Tech, Policy & Society at the Crossroads of the Americas
San Antonio, Texas, USA • Spring 2027 • Dates & Venues Announced Summer 2026
For nearly 500 years, the Borderlands have been a crossroads for ideas, trade, and culture — stretching from the Gulf to the Pacific, across ten states and two nations. Today, that spirit of convergence takes on new urgency as artificial intelligence reshapes the economies, infrastructure, and societies of this global corridor.
Where Innovation Meets the Borderlands
a two-day festival featuring:
Conference
trade show
Arts & Music
books
food & drink
MEDIA
Borderlands AI brings together leaders from technology, business, government, academia, advocacy, media, and the arts to explore what AI means for the regions where two countries meet — and what the Borderlands can teach the world about navigating that future together.
Why the Borderlands?
"The Borderlands have never been peripheral. For centuries, this corridor — from the Pacific Coast to the Gulf of Mexico, across ten states and two nations — has been a site of exchange between cultures, economies, and ideas. What happens in our vital region has always mattered far beyond any borders that divide it.
Artificial intelligence is arriving at a consequential moment in international affairs. Supply chains are being rewired, energy infrastructure rebuilt, and a new generation is leading the enterprises and the movements that will define the continent for decades to come. Our region is not waiting to be discovered — it is already leading.
Borderlands AI exists to make that case — engaging the leaders, founders, and builders pioneering that future through meaningful dialogue that benefits the communities of the Borderlands. San Antonio is where that work begins."
— Andy Vargas-Hernandez & Jack Loveridge, Co-Founders, Borderlands AI
co-founders
Andy Vargas-Hernandez
jack loveridge
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Start a conversation with us — whether to collaborate, learn more, or help build the network driving AI's future in the Borderlands.