The free virtual AI conference for recruiters. 25+ live sessions on AI sourcing, automated outreach, and AI-powered business development, taught by recruiters and founders running AI-native desks right now. July 13 to 20, 2026.
No credit card. No catch. Just show up and steal the plays.
The gap is real, and it's getting expensive
Right now, somewhere in your market, a recruiter is running outreach sequences they didn't write, sourcing from lists an AI agent built overnight, and walking into BD calls with research that took them four minutes instead of four hours.
They don't work harder than you. They built systems you haven't built yet.
And every quarter you spend "meaning to figure out the AI thing," that gap compounds. Their cost per placement drops. Their response rates climb. They can profitably work searches you can't.
You've probably already dabbled. Opened ChatGPT, got a mediocre email out of it, went back to doing things manually. That's where most recruiters are stuck: past curious, short of dangerous.
This summit is built to get you from dabbling to dangerous in one week.
What you'll actually be able to do by July 21
Not "understand AI better." Do things. By the end of the week you'll know how to:
- Build an autonomous business development engine with Claude that researches, drafts, and queues outreach while you're on calls (Riece Keck, Founder of Rune, builds it in front of you)
- Run your entire BD motion through Claude Cowork (Keely Flood of The Honest Salesperson walks through the exact workflow)
- Build a real, working AI recruiting tool in a single session at the Recruiter Buildathon with Tal Zamir of Spring Search. No coding background required.
- Automate recruiting busywork with n8n so follow-ups, data entry, and pipeline updates run themselves (April Toms, Senior Technical Recruiter)
- Deploy production-grade AI agents for talent sourcing the way a founder who builds them for a living does it (Deep Singh, Founder of Effiflo)
- Use AI for recruiting content and outreach without sounding like every other recruiter running the same prompts (Donnie Gupton & Alexis Meschi)
- See what a $10 million recruiting desk looks like with AI behind it (Ashley Woods, Time Rich Recruiter)
- Understand the economics of an AI-native recruitment agency and what it means for your margins (Reyhan Khan, RecruiterGTM)
Plus the AI State of the Union for Recruiters with Steve Lu and Conor Kline, AI sourcing with Vanessa Raath, the rise of autonomous hiring with Ritu Mohanka of VONQ, a RecOps panel with Jeremy Lyons, and recruitment pipeline reporting with Atlas founder Jordan Shlosberg.
And we're adding more speakers soon.
Why trust this event? Because we've done it [9] times.
This isn't a first-time webinar with a borrowed speaker list.
The AI Recruiting Summit comes from the team behind The Elite Recruiter Podcast, the largest podcast in the recruiting industry with over 600,000 downloads and streams and 310+ speakers across [9] previous recruiting summits.
We've spent years putting the best recruiters, trainers, and operators in the industry on stage. Everyone on this lineup is in the game.
"But I'm not technical."
Good. This event isn't for engineers, it's for billers. Every session is taught by or for working recruiters. The Buildathon is specifically designed for people who have never built anything. If you can write an email and follow instructions, you can do everything taught at this summit.
"I don't have time for a 5-day event."
You don't need all of it. Sessions run live July 13 to 20, and replays are planned for every talk. Pick the two or three sessions that hit your biggest bottleneck, show up live for those, and catch the rest on replay if you go VIP or join The Elite Recruiter Community. One hour with the right workflow can save you five hours a week, every week. That's the math.
"I've already tried AI tools and they didn't stick."
That's exactly why this event exists. Tools don't stick when you bolt them onto a desk without a system. Every speaker here shows you the system around the tool: the workflow, the inputs, the place it lives in your day. That's the part the YouTube tutorials skip.
Two kinds of recruiters in 2027
Twelve months from now, there will be two kinds of recruiters in your market.
The ones with AI doing their research, their outreach drafts, their sourcing lists, and their follow-up, who spend their days on calls, closes, and relationships.
And the ones still doing all of it by hand, wondering why the market feels harder every year.
AI isn't going to replace recruiters. But recruiters using AI are absolutely going to replace recruiters who don't.
AI Recruiting Summit 2026: Event Details and FAQ
The AI Recruiting Summit 2026 is a free virtual conference for recruiters, staffing professionals, and search firm owners, held online from July 13 to July 20, 2026. The summit features more than 20 live sessions on AI sourcing, recruiting automation, AI-powered business development, and AI agents for recruiting, presented by working recruiters, agency founders, and recruiting technology leaders. It is produced by the team behind The Elite Recruiter Podcast, the largest podcast in the recruiting industry.
Is the AI Recruiting Summit free to attend?
Yes. Live attendance at the AI Recruiting Summit 2026 is completely free. Replays are planned for every session, [with optional paid upgrades for extended replay access].
When and where is the AI Recruiting Summit 2026?
The summit takes place online from July 13 to July 20, 2026. All sessions are virtual, with live talks scheduled between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM EDT across the week. You can attend from anywhere.
Who speaks at the AI Recruiting Summit?
The 2026 lineup includes Steve Lu and Conor Kline (AI State of the Union for Recruiters), Ashley Woods of Time Rich Recruiter, Riece Keck of Rune, Keely Flood of The Honest Salesperson, Tal Zamir of Spring Search, Jordan Shlosberg of Atlas, Vanessa Raath, Ritu Mohanka of VONQ, Deep Singh of Effiflo, Reyhan Khan of RecruiterGTM, Donnie Gupton, Alexis Meschi, April Toms, Amanda Hendrix of Ember Hiring, Rebekah Brown of Sourcewhale, Jeremy Lyons of RecOps Collective, Kortney Harmon of Crelate, and Seb Sharpe of Millee AI, with more speakers being added.
Who should attend the AI Recruiting Summit?
The summit is designed for agency recruiters, executive search consultants, solo search firm owners, staffing professionals, recruiting leaders, and RecOps professionals who want to use AI for sourcing, outreach, business development, and recruiting operations. No technical background is required.
What topics does the AI Recruiting Summit cover?
Sessions cover building autonomous business development engines with Claude, AI agents for talent sourcing, recruiting automation with n8n, AI content and outreach strategies, the economics of AI-native recruitment agencies, autonomous hiring, recruitment reporting and metrics, and a live buildathon where attendees create a working AI recruiting tool.
How do I register for the AI Recruiting Summit 2026?
Register free at https://ai-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com/