thursday 5 november 2026
sydney
uts underground ✦ tickets live now
// first.of.its.kind
there's never been a tech event like this in australia
> the tech events you know
you know the tech events. the grey carpet. the lanyard. the panel of five men called andrew explaining AI to you. the networking breakfast where you're one of six women in a room of 400. you've done that. it made you want to log off forever.
> techella is
techella is the opposite, on purpose. a festival, not a conference — talks and workshops from women actually building with AI, a marketplace of woman-founded brands, and 300 women who feel like your group chat finally showed up in person. you leave with real skills, new best friends, and a camera roll you'll never delete.
// why.now.exe
it's not hype. the data says it's your era.
you're not coming to catch up. women are already out in front on this — techella is where you compound the lead.
- 2xwomen business owners are deploying AI in their businesses at nearly twice the rate of men (42% vs 23%). you're the early adopters this time.Gusto Women's Entrepreneurship Report, 2025
- 20pt50% of australian women use AI at work vs 70% of men. that 20-point gap is exactly why this day exists — close it in one room, with your people.Deloitte TMT Predictions, 2025
- 24%of australian startup equity went to female-founded teams in 2025, up from 15% — and AI was the #1 funded sector. the money is backing women who build with AI.Cut Through Venture, 2025
// what you get
here's what
you actually get
hands-on workshops
you actually build things. not slides. not theory. real workshops where you leave with something you made.
money + business with AI
the women in the room are using AI to make actual money + build actual businesses. learn how. then go do it.
the IRL group chat
meet the women you've been DMing for months. finally in the same room. you'll cry. it's fine.
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who it's for (and who it's not)
it's for you if
- you're a founder, freelancer, creative — or the one at work everyone asks about AI
- you want to build things with AI, not hear the word 'innovation' 47 times
- you've been in the group chat for months and want to meet them IRL
- you'd rather learn from a woman who's done it than sit through a keynote about 'the future of work'
- you show up for the aesthetic and stay for the substance
it's not for you if
- you want to sit in the dark for eight hours collecting slide decks
- you think pink means it can't be technical
- you're only coming to hand out business cards
- you're waiting for the 'serious' version — this is the serious version. it's just wearing lip gloss
nodded at the green column? that's your sign.
the lineup
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Candice Harvey
your MC — host of the whole day
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what to expect
- real ones. no panel of dudes.
- build something. learn something.
- the women you actually want to hear from.
- installations made for the camera and the soul.
- brands that actually get it.
- the group chat, but in person.
- non-negotiable.
- we're not telling you everything yet.
// your.host.exe
the woman behind techella
brooke wright
founder · your host
brooke is the AI girl your feed already knows. she's spent the last four years implementing AI for female founders through her consultancy wright mode, built a 70K+ community across instagram, tiktok + youtube doing it, and got tired of waiting for someone to build a tech event that felt like us. so she's building it herself.
- 70K+ followers across instagram, tiktok + youtube — women in tech, AI + female founders
- founder of wright mode — implementing AI for female founders since 2022
- host of 'not another AI girl' — the podcast for women who are tired of the same five voices
- techella™ is hers — australia's first festival-format tech event for women
683women put their hands up for this. zero paid ads.
come say hi before november
// the.vibes
the vibes you're walking into
festival production values. y2k-girly. chrome everything. built for the camera and the soul.
concept renders — creative direction of what our production team is building.
// questions.exe
the questions you're actually thinking
do i need to be technical?
no. if you can use instagram, you'll keep up. the workshops are hands-on and built for normal women, not developers — you leave having actually made something.
can i come alone?
most women are. you won't be alone by morning tea — this is the friendliest room in australian tech, and you'll leave with new best friends and their numbers.
what if i can't make it?
tickets are non-refundable for change of mind — but they're transferable, so if life happens, your seat can go to another woman in your life (free, just email hello@techellafest.com). fair warning though: you won't want to hand this one over.
where and when exactly?
thursday 5 november 2026, uts underground in sydney. one full day. fly in, girlhood, fly out.
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