Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # Student and new grad events at LA Tech Week 2026 > LA Tech Week 2026 lists 30 events for students and new grads from Oct 12 to Oct 18, and only 6 let you RSVP straight in: the other 24 review each request before confirming a spot. Chancity tracks 800 LA Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 30. 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 here has 24 RSVPs, well under the typical event across the week. - Only 4 events mention food and 1 mentions drinks, a lower share than the week overall. - USC hosts the most, with 5 events. ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/students-new-grads/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/students-new-grads/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 | 6 PM to 10 PM | Swift Angels: iOS & Swift developer meetup - @USC | iOSC, Om Chachad, Marina Lee | USC | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/LCnL5D0GuOWGR3ePdswW?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 8 AM to 9 AM | Amplifying Scientific Innovation: AI and the Future of Workforce Development | The Sophia Consulting Firm, Dr Sophia Ononye-Onyia | Virtual | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/Q2pzg44hImn2LF89MFHu?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 10 AM to 4 PM | Self-Improving Agents Hackathon | USC Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California (USC), Jessica Madrigal, Karen Rawlins, Karl Jacob, Mayank Kejriwal, Sabrina Sun, Philip Zeng | Marina del Rey | RSVP | waitlist | Snacks | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/WPPQCW6joDGsGTWXHsaL?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 4 PM | Reverse Career Fair | Senal, Scarlett Sun | UCLA | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/OFZpALY7hh9Vf9PTXUMR?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 6 PM to 8 PM | USC Troy Labs x Pareto Holdings x Rho Founder Dinner | Rho, Pareto20, Troy Labs, USC, Rich Simmerman, Carson Kraycik, Charlotte Chang, Pola Malkowska, Annie W. | West Adams | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/p24UIy4Mm15Vhbx3sR90?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 11 AM to 12 PM | From Noise to Knowledge: A Free Generative AI Deep Dive | Variational media, yuri | - | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/W29dLpY8i4cHySW34GLc?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 2 PM to 5 PM | AI Media Career Fair | AI on the Lot | Culver City | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Dbz3OiPuFF3GqiovWH3X?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 2 PM | Translate Your BA Into a Tech Career | Translating Your BA, Jolie Radunich | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/sAp3yB1CjRIFfP30JeC7?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 2:45 PM | AI x Science | Mensch AI, Zemen Berhe | - | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/7V1KMSGzSW0PoirVgeFD?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 5:30 PM | TCSI's Headshot Happy Hour | The Cyber Security Intellects, Sam Allen | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Y2Xobg8dtJx8vpmiyvyd?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 6 PM to 9 PM | First Offer Night: The Scrimmages | Aligned Negotiation, Alchemy, Terrance | Century City | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/JZgPFZadjYJhzr7P4AN9?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 6 PM | GENERATIVE VS. AGENTIC AI What's the Difference & How Builders Are Using Them Today | TutorD LLC, Stripe, The Kinn, Brandon Bailey | South LA | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/D43jCb29LUxYA1JMuG3P?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 6 PM to 9 PM | LA Biotech Community Rooftop Social hosted by Nucleate LA | Nucleate LA, Julie Lam, Sawubona Los Angeles, Ciara Jacobs, Fifi Pan, Bea Portez | Marina del Rey | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/UxdvVnEx4Kpjjd2kpHvY?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 14 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Testify & Pitch: Faith, Sacrifice & The Courage to Build | Testify & Pitch, AcceleratorCON, Black L.A. Tech Week | South LA | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/sW9uKt7kByEh651OBLUo?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Brown Women on the Rise | american south asain network | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/g9jLdsbtC0Nm15XN2DiC?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 5:30 PM | Healthtech for Students | Stri Health, Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/bUZWV7xLENGaCXyQCEJc?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 6 PM | Media Arts Hubs in College Towns: The Future of Innovation Ecosystems | Modul8 Homes, Reiss Rollins Group, Ben Reiss | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/CZdDoyxcyl1MoOnoJ5Ad?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 12:30 PM | Rocket Launch: A USC Builders Night by TroyLabs | TroyLabs - USC's premier startup accelerator, Pola Malkowska, Anastasia Ramirez | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AK0FMV5lu2PmfSyxuXwY?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 5 PM to 6:30 PM | Sell before you build | USC Entrepreneurship and Venture Management Association, EVMA, Shayan Akhtari, Divyansh Goel | Venice | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/pX0Mq16iSYzXjHhxoPpY?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 | 5 PM | The Dual Use Hackathon at USC Viterbi | Innovate x LA, Alex Bartolomei, Jainam Jain, Mitchell, aashna | USC | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KIbFeMFfXAYA0RI0UjUR?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 5:30 PM | Female-Led Startups | Stri Health, Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DcwYOOw4YIb089lokVAQ?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 6 PM | The Builder's Lounge - Jazz Bar with VEST x Cognition | VEST at UCLA, Kiersten, Shloak Rathod, Ashley Varghese | UCLA | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MgJzE7z90rQQUWn1rILY?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 7 PM | Hardware Hackathon | Sigma Eta Pi at UC Irvine, Kyle Spink, Victoria Hoang | - | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/oZbC6xMY6fyEe18U79V3?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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 PM | [DFA Designathon] | Design For America + USC, aanya lall | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Vq6GdF8nwFwe9kwdpbYb?ref=chancity) | | Sun, Oct 18 | 2 PM | Future Builders : Family STEM Day | Black L.A. Tech Week (Community Collective), Black L.A. Tech Week | South LA | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/v75ogLCMMekNBnJAF1cP?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: Black L.A. Tech Week (2); Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri (2); Pola Malkowska (2); Stri Health (2); aanya lall (1); aashna (1); AcceleratorCON (1); Adhish Chakravorty (1); AI on the Lot (1) ([X](https://x.com/aionthelot)); Alchemy (1); Alethea 🤩 (1) - Speaking: Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia; Mayank Kejriwal; Yuri Plotkin; Evan Shapiro; Shawden Soltani; Blaise Slattery; Asbed Kassis; Alex Monahan ## FAQ ### Which Students and new grads events can I join without applying? 6 of the 30 are open RSVP; the other 24 ask you to apply. ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 24 Students and new grads events with an application form, 23 ask for a job title, 24 for a company, 24 for LinkedIn and 17 for GitHub. ### Do student events at LA Tech Week list a price? No. 0 are marked free and 0 show a price on the event's page, so cost isn't stated either way. ### What are the main Students and new grads events on Wednesday, Oct 14? 9 Students and new grads events are listed for Wednesday, Oct 14, led by AI Media Career Fair and GENERATIVE VS. AGENTIC AI What's the Difference & How Builders Are Using Them Today. AI Media Career Fair (Wed 2 PM, AI on the Lot); GENERATIVE VS. AGENTIC AI What's the Difference & How Builders Are Using Them Today (Wed 6 PM, TutorD LLC); AI x Science (Wed 2:45 PM, Mensch AI); Testify & Pitch: Faith, Sacrifice & The Courage to Build (Wed 6 PM, Testify & Pitch); From Noise to Knowledge: A Free Generative AI Deep Dive (Wed 11 AM, Variational media). ### What are the main Students and new grads events on Friday, Oct 16? 7 Students and new grads events are listed for Friday, Oct 16, led by The Builder's Lounge - Jazz Bar with VEST x Cognition and The Dual Use Hackathon at USC Viterbi. They include The Builder's Lounge - Jazz Bar with VEST x Cognition (Fri 6:00 PM), The Dual Use Hackathon at USC Viterbi (Fri 5:00 PM), Sell before you build (Fri 5:00 PM), Rocket Launch: A USC Builders Night by TroyLabs (Fri 12:30 PM) and SEP Hacks (Fri 5:00 PM). ### Which Students and new grads events have food? 4 of the 30 mention food (4 snacks). Self-Improving Agents Hackathon (Tue 10 AM, USC Information Sciences Institute); Testify & Pitch: Faith, Sacrifice & The Courage to Build (Wed 6 PM, Testify & Pitch); LA Biotech Community Rooftop Social hosted by Nucleate LA (Wed 6 PM, Nucleate LA); Hardware Hackathon (Fri 7 PM, Sigma Eta Pi at UC Irvine). ### Which Students and new grads events have drinks? 1 mention drinks: 1 coffee or soft drinks. Near the top are The Builder's Lounge - Jazz Bar with VEST x Cognition (Fri 6:00 PM), "specialty matcha from Yinji Matcha". ### Which Students and new grads events have the most RSVPs? AI Media Career Fair has the most, 116 going. Near the top are AI Media Career Fair (Wed 2:00 PM), Self-Improving Agents Hackathon (Tue 10:00 AM), The Builder's Lounge - Jazz Bar with VEST x Cognition (Fri 6:00 PM) and GENERATIVE VS. AGENTIC AI What's the Difference & How Builders Are Using Them Today (Wed 6:00 PM). ## Same page at the other tech week - At SF Tech Week (Oct 5 to 11): 47 Student and new grad events: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/students-new-grads Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/students-new-grads --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/students-new-grads 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