Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # AI happy hours at LA Tech Week 2026 > LA Tech Week 2026 has 21 AI happy hours, all on weekdays from Monday, Oct 12 to Friday, Oct 16, with 8 on Tuesday, Oct 13 and 17 needing host approval. Chancity tracks 800 LA Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 21. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/la) and each event's own page. ## At a glance - No weekend dates: all 21 fall between Oct 12 and Oct 16. - 9 of 21 mention food on the event's page, more often than events all week. - Median of 59 RSVPs, above the typical Tech Week event. ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/ai-happy-hours/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/ai-happy-hours/calendar.ics ## Events Columns: Time is Pacific time. Access: RSVP means a plain RSVP, Apply means the host approves each guest. Status: open, waitlist, closed or sold out, from the official Tech Week calendar. Food and Drinks: the host's own words ("mentions", not a promise). Price: only where the listing shows a price; a dash means no price listed. Featured: featured on the official Tech Week calendar. | Date | Time | Event | Host | Area | Access | Status | Food | Price | Featured | RSVP | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Mon, Oct 12 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Bots and Brews - Physical AI Meetup | RiseLink, Tess Kassier | Arts District | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ZRALmL5JVFRLUbbtzHS8?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 4 PM to 7 PM | B2B Bo$$es (GTM x Building Community For Top Execs) | Kamp | Downtown | Apply | open | Dinner, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/96hfKvIGqiTz4h8YH5Zs?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 4 PM to 6 PM | LA's Hard Tech Renaissance: Robotics & Physical AI | Maven Ventures, Deel, Fenwick, Rho, Robert Ravanshenas | West Hollywood | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RzNcm4P7YnfoUVqWKHKR?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM | Building the Enterprise AI Stack: Sovereignty, Safety & Accountability - Quantec + Kindo | Quantec, Kindo.ai, Meter, Saam, Mona | Beverly Hills | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uXqDX33ylqORgHcvkQG3?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 5 PM to 8 PM | NachoTuesday SaaS & AI Founder + Investor Rooftop Happy Hour | NachoNacho, Andy Karuza | Santa Monica | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zlvL8jQrzSki3RnFu3bp?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 5 PM to 6 PM | Pitch on Tap: Happy Hour with VCs and their AI personas | Casuro.ai, Agora, Naman, John Moore, Becca Doyle, Liz Federowicz, Sri Raghu Malireddi | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RR4EivKldDakMt8xpKx4?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 5 PM to 9 PM | TRANSFORM LA: Frontier AI Conversations & Tequila Tasting | VIRE, Glenn Hong | Mid City | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/2vWegY1hR05bwKalGyA5?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 6 PM | Vitals: Consumer Health in the AI Era | Kin Health, OpenEvidence, Upfront Ventures, Arpan Parikh, Max Drescher | Westwood | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4EGXFS8OcnKz5DXofFjl?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 6:15 PM to 8 PM | Happy Hour w/ HigherPeople | HigherPeople | - | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/JkzguSIp561r1LUymMlV?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 4 PM to 6 PM | APIs & Aperol: A Rooftop Social Hour w/ Vonage | Vonage, Autumn Moss Peñaloza, Rachel Sunderland | Santa Monica | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Fce7q3YQv4IvH84shwU3?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 5:30 PM | Building for Government: LA Govtech Happy Hour | Edwin, Peter Rogers, Brendan Hellweg, Spencer Rogers | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fkqzgki3QgRMrfFYRVEU?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 6 PM to 9 PM | AI Agents Speakeasy with LiveKit & Modal | LiveKit, Modal, LiveKit Events | Santa Monica | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4K1RcwGixzueNO9eVyiV?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 3 PM to 6 PM | InvestHER Roundtables | Gritty In Pink | Beverly Hills | Apply | open | Open bar | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0prOurYexZoNrUgXKzRT?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM | Embodied AI Happy Hour | Uthana Inc, Izza Vivo, Viren Tellis | Venice | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yt05CPVAIQjdUmnqjfMi?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 4 PM to 7:30 PM | The New Entertainment Marketing & Promo Exec: How to survive and thrive in the age of AI. | TwelveLabs, TrackIt, Abby Chittams, Chris Marchitelli, Michelle Glenn, Erin Franzman, Kilian Congard, Katie Kenney | Marina del Rey | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/iW5iFCSECY1AXWUMtW8y?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Can AI Teammates Unlock Your Next Stage of Growth? | Okou, Scarlett Xie, Ming Li | Santa Monica | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/q40GEunpSczYx7GChlAz?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Hardware Engineering Happy Hour | MathWorks | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kZVZwL5wQHLMxeZkPWjD?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Pitch Workshop: A VC Thinks Out Loud - A2H2 × Wedbush Ventures | Echo Bit, Nick Dazé, Wedbush Ventures | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mikp5LzbUBkxthlkuEmg?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Pasadena Tech Happy Hour | Innovate Pasadena, AI LA | Pasadena | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/ACAXFaU4vj7YDB0swWXE?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 6:15 PM | Consumer Tech Night/HAPPY HOUR (Free Food + Drinks) | Lenn AI, Ryan | - | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/IVkz0KL5k54JEHHdeoVi?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Gold House x Speedrun Investors Social | Gold House Ventures, a16z Speedrun, Ted Wint, Jacqueline Young, Daniel Suh | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/wU7EoflAReV8SWrIP1G5?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: a16z Speedrun (1); Abby Chittams (1); Agora (1); AI LA (1); Andy Karuza (1); Arpan Parikh (1) ([X](https://x.com/drparikhmba)); Autumn Moss Peñaloza (1) ([X](https://x.com/autumnpenaloza)); Becca Doyle (1); Brendan Hellweg (1); Casuro.ai (1); Chris Marchitelli (1); Daniel Suh (1) - Speaking: Robert Ravanshenas; Michael Broukhim; B. David Levine; Jamie Volk; Alex Gostomelsky; Meaghan Curran; Savannah L. Barker; Katy Stover Fox; Erika Aquino; Jenn Byrne; LaKeisha Landrum Pierre; Stella Lim; Amber Illig; Katie Kirsch; Livi Grant; Shira Yevin; Ming Li; Sharon Palawandram; Petra Griffith ## FAQ ### Which AI happy hours can I join without applying? 4 of the 21 are open RSVP; the other 17 ask you to apply. They include Pasadena Tech Happy Hour (Thu 6:00 PM), Consumer Tech Night/HAPPY HOUR (Free Food + Drinks) (Thu 6:15 PM), Happy Hour w/ HigherPeople (Tue 6:15 PM) and TRANSFORM LA: Frontier AI Conversations & Tequila Tasting (Tue 5:00 PM). ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 17 AI happy hours with an application form, 16 ask for a job title, 17 for a company, 17 for LinkedIn and 7 for GitHub. ### What are the main AI happy hours on Tuesday, Oct 13? 8 AI happy hours are listed for Tuesday, Oct 13, led by Pitch on Tap: Happy Hour with VCs and their AI personas and NachoTuesday SaaS & AI Founder + Investor Rooftop Happy Hour. ### What are the main AI happy hours on Wednesday, Oct 14? 3 AI happy hours are listed for Wednesday, Oct 14, led by APIs & Aperol: A Rooftop Social Hour w/ Vonage and Building for Government: LA Govtech Happy Hour. APIs & Aperol: A Rooftop Social Hour w/ Vonage (Wed 4 PM, Vonage); Building for Government: LA Govtech Happy Hour (Wed 5:30 PM, Edwin); AI Agents Speakeasy with LiveKit & Modal (Wed 6 PM, LiveKit). ### Which AI happy hours have food? 9 of the 21 mention food (8 snacks, 1 dinner). ### Which AI happy hours have drinks? 6 mention drinks: 1 open bar, 5 alcohol. Bots and Brews - Physical AI Meetup (Mon 4 PM, RiseLink); Can AI Teammates Unlock Your Next Stage of Growth? (Thu 5 PM, Okou); Building the Enterprise AI Stack: Sovereignty, Safety & Accountability - Quantec + Kindo (Tue 4:30 PM, Quantec); B2B Bo$$es (GTM x Building Community For Top Execs) (Tue 4 PM, Kamp); AI Agents Speakeasy with LiveKit & Modal (Wed 6 PM, LiveKit). ### Which AI happy hours have the most RSVPs? Pasadena Tech Happy Hour has the most, 206 going. Pasadena Tech Happy Hour (Thu 6 PM, Innovate Pasadena); Pitch on Tap: Happy Hour with VCs and their AI personas (Tue 5 PM, Casuro.ai); The New Entertainment Marketing & Promo Exec: How to survive and thrive in the age of AI. (Thu 4 PM, TwelveLabs); NachoTuesday SaaS & AI Founder + Investor Rooftop Happy Hour (Tue 5 PM, NachoNacho); Bots and Brews - Physical AI Meetup (Mon 4 PM, RiseLink). ### Which AI happy hours are virtual or farther out? 0 are virtual and 1 are farther out, mostly in Pasadena. They include Pasadena Tech Happy Hour (Thu 6:00 PM). ## Same page at the other tech week - At SF Tech Week (Oct 5 to 11): 125 AI happy hours: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/ai-happy-hours Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/ai-happy-hours --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/ai-happy-hours Full LA Tech Week schedule: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/schedule For AI agents: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/agent