The Direct Channel Carries Six Group Codes
The AI Conference 2026 runs September 29 to October 1 at Pier 48, Shed A and B, 48 Pier 48, San Francisco, CA 94158. The organiser lists eight nearby hotels in order of availability. Each entry links to a reservation page of its own.
Six of the eight links carry a group code or a group ID in the URL. SoMa House carries 5128792. Hotel VIA carries 4564318. Luma Hotel San Francisco carries 9153766. Hyatt Regency San Francisco carries G-AICO. Hotel Fiona carries 5128921. Hotel Julian carries 5128785.
W San Francisco links to a Marriott event-reservations page under a GRP key. Cartwright Hotel Union Square links to a shortened address. No entry publishes a room rate.
Two Links Publish The Stay
The Luma link arrives 27 September 2026 and departs 2 October 2026. That is a five-night window from a Sunday to a Friday. The Hotel VIA link carries a single night from 27 September.
Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday 29 September, 7:30 a.m. Wednesday 30 September and 8:00 a.m. Thursday 1 October. Sessions close at 5:00 p.m. on both main days.
A Tuesday arrival needs the Monday 28 September night. A Wednesday arrival with a Thursday departure needs the nights of 29 and 30 September. The pre-filled Luma window covers the whole run.
The Cut-Off Ladder
Seven of the eight entries carry a cut-off date. The ladder runs from 28 August 2026 at Luma Hotel San Francisco to 6 September 2026 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.
Cartwright Hotel Union Square, Hotel Fiona and Hotel Julian close on 29 August 2026. W San Francisco closes 1 September 2026. Hotel VIA closes 2 September 2026. SoMa House publishes no cut-off date.
Every published deadline lands before the Tuesday 29 September opener.
Three Houses Still Open
Three entries carry a STILL AVAILABLE marker. They are SoMa House, W San Francisco and Cartwright Hotel Union Square.
The list orders by availability, and the three open houses lead it. SoMa House sits at 121 7th Street, 1.9 miles and eleven minutes by car. W San Francisco sits at 181 3rd Street, 1.8 miles and fifteen minutes by car. Cartwright Hotel Union Square sits at 524 Sutter Street, 2.3 miles and twelve minutes by car.
The Demand Behind The Window
The organiser publishes 5,500+ builders, researchers and leaders for the two-day main conference on September 30 and October 1. Day Zero on September 29 is capped at 350 participants and reads sold out. The home page counts 3 days, 7 tracks and 120+ speakers.
The buy side of that demand is a 120-name speaker list and 5,500 badge holders on site across three days. The published handles a sales desk works from are the eight links, the seven cut-off dates and the daily clocks.
The Terms Around The Booking
The cancellation term runs to 30 days out for a full refund minus a 5 percent processing fee. Team Tickets cover groups of 2 or more and close 11 September. Both terms sit on the organiser's FAQ.
The Rate Month The Stay Falls In
Engine puts San Francisco at $165 a night across 3.1 million public rate observations from May 2024 to April 2026. The publisher labels those par rates, the cheapest publicly available price at the time of each search.
September reads $192 and runs 16 percent above the city average. March reads $197 and takes the top of the table. December reads $129 and takes the bottom. A 35 percent gap separates the cheapest month from the priciest. Engine ranks the city 18th of 50 markets, 11 percent above the $148 median.
All seven cut-off dates fall in late August and the first week of September. The nights they release land in September.