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Laracon 2026

Laracon US 2026 is the flagship event for web artisans, focused around the Laravel PHP framework and its vibrant developer community. It features world-class talks, networking opportunities, and hands-on sessions for both seasoned developers and newcomers. Attendees will experience two days of inspiration from prominent speakers, learn industry best practice…

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19Speakers
51Sponsors
42On the bill · sessions
60Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Laracon, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Francis
Founder at Try Hard Studios · Try Hard Studios
Chris Fidao
Infrastructure Engineer at Laravel · Laravel
Christina Martinez
DX Engineer at Resend · Resend
Devon Garbalosa
Solutions Engineer at Laravel · Laravel
Freek Van der Herten
Developer at Spatie · Spatie
Gordon Diggs
Engineering Manager at Stripe · Stripe
Joe Tannenbaum
OSS Team Lead at Laravel · Laravel
Joshua Alphonse
Community Engineer at Mux · Mux
Kent C. Dodds
Software Engineer and Educator
Kitze
Founder of Sizzy · Sizzy
Mary Perry
Developer at Active Engagement · Active Engagement
Mateus Guimarães
Software Engineer at Laravel · Laravel
Matt Stauffer
CEO at Tighten · Tighten
Nuno Maduro
Creator of Pest, Laravel Core
Pauline Vos
Senior Software Engineer at MongoDB · MongoDB
Povilas Korop
Founder & Educator at Laravel Daily · Laravel Daily
Taylor Otwell
CEO of Laravel · Laravel
Thorsten Ball
Co-Founder Amp Frontier Corporation · Amp Frontier Corporation
Will King
Design Engineer at Snowflake · Snowflake
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AccelPlatinum
CurotecPlatinum
TightenPlatinum
VehiklPlatinum
BifrostGold
CodeRabbitGold
JetbrainsGold
name.comGold
NeonGold
ResendGold
ValkeyGold
Black AirplaneSilver
Digital OceanSilver
GeocodioSilver
LaraCopilotSilver
LoopSilver
MailChannelsSilver
MuxSilver
PerforceSilver
PostmarkSilver
RedberrySilver
SentrySilver
StoryblokSilver
TypesenseSilver
Craft CMSBronze
CursorBronze
MongoDBBronze
StatamicBronze
789.mxCommunity
Activ AnswerCommunity
Always CuriousCommunity
Canyon GBSCommunity
CMS MaxCommunity
DraftsmanCommunity
Drop in BlogCommunity
GhostableCommunity
GhostBedCommunity
KMS ToolsCommunity
Koury WebCommunity
MCG StrategicCommunity
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Agenda

Selected from 42 sessions on the bill.
  • Day 1 / July 28 10:05 – 10:30 AM

    From Vibe Coding to Vibe Engineering

  • Day 1 / July 28, 10:05 – 10:30 AM

    From Vibe Coding to Vibe Engineering

  • Day 1 / July 28 10:30 – 10:55 AM

    Cleverness Is A Loan

  • Day 1 / July 28, 10:30 – 10:55 AM

    Cleverness Is A Loan

  • Day 1 / July 28 11:25 – 11:50 AM

    The Desired State

  • Day 1 / July 28, 11:25 – 11:50 AM

    The Desired State

  • Day 1 / July 28 11:50 AM – 12:15 PM

    Building Software at the Edge of Your Understanding

  • Day 1 / July 28, 11:50 AM – 12:15 PM

    Building Software at the Edge of Your Understanding

  • Day 1 / July 28 1:45 – 2:10 PM

    Proven Package Patterns

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 60 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

60 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
47Sponsoringsponsor only
9Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

MongoDB·Mux·Resend·Tighten

Speakers by seniority

32% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite211%
  • Founder / Owner421%
  • Manager / Lead211%
  • Engineer · IC1053%
  • Other roles15%

Of 19 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Laravel5V
  2. 02MongoDBSp·B1V
  3. 03MuxSp·S1V
  4. 04ResendSp·G1V
  5. 05TightenSp·P1V
  6. 06789.mxSp·C
  7. 07AccelSp·P
  8. 08Activ AnswerSp·C
  9. 09Always CuriousSp·C
  10. 10BifrostSp·G
  11. 11Black AirplaneSp·S
  12. 12Canyon GBSSp·C
  13. 13CMS MaxSp·C
  14. 14CodeRabbitSp·G
Sponsors by tier
platinum4
8% of 51
gold7
14% of 51
silver13
25% of 51
bronze4
8% of 51
community23
45% of 51
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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