Cvent has unveiled more than 70 product innovations across its platform at Cvent CONNECT 2026, including 34 net-new AI capabilities. The announcements span the full event lifecycle with every product either live today, in beta, or expected to ship by the end of the year, backed by a planned multi-year $1 billion technology investment.
Cvent announced 70+ product innovations at Cvent CONNECT 2026, including 34 net-new AI capabilities.
The company is investing $1 billion in product development over multiple years.
CventIQ, the AI engine, is purpose-built for the events industry with 25+ years of proprietary event data.
New Cvent Assistant enables event creation, venue recommendations, and attendee management via plain language.
Hospitality features include AI Sourcing, AI Content Assistant, and Response Assistant for venues.
Marketing innovations include Attendee AI Assistant, Agenda Builder, and Network Builder with Warm Introductions.
In front of nearly 5,000 in-person attendees and thousands more online, Cvent announced more than 70 product innovations across its platform at Cvent CONNECT. Designed for event professionals, marketers, and hospitality teams, the announcements spanned the full event lifecycle with a focus on near-term activation — every product is either live today, in beta, or expected to ship by the end of the year.
"Every capability we announced this week was built around two core priorities: making the tools intuitive, and prioritizing customer performance and outcomes." - David Quattrone, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cvent
The depth and pace of innovation reflect the immediate impact of Cvent's planned multi-year $1 billion investment in product development that was announced earlier in the day during the opening keynote from Cvent CEO and Founder, Reggie Aggarwal.
"In the next decade, the organizations that rise above the rest will be those that can reimagine what AI can unlock and find the right technology partners to help them execute on that opportunity," said Aggarwal. "That's why we're betting $1 billion on this moment. Events are the one channel AI can't replicate. We're doubling down to make every one of those moments more impactful, more measurable, and more valuable to your business than ever before."
Cvent launched CventIQ last year as the AI engine powering its platform and has continued to invest in its fast-advancing capabilities. Rather than applying generic AI, CventIQ is purpose-built for the events industry, grounded in 25+ years of proprietary event data and connected to every layer of the Cvent platform. The 34 net-new AI-powered capabilities announced this week are delivered through three reinforcing foundations:
System of Context: CventIQ connects an organization's event program data in a secure environment, creating a rich, customized, agent-ready foundation that accelerates AI outcomes.
System of Network: With 12.7 billion attendee interactions processed in the past twelve months alone, CventIQ benefits from network effects that no point solution can replicate.
System of Work: CventIQ Skills delivers the system of work for event organizers and AI agents, embedded into workflows that event professionals use every day.
The practical output of CventIQ Skills is further enhanced by AI capabilities that can be used directly through Cvent's platform or through external tools like Claude, Salesforce Agentforce, and others.
"Every capability we announced this week was built around two core priorities: making the tools intuitive, and prioritizing customer performance and outcomes," said David Quattrone, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cvent. "With 2,000 engineers focused on those deliverables, we're able to move fast, but with intention. The products and features we're shipping this year aren't aspirational or innovative for innovation's sake. They're built on 25 years of event data and experience, real customer workflows, and AI that actually knows how events – and the people who run them – work."
Cvent's reimagined organizer experience centers on a new AI-powered Cvent Assistant — a planning companion that takes an organizer's described intent and translates it directly into action across the platform. Key capabilities expecting to ship in 2026 include:
CventIQ Skills: Purpose-built task packages enabling AI agents to execute event workflows directly. (Expected Q3 2026)
Cvent Assistant — Event Creation: Organizers can describe an event and upload existing documents to build a fully branded event draft in minutes. (Expected Q3 2026)
Cvent Assistant — Venue Recommendations: Planners can describe needs in plain language and receive a curated shortlist of venues. (Expected Q3 2026)
Cvent Assistant — Attendee Management: Organizers can paste attendee change requests for one-click review and execution. (Expected Q3 2026)
Cvent Assistant — Insights & Benchmarking: Planners can query event data conversationally and benchmark performance in real time. (Expected Q3 2026)
Program Knowledge Base: Organizations can upload SOPs, naming conventions, and approval workflows for Assistant guidance. (Expected Q4 2026)
Unified Event List and Navigation: All event types brought together in a single, unified event list. (Expected Q3 2026)
Attendee AI Assistant: Embedded assistant answering questions and making session recommendations. (Available now)
Agenda Builder: AI builds personalized schedules for each attendee. (Available in beta)
Global Profiles and Discovered Interests: Attendee behavior accumulates across events for sharper recommendations. (Available now)
Snapshots, Session Takeaways, and Audience Insights: Capturing and summarizing session content. (Available now)
Network Builder and Warm Introductions: AI matches attendees and drafts personalized introduction messages. (Available now; Warm Introductions in beta)
Exhibitor Recommendations and Lead Capture Follow-Ups: Tailored recommendations and personalized follow-up messages. (Both in beta)
Field Events
Cvent Essentials: Governed field event platform with website templates, email templates, and badge printing. (Expected late 2026)
Essentials AI End-to-End: Field marketers can create, launch, and manage events through conversational AI. (Expected Q4 2026)
Jifflenow AI Meeting Summaries and iCapture Lead Intelligence: Unified AI-generated summaries and AI-powered lead transcription with ZoomInfo enrichment.
Budget Tracking Across All Event Types: Extending budget tracking to every event format with AI-powered invoice upload. (Expected late 2026)
Digital Events
Goldcast: AI-powered content repurposing, on-demand video hubs, and Highlight Reel generator.
ON24: Enterprise-scale programs with personalization, compliance controls, and AI-powered multilingual delivery across 34 languages.
AI Sourcing: Venue profiles play a bigger role in how buyers discover properties. (Available now)
AI Content Assistant: Venues receive dynamic scores with actionable recommendations to improve visibility. (Expected Q3 2026)
Planner Navigator: Follow-up reminders, notifications, and AI Writing Assistant for sales teams. (Expected Q3 2026)
Response Assistant: Helps hotel sales teams build stronger proposals with Meeting Space tool and smarter Custom Question experience. (Expected Q3 2026)
Business Intelligence Reporting Assistant: Query performance data conversationally. (Currently in beta)
Cvent Event Diagramming: Major updates to 3D Event Designer for immersive visualization. (Expected Q4 2026)
AI Seating Assistant and BEO Uploader: AI-assisted seating tool and automated BEO upload. (AI Seating in beta; BEO Uploader expected Q3-Q4 2026)
Passkey Enhancements: Overhauling the room block experience from setup through guest booking. (Multiple enhancements expected through end of 2026)
About Cvent
Cvent builds technology to power the highest performing events on the planet. With its purpose-built and AI-powered platform, data insights, unrivaled ecosystem, and deep expertise, Cvent helps its customers deliver real event outcomes. Cvent gives event professionals the technology to run in-person, virtual, and hybrid events of any size, marketers the solutions to deliver event-led growth, and hotels, venues, and destinations a leading global marketplace to win and keep business. With intelligent tools across the event lifecycle, real-time analytics, personalized attendee experiences, and $20B+ in group business sourced through the ecosystem annually, Cvent delivers the AI-driven technology, insight, and scale customers need to power high-performing events and better outcomes.
