Reflections from the Drupal AI Summit in Paris

On December 9th, 2025, the Drupal community gathered in Paris for a special AI summit.

As part of the larger apidays / FOST conference, we held the inaugural Drupal AI Summit designed specifically for end customers. Despite a compressed four-week organization window and a marketing campaign that ran for only three weeks, the event was oversubscribed with 170+ registered attendees.

We saw a standing-room-only crowd, peaking at around 120 people, with a sustained audience of 80-90 highly engaged delegates throughout the day. Crucially, many attendees spilled in from the wider conference, people who hadn't considered Drupal before but were drawn in by the energy and the promise of our open ecosystem.

Watch the highlights reel here! (Credit: Dan Lemon, Amazee.io)

Access all presentation slides here.

Why the World is Watching Drupal AI

The summit attracted a diverse mix of end users, agencies, and AI specialists from the UK, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and beyond. We saw heavy representation from Higher Education, Government, Manufacturing, and Enterprise sectors.

Why the sudden surge in interest? Because the Drupal AI Initiative is moving at incredible speed and momentum, leading to attracting many developers back into the community.

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One moment captured this velocity perfectly: a slide presented during the opening remarks claimed Drupal AI supported 50 AI providers, which was already outdated a week later, with another few providers being added to the list. This is the power of the open web.

While proprietary systems lock you in, the Drupal AI ecosystem expands daily, offering sovereignty, flexibility, and rapid innovation that closed platforms simply cannot match.

Showcasing the Ecosystem

The day featured eleven leading experts who demonstrated that Drupal is the most robust platform for building AI-driven digital experiences. The sessions proved that whether you need autonomous agents, secure enterprise data handling, or next-generation search, Drupal is ready today.

The Architecture of the Future

We explored the foundational power of Drupal as an orchestration layer. Alex Moreno (Pantheon) showcased how our modular architecture makes Drupal the ideal bridge between content, data, and intelligence. Giorgi Jibladze (Omedia) took this further by demonstrating Drupal as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, integrating seamlessly with tools like ChatGPT for interactive UI components.

Agents and Automation

The Summit highlighted that we are moving beyond simple chatbots. Marcus Johansson (FreelyGive) and Jamie Abrahams (FreelyGive) were standout voices here. Jamie introduced the Drupal AI Agent Framework, showing how we can build autonomous agents that create complex pages while keeping humans in the loop.

Marcus demonstrated the power of AI Automators, proving that complex, chained AI workflows can be built without writing a single line of code. Andrew Mallis (Kalamuna) showed how these agents can even revolutionize our workflows, using AI to "chat" with the migration process to speed up complex site upgrades.

Trust, Sovereignty, and UX

For our Enterprise and Government attendees, security was paramount. Dan Lemon (amazee.io) presented a privacy-first AI assistant that ensures data sovereignty when interacting with internal documents. Moritz Arendt (Open Social) discussed the ethics of AI in community platforms, focusing on maintaining trust. Emma Horrell (University of Edinburgh) proved that the success of these tools relies on people, sharing research on how AI-assisted editorial guidance can reshape web publishing in Higher Education.

Optimization and Search

We also looked at how content is consumed by machines. Christoph Breidert (1xINTERNET) introduced the concept of AIO (Artificial Intelligence Optimisation), teaching us how to prepare Drupal content for AI-generated search results. Artem Dmitriiev (1xINTERNET) showed how to build intelligent, semantic search tools without writing code, and Kristof Van Tomme (PRONOVIX) highlighted how AI automates documentation and "answer engine" optimization.

A Community Like No Other

This event was a huge success, not just in numbers, but in the connections made. It was a powerful way to promote Drupal to a non-Drupal audience, proving that our open-source ecosystem is the safest and most powerful bet for the future of AI.

After a day of high-speed innovation, we reconnected with our roots - human connection. We wrapped up the summit at the Paris Christmas market, sharing ideas over glühwein. It was a fitting end to a day about the future: high-tech solutions grounded in a warm, collaborative community.

Here's to wishing we all get an upgraded Drupal site with AI for Christmas!

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Presentation Slides

Below are links to the slides from presentations at Drupal AI Summit Paris.