Mexican innovation doesn't start or end in software.
Casa TechMex is the flagship gathering of TechMex Austin — a cultural festival of Mexican innovation where technology, entrepreneurship, design, culture, and community live under the same roof.
The tech identity stays at the core — startups, AI, investment, talent — and expands into art, design, music, gastronomy, and community. Tradition and future, treated as one continuity.
Technology and entrepreneurship are not separate from culture; they are a contemporary expression of Mexican creativity. Casa TechMex is the bridge between Austin and Mexico where that expression takes the stage.
Austin talks tech that week. We add the cultural conversation.
During Austin Tech Week
Casa TechMex happens while Austin concentrates founders, investors, and technologists from everywhere — adding the cultural, binational, and community dimension that complements the week.
At the ESB-MACC
The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center is not a neutral venue. It carries the story of Austin's Mexican-American and Latino community — the festival is part of that story.
Día de Muertos season
Late October fills the MACC with color, memory, art, and design. That atmosphere surrounds Casa TechMex — while the festival keeps its own identity.
Come in through tech. Leave through culture. Or the other way around.
You can enter through technology, culture, community, creativity, or entrepreneurship — and end up discovering all the others.
Talks & Keynotes
Voices building the present of Mexican and Latino innovation.
Startup Pitch
Mexican and Latino founders pitch to investors and tech leaders.
Panels & Workshops
Bilingual sessions on AI, entrepreneurship, and cross-border building.
Innovation Expo
Startups, projects, and makers showing what they're building.
Art & Design
Contemporary Mexican creativity — exhibited, not decorated.
Music & Culture
The festival atmosphere that makes this more than a conference.
Gastronomy
Mexican cuisine as innovation you can taste.
Networking
Founders, talent, investors, artists, and community — circulating together.
Five editorial pillars
The tracks bridge tech identity and cultural expansion — tech remains the backbone.
Founders & Entrepreneurship
Building companies across borders — from idea to investment.
AI, Technology & Future
Where Mexican and Latino talent stands in the technology shift.
Creative Innovation
Art, design, and culture as engines of innovation.
Community & Access
Talent, education, and workforce — opening doors, not gates.
Mexico–Texas Connections
Binational bridges between ecosystems, institutions, and people.
Two days, multiple spaces
Content, exhibitions, and community circulating under one roof.
- Opening keynote
- AI & technology panels
- Innovation expo
- Workshops
- Networking
- Startup pitch competition
- Founder panels
- Art & design showcase
- Cultural activities
- Closing celebration
Sample formats — the full agenda will be published as sessions are confirmed.
Get program updates
Be the first to know when the agenda, speakers, and open calls go live.
Partner with talent, innovation, and culture — in a context of public trust.
- Access to Mexican and Latino talent and community
- Visibility during Austin's highest-activity tech week
- Association with innovation, inclusion, and culture
- Thought leadership through integrated presence
- Support free, bilingual, public access to the festival
The most visible expression of a year-round community
TechMex Austin connects Mexican tech professionals, founders, and creatives with Austin's innovation ecosystem — through events, content, and community. Casa TechMex is its most public expression.
Two editions back it up: 250+ attendees at the Headliners Club in 2024 and 350+ at Capital Factory in 2025.
Practical information
Is it free?
Yes — Casa TechMex is free and open to the public.
Do I need to register?
Yes. Registration is open on Luma — save your spot with the Register button.
Will it be bilingual?
Yes. The experience is designed bilingual (English/Spanish) from the architecture up, not as an afterthought.
Can I attend if I don't work in tech?
Absolutely. The festival is built for tech and non-tech audiences alike — culture, art, community, and entrepreneurship all have a door in.
Who can apply to the pitch competition?
Mexican and Latino founders. The open call will be published with criteria, dates, and prizes — subscribe for updates.
How do I become a sponsor or partner?
Write to comite@techmexaustin.org or use the sponsor and partner buttons on this page — we'll set up a call.
Where is the ESB-MACC?
Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St, Austin, TX 78701 — downtown, by Lady Bird Lake.