The PyCon US Blog

Each year at PyCon US, Startup Row highlights a select group of early-stage companies building ambitious products with Python at their core. The 2026 cohort reflects a rapidly evolving landscape, where advances in AI, data infrastructure, and developer tooling are reshaping how software is built, deployed, and secured. This year’s companies aim to solve an evolving set of problems facing independent developers and large-scale organizations alike: securing AI-driven applications, managing multimodal data, orchestrating autonomous agents, automating complex workflows, and extracting insight from increasingly unstructured information. Across these domains, Python continues to serve as a unifying layer: encouraging experimentation, enabling systems built to scale, and connecting open-source innovation with real-world impact. Startup Row brings these emerging teams into direct conversation with the Python community at PyCon US. Throughout the conference, attendees can meet founders, explore...

PyCon US 2026 is quickly approaching and we can’t wait to see all of you there! This year, we are reaching out to our community to help support one of our favorite events: the PyLadies Auction . Our wonderful community is bursting with creative, artsy, and generous folks and we invite you to donate items to this year’s Auction. If you’d like to support PyLadies by making a donation, please fill out the PyLadies Charity Auction donation form . To learn more about the event and what to donate, read on! What to Donate Need inspiration? Over the years, we’ve seen that people love to bid on items that are artsy, nerdy, and Python-specific. Art, decor, customized tech, and vintage PyCon or Python-related swag are all examples of things that will inspire a friendly bidding war. To get more inspiration search ‘PyLadies Auction’ on social media or check out the PyLadies Instagram . Items that are personalized or have a story tend to attract bidders– DIYers, artists, crafters, and collecto...

PyCon US is coming to Long Beach, California in 2026. This year for the first time ever there is a day-long talk track devoted to the latest in Python security . This new talk track is titled “ Trailblazing Python Security ”, and we have 11 Python security experts covering all angles of security from Actions to Zero-Trust including Software Bill-of-Materials, phishing, FedRAMP, Rust, and more. Our goal with the Trailblazing Python Security track is to create a space where developers, security practitioners, and open source contributors can learn from one another and discuss the problems and solutions for securing Python software and infrastructure. Whether you're developing web applications, infrastructure, security, working with data, or just getting started with Python: there's something for everyone to learn about how to securely build with Python. We hope to see you at PyCon US 2026 in Long Beach to learn from experts and shape the future of Python security landscape. If ...

We’re excited to announce the full schedule for PyCon US 2026 ! For another year, PyCon US received an overwhelming number of incredible proposal submissions, with this year’s final count totaling an impressive 1,015 proposals. We are so excited to have so many people in our community share their work and ideas with us. Thank you to everyone who submitted their proposals!  With these many proposals received, we could easily have enough speakers to fill the program for multiple Python conferences! We were only able to accept 13% of the many strong proposals, and our volunteer Program Committee has worked hard to create an excellent conference program that covers a wide range of subjects for attendees to enjoy. We’re looking forward to meeting all the presenters and learning from them at PyCon US 2026 . Meet Our Keynote Speakers We are thrilled to announce our Keynote speakers! Please join us in welcoming Lin Qiao, Pablo Galindo Salgado, amanda casari, and Rachell Calhoun & Tim S...