California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CAFeb 25, 2026
Braintrust's one-day event for AI teams
No boring talks. Peer discussions, AMAs, and workshops exploring how leading teams leverage evals and observability to ship quality AI.
February 25, 2026 at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.
Schedule
1:00 PM
Planetarium
Opening Keynote
Join Braintrust Founder & CEO Ankur Goyal and Field CTO Ameya Bhatawdekar as they talk about the future of AI observability.
Ankur Goyal
Founder & CEO, Braintrust
Ameya Bhatawdekar
VP, Field CTO, Braintrust
Olmo Maldonado
Software Engineer, Braintrust
1:30 PM
African Hall
Evals workshop for product managers
Run experiments without code, review results with engineering, and use metrics to guide launches.
Eric Liu
Product, Notion
Jess Wang
Developer Relations Engineer, Braintrust
1:30 PM
Piazza
Standardized AI quality
Zendesk built an internal AI platform on Braintrust to make evals, data, and experimentation the default.
Abhi Kathuria
Head of Machine Learning, Zendesk
2:00 PM
Piazza
Production-grade evals
Dropbox built Dash by treating evals like production code, using datasets, LLM judges, and automated gates.
Josh Clemm
VP of Engineering, Dropbox
Ameya Bhatawdekar
VP, Field CTO, Braintrust
2:30 PM
Piazza
Auditable AI workflows
Ramp uses evals and traces to catch edge cases and manage risk in financial AI systems.
Adison Lampert
Software Engineer, Ramp
2:30 PM
African Hall
Evals workshop for engineers
Get started with evals and observability using the Braintrust SDK.
Martin Serrano
Principal Engineer, Hubspot
Phil Hetzel
Head of Solutions Engineering, Braintrust
3:30 PM
African Hall
Evals workshop for complex agents
How to evaluate multi-step, tool-using agents with advanced workflows like remote evals.
Jimmy Kaiser
Staff ML Engineer, FanDuel
Shubhro Roy
Senior Engineering Manager, AI, Box
Ameya Bhatawdekar
VP, Field CTO, Braintrust
3:30 PM
Planetarium
Agent observability fireside chat
Replit & Ankur Goyal discuss agent observability at scale.
Michele Catasta
President & Head of AI, Replit
Ankur Goyal
Founder & CEO, Braintrust
4:00 PM
Planetarium
State of AI panel
Leaders discuss where the industry is headed and the bets companies are making beyond today’s hype.
Alana Goyal
Founder & Managing Partner, Basecase
Hahnbee Lee
Co-founder, Mintlify
Erik Bernhardsson
CEO, Modal
FAQ
Trace is Braintrust's flagship user conference for teams shipping production AI.
It's a hands-on event where AI engineers, platform teams, and product leaders learn how to measure, debug, and improve real-world AI systems through practical workshops, live demos, and practitioner-led sessions.
Trace is designed for AI builders at all levels:
- AI engineers and MLEs looking for practical workflows to evaluate and debug AI systems
- Product managers who want to integrate evals into their product development process
- Engineering leaders and CTOs seeking to standardize AI observability across their organization, and platform and DevOps teams responsible for AI infrastructure and governance.
Tuesday, February 25, 2026
11:30 AM to 7:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
11:30 AM to 7:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Trace features multiple session types:
- Keynote presentations in the immersive Planetarium
- Hands-on workshops for different skill levels
- Trace Talks featuring practitioners from leading AI teams
- State of AI Panel with industry leaders
- Executive briefings for leadership (by appointment)
- Networking and closing party to connect with peers
Yes! Many of our workshops are hands-on. Come ready to build and learn by doing.
Yes. Lunch, dinner, and refreshments will be provided. Please indicate any dietary restrictions when registering.
The Music Concourse Garage ($5/hr) is steps from the venue entrance and accessible via Fulton St./10th Ave. or Music Concourse Dr. Limited free street parking is available on MLK Dr., Nancy Pelosi Dr., and Blue Heron Lake Dr.
There is no reserved room block, but nearby options include the Stanyan Park Hotel, Inn at the Presidio, Laurel Inn, and Hotel Kabuki. All are an easy rideshare away.
Trace is free to attend.
Absolutely. We'll have a Braintrust booth throughout the day where you can chat with our team, either ad-hoc or by appointment. Executive briefings are also available by appointment for leadership teams evaluating AI observability solutions.
Select workshops and talks will be recorded.
For group attendance or partnership opportunities, please reach out to our events team directly.
Braintrust Trace
Feb 25, 2026