TCTECH CALENDAR
VERIFIED 31 AUG 2026
DR KOTHA’S SIGNAL TRACKER · GOLD COAST

The dates that
shape technology.

Major AI model launches, developer conferences and product keynotes — sourced, sorted and kept current.

NEXT UP
Apple EventSurprise and shine
9DAYS
01

Upcoming calendar

14 confirmed events

SEP09
AppleKeynote

Apple Event — Surprise and shine

Apple’s next product keynote. Official date confirmed; watch for iPhone, Apple Watch and Apple Intelligence news.

Online · Apple Park
SEP15–17
SalesforceEnterprise AI

Dreamforce 2026

Three days of Agentforce, Slack and enterprise AI keynotes, launches and hands-on sessions.

San Francisco · Online
OCT13–15
TechCrunchStartups & AI

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Three days of technology, startups and venture capital, including dedicated AI and Real World AI stages.

San Francisco
OCT20–22
NVIDIAAI & Compute

NVIDIA GTC Berlin

European GTC focused on AI breakthroughs, accelerated computing, research and industry applications.

Berlin
OCT28–29
GitHubDeveloper tools

GitHub Universe 2026

GitHub’s flagship developer event: agents, code, Copilot workflows and major product launches.

San Francisco · Virtual
NOV09–12
Web SummitGlobal tech

Web Summit Lisbon

A broad global gathering of AI companies, founders, investors, journalists and technology leaders.

Lisbon
NOV17–20
MicrosoftAI, cloud & security

Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft’s major enterprise event for Copilot, Azure, agents, cloud infrastructure and security.

Global · Online
NOV30–03
NVIDIAAI & policy

NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C.

Jensen Huang keynote plus AI factories, physical AI, open models, policy and scientific computing.

Washington, D.C.
NOV30–04
Amazon Web ServicesCloud & AI

AWS re:Invent 2026

AWS’s biggest week for cloud, generative AI, infrastructure, security and developer tooling announcements.

Las Vegas · Livestream
DEC07–11
GITEXGlobal tech & AI

GITEX GLOBAL 2026

Five days spanning AI, quantum, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing and the global startup ecosystem.

Dubai
JAN06–09
CTAConsumer technology

CES 2027

The year’s first major launch stage for consumer AI, health tech, robotics, mobility and hardware.

Las Vegas
JAN31–03
Web SummitStartups & tech

Web Summit Qatar 2027

International technology, startup and investment gathering for the Middle East and beyond.

Doha
MAR15–18
NVIDIAAI & Compute

NVIDIA GTC 2027

NVIDIA’s flagship global AI conference and one of the year’s most important AI hardware and model events.

San Jose · Online
APR13–15
Google CloudCloud & AI

Google Cloud Next 2027

Three days of Google Cloud, Gemini, agents, infrastructure, data and security launches.

Las Vegas
02

Recent AI launches

Official announcements · newest first

01
27 Aug 2026
Google

Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash

More controllable video generation with extension, interpolation and 4K upscaling.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
02
27 Aug 2026
Anthropic

Model Hardware Standard preview

A shared specification for agents to operate scientific and manufacturing devices safely.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
03
26 Aug 2026
OpenAI

GPT-5.6 Sol preview

A limited preview of stronger coding, science and cybersecurity capabilities.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
04
26 Aug 2026
Google

Gemini 3.5 Transcribe

Google’s speech-to-text model for accurate, polished voice interactions.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
05
25 Aug 2026
OpenAI

Jalapeño inference chip results

OpenAI’s first custom inference chip showed higher throughput per watt and lower latency across major public models.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
06
13 Aug 2026
Google

Gemini 3.7 Flash

A faster workhorse model tuned for coding, agents and knowledge work.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
07
30 Jul 2026
Google DeepMind

Gemini Robotics ER 2

A high-level reasoning model designed to act as a brain for robots.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
08
24 Jul 2026
Anthropic

Claude Opus 5

A capable model for coding and knowledge work at lower cost than the frontier tier.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
09
09 Jul 2026
Meta

Muse Spark 1.1

A multimodal agentic model with stronger tool use, coding and computer use, plus a public preview of the Meta Model API.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
10
09 Jul 2026
OpenAI

GPT-5.6 family

Sol, Terra and Luna released for general availability across flagship, balanced and low-cost tiers.

READ OFFICIAL SOURCE ↗
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Date watchlist

Expected, but not yet confirmed