice a year and caps it at 60 people: half Irish pre-seed and seed founders, half founders of international Series A and later companies, plus investors from General Catalyst, Atomico, Balderton, Iconiq, Cherry, Playfair and HV Capital. The Dublin leg is two days of salon…

## SRECon Dublin Happy Hour by the Quay

- Date: Tuesday 13 October 2026, 18:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Meetup
- Venue: Millennium Tower, Ground Floor, Charlotte Quay Dock, Ringsend Rd, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Organizer: [ClickHouse Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/clickhouse-events)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/srecon-dublin-happy-hour-by-the-quay-5zM4LsCpV4ztL2v
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9461?p=md

In town for SREcon? Come raise a glass with the ClickHouse team! 🍻 No slides, no agenda, just food, drinks, and great conversations about observability, reliability, and running analytics at scale. Whether you're a longtime ClickHouse user, SRE-curious, or just unwinding after a day of sessions,…

## International AI Summit 2026

- Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026, 09:00 (Europe/Dublin)
- Type: Conference
- Venue: Royal Dublin Society (RDS), Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Organizer: [Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (Ireland)](https://foundercal.com/organizers/department-of-enterprise-tourism-and-employment-ireland)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/international-ai-summit-2026-2026-10-14
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2660?p=md

The opening event of European AI Innovation Month, hosted by Ireland during its EU Council Presidency. 1,000+ EU and global leaders, CEOs, investors and AI researchers convene at the RDS under the theme "Enabling AI to Power European Growth." For founders this is the once-a-cycle chance to be in…

## Dublin Tech Summit 2027

- Date: 26 May 2027 – 27 May 2027
- Type: Conference
- Venue: RDS, Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 AK83
- Organizer: [Dublin Tech Summit](https://foundercal.com/organizers/dublin-tech-summit)
- Details: https://foundercal.com/events/dublin-tech-summit-2027-2027-05-26
- Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9142?p=md

Dublin's flagship tech conference and the anchor of Dublin Tech Week: two days at the RDS, around 8,000 attendees and 200 speakers from 70 countries. It is broad rather than founder-only, so treat the stage as background and the city as the point. The week it runs is when the international tech…