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2nd Annual · February 12, 2027 · Alachua, Florida
The Future of AI Is Human
Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, learn, create, and make decisions. Artifact AI Summit brings together the people shaping that future to explore how AI can expand human potential, strengthen communities, and improve the way we live.
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Why We Gather
Human Flourishing in the Age of AI
AI is becoming more capable every day. Our responsibility is to become more intentional about what we ask it to do, whom it serves, and how its benefits are shared.
The most important decisions about AI remain human decisions. People define the goals. People understand the context. People recognize what matters, exercise judgment, and accept responsibility for the outcome.
Artifact AI Summit is a place to examine those decisions together. We will explore how AI can help people do more meaningful work, solve harder problems, unlock new forms of creativity, and build systems that respect human dignity.
Featured Voices
People Expanding Our Understanding of Intelligence
Technologists won’t settle the future of AI on their own. This lineup includes an animal scientist whose designs changed how American cattle are handled and a magazine editor who has covered founders for two decades. There’s a former Speaker Pro Tempore of the Florida House, and two lawyers working out who answers when an AI agent gets it wrong.
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Featuring
Dr. Temple Grandin
Dr. Temple Grandin has transformed the way people understand animal behavior, visual thinking, neurodiversity, and humane system design. Her life and work demonstrate the value of different minds and the breakthroughs that become possible when we learn to see the world from another perspective.
At Artifact AI Summit, she will help open a larger conversation about intelligence, perception, empathy, and the human responsibility to design systems that improve lives.
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Also Featuring
Amy Cosper
Editor in Chief of SUCCESS Magazine. Two decades covering entrepreneurs, technology, and the people who build companies in the middle of change.
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More Speakers Soon
We're still putting the 2027 lineup together. Join the early access list and you'll hear the names as they're confirmed.
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A Beautiful Place for a Different Kind of Conversation
Artifact AI Summit takes place at Santa Fe River Ranch in Alachua, Florida, a 1,500-acre working cattle ranch about twenty minutes north of Gainesville.
This is the Summit’s second year. The first, on February 13, 2026, brought 17 panelists to the Santa Fe Blount Center.
For year two we picked the ranch on purpose. Conversations about AI tend to happen in hotel ballrooms, and they tend to sound like it. The ranch has four event spaces and enough open ground that people actually step away from their screens instead of just being told to.
Most of the year it hosts weddings and celebrations. On February 12 it hosts a room full of people trying to work out what AI means for the jobs they actually do.
Getting there 29220 NW 122nd StreetAlachua, FL 32615 Experience Santa Fe River Ranch →
Why Artifact AI Summit
Move From AI Urgency to Human Clarity
Plenty of organizations feel pushed to adopt AI before anyone has worked out what it’s for or who it will affect. The Summit gives you a day to think that through with people who are already doing the work.
Think More Deeply
Examine AI through the lenses of human behavior, ethics, creativity, education, science, leadership, and lived experience.
Connect More Meaningfully
Meet thoughtful people from different fields in an environment designed for genuine conversation rather than rushed networking.
Lead More Intentionally
Return to your work with clearer principles, better questions, and practical ideas for using AI in ways that serve people.
The Conversation
The Questions That Matter Now
Sessions skip the product demos and look at what AI is doing to work, school, and daily life. The full agenda is coming soon.
Human Intelligence
What makes human thought, experience, imagination, and judgment uniquely valuable?
Work and Purpose
How can AI improve productivity while preserving agency, meaning, and opportunity?
Different Minds
How can diverse ways of thinking lead to better technology and better decisions?
Education and Learning
What should people learn when information and assistance are always available?
Responsible Leadership
How should leaders balance innovation, accountability, safety, and public trust?
Life Beyond the Screen
How can technology support stronger relationships, healthier communities, and a better quality of life?
Who Belongs Here
AI Is Everyone's Conversation
Artifact AI Summit is for people who recognize that AI is too important to be left to a single industry or discipline.
Join business and nonprofit leaders, educators, technologists, researchers, policymakers, students, and anyone who wants a say in what comes next.
You do not need to be an AI expert. You need to care about how AI will affect people.
Early Access
Be Among the First to Join Us
The second Artifact AI Summit takes place February 12, 2027, in Alachua, Florida. Join the early access list for first access to registration and each speaker announcement. Space is limited so the day stays personal.
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Our Community
In Good Company
These organizations are helping us build Artifact AI Summit.
Partnership
Support a More Human Future With AI
Artifact AI Summit partners with organizations that believe innovation should improve human lives and strengthen the communities it touches.
Sponsorship opportunities can include thought leadership, experiential programming, attendee engagement, educational initiatives, and custom activations that feel natural within the ranch environment.
Human Judgment
Deliberate Innovation
Shared Responsibility
The Future Will Be Shaped by the Questions We Ask Today
Come to the ranch on February 12, 2027, and spend a day on the human side of AI.