A CROSS-INDUSTRY
AUTOMATION SUMMIT
A platform designed to connect enterprise leaders, technology innovators, startup founders, investors, researchers, policymakers, and industry practitioners. Not a theoretical AI conversation - a practical, cross-sector exploration of how automation is transforming the real economy.
WHY AUTOMATION, WHY NOW
Across every sector, organizations are moving from experimentation to deployment. The companies that will define the next decade aren't asking whether to integrate intelligent automation - they're asking how, where, and with whom.
TiEcon Texas 2026 exists because that question deserves a serious room.
The ION Innovation District
Houston's central innovation hub for founders,
investors, and enterprise builders.
30+
Years
64
Locations
5
Continents
15,000
Members
TIE'S FIVE PILLARS
Since 1992, TiE has been supporting entrepreneurs by offering education, mentorship, networking and funding opportunities.
The mission of TiE remains to foster entrepreneurship globally through funding, mentoring, networking and education.
Mentoring
TiE is known for mentoring education and networking to help entrepreneurs and those starting new business. Every day, someone is mentored with the TiE ecosystem and guided towards the right path to achieve great heights. Besides creating wealth the organisation also work to alleviate poverty and unemployment by fostering entrepreneurship worldwide.
Networking
TiE conference attendees span the spectrum from successful founders of mature companies, entrepreneurs creating new companies, professional from top corporations leading venture capital firms to thought leaders to senior executives and technology professionals
Education
TiE signature programs includes the TiE Young Entrepreneurship (TYE), which fosters entrepreneurship and education in high school level students, the TiE International Start up Competition (TISC) which aims to nurture college level students and young start-ups TiE Women’s Forum which empowers women entrepreneurs throughout our network and numerous large scale conferences such as TiECon and TiE Global Summit.
Incubation
TiE Chapters often assist start-ups by offering those incubators space or subsidized services by Sponsor and partners.
Investing
Several start-ups have received funding and investment from TiE Angel groups in the Network or from Angel Investors. TiE’s success stems from the cycle where chapter member assist younger entrepreneurs with mentoring Investments, networking etc and foster success of younger start-ups in the community.
Mentoring
TiE is known for mentoring education and networking to help entrepreneurs and those starting new business. Every day, someone is mentored with the TiE ecosystem and guided towards the right path to achieve great heights. Besides creating wealth the organisation also work to alleviate poverty and unemployment by fostering entrepreneurship worldwide.
Networking
TiE conference attendees span the spectrum from successful founders of mature companies, entrepreneurs creating new companies, professional from top corporations leading venture capital firms to thought leaders to senior executives and technology professionals
Education
TiE signature programs includes the TiE Young Entrepreneurship (TYE), which fosters entrepreneurship and education in high school level students, the TiE International Start up Competition (TISC) which aims to nurture college level students and young start-ups TiE Women’s Forum which empowers women entrepreneurs throughout our network and numerous large scale conferences such as TiECon and TiE Global Summit.
Investing
Several start-ups have received funding and investment from TiE Angel groups in the Network or from Angel Investors. TiE’s success stems from the cycle where chapter member assist younger entrepreneurs with mentoring Investments, networking etc and foster success of younger start-ups in the community.
Incubation
TiE Chapters often assist start-ups by offering those incubators space or subsidized services by Sponsor and partners.
TIE'S FIVE PILLARS
Since 1992, TiE has been supporting entrepreneurs by offering education, mentorship, networking and funding opportunities. The mission of TiE remains to foster entrepreneurship globally through funding, mentoring, networking and education.