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OFFENSIVE AI CON

Year 2 of the first conference dedicated to offensive AI cybersecurity, coming to Oceanside, San Diego - October 4-7, 2026.

OFFENSIVE AI CON

Year 2 of the first conference dedicated to offensive AI cybersecurity, coming to Oceanside, San Diego - October 4-7, 2026.

ABOUT

Where AI meets offensive cyber, exploring the future of AI-assisted and autonomous offensive security

Offensive AI Con is an invite-only technical conference dedicated to the use and development of AI for offensive cyber capabilities, finding and patching vulnerabilities at speed and scale, addressing skill shortages, and coordination and discussion around the future of AI-driven security research and testing.

The conference will provide a critical forum for discussing policy, ethics, and strategic approaches to safeguarding organizations. It is intended to be an intimate setting for collaboration, cutting edge research, and acceleration of the adoption of the responsible use of AI in offensive cyber operations, vulnerability discovery, and exploit development.

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SPONSORS

We are seeking several sponsors to help make OAIC 2026 a success.

LOCATION

Seabird & Mission Pacific Resorts in Oceanside, CA

Located near Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, San Diego County, these new 4-star sister resorts are perched above Oceanside Pier and a picturesque white-sand beach. The property features a rooftop pool overlooking the pier, a Michelin-star restaurant onsite, and the original house from Top Gun (1986)!

We chose this venue to host the world’s top security researchers and practitioners across industry, government, and academia. The space was intentionally selected to provide an intimate and collaborative setting to showcase cutting-edge research and accelerate the adoption of the responsible use of offensive AI.

Front of Mission Pacific
The rooftop party will be Tuesday evening at the Mission Pacific
Front of Mission Pacific
The rooftop party will be Tuesday evening at the Mission Pacific
Mission Pacific Rooftop Pool
Monday Night Reception and Party
Mission Pacific Rooftop Pool
Monday Night Reception and Party
Wood Library
Breakout room for confidential / restricted content
Wood Library
Breakout room for confidential / restricted content
Main Conference Room "Grand Coastal Ballroom"
View of main conference room, front right of Seabird Resort, where Breakfast and Lunch
Main Conference Room "Grand Coastal Ballroom"
View of main conference room, front right of Seabird Resort, where Breakfast and Lunch
Sleeping Quarters
An example 4-star hotel room included for 3 nights in the standard conference pass.
Sleeping Quarters
An example 4-star hotel room included for 3 nights in the standard conference pass.
Seabird Resort Pool
Sunday night reception area
Seabird Resort Pool
Sunday night reception area
“Shelter Club”, Floor 3, Seabird Resort
Sunday night reception at the Shelter club and Seabird pool
“Shelter Club”, Floor 3, Seabird Resort
Sunday night reception at the Shelter club and Seabird pool
Top Gun House
Top Gun House
Top Gun House
Top Gun House
Mission Pacific
Front of the Mission Pacific resort
Mission Pacific
Front of the Mission Pacific resort

Schedule

Day One

OCT 4th

Afternoon check-in, poolside reception, and fireside talks

Day TWO

OCT 5th

Full day of talks followed by rooftop after party

Day THREE

OCT 6th

Full day of talks followed by large after party

Day FOUR

OCT 7th

Breakfast and check out

Call for Papers Opens June 1!

Speakers will be treated to a Michelin-star dinner, 3 nights at a luxury resort, and all food and beverages.

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Talks will include but are not limited to:
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  • Specialized datasets, models, reward functions, and training strategies
  • Autonomous AI-based security testing beyond just a wrapper
  • Efficient scaffolding, harness, and multi-agent strategies
  • Semi-autonomous offensive cyber operations
  • AI-based vulnerability research, fuzzing, binary analysis, and vuln discovery
  • Exploit development acceleration using AI
  • Dynamic capability development
  • Small and forward deployed on-target models
  • AI-based target identification and analysis (both cyber and kinetic)
  • OODA workflows, guardrails, and multi-stage orchestration
  • Offensive knowledge-assistants, AI-assisted, and fully autonomous offensive applications of AI
  • Reducing human operator/researcher cognitive strain and addressing skill gaps
  • Ethical dilemmas, risks vs. rewards, responsible use of offensive AI, and the unintended acceleration of cyber-warfare

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...or any talks you feel will help advance the state of the art for offensive AI! No product pitches please!

Last Year’s OAIC

2026 WAITLIST

REQUEST AN INVITE!

OAIC is a research-focused community event, purposely kept small to facilitate collaboration. Only 200 spots will be kept open for Year 1 attendees, with the remainder 150 tickets left for applicants. Several discounted tickets will be held for students and scholarships.

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Please detail your unique contributions to offensive AI research to increase the chance of being selected by our organizing committee to attend this year. We are considering streaming the conference as well as hosting smaller local meetups to help more people attend.

Code of Conduct

OAIC Code of Conduct

Offensive AI Con is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all attendees, speakers, sponsors, staff, and organizers (“Participants”). This Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for participant behavior as well as the consequences for unacceptable actions.

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

Ticket prices will cost between $1995 - $2795 USD for invitees, with some range depending on the invite wave, our budget, organization and mix of attendees. We are leveraging Humantix for ticket purchase, with all of the event platform registration fees donated to charity.

The all-inclusive ticket includes a 4-star hotel room for three nights, access to all talks, after parties and activities, and all meals and drinks, (inclusion of the 3 after-parties and drinks subject to hitting subject to hitting sponsorship goals).

The event is designed to be non-commercial. No product pitches, vendor halls, or sales agendas. The focus is purely on top-tier research, collaboration, and shaping the responsible future of offensive AI.

We want to encourage a balanced participation of organizations, attendees and speakers, focusing on advancing the industry and shaping the responsible use of offensive AI. We are aiming for an equal split of AI Labs, Offensive Researchers, Security Firms, and Government/DOD/IC.

There are also planned sessions that will be restricted to U.S. citizens only for natsec reasons.

RemoteThreat

The CFP will go live June 1, 2026

Speakers will be announced by the end of August. We will be inviting the best researchers from across the offensive security industry, AI labs, and Government representatives.

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