Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # Consumer AI events at SF Tech Week 2026 > SF Tech Week 2026 has 23 consumer AI events spread over 7 days, Monday, Oct 5 to Sunday, Oct 11, and even the busiest day, Wednesday, Oct 7, has only 6. Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 23. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page. ## At a glance - Larger turnouts: median 69 RSVPs per event, above the week's typical event. - Nearly dry: 1 lists drinks, while 8 list food. - 96% need host approval. ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/ai-consumer/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/ai-consumer/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 5 | 3 PM to 5 PM | The Next Consumer Breakouts: Founder × Investor Speed Dating | PowerYou AI, Vivian | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WSezeKAcp3lUaowGfDBe?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 9:30 AM to 2 PM | Consumer AI Showcase: Live Demos & A Panel on The Retention Playbook | Walnut AI, Nicole Huang, David Shao | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/qLf3m32yiVD07GQUpuQF?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 10 AM | Conversational AI x Gaming Hackathon | Mano Games, Max Giang, Christopher K, Olin Geimer | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/W25eAHOwujJeD9lJKTat?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 3 PM to 7 PM | Consumer tech day: pitch show & growth talk | trmnl4, Flyer One Ventures, PvX Partners, Jeff Cohen | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kE2UMCCwb1w9LTT4F0Yf?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 4 PM to 7 PM | The Women in AI Consumer Tech Showcase | Oasis Collective, Connexa, Yuliia Volchenko | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MLHcHioWSKwYNU7hRD6c?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 9 AM to 11 AM | Unprompted: Founders building the next thing people do for fun | Fenwick & West, Sophia Xing, Will Black, Lucky, Vanessa Larco, Coco, Ryan So | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/6nYbFMRG6CSAERI5EDP4?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 2:30 PM | Consumer AI - Personal Agent, hospitality, and Travel Tech | SyncSo, Liang | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/lkBUdITU0YCz9AsqbAF3?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 3 PM | The Marketplace Economy in the Age of AI | Spectus Ventures, Dots, Rob Mihalko, Simran Handa - Dots (YC S21) | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Z1FWbh8EJZRCEkiYfvoW?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Prompted: Wharton Tech Toks x LSPT | The Wharton School Tech Club, Linen Suit & Plastic Tie, Gorav | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ovKJxaaglJHq741fH9Po?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM | What People Want from AI Entertainment | Scatter Lab, Sungwon Lyu, Sunghwan Kim, Harry Hong, Nayoun Kim, chaehong jeong | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/LU75ceVmLMR2nZ3Ey0q6?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Rethinking Car Service | Autenda, Paul Bakhmut | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/SwnbI1DNmp4HwEPPf0zW?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 4 PM | CAN AI FEEL YOU? | xVibe AI, RoRoll | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GO1VOiU8cpMkZLk0qRef?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 4 PM | THE FUTURE OF SELF: Beauty, Longevity & Identity in the Age of AI | Searchbeaute.ai, Giselle Ebrat | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/wpGUoBxfNTelXdpxdA5T?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM | Serving Hospitality: OpenTable - San Francisco | OpenTable, Louise VanZandt | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ecF8HmlSR8IeNNRHqNnq?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Devices x AI - Pitch Night | AGI, Inc., Juliana Chyzhova, Chaitanya (CK) Khot, Jordan Ruppert | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/bT6gNzQX7IIenumjzXyG?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM | Consumer Tech Night/HAPPY HOUR (Free Food + Drinks) | Lenn AI, Ryan | Downtown | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/apd5zPT2ssQysMfPnFnv?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 9 PM | International Founder Dinner | Photon, Quetta Labs, Julie Chen, Dylan K, Jaegyu Lee, Sungmin Kim | North Beach | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/klBUcCUfFr2UEyBtsfVK?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM to 5 PM | EPIC Connector Afterparty - SF Tech Week Closing Night | EPIC Connector Pte. Ltd., Winni | San Mateo | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/lXcmIFSWSvc6kyScP0OJ?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 10 PM | Consumer Founder Michelin Dinner | Photon, Julie Chen | Downtown | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4m8UH5no1RazI7NPeXju?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 1:30 PM to 5 PM | Meshy × Chrona: Build Multiplayer 3D Worlds With AI | alterverse.tech, bytedance, Bruce, yan, Meshy | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/hgyN4UiBL4s3vA0ATTbr?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 3 PM | From Reviews to Intelligence: The Next Generation of Beauty Discovery. | WaxPrint Media | Design District | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/VkfyNbmVnEMqWK9Dpg57?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 8 PM | Call Me Maybe | Flair Labs, Stephen Willis | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/viUmcl98bUGI7WghRBEc?ref=chancity) | | Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM to 6 PM | Shopping 3.0: the AI Commerce Hackathon with Arcade | Arcade AI, Kelley Lawson, Mariam Naficy, Aayush Jain, Spencer Kim, Kosi, Tuvana Soronzonbold, Noah Lin | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GmB2RWwfd99JotCPG2C3?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: Julie Chen (2) ([X](https://x.com/0xjuliechen)); Photon (2) ([X](https://x.com/photon_hq)); Aayush Jain (1); AGI, Inc. (1) ([X](https://x.com/agi_inc)); alterverse.tech (1); Arcade AI (1); Autenda (1); Bruce (1); bytedance (1); chaehong jeong (1); Chaitanya (CK) Khot (1); Christopher K (1) - Speaking: Vanessa Larco; Lucky Zhang; Sophia Xing; Coco Chen; Ryan So; Anthony Waller; Venkatesh Ragala; Ali Albazaz; Jonathan Knight; Jonatan von Martens; Evelyn Mora; Taarika Bangalore; Stacy Salvi; Ghezal Ebrat; Sagar Mehta; Shayani Roy; Julia Borghini; Sarah Fleming; Amazasp Shaumyan; Neeraj Pramodkumar; Yiqi Zhao; Tony Liu; Jinnan Chen; Kirsten Green; Mariam Naficy; Ash Herr ## FAQ ### Which consumer AI events can I join without applying? 1 of the 23 are open RSVP; the other 22 ask you to apply. They include Consumer Tech Night/HAPPY HOUR (Free Food + Drinks) (Thu 5:30 PM). ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 22 consumer AI events with an application form, 22 ask for a job title, 22 for a company, 22 for LinkedIn and 15 for GitHub. ### Are consumer AI events at SF Tech Week free? 0 are listed as free and 0 carry a ticket price on the event's page. ### What are the main consumer AI events on Tuesday, Oct 6? 4 consumer AI events are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by Conversational AI x Gaming Hackathon and Consumer tech day: pitch show & growth talk. ### What are the main consumer AI events on Wednesday, Oct 7? 6 consumer AI events are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Unprompted: Founders building the next thing people do for fun and The Marketplace Economy in the Age of AI. Unprompted: Founders building the next thing people do for fun (Wed 9 AM, Fenwick & West); The Marketplace Economy in the Age of AI (Wed 3 PM, Spectus Ventures); Consumer AI - Personal Agent, hospitality, and Travel Tech (Wed 2:30 PM, SyncSo); Rethinking Car Service (Wed 6 PM, Autenda); Prompted: Wharton Tech Toks x LSPT (Wed 4 PM, The Wharton School Tech Club). ### Which consumer AI events have food? 8 of the 23 mention food (6 snacks, 2 dinner). ### Which consumer AI events have drinks? 1 mention drinks: 1 alcohol. Serving Hospitality: OpenTable - San Francisco (Thu 4:30 PM, OpenTable). ### Which consumer AI events have the most RSVPs? Meshy × Chrona: Build Multiplayer 3D Worlds With AI has the most, 196 going. Meshy × Chrona: Build Multiplayer 3D Worlds With AI (Sat 1:30 PM, alterverse.tech); Consumer Tech Night/HAPPY HOUR (Free Food + Drinks) (Thu 5:30 PM, Lenn AI); Unprompted: Founders building the next thing people do for fun (Wed 9 AM, Fenwick & West); Serving Hospitality: OpenTable - San Francisco (Thu 4:30 PM, OpenTable); Conversational AI x Gaming Hackathon (Tue 10 AM, Mano Games). ## Same page at the other tech week - At LA Tech Week (Oct 12 to 18): 17 Consumer AI events: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/ai-consumer Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/ai-consumer --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/ai-consumer Full SF Tech Week schedule: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/schedule For AI agents: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/agent