AI Payments & Infrastructure: Founders of Tomorrow

A TomorrowX Summit 2026 Side Event | Hosted by PlebLab

This month, PlebLab is taking over for a special edition bringing TomorrowX Summit to Austin's Founder community!

We're bringing together founders, developers, investors, and operators working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, payments, and infrastructure for an evening of networking, drinks, light food, and conversations about what's being built next.

From AI agents and autonomous payments to Bitcoin, Lightning, and the next generation of financial infrastructure, come meet the founders building tomorrow.

As part of TomorrowX Summit week, we're bringing together the people building tomorrow's financial systems for an evening of meaningful conversations, new connections, cold drinks, and light food.

From AI agents making payments to new financial rails, autonomous commerce, Bitcoin, Lightning, and emerging payment infrastructure, this gathering is for founders turning these ideas into real products.

Who Should Attend?

Founders, developers, investors, and builders working on:

AI agents and autonomous payments

Payment infrastructure and financial APIs

Bitcoin, Lightning, and emerging payment rails

Agentic commerce and machine-to-machine transactions

Open-source financial infrastructure

Early-stage startups building the next generation of financial technology

Whether you're already building, investing in the space, or exploring where AI and payments converge, come meet the people making it happen.

What to Expect

6:45 PM | Welcome & Community Introductions

A quick welcome from Car Founder and CEO of PlebLab highlighting what's happening across Austin's founder and developer ecosystem.

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM | Founders Networking, Drinks & Light Food

Connect with founders, exchange ideas, discover new projects, and meet the builders creating tomorrow's payment infrastructure.

Casual conversations, Austin hospitality, and plenty of opportunities to connect with like-minded people.

Hosted by the PlebLab community, our meetups create space for builders to share ideas, collaborate, and make meaningful connections.

For this special TomorrowX Summit edition, we're opening the conversation to the broader ecosystem of founders building at the intersection of AI, payments, and infrastructure.

Come for the drinks. Stay for the builders.

Event Details

📍 Capital Factory / STATION Austin, 701 Brazos St, 8th Floor, Austin, TX

🍻 Drinks and light food provided

🤝 Founder-focused networking

🎟️ Registration: https://luma.com/k5t1h3r2

Official side event of TomorrowX Summit 2026. Get your tickets now to save 10% off of TomorrowX. Event Sponsors:

Station Austin“STATION Austin is the center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. Day and night, in-person and online, we gather the best founders, programmers, and designers outside of Silicon Valley and introduce them to investors, employees, and customers who help their ideas launch. STATION Austin is powered by Capital Factory, whose investments and leadership have helped power the Texas startup ecosystem for more than a decade. To sign up for a STATION Austin membership, click here.”

PlebLab“PlebLab supports thousands of builders shaping Bitcoin’s future. A hackerspace & community accelerator for the Bitcoin Era in Austin, Texas since 2021. Sign up for a Builder Pass and their Newsletter."