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

# AI happy hours at SF Tech Week 2026

> SF Tech Week 2026 lists 125 AI happy hours from Monday, Oct 5 to Sunday, Oct 11, and 39 of them land on Tuesday, Oct 6, so that's the night to plan around.

Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 125. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page.

## At a glance

- 79 of 125 start in the evening. Across the whole week, only about half of events do.
- Only 33 of 125 mention drinks on the event page, despite the name.
- The largest, Google for Startups x Google DeepMind: AI Panel, Happy Hour & Demo Slam, shows 899 RSVPs on its page.

## Subscribe

- Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/ai-happy-hours/calendar.ics
- Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/ai-happy-hours/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 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Agent Matcha | Monid, Inc., Shengkun | Downtown | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/vKgShvlUiX1IJ4s7BBb8?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM | Future of Creativity, Experiences & Play | Gold House Ventures, Ted Wint, Daniel Suh, Amandeep Dosanjh, Maggie Sin | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/2i2ezrcDZaa8Evezzzag?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 4 PM to 7 PM | Architecting AI-Native GTM | Amdahl, Agu Vaitkus, Annette Sung | FiDi | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DeVaHuQMKsIDTYlO4j7g?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 4 PM | From a Data Swamp to a Data Agent You Can Trust: What It Actually Takes | Virtus Lab, Weronika Wiernicka, Monika, Grzegorz Król, Peter Ratcliffe | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks, Open bar | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Air9OT3kYRs0gcg0Ldhd?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 4:30 PM | Airwallex Agentic Banking Hackathon Kickoff | Airwallex, Rahul Kumar, Michael Morgenstern | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1JAefpTDOKW7UwVwH6gT?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5 PM | Rooftop AI Founders Happy Hour Mixer | Agiliway, Elizabeth | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/JF5plTVVlYueMap27foZ?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | AI Infra Seller Meetup #7, Tech Week Edition | Informal, 3 sellers from different compute companies, Joseph McConnell, Montana Showalter | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Ct3Oth7PxTKFI9Ki10pA?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:30 PM | The Data Center Summit | Zacua Ventures, Varad Mohod, Vivin Hegde, Pranathi Gompa | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/z6exIARUW4fDuPkwTA4x?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM | Biotech Happy Hour and Launch Party by ModernVivo | ModernVivo, Ian L, Colin | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WSNasMBgeuYAg7qmnB0k?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM | Continual Learning After Hours | Fusion Fund, Theresa, Charlotte Xia, James Langford, Daniel Paredes | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/M451cLAPnXY0UqZohQ3V?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM | Demos After Dark w/ Fin, Clay | Fin, Clay, Natalie @ Clay, Jenny Schneider | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4hR2c72SkILJeP0NNOZT?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 8 AM to 10 AM | The Hot Room Founders × Funders in Healthtech, AI & Marketplaces | Luxxera, Nick Weeks, Karine D. | SoMa | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kmBd3mvjTTIwkvqjrDAY?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 9 AM to 12 PM | Morning Mixer @ Maiden Lane | Opal Security, Fable Security | FiDi | RSVP | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/zS8I5twCnqhL85GuNZDk?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 12 PM to 7 PM | Coding Agents Mini Conference | Querit, Pop Pop Tech | - | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/Sntm4iugIuqO6jsI8zDS?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 12 PM to 8 PM | DevTools Drink Up 💻🍕🍩🍸🥃 // Depot x Inference | Inference.net, Depot.dev, Victoria Liao | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/jPHra803ClL6xQKEmpRa?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 12 PM to 6 PM | Future Finance Forum: Live Code DJ, Finance Hot Takes & Fintech Coworking | Tabs, Jenna, Lauren | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yMo7ibqZaZASC4j43vbn?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 1 PM to 5:15 PM | Google for Startups: From Frontier to Production with DeepMind & Wiz: Building Secure, Scalable AI | Google for Startups, Brittney Glass, Monica, Victoria, Emily Duke | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1ArQae44UaaW8I5zDU27?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 1 PM to 3 PM | Hard Truths: Why Fintech Growth Fails? Slash Your CAC with AI-Powered Growth Engine | QCAC, Kristen Wang | Downtown | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WbBnjvrVQ6nMEdby11Ke?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 2 PM to 8 PM | The Modern GTM Stack: From Signal to Conversation | Emily Gruzdowich, Nathan Merzvinskis, Alan DSouza, Jacob Bowman, Roman Hipp | Telegraph Hill | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/egz5jqa1?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 3 PM to 5 PM | The Future of Inference / General Compute x Fenwick | Fenwick & West, Noa Lawrence | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Z8japSj4JZ8UiKo8IqyS?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 3 PM to 6 PM | The Real Cost of Cost of Scaling AI & the Autonomous Close for B2B Founders & Finance Leaders | Tabs, Jenna | SoMa | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8XP6Z3UyZN5NSVm6U0LL?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4 PM to 8:30 PM | Google for Startups x Google DeepMind: AI Panel, Happy Hour & Demo Slam | Google for Startups, Brittney Glass, Monica, Victoria, Emily Duke | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Wj7GOgAhHlPx7gWo9QEu?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Making Waves: AI x Finance on the Bay | Rillet, Armanino, Dean Quiambao, stephen hedlund, Claire Huang, Delia Nyquist, Christian bennett | Fisherman's Wharf | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/F47hje1pr7qUmHvNI30i?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4 PM | OnlyExit: Monopolize the Pitch Happy Hour - 2026 | Vester, Darius, Ankur Tyagi, Sahil Sorathiya | Mission | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/i1ryIwFT2hgrxVO8fUD0?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4 PM to 7:30 PM | Tech CFO Panel + Happy Hour (with CFOs of Carta, Vercel, & Linux) | Pluvo, Vanessa Galarneau | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/u1YZGJden2SOdNj5vWDJ?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4:30 PM to 6 PM | Builders & Backers Networking Happy Hour | Brown Immigration Law | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RkVOrppvBA0vICZh4pFX?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4:30 PM to 7 PM | Scaling AI with the 7 Layer Controls Framework | AISquared, Cleo Valeroso, Garima Pandey | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RMrynRKORKicfTUW9TfX?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4:30 PM | Table Stakes: Agents, Acceleration & Scaling AI - Happy Hour with Provoke | Provoke Solutions, Lacey Grutzik | Downtown | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/OHEWjomat5axJkfiSZ2B?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Building What's Next: Founders & Builders Happy Hour | Somnio Software | - | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/F5eSJtIgqcEHbVVJerE6?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Hardware Engineering Happy Hour | MathWorks | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/lkHwyckTjdK41YOIB3Br?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 8 PM | NachoTuesday SaaS & AI Founder + Investor Happy Hour | NachoNacho, Andy Karuza | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/r3UyIf4CWSG8xNtLISvy?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 8:30 PM | Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter | Lenny's Newsletter, PostHog, Annie Warner, Amee Bhavsar, Diana Munoz | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kpivlmwwOyTK54mgB2Vl?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Stand With Crypto × TFOT: AI, Web3, Deep Tech Happy Hour | The Future of Tech, Carrie 'Ms. NFTy' Lyn | Civic Center | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/aC2sLlE6RacePEMMW4K0?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Uncork & Connect: Women in AI | Uncork Capital, Isha Mehrotra, Belle, Samantha Quist, Tilly McLain | FiDi | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uxvnhFbYqQhvSn4uSBVR?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 7 PM | a16z Bio/Health Happy Hour | a16z, Beth Newman, Chris Ham | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/y8LzT5tIOmdbfsuVnewE?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM | AI and Real Estate - Tools for Success | Turbohome, Mike Williams | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yuiyXDmy0SFUuI8cruRC?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | NEAR x Introduction.com Happy Hour @ a16z SF Tech Week | NEAR Foundation, legal arcadia | FiDi | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/HappyHourSFTechWeek?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM | Robotics Happy Hour with LiveKit & Dimensional | Dimensional, LiveKit, LiveKit Events | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/u610QKw40q4lh1MR5ZLJ?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM | When Agents Spend Money | Thomvest Ventures, Don Butler, Victoria Zenteno | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/aCbTfUBiykYHp6BzOdg6?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM | AI + Games : Good Start Labs Happy Hour | Good Start Labs, Ian Barrett, Tyler Marques | Dogpatch | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/icp7kaojabHTxhwkLEFN?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Happy Hour with Mirror Mirror AI SF | Mirror Mirror AI, Laima Samite, Yusan Lin, Arantza Sanchez | Marina | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DCWG0XLEVqw9C98XGToj?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 10 PM | Simile at SF Tech Week / State of Behavioral Simulation | Simile | Marina | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/wBEzjzoQnoD6JhQjg0Ut?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Strix.ai Happy Hour at Harrington's Bar | Strix.ai, Rafael | FiDi | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/e3duSdpmBGDqoAqfjItf?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM | "Off the Record" Demo Slam Application - Hosted by Google for Startups & Google DeepMind | Google for Startups, Brittney Glass, Madison Jenkins, Melodee, Victoria, Emily Duke | SoMa | Apply | closed | - | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/CGqPWnKiZW4n684rPBOq?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM | Compute & Cocktails | Aranya, Cognee, Hyperbolic, Paper Compute Co., Lily Adlin, arya ondaatje, claire, Sasivarnan KS | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/HAhuIDkqhItMDPXWKUH3?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 8 PM | Mothers in Tech: Juggling Career and Motherhood in the Age of AI | Practice San Francisco, Credo, Nina Kaiser | Pacific Heights | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/F0FMm7KdNRoTSKJvRajj?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | Physical AI Happy Hour, hosted by CoreWeave | CoreWeave, Sacha G, Sasha Manuilova, Hannah Reid, JM | Cow Hollow | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Z2JcaSjMuPo5UZe8Lq86?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM | Running GTM with agents: An evening at the Exploratorium | Cura, Lightfield, Andrew Swisher, Matt Serna, Isabella Gibim, Gargi Kand, Eli Al-Shamari | - | Apply | open | Snacks, Open bar | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PC98ddAUpLjOOA2ESHhs?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | The Future of Personal AI: On-Device Intelligence | - | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/kp6dn1ka?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7 PM | DraperDragon/Sequoia Founders and Friends Happy Hour | Draper Dragon, Sequoia One, Tank Chen, Aleeha, Jenn Augustyn | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/m1miqW5fWjv7jLKVOmxO?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM to 5 PM | 🤝 MATCH HOUSE San Francisco | MATCH HOUSE, Boop, FirstGlance, Horacio Rilo, shawheen, Jonny, Patrick Steyn | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/xK3d559vfUGIIipkw8yp?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 3 PM to 6 PM | From Exit to LP: Founders & Family Offices Deploying Into AI | Geek Ventures, Sarah Romanko, Alexander Zemlyak, Ihar Mahaniok | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Cb4NR1ZyEcSWhTsLZVQx?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 3 PM to 7 PM | The Talent Hunt: 20 AI Startups Pitch to 200 Top Builders | Jobright.ai, Colin Zhou | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/nr9grKKMWdzzn1kpNmSI?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 7 PM | AI Filmmaking Mixer | AI on the Lot | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/A9K3vE8pGsceYeu4yl1h?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM | Embodied AI Happy Hour | Uthana Inc, Izza Vivo, Viren Tellis | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/lPS57LaHMRwdSZiGoW5t?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Intent is the New Security Perimeter / Context is King | Privaclave AI, Amit Vaidya, Arun Menon, Sid Dutta | NOPA | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/exIGbrRg7mcLCyXUulXQ?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Physical AI Happy Hour: Plug and Play x Wittington Ventures | Wittington Ventures, Plug and Play, Tarek El Naggar, Jerry, Yukino Suzuki | Hayes Valley | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/wEsNrKqVGgtmWFsOaMS0?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 7 PM | The AI Convergence: Voice, Video, Agents & Infrastructure | Comcast Ventures, Liberty Global Ventures | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/thtgzDIovjistP8GWvTd?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4:30 PM to 8 PM | Scale Without the Chaos: Building the finance foundation for AI-native growth | CFGI, Fynapse by Aptitude Software, Fynapse, Mark Sikowitz | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/b6q0BP31DNSqwolnhFWg?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 7:30 PM | Agents at Altitude w/ Salesforce, Fin | Fin, Salesforce, Salesforce Launchpad for Starups | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/5BKkDUZiqxPXnkRhlaeg?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM | AI Beyond the Cloud: Developer Happy Hour with femtoAI | femtoAI, Megan Hartwick, Pong | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WuFzZ0szjP07HKqU0f7k?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM | Beyond AGI: AI Societies and the Future of Decision-Making | Cognizant AI Lab, Julianna Nijmeh | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/JkhxZpuS0aJLaIGFVDgm?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Desert‑to‑Bay AI Pipeline Mixer - Hosted by ACA & KPMG | Arizona Commerce Authority, KPMG, Ryan Youhan, Katie Sieker, Melissa Lamson | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/F9um2e4ERC50QNrdhCoB?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Nash Presents: Autonomic, After Hours | Nash, Cory Boller | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/R5VeuQHUD05HphT9ik6m?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM | TurbineOne x SF Tech Week | TurbineOne, Ian Kalin | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KDFwYW9BW9Gxlhd2zTiH?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:15 PM | Health x AI Builders: An AI Founder's Guide to Healthcare | Define Ventures, Lauren OMahony, Chuka Esiobu | Presidio Heights | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/bv6fkwS9FkwazKWN04IH?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | COLM HappyHour | Learning Layer, Workato, Devinder Sodhi, Emily Fang, Yoojeong Do, Jiwon Song, Zhaozhuo Xu, Kayla Hamahashi | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/NANZ87JdLhh0sePgmzOK?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM | Double Date: Bring Your AI Plus-One | Ariso AI | Dogpatch | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/tZyBqDC0swufhqKXr6Fv?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Founders x Developers Roundtable - #Startups@AWS | AWS, Sathya Balakrishnan, Itzik Paz, Igor Fil, Alexander Medvedev | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/K9i9xXDogKI6TJNXAl0o?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Deep Tech x Deep House Happy Hour | Google for Startups, Monica, Victoria, Emily Duke, Brittney Glass | SoMa | Apply | open | Open bar | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PyFVw6ENftBzf671ycQm?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | Growth Engineering @ Perplexity | Perplexity, Sophia Feng | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1622j3qgPPdTGLfAvPRG?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM | HealMint Smart Ring Raffle (Win 1 of 5 Free Rings!) & Longevity Happy Hour | HealMint, Mengfan Z. | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/xxfp9B0mQASGhKrgGoJH?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM | Kyberis Agentic Threat Happy Hour | Kyberis, Chris Kirschke, Jan Kirschke | SoMa | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WLapougeR4S8RhzELmuj?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Neural Concept VIP Happy Hour | Neural Concept, Chase Zhang | Salesforce Park | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/oLMID6xfrXbLu4nvzqNI?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | Reflection / Happy Hour | Behrooz Ghorbani | Union Square | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/eocj5cm5?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Agentic Knowledge Happy Hour | Pinecone, Aaron Kao | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/v6nBj3CCfP9ZwfcyHMNT?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Fieldguide HQ Open House | Fieldguide, Elizabeth Meagher | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/EOAUjMoFSNPquN2WF95K?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 8 PM | GTM Engineering After Hours: Founders, Creators & Operators | Raymond Lee, Dhaval Bhatt, Twill Community | FiDi | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/twill-aipa-afters?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Plan, build, automate: Miro x n8n happy hour | Emilia Jankowska-Zimolag, Melinda Varga | Lower Nob Hill | RSVP | open | - | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/miro-kbu0?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Voice agents for the next Billion users. | Large Language Platform, Gagan Singh | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/5khZtf6YGjYXehL7CiPe?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Where is AI actually creating measurable business value today? | Horizon AI & BMO Tech Banking, BMO, Pilar Varela | Dogpatch | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/v0Qh0uU0bHW46SyK8clA?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM | Bigger Than Benchmarks: Deploying AI in Healthcare with DeepMind, Verily and Stanford Health | Amigo, Kyum Kim | Union Square | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RBjOKviZHlul9bF8o1Tx?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM to 8:45 PM | can you hear me now - a voice ai "speech" easy event | Hippocratic AI, Hakluyt, Cynara Lilly | Jackson Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RIR5ez9fOVuIiQySRWI5?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 2 PM to 4 PM | Sip & Create - Build Your Own Game | Stoneleap, Julius Ekberg Bretto | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FMGRJpP5Sbd0tB13RYca?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 3:15 PM to 9 PM | Modular AI Infrastructure Tour + Happy Hour | Giga Energy | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DpGFn9zGGHur7juRk8RD?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 3:30 PM to 8 PM | [Workshop] Build AI Agents with Auth0 | Auth0, Shreya, Calah Vargas, Jessica Quick, Jennifer Kim, Cheri Lai | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zlmTqYKeEARu8g53wE9a?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Fenwick × Databricks × a16z: Founders & Investors Happy Hour | Fenwick & West, a16z, Databricks | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cpZOouiK83s6U6J2CKjO?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4 PM to 8 PM | The AI Product Builders Room | Rezoomex, Hrishikesh Bidwe | Union Square | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/sUg6yNmBNtTohY0zwUKD?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4 PM | Underinvested or Overheated. A Live Debate On Physical AI. | Skye Air Mobility, Rajveer Singh | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8VflkO49g5arIfodRTyv?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4:30 PM | Agents & Integrations Night · Nebius x Adyen x APIMatic | Adyen, Nebius, APIMatic, Ameer Hassan | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/UQgxfEPD3eladqkmZ6ek?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4:30 PM to 8 PM | AI & Platform Engineering Developer Meetup | Intuit, Christy Bergman | Mountain View | RSVP | open | Drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/sOfd7rMDByrMoLDuie2u?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM | All about Emotion AI | Valence AI, Chloe Duckworth, Shannon Brownlee | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cvkiFjs3WiWIaAj3RR4H?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 | 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM | The Agentic AI Foundation Community Happy Hour | Agentic AI Foundation, Rahul Parundekar | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ZRjjOZh3GNyUeLJxVtM3?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM | Beacon AI & Chariot Hiring Event | Beacon AI, Chariot, Geraldine, Adam Warmoth, Parker Toms, Matt Cox, Michelle Huang, Taylor | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/R38WjklMdZqlDDE3dQfU?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM | Builder, Backer, Advisor: Gokul Rajaram on All Three Sides of the Table | Niural AI, Ken Narita, Kate Shepherd, ayn, Gana | North Beach | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ngO46WC6ezoASGDFdKrm?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Building the Physical World with AI | Autodesk, Reer, Connie Hui | Downtown | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/dAHuVfXdPXQ6pI46yt9Q?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 7 PM | COLM Closing Happy Hour / Hosted by Snorkel AI | Snorkel AI, Francesca Vera | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/ozv5033v?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Deep Tech & AI Investor Only Networking Happy Hour | Alumni Ventures, Matt Caspari, Sam V | Nob Hill | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/s3GGtTRjF7rV949grshR?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 7 PM | After Hours: Building in the Age of AI | Blomma App | Civic Center | RSVP | open | - | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/r7al4g13?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | BioPioneers x VCVillage | BioPioneers, Gayathri Vijayakumar, Luke Blauch | Downtown | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/0DjgqZZLYeNUzk3Q8bEs?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Building Vertical AI: An Engineering Conversation & Happy Hour | Cara, Simone Singh, vic yeh | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/v607pArtGtrdNFw0pwrQ?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 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | From Model to Market: Healthcare AI Happy Hour | Flare Capital Partners, CVS Health Ventures, JP Morgan, Amanda DiTrolio, Payal, Manasa Gummalla | Jackson Square | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8i9L4Ywp2IgRCDzfhMA1?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM | Physical AI for the Built Environment | Stand Insurance | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/D3Nk3NFHRUvpRRfta46R?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | SkyPilot AI Infra Meetup with H Company | Hope Wang, Nolwenn Guiban, H Company, LMSYS Org | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/3iobavjj?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 9 PM | Twilight by Ampersand, Sentient Foundation, Gauge, and Rootly AI | Ampersand, Rootly AI, Sentient Labs, Gauge, Jason Gong, Lauren Long, Sentient Foundation, Sachi Kamiya | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FWiSr88ntQYAxyyqZz3I?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM | AI x Government | Chief AI, Megha Bhattacharya | SoMa | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/DTbZIF9sgBkqpdCvYUWp?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Cartesia x SF Tech Week: AI Builders Happy Hour | Cartesia | Potrero Hill | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/oO7NL7YyKAMkWYmNSVP1?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Charting the Future of Talent | Juicebox, Vicky Liu, Sam Fisher, Victoria K | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/3666RQ5AKQ2MKe7o2x9l?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Code. Fix. Drink. Repeat. with WeAreDevelopers & Snyk | Christina Schaireiter, Josh Shulman, Clemens Bauer, Sead Ahmetovic, Naida Vikalo, Javier Garza | FiDi | RSVP | open | Snacks | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/8unnz4co?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | Data Partnerships Happy Hour | Mercor, Luna Aizarani, Adhi Bornstein, Eda Topuz, Owen, ellie jenkins | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/i28rxPtnkHXoxbsV8WEg?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM | How to Hire Your First CX Engineer | delight.ai, Abhijit Jothingam | Mission | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/3Z6e5kD69jj4rTZAXzvE?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:15 PM to 8:30 PM | Happy Hour: AI & The New Clinical Trial Playbook | Caidya, Sherry | Rincon Hill | RSVP | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/gaBtuRjyRHpZATCXzs6L?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM | [Invite Only] AI Finance Leaders Happy Hour | Cloud Capital, Tharshan T | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/u4RWm6PKHi1lPrfFJIWX?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM | Health Tech Founders Happy Hour | Atlas AI, Opal Ventures, Primary Ventures, Khaylah Epps, Austin Walker | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/pfNTMzgsbHBDvs1T3dU0?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM | Voices in the Room: Fireside Chat + Cocktails with Coval & Cartesia | Coval, Cartesia, Coval Events | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/xn5Zxz9za7u4vEsGd5cf?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 5 PM | The New Business Stack: Blockchain x AI | Avalanche Team1, Rachel Creates | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/QgGG8daEy11iCIU7THI8?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM | Venture Vibes SF (Happy Hour Close Out) | Kamp | Marina | Apply | open | Breakfast, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/aJxFd1dzfoTqtt2lNfzr?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4:30 PM | Capital After Hours: VIP Investor Dinner with startups, corporate, tech professionals | Angel Launch | Palo Alto | RSVP | open | Dinner, Drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/ppDmXG7aw9xBqt5OWBf1?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 9 PM | Hardware FYI: SF Tech Week Edition | Brian D'Erario, Benji Chia | Dogpatch | Apply | sold out | Snacks, Drinks | From $99 | - | [View](https://luma.com/g5sdw0b6?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Securing the Agentic Era | pop pop tech, Querit AI | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fydKEQfpntZAzzQtbN85?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | Robots & Bevs | PrismaX, Tracy Massaro | Palo Alto | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/v3SFetdJTicILdEbO4um?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6 PM | Backlog to PR- An Evening with Vorflux | Vorflux, Arjun Bindra | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MfchyWbPwcU9ay1rwLGK?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 2 PM | VRIFYD Live Hiring Lab Demo 2.0 | Vrifyd | Civic Center | RSVP | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/bWbPCio6CaNMPN5Zb0G5?ref=chancity) |

## Who is there

- Hosting: Brittney Glass (4); Emily Duke (4); Google for Startups (4) ([X](https://x.com/googlestartups)); Victoria (4); Monica (3); a16z (2); Cartesia (2); Fenwick & West (2); Fin (2) ([X](https://x.com/Fin_ai)); Jenna (2); Pop Pop Tech (2); Tabs (2)
- Speaking: Annette Sung; Mihail Eric; Jeson Patel; Aman Azad; Margaret Zhang; Susmitha Marupaka; Michelle Lim; Dave Anderson; Constantinos Yenis; Scott Barneson; Jiong Liu; Jaclyn Konzelmann; David White; Matt Ridenour; Nathan Merzvinskis; Roman Hipp; Mohamed Chahin; Brendan Doyle; Arjun Gopalratnam; Lisa Ricardo; Charly Kevers; Marten Abrahamsen; Darren Kimura; Sanjay Kairam; Chinmay Kulkarni; Dr. Henry Kang; Dr. Mei Han; Holly Zheng; Dr. Li Zhang; Dr. Ruichao Ren; Ken Stanley; João Moura; Risto Miikkulainen; Nitesh Shroff; Edward Tiong; Johnny Ho; Raman Malik; Sophia Feng; Jordan Ellis; Behrooz Ghorbani
- Featured guests: Harish Subramanium; Béla Maetzel; Jimmy Bijlani; Andy Toizer; Humphrey Su; Sam Broadley; Itan Felzensztein; Bojana Petkovic; Ilija Stojkovski; Brian Wang; David Wang; Simon Shu; Hao Chen; Martin Wang; Henry Wang; Joseph Sciacchetano; Nita Anbani; Joshua Elkington; Matt O"Brien; Brad Zellman; Sung Eun Choi; Ashley Trick; Pavan Adipuram; Erick Pinos; Saad Ali; Carmen Gerea; Victoria Mardueño; Mary Pavlenko; Diksha Marathe; Alex Kekulov; Gorka Aranzabal; Anton Dziatkovskii; Xinxia Ling; Enrico Ros; Rohan Sehgal; James Jacobs; Daniel Slupskiy; Casey N; James Le

## FAQ

### Which AI happy hours can I join without applying?

14 of the 125 are open RSVP; the other 111 ask you to apply. Among them are AI x Government (Thu 6:00 PM), BioPioneers x VCVillage (Thu 5:30 PM), Morning Mixer @ Maiden Lane (Tue 9:00 AM), Consumer Tech Night/HAPPY HOUR (Free Food + Drinks) (Thu 5:30 PM) and Table Stakes: Agents, Acceleration & Scaling AI - Happy Hour with Provoke (Tue 4:30 PM).

### What do hosts ask when you apply?

Across 103 AI happy hours with an application form, 100 ask for a job title, 102 for a company, 103 for LinkedIn and 61 for GitHub.

### Do AI happy hours cost anything?

Most don't say. 10 are marked free and 11 list a price on their event pages.

### What are the main AI happy hours on Tuesday, Oct 6?

39 AI happy hours are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by Google for Startups x Google DeepMind: AI Panel, Happy Hour & Demo Slam and The Future of Inference | General Compute x Fenwick.

### What are the main AI happy hours on Wednesday, Oct 7?

33 AI happy hours are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Agentic Knowledge Happy Hour and Beyond AGI: AI Societies and the Future of Decision-Making. Agentic Knowledge Happy Hour (Wed 6 PM, Pinecone); Beyond AGI: AI Societies and the Future of Decision-Making (Wed 5 PM, Cognizant AI Lab); 🤝 MATCH HOUSE San Francisco (Wed 12 PM, MATCH HOUSE); Agents at Altitude w/ Salesforce, Fin (Wed 5 PM, Fin); Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Deep Tech x Deep House Happy Hour (Wed 5:30 PM, Google for Startups).

### Which AI happy hours have food?

48 of the 125 mention food (46 snacks, 1 dinner, 1 breakfast).

### Which AI happy hours have drinks?

33 mention drinks: 3 open bar, 25 alcohol, 5 coffee or soft drinks. Beyond AGI: AI Societies and the Future of Decision-Making (Wed 5 PM, Cognizant AI Lab); Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Deep Tech x Deep House Happy Hour (Wed 5:30 PM, Google for Startups); SkyPilot AI Infra Meetup with H Company (Thu 5:30 PM, Hope Wang); Morning Mixer @ Maiden Lane (Tue 9 AM, Opal Security); From a Data Swamp to a Data Agent You Can Trust: What It Actually Takes (Mon 4 PM, Virtus Lab).

### Which AI happy hours have the most RSVPs?

Google for Startups x Google DeepMind: AI Panel, Happy Hour & Demo Slam has the most, 899 going. Google for Startups x Google DeepMind: AI Panel, Happy Hour & Demo Slam (Tue 4 PM, Google for Startups); Agentic Knowledge Happy Hour (Wed 6 PM, Pinecone); Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Deep Tech x Deep House Happy Hour (Wed 5:30 PM, Google for Startups); AI x Government (Thu 6 PM, Chief AI); Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter (Tue 5 PM, Lenny's Newsletter).

## Same page at the other tech week

- At LA Tech Week (Oct 12 to 18): 21 AI happy hours: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/ai-happy-hours
  Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/ai-happy-hours

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