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Robotics and hardware events for founders
- 39 events
- 6 days, Oct 12 to Oct 17
- 3 need no approval
- Busiest Tue, Oct 13
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Where the Physical Future is Gettting Built: AI, Infra, and Deep TechFeatured
· HSBC, a16z Speedrun · Santa Monica
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Building AI for the Physical World - Inside Hadrian's Factory XFeatured
· Orrick, Bessemer Venture Partners +3 · Torrance
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From Wakeboats to Workboats: Inside Arc's Commercial ProgramFeatured
· Arc · Torrance
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Thank God for El Segundo
· Sift · El Segundo · 465 going
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Techstars Aerospace & Defense Happy Hour w/ US Space Force and NASA JPL
· Techstars Space, Allison Kitain +2 · Culver City · 343 going
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Thank God for El Segundo
· Sift · El Segundo · 465 going
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Techstars Aerospace & Defense Happy Hour w/ US Space Force and NASA JPL
· Techstars Space, Allison Kitain +2 · Culver City · 343 going
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AI Meets the Real World: Founder & Investor Mixer
· Sunstone Management, Inc, Circuit Launch +3 · Santa Monica · 279 going
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German Tech Meets LA: AI, Innovation & Oktoberfest
· NRW.Global Business, AI LA +1 · Venice · 244 going
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Mission Critical: AI Meets Aerospace & Defense at The BR-DGE x DTI
· AI LA, Goodfin +6 · El Segundo · 240 going
Updated Sep 30 · from the official Tech Week calendar and each event’s own page
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| Time | Event | Host | Neighborhood | Access | Food | Price |
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| Monday, Oct 124 events | ||||||
| Wake up Hardware! Network & Fun Run Sponsored by Nominal & D. E. Shaw Ventures118 going | Nominal, D. E. Shaw Ventures | Santa Monica | Open RSVP | Soft drinks | ||
| to 4 PM | AI Meets the Real World: Founder & Investor Mixer279 going | Sunstone Management, Inc, Circuit Launch, Sabrina Li +2 more | Santa Monica | Apply | ||
| to 8 PM | German Tech Meets LA: AI, Innovation & Oktoberfest244 going | NRW.Global Business, AI LA, Joerg Rose | Venice | Apply | Drinks | |
| CAD + AI LA16 going | Raven CAD, Mo | Downtown | Apply | |||
| Tuesday, Oct 1314 events | ||||||
| Made in LA: Breakfast Burritos & Hardware | Trustbridge, Cullen Hilkene, Shreya Nischal +1 more | Venice | Apply | Breakfast, Soft drinks | ||
| What did our AI Agent do?! The Missing Runtime Authorization Layer for Agents and Physical AI28 goingwith Marina Piller | OtisLabs.ai, Marina Piller | Virtual | Apply | |||
| to 6 PM | LA's Hard Tech Renaissance: Robotics & Physical AI43 goingwith Robert Ravanshenas, Michael Broukhim | Maven Ventures, Deel, Fenwick +2 more | West Hollywood | Apply | ||
| to 6 PM | Space Cities: A Gathering of Founders, Builders, and Investors21 going | LifeShip Ventures, Ben Haldeman | Playa del Rey | Apply | ||
| to 6 PM | Where the Physical Future is Gettting Built: AI, Infra, and Deep Techwith Andrew Chen, Bridgit Mendler, Porter Smith, Austin Badger | HSBC, a16z Speedrun | Santa Monica | Apply | ||
| to 9 PM | Dinner & Drinks with Fearn + Matter Intelligence2 going | Fearn, Han, Angela +1 more | El Segundo | Apply | Dinner | |
| to 7 PM | Startup Spotlight: The Future of Aerospace & Defense3 going | La French Tech San Diego, Safran Corporate Ventures, Techstars Space Accelerator +3 more | Culver City | Apply | ||
| to 8:30 PM | Uncork's Frontier Builders & Investors Dinner | Uncork Capital, Belle, Rich Simmerman +1 more | Santa Monica | Apply | Snacks | |
| to 8 PM | Defense/ Space Tech Panelwith Dan Goldin, Stephen Cheung, George Whitesides, Richard Cook | Reitler Law, Deel, Citizens Bank +3 more | Santa Monica | Apply | Snacks, Open bar | |
| to 9 PM | Gundo Happy Hour1 going | 8090 Industries, 645 Ventures, Ryan Musto +1 more | El Segundo | Apply | ||
| to 9 PM | Hardware Renaissance & American Dynamism by Imagining Forward | Imagining Forward | Santa Monica | Apply | Drinks | |
| Physical AI: The Intelligence Comes Alive81 going | OpalAI, Srithanya Satish, Ryan Alimo +3 more | Santa Monica | Apply | Snacks | ||
| to 8:15 PM | Software for Hardware: State of the Industry180 goingwith Michael Corr, Austin Spiegel, Brooke Harrington, Michael Finocchiaro, Nima Ashraf | Physical Fund, Nima Ashraf, Nate! +1 more | Downtown | Open RSVP | Snacks | |
| to 9 PM | FUTURE OF THE FUTURE: LA TECH WEEK DINNER.30 going | Digital Mind State, BeSkilled Academy | Hollywood | Waitlist or full | ||
| Wednesday, Oct 1411 events | ||||||
| LA Mornings: Investor Breakfast | Trustbridge, Shreya Nischal | Venice | Apply | Breakfast | ||
| to 11 AM | Hard Earned Lessons from Building Hardwarewith Kristie D'Ambrosio-Correll, David Jaramillo, Mike Pica | Hardware Velocity, Mike Pica | Virtual | Apply | ||
| LA Tech Week Life Sciences Lunch | Reitler Law, Theophila Lee, EisnerAmper +1 more | Santa Monica | Apply | Lunch | ||
| to 2 PM | Robots Above LA54 goingwith Dr. David Crabb | Rovex Technologies Corporation, Luke Lee | Downtown | Apply | Snacks | |
| to 7 PM | Mission Critical: AI Meets Aerospace & Defense at The BR-DGE x DTI240 going | AI LA, Goodfin, SpaceWerx +5 more | El Segundo | Apply | ||
| Highways in Space81 goingwith Justin Fiaschetti, Robert Carlisle, Mike Smayda, Rich Minford | Inversion | Playa Vista | Apply | |||
| Building AI for the Physical World - Inside Hadrian's Factory Xwith Neel Lilani, Trevor Burns, Jim Belosic, David Caputo, Jai Malik, West Owens | Orrick, Bessemer Venture Partners, Harmoni +2 more | Torrance | Apply | |||
| to 8 PM | Techstars Aerospace & Defense Happy Hour w/ US Space Force and NASA JPL343 going | Techstars Space, Allison Kitain, Rebecca Poizner +1 more | Culver City | Apply | ||
| to 8 PM | From Wakeboats to Workboats: Inside Arc's Commercial Programwith Mitch Lee, Ryan Cook | Arc | Torrance | Apply | ||
| PROOF L.A.™ - Build It. Prove It. Deploy It.3 going | HTCJ Venture Studio Inc, Hack The Concrete Jungle | Marina del Rey | Apply | |||
| The Real Founders Dilemma: Building vs Joining33 going | General Matter, Benson | El Segundo | Apply | |||
| Thursday, Oct 156 events | ||||||
| to 6 PM | Reindustrializing The Manufacturing Industry Robot mixer @ Launchpad HQ | Launchpad Build AI Inc, Keith Bevans | El Segundo | Apply | ||
| Hops & Hypercars: Hard Tech Happy Hour at Common Space Brewery | Revel | Hawthorne | Apply | Drinks | ||
| to 8 PM | Thank God for El Segundo465 going | Sift | El Segundo | Apply | ||
| Your Defense Tech Unknown Unknowns Are Known in Ukrainewith Misha Rudominski, Justin Zeefe | Green Flag Ventures, Justin Zeefe | Santa Monica | Apply | |||
| Consumer Tech Night/HAPPY HOUR (Free Food + Drinks)59 going | Lenn AI, Ryan | Open RSVP | Snacks | |||
| to 10 PM | The next wearble | evobeing LLC, evobeing, Shoshana @ girlgroup | Santa Monica | Apply | ||
| Friday, Oct 163 events | ||||||
| to 8 PM | The Future of Skiing78 going | SkyTechSport, Connor Bishop | Culver City | Apply | Snacks | |
| Loop - a supper on the physical economy | Allometry, Taylor Gendron | Sunset | Apply | Drinks | ||
| Tech Meets Couture50 going | Trapxart/Unity Match Development Project, Unity Match Development Project, Essence Spencer +1 more | Santa Monica | Apply | |||
| Saturday, Oct 171 event | ||||||
| to 4:30 PM | South Asians in Space, Physical AI19 going | american south asian network | Downtown | Apply | ||
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Questions
Which robotics and hardware events for founders can I join without applying?
4 of the 39 are open RSVP; the other 35 ask you to apply.
What do hosts ask when you apply?
Across 35 robotics and hardware events for founders with an application form, 35 ask for a job title, 35 for a company, 35 for LinkedIn and 17 for GitHub.
What are the main robotics and hardware events for founders on Tuesday, Oct 13?
14 robotics and hardware events for founders are listed for Tuesday, Oct 13, led by Where the Physical Future is Gettting Built: AI, Infra, and Deep Tech and Software for Hardware: State of the Industry.
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Where the Physical Future is Gettting Built: AI, Infra, and Deep TechFeatured
· HSBC, a16z Speedrun · Santa Monica
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Software for Hardware: State of the IndustryFood
· Physical Fund, Nima Ashraf +2 · Downtown · 180 going
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Physical AI: The Intelligence Comes AliveFood
· OpalAI, Srithanya Satish +4 · Santa Monica · 81 going
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LA's Hard Tech Renaissance: Robotics & Physical AI
· Maven Ventures, Deel +3 · West Hollywood · 43 going
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FUTURE OF THE FUTURE: LA TECH WEEK DINNER.Sold out
· Digital Mind State, BeSkilled Academy · Hollywood · 30 going
What are the main robotics and hardware events for founders on Wednesday, Oct 14?
11 robotics and hardware events for founders are listed for Wednesday, Oct 14, led by Building AI for the Physical World - Inside Hadrian's Factory X and From Wakeboats to Workboats: Inside Arc's Commercial Program. Among them are Building AI for the Physical World - Inside Hadrian's Factory X (Wed 4:30 PM), From Wakeboats to Workboats: Inside Arc's Commercial Program (Wed 6:00 PM), Techstars Aerospace & Defense Happy Hour w/ US Space Force and NASA JPL (Wed 5:00 PM), Mission Critical: AI Meets Aerospace & Defense at The BR-DGE x DTI (Wed 3:00 PM) and Highways in Space (Wed 4:00 PM).
Which robotics and hardware events for founders have food?
11 of the 39 mention food (7 snacks, 2 breakfast, 1 dinner).
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Software for Hardware: State of the IndustryFood
· Physical Fund, Nima Ashraf +2 · Downtown · 180 going
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Physical AI: The Intelligence Comes AliveFood
· OpalAI, Srithanya Satish +4 · Santa Monica · 81 going
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The Future of SkiingFood
· SkyTechSport, Connor Bishop · Culver City · 78 going
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Consumer Tech Night/HAPPY HOUR (Free Food + Drinks)Food
· Lenn AI, Ryan · 59 going
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Robots Above LAFood
· Rovex Technologies Corporation, Luke Lee · Downtown · 54 going
Which robotics and hardware events for founders have drinks?
7 mention drinks: 1 open bar, 4 alcohol, 2 coffee or soft drinks. Near the top are German Tech Meets LA: AI, Innovation & Oktoberfest (Mon 5:00 PM), "Beer, Bratwurst and Networking"; Wake up Hardware! Network & Fun Run Sponsored by Nominal & D. E. Shaw Ventures (Mon 7:30 AM), "a coffee and networking session"; Made in LA: Breakfast Burritos & Hardware (Tue 9:00 AM), "breakfast burritos, coffee"; Defense/ Space Tech Panel (Tue 6:00 PM), "light bites".
Which robotics and hardware events for founders have the most RSVPs?
Thank God for El Segundo has the most, 465 going. Among them are Thank God for El Segundo (Thu 5:00 PM), Techstars Aerospace & Defense Happy Hour w/ US Space Force and NASA JPL (Wed 5:00 PM), AI Meets the Real World: Founder & Investor Mixer (Mon 2:00 PM) and German Tech Meets LA: AI, Innovation & Oktoberfest (Mon 5:00 PM).
Who hosts the most robotics and hardware events for founders?
AI LA hosts 2, Deel 2, Reitler Law 2.
Who’s there
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Hosts 12
Speakers 34
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- Dan GoldinTheir event
- Stephen CheungTheir event
- George WhitesidesTheir event
- Richard CookTheir event
- Michael CorrTheir event
- Austin SpiegelTheir event
- Brooke HarringtonTheir event
- Michael FinocchiaroTheir event
- Nima AshrafTheir event
- Kristie D'Ambrosio-CorrellTheir event
- David JaramilloTheir event
- Mike PicaTheir event
- Dr. David CrabbTheir event
- Justin FiaschettiTheir event
- Robert CarlisleTheir event
- Mike SmaydaTheir event
- Rich MinfordTheir event
- Neel LilaniTheir event
- Trevor BurnsTheir event
- Jim BelosicTheir event
- David CaputoTheir event
- Jai MalikTheir event
- West OwensTheir event
- Mitch LeeTheir event
- Ryan CookTheir event
- Misha RudominskiTheir event
- Justin ZeefeTheir event
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Updated Sep 30. Listings from the official Tech Week calendar and each event’s own page. #LATechWeek is a community event; Chancity is not affiliated with it.
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