Arizona Tech Week: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
Arizona’s first statewide decentralized tech conference, featuring experiences hosted by community leaders across the state.
The essentials from the organiser's own pages: when, where, how big, and how founders get in. Speakers, investor lists and past editions are on the official site.
- Next edition
- Mar 1–7, 2027 · AZ Tech Week 2027 source
- Where
- Statewide, United States
- Format
- in-person
- Startup pass
- No dedicated startup pass or application is advertised. Founders can register for individual listed events and choose what suits them; event hosts can submit events for review and approval. No central attendee price is published. source
- Cadence
- Recurring annually; inaugural edition ran April 6–12, 2026, and the announced 2027 edition runs March 1–7.
Next edition
| Dates | Mar 1–7, 2027 source |
|---|---|
| Edition | AZ Tech Week 2027 |
| Venue | Statewide, United States |
How founders get in
| Startup programme | No dedicated startup pass or application is advertised. Founders can register for individual listed events and choose what suits them; event hosts can submit events for review and approval. No central attendee price is published. source |
|---|
No single AZ Tech Week-wide competition is named
Meeting investors there
The organizer lists Founder/Investor Speed Meetings, described as speed-dating-style networking; founders can also meet investors at individual host-run networking and pitch events. source
Before you go: the hub's cold email to VCs playbook covers the pre-event outreach that fills a meeting calendar, and Causo matches your stage and thesis to the funds in its database so you know who to ask for a meeting.
Official links and socials
Prepare for it
- How to cold email VCs — book the meetings before you land.
- The 12-slide seed deck — what to have ready when a partner says "send me the deck".
- Pitch Deck Roaster — a slide-by-slide pass before you submit to No single AZ Tech Week-wide competition is named.
- Accelerator deadlines — the application windows that open around the event.
Sources
Every fact above was read from one of these official pages on Oct 8, 2026:
- azcommerce.com/az-tech-week
- azcommerce.com/az-tech-week/aztw-calendar
- azcommerce.com/az-tech-week/about-us
- azcommerce.com/az-tech-week/planning-guide
- azcommerce.com/az-tech-week/partners
- azcommerce.com/news-events/news/2026/2/arizona-tech-week-calendar
- azcommerce.com/news-events/news/2026/4/arizona-tech-week-kickoff