05/21/2026
Be honest... do you know who these people are?
If you’ve built anything in Austin tech, you owe it to yourself to find out.
These are the Austin Tech Hall of Fame inductees (so far.... the list will grow every year). These are people who built the ecosystem that made your opportunity possible. The networks. The culture. The reputation that puts Austin on the global map.
We’re only three years into honoring them. The Austin Technology Council revisited the idea of the “Austin Tech Hall of Fame” in 2024 (ten years after a different approach in 2014-2015). This week we celebrated the newest inductees with a reception where 200 people got to hear from some of the smartest and most generous civic minded leaders. These are people who have done real things over the years that lead to Austin being Austin.
And please notice who is in this video. It is not just founders with big exits. We honor investors, corporate leaders, service providers, journalists, and community builders... because a healthy ecosystem is build by far more people than those getting funded and ringing the bell.
This video will keep getting longer. There are more founders, builders, and connectors whose contributions still need to be recognized... and there always will be, because this community never stops producing people worth remembering.
This week we welcomed nine more (plus the “First Time Founder Award” winner).
A community that forgets its builders stops building. Thriving ecosystems are built on purpose, not luck. This is why the Austin Technology Council believes that “Real Leaders Show Up” and serve the whole of the community, not just their corner of it.
Who do you think belongs in this video next?
