DC AI Security Forum ‘26

A high-level forum bringing together leaders in policy, national security, research, and engineering working to secure AI systems.

Washington, D.C., USA

Late April, 2026

The AI Security Forum has established itself as a trusted convening for leaders working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, national security, and public policy. The first DC AI Security Forum in 2025 brought together approximately 150 participants from organizations including Anthropic, DeepMind, Meta, OpenAI, NVIDIA, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Commerce, the Department of State, alongside a broad range of other government agencies, research institutions, and industry leaders. Speakers included Members of Congress, senior agency staff from across the U.S. government, and subject matter experts from industry and academia. The 2025 program combined main-stage discussions and three expert-moderated workshops focused on securing model weights, protecting AI hardware and compute infrastructure, and advancing public–private partnerships on AI security.

Building on this momentum, the DC AI Security Forum 2026 will focus on the technical and strategic challenges most critical to protecting AI systems and the infrastructure that supports them. Discussions will address securing hardware and compute resources against exploitation, safeguarding model weights and sensitive intellectual property, strengthening cyber capabilities, improving mechanisms for threat and intelligence sharing, and advancing effective public–private partnerships. Policy sessions will emphasize practical, implementable approaches that strengthen resilience while balancing innovation, deployment, and risk.

As AI capabilities advance at an accelerating pace, securing the systems that power them has become a strategic and national security imperative. The DC AI Security Forum exists to close the gap between those building advanced AI systems and those responsible for protecting critical infrastructure and national interests. Now in its second iteration, the forum reflects a sustained effort to move beyond fragmented approaches by convening policymakers, national security professionals, engineers, and researchers in Washington, D.C. to advance coordination, surface shared priorities, and drive concrete progress in securing the AI frontier.

Past participants included leaders from:

Organized by Hamza Chaudry, Grace Werner, and Caleb Parikh.

The AI Security Forum is a project of Hack Club, a nonprofit organization that is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN 81-2908499).