Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT

# Saturday events at LA Tech Week 2026

> LA Tech Week 2026 has 47 events on Saturday, Oct 17, and only 28% are in the evening, so Saturday runs mostly in daytime.

Chancity tracks 800 LA Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 47. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/la) and each event's own page.

## At a glance

- Smaller rooms: the median event has 24 RSVPs, well below the week's typical event.
- AI, FILM & THE NEW ECONOMICS of CREATIVITY leads with 116 RSVPs.
- Longevity Cities runs 2 events, the most of any Saturday host.

## Subscribe

- Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/saturday/calendar.ics
- Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/saturday/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7 AM | FRC Run | Founders Running Club, MongoDb, Kamen Tsvetkov | Santa Monica | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/e5jDeQ7yjO0n3gLrq8pB?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 8 AM to 11:30 AM | Open Air Health Tech | Open Air Health Tech, Bowshock, Govitamins App, SŨRFED Club, Alexander Pinkin, Nick Akhtyrskyi | Venice | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/UcXJo0sK7px35Ca1shHu?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM | Griffith Observatory Hike with Longevity Cities & Don't Die LA | Longevity Cities | Los Feliz | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/6WkGIE35M2KPlLWxe9n8?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 9 AM | ACM@USC TrojanHacks | ACM@USC, Dominic Woetzel, Alethea 🤩 | USC | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IRjknl6D3rnw5catDmK3?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 9 AM to 10 AM | Ask a VP of Sales: Live GTM Office Hours for Early-Stage B2B Founders | Kat Rucker Consulting Group, Kathryn Rucker, Scarlett Xie | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DrxycTDGHC2QMXWTPwXw?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM | The Brazen Capital Walk: Connecting Women, Capital & Opportunity | BrazenEra, Martise | Marina del Rey | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Gk2HiptYpoCK729UIpqN?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 AM | Be You Louder: Find, Build, Tell Your Story | Be You Louder, Aaron Baruh, Shauhin Davari | Venice | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Ia2svZYc5lQ49gZp3zqA?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 10 AM | Cars & Coffee | Grid, Vacant.com, Nima Wedlake, Henry Khachatryan, Hov, Krutal Desai | Long Beach | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/XoaspGKP98BenOW9ZOF9?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM | [CreatorThon] | Intuition Intelligence, Inc., Yusuf Ansari | USC | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/HjAdJrPktg2T1z7CPqBy?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) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 11 AM to 6 PM | Community Build: Tech 4 Good Hackathon | The Sameritan Project, Val Wimes | Venice | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1ZeubF1a2wvnbfPj3S3o?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 11 AM to 1 PM | Sip & Ship: The Un-Hackathon | Your Next Win, Angelina Millare | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/VsJ7ST7ZvAcWiE5VLLYe?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 11 AM | The 10x Engineer Showed Up. The 10x Organization Didn't. | Workflow Builder, Tentaro, Mateusz Masiczak, Aleksandra Bury | West Hollywood | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/OgNwWTFggLXS3nvslzpQ?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 11 AM to 2 PM | TradingDayEvent | silwal.io, Eric Wang | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/f8qHB2l0FaTvkZTaFh8k?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 11 AM to 2 PM | 🍵 Global Dream Café | Global Dream Team Media LLC, Ysabel Chavez | Westside | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/XCsrpxq7TGxls9S4cAxM?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 12 PM | Behind The Product: How Great Products Get Built | Rita Sargsyan | Westwood | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BEkQEBMzSJXEqWQe4Azv?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 12 PM to 5 PM | Lovable Hackathon Competition | Lucky Day Labs | Venice | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/XQbdWDZQtlsEN5CgDLZv?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 12 PM to 2 PM | Tech Beach Party @ Long Beach | Tech by the Beach, Nic Moe, Drew, Gideon Needleman | Long Beach | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/TEJ7mkOZKeHIbOPw2zKn?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 1 PM | Wafer, Print, & the Entertainment Business | Tallaris Partners, Emmanuel Asante | Culver City | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/HJEgJ5llRMbqB77wKWj3?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 1:15 PM to 2:15 PM | AI After 5: Yoga & AI | AI After 5, Lauren Mansfield | Westside | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Hh6E5TG3nRGOLXnMBB1d?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM | Inner Alignment: Experience Self-trust in Navigating Complexity | Meridian Collective, maria | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uO0Bacp7DzdTOhDz71ZH?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 2 PM | [DFA Designathon] | Design For America + USC, aanya lall | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Vq6GdF8nwFwe9kwdpbYb?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 2 PM to 4 PM | Founder/Investor Fight Club | Santa Monica Striking, Dean, Alan Sege | Santa Monica | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/OE5YOLgroYCEL5duZZEI?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Graphic Design & Digital Printing Meetup | Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More of West LA, Lizzy Christian | Westside | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/l0vBMP3ckQVr8ATG71EE?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 2 PM to 5 PM | LA Traffic Crisis Hackathon: Build the Future | Equity Learning, Brooke Li | East LA | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/hFYpwyGRRmLFlpnqWlqC?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 2 PM | Matcha & Walk with Longevity L.A. | Longevity Cities | Santa Monica | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cty8sb6rf4DQT84pnwuB?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 2 PM to 4:30 PM | South Asians in Space, Physical AI | american south asian network | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/nSA5U7V2nidTFc4gYMqP?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 3 PM to 5 PM | AI, FILM & THE NEW ECONOMICS of CREATIVITY | DIMSUMX, Chalsea-Blaze Chen | West Hollywood | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/YG8NsTeKqdhB9wScEXAN?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 3 PM to 6 PM | Greenlight LA | StudioEngine, Mary Rauzi, Bernard Mendez, Austin Vinas | Inglewood | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/pRSNMPMHrs9NJzv0YEE0?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 3 PM | The Afterparty for Your Nervous System | Infinity Angels 777, Jessica Maez | Santa Monica | Apply | open | Snacks, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/6ZrNydVjqOA6DyjUvkG2?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 3 PM | The Future of Human Creativity in Film & Emerging Media | OneDay MBA | Santa Monica | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/KULqzBorlB98zXogf0DV?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 4 PM to 10:30 PM | Build a voice agent in 3 minutes | Guava | Culver City | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/U1GHA0ZkKdgLTZXRGyGJ?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 4 PM to 9:30 PM | SFWRUNWAY Fashion and Finance | SFWRUNWAY | Downtown | Apply | open | Open bar | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4d7WRhGYSiOTvdVEvAOS?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5 PM | Creator World | Chally, Charlie Steinbaum | Bel Air | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fbiYncjSGW6NDkDxAc8D?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5 PM to 8 PM | micro1 Sunset Soirée | micro1 | Malibu | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uhUcufJ51zvGz5qYXeVa?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Speak Easy: Pitch Lab Social | Speech & Mind, Dr. Sumeyra Ozturk | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/CP1uMAKXk7OjoAM6Xsfc?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5 PM to 8 PM | The Future Is Fun: An AI Storytelling Showcase | Interact Studio, Sai R | USC | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8fx6dvf0ZhkWBfsBJKfR?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5:30 PM | [WARDROBE DEBUG] | Soullink AI, Yingdi xiong | Arts District | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/HDZZBerWqedKc9g4v4MN?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6 PM | Build an AI workflow editor, natively in Angular | Workflow Builder, Mateusz Masiczak | Marina del Rey | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zYpQyYK67Anpp2VAp59u?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6 PM to 9 PM | The Era of Agentic Networking | Purpose:Labs | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uptxORjGgjEkRA4M6MF9?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7 PM | Hackathon | Builderbase, AI Collective, Sean Chiu, Michael Agustin, Jens Ingelstedt, Brandon Hoffman, Claire Xie, Tanya | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BgGauw25faUj0toqV40C?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7 PM | Ready or Not: The Founder Game Night | The Ready Lab Inc., Miesha Robinson | South LA | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/WdJG3ohJ75MMJN4QKevx?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7 PM | Tech Industry Speed Networking West LA | Los Angeles Fun Events, LosAngelesFunEvents | Westside | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/llsNpuYXipk271GCMOic?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM | Funny Women of Tech: Live Standup Comedy | Thought GPS | The Valley | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/HJxsJ2xRrrg3re8NkiGY?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 8 PM to 11 PM | Tech Week After Dark | NSBE Los Angeles Professionals (NSBEPROLA), LiveJazzLA, Our Wellness Notes, Black L.A. Tech Week | Hollywood | RSVP | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/ZpOWxjlqy6XCv2pRQiJQ?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 10 PM | SVRN x LATechWeek After Hours Party | StudioEngine, Norbac Media, Bernard Mendez, Ben Spievak, Michelle Hindle, Twee, Christian Selven | Inglewood | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/q4REbdH6fPqrso7ohW6j?ref=chancity) |

## Who is there

- Hosting: Bernard Mendez (2); Longevity Cities (2); Mateusz Masiczak (2); StudioEngine (2); Workflow Builder (2); aanya lall (1); Aaron Baruh (1); AI After 5 (1); AI Collective (1); Alan Sege (1); Aleksandra Bury (1)
- Speaking: Kat Rucker; Martise Moore; Lauren Mansfield; Munika Lay; Sumeyra Ozturk; Del Harrison; Bernice Ye; Mansi Mehra; Paula Jane Newman; Sarah Fatemi; Jess McLaren; Karina Reyl; Bryan Leigh Smith; Cat Povinelli; Johanna Topalian

## FAQ

### Which Saturday events can I join without applying?

9 of the 47 are open RSVP; the other 38 ask you to apply.

### What do hosts ask when you apply?

Across 38 Saturday events with an application form, 38 ask for a job title, 38 for a company, 38 for LinkedIn and 28 for GitHub.

### What are the main events on Saturday, Oct 17?

47 events are listed for Saturday, Oct 17, led by AI, FILM & THE NEW ECONOMICS of CREATIVITY and The Future Is Fun: An AI Storytelling Showcase.

### How much of LA Tech Week is on Saturday?

47 of the week's 800 listed events, according to the official Tech Week calendar.

### Which Saturday events have food?

12 of the 47 mention food (8 snacks, 3 breakfast, 1 lunch). The Future of Human Creativity in Film & Emerging Media (Sat 3 PM, OneDay MBA); Cars & Coffee (Sat 10 AM, Grid); Build a voice agent in 3 minutes (Sat 4 PM, Guava); touch ./SAND - The Voice Agent OUTDOOR Hackathon (Sat 10:30 AM, Openbase); The Afterparty for Your Nervous System (Sat 3 PM, Infinity Angels 777).

### Which Saturday events have drinks?

5 mention drinks: 1 open bar, 4 coffee or soft drinks. They include Cars & Coffee (Sat 10:00 AM), "complimentary coffee, pastries and merch"; The Afterparty for Your Nervous System (Sat 3:00 PM), "light bites"; Tech Week After Dark (Sat 8:00 PM), "Drinks and Mocktails"; Matcha & Walk with Longevity L.A. (Sat 2:00 PM), "order a matcha (or your favourite drink!) to go".

### Which Saturday events have the most RSVPs?

AI, FILM & THE NEW ECONOMICS of CREATIVITY has the most, 116 going. They include AI, FILM & THE NEW ECONOMICS of CREATIVITY (Sat 3:00 PM), The Future Is Fun: An AI Storytelling Showcase (Sat 5:00 PM), Founder/Investor Fight Club (Sat 2:00 PM) and Tech Industry Speed Networking West LA (Sat 7:00 PM).

### Who hosts the most Saturday events?

Longevity Cities hosts 2, StudioEngine 2, Workflow Builder 2.

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