Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # Events with Anthropic speakers at LA Tech Week 2026 > LA Tech Week 2026 lists 21 events with Anthropic speakers or builders from Monday, Oct 12 to Saturday, Oct 17, and only 1 takes an open RSVP: the other 20 are approval-only, so request a spot early. 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 - Mostly daytime: 8 of 21 are evening events - Spread over 6 days, heaviest on Thursday, Oct 15 with 5 - Amazon Web Services runs 2, more than any other organizer ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/anthropic/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/anthropic/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 | 10 AM to 11:30 AM | Hands-on workshop: take your product into the AI chat | Myop, Keren Fanan | Arts District | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/bHhi9dfoESKf0ZOpH87r?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 10 AM | Tech Founder. Zero to One | David Meltzer Enterprises, David Gastelum | Century City | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KenAQvH1XI2e1Zq4w08d?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 3 PM to 5 PM | Hands-on workshop: build an MCP app | Myop, Keren Fanan | Arts District | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/lkklfcZEmhlVWVHw5bDw?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 9 AM | Claude Code Workshop | Zartis | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DeapkICHPDcpg3L83zQM?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 12 PM to 2 PM | LAGLCC Skills Series: Unlocking AI in Your Business | The Landing Pad, Garrett Kolanda | West Hollywood | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/bf408qYTVJWeSvelm5OT?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 2 PM to 6 PM | AI GTM Building Workshop & Show & Tell | Mucker Capital, Lara Bandeira, Tony Yang, Justin Capaldi | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/aNKtrwD19Lr1PiSfpPLm?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Claude for Wealth Managers & Family Offices | House of 434, Shilpi Nayak, Travis Johnson, Zes Almazan | Westwood | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/c5sZYbCgRGyHpdARX8S7?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 10:30 AM to 12 PM | From AI Experimentation to AI Adoption | Paradigm Systems, Emily Woodman-Nance | Westside | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/SNm5mrNOcOgvP1osPRp0?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 11 AM | Don't Give Your Agent the Keys: Put a Check-Blocker Between Your Apps and the LLM | Outhora AI, Michael Walker | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/TH9cb0hMd8siGAp5LwFr?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | Claude Lawyer v. Real Lawyer | The Sege Law Practice, Dean, Alan Sege | Santa Monica | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0g6TxTONavm9Juz1dkhR?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 7 PM | Draper Dragon Founders and Friends Dinner | Draper Dragon, Tank Chen | West Hollywood | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/HJnvMeMva88KlinCZNVg?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 10 AM | Build AI Agents on AWS | Amazon Web Services, Sunil Paramel | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ux1I2xzFU6XivS22muFG?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 4:15 PM to 6:30 PM | Vibe Code Lab by Female Founder Collective x Vibe Code Mama | Female Founder collective | Santa Monica | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/1gcVu1hc4yjA9eQFh5iD?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Verifying AI-authored code: Teaching your agents how to correct their own output | Anithesis, Anithesis Events, Uwe Lieckfeldt | South LA | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4dg1qei3QVCjyGlKlndU?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | Bring a Bottleneck, Leave With a Claude Workflow | CrowdBoost Marketing, Perry Aston | Burbank | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/7Xq6YyqdaiUeSqDfeUJz?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 6 PM | Personal Branding + Media for Founders | VS Winning, Lisa Winning | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kclvFs1ylpQzSG7rlYNA?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 10 AM | Gen AI Observability for Engineering Leaders | Amazon Web Services, Sunil Paramel | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/5LRoanQ1sdaNDZrAMUWB?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 5 PM | SEP Hacks | Sigma Eta Pi @ USC, Adhish Chakravorty, Ava Rathenberg, Rodin S, kari wu | USC | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IINM0gR38HKBmgtDJ3kK?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 11 PM | CLAUDE CREATOR SUMMIT | Anthropic, Evan Grenda | Venice | Apply | closed | - | - | yes | [View](https://partiful.com/e/7uMkZMDqesuJrBb2XR1B?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 17 | 10 AM to 7 PM | 0 to Shipped | LavaLab, Sonya Alexis | USC | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/EsiIgFkD5fer1Zijgiqq?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 17 | 10:30 AM | touch ./SAND - The Voice Agent OUTDOOR Hackathon | Openbase, Zoky Zhou, Gabe Montague | Venice | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/i612VPqpD5glFJcIo1Ln?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: Amazon Web Services (2); Keren Fanan (2); Myop (2); Sunil Paramel (2) ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunilpadmanabhan/)); Adhish Chakravorty (1); Alan Sege (1); Anithesis (1); Anithesis Events (1); Anthropic (1); Ava Rathenberg (1); CrowdBoost Marketing (1); David Gastelum (1) ([X](https://x.com/dash_memories)) - Speaking: Jenna Reback; Aria Han; Richie O’Halloran; David Gastelum; David Meltzer; Andrii Ryzhokhin; Garrett Kolanda; Tony Yang; Jonathan Martinez; Chris Sheng; Petros Hong; Shilpi Nayak; Travis Johnson; Fiona Basa-Reyes; Emily Woodman-Nance; Alison Wyatt; Jenna Cao; Kendall Crocker; Perry Aston; Lisa Winning ## FAQ ### Which events with Anthropic speakers or builders can I join without applying? 1 of the 21 are open RSVP; the other 20 ask you to apply. Vibe Code Lab by Female Founder Collective x Vibe Code Mama (Thu 4:15 PM, Female Founder collective). ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 20 events with Anthropic speakers or builders with an application form, 20 ask for a job title, 20 for a company, 20 for LinkedIn and 16 for GitHub. ### What are the main events with Anthropic speakers or builders on Tuesday, Oct 13? 4 events with Anthropic speakers or builders are listed for Tuesday, Oct 13, led by AI GTM Building Workshop & Show & Tell and Claude for Wealth Managers & Family Offices. They include AI GTM Building Workshop & Show & Tell (Tue 2:00 PM), Claude for Wealth Managers & Family Offices (Tue 5:00 PM), Claude Code Workshop (Tue 9:00 AM) and LAGLCC Skills Series: Unlocking AI in Your Business (Tue 12:00 PM). ### What are the main events with Anthropic speakers or builders on Wednesday, Oct 14? 4 events with Anthropic speakers or builders are listed for Wednesday, Oct 14, led by From AI Experimentation to AI Adoption and Claude Lawyer v. Real Lawyer. ### Which events with Anthropic speakers or builders have food? 4 of the 21 mention food (2 dinner, 1 breakfast, 1 snacks). They include touch ./SAND - The Voice Agent OUTDOOR Hackathon (Sat 10:30 AM), "Breakfast and arrival"; Claude Lawyer v. Real Lawyer (Wed 6:00 PM), "dinner and drinks will be available"; Draper Dragon Founders and Friends Dinner (Wed 7:00 PM), "a proper dinner and a real conversation"; Bring a Bottleneck, Leave With a Claude Workflow (Thu 5:30 PM), "then light bites, drinks and open networking". ### Which events with Anthropic speakers or builders have drinks? 1 mention drinks: 1 alcohol. ### Which events with Anthropic speakers or builders have the most RSVPs? Build AI Agents on AWS has the most, 166 going. ### Which events with Anthropic speakers or builders are hands-on? 17 are workshops or hackathons: 13 workshops and 4 hackathons. Build AI Agents on AWS (Thu 10 AM, Amazon Web Services); AI GTM Building Workshop & Show & Tell (Tue 2 PM, Mucker Capital); Tech Founder. Zero to One (Mon 10 AM, David Meltzer Enterprises); Gen AI Observability for Engineering Leaders (Fri 10 AM, Amazon Web Services); From AI Experimentation to AI Adoption (Wed 10:30 AM, Paradigm Systems). ## Same page at the other tech week - At SF Tech Week (Oct 5 to 11): 54 Events with Anthropic speakers: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/anthropic Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/anthropic --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/anthropic 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