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- 6 days, Oct 5 to Oct 10
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Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper ClubFeatured
· Stripe, Pranav Ashok +1 · SoMa · 5 going
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Founder Lunch Club w/ Fin and StripeFeatured
· Fin, Stripe +1 · Dogpatch
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Benchmark AI DinnerFeatured
· Vercel · FiDi
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Infrastructure for the Agentic futureFood
· Wasmer, Syrus +1 · SoMa · 178 going
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AI Founder/VC DinnerFood
· You.com, Mariane Bekker · Mission · 157 going
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Infrastructure for the Agentic futureFood
· Wasmer, Syrus +1 · SoMa · 178 going
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AI Founder/VC DinnerFood
· You.com, Mariane Bekker · Mission · 157 going
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Founders Dinner by SparkLabsFood
· SparkLabs Group, Bernard Moon +3 · SoMa · 130 going
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Eatopia Dinner Lab @ Stanford University: Personalized Nutrition Protocol
· Eatopia, Cecilia Chen · Palo Alto · 111 going
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Dinner on the San Francisco Giants' FieldFood
· Airwallex, Michael Morgenstern +6 · South Beach · 108 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 517 events | ||||||
| to 2 PM | Wrapping up the Raise Luncheon - Deep Tech Investors & Closing Founders44 going | Actuate Ventures, Strativ, Andrew Woodfield +1 more | Apply | Lunch | ||
| to 2:30 PM | FinTech Founders' Lunch26 going | Leverage | Mission | Apply | Lunch | |
| to 2 PM | Jackson Square Lunch for Early Stage Founders & Investors16 going | Precursor Ventures, Stripe, Bain Capital Ventures +2 more | Jackson Square | Apply | ||
| to 6 PM | Robotics, AI Infra & Physical AI Startup Pitch Competition2 goingwith Olga Chumanskaya, Daniel Docter, Pae Wu, Manpreet Kohli, Ryan Husk, Phillip Braddock | AWS+ Fundraising bootcamp, Dasha, Matviy Kruglov +1 more | Downtown | Apply | ||
| to 8 PM | Dinner: LATAM & SF VCs, Entrepreneurs & Friends | José Alvarez, Carlos Zárate | Palo Alto | Apply | Snacks | Free |
| to 8 PM | Private dinner: The New Tech Talent Equation | Leaders deciding what to build in-house, who to hire, and when to bring in external experts | Bayteq, José Alvarez | Palo Alto | Apply | Dinner | Free |
| to 8 PM | Architects of the Next Era: AI Founder Dinner13 going | Arizona Commerce Authority, KPMG, Ryan Youhan +1 more | NOPA | Apply | Dinner | |
| Dinner on the San Francisco Giants' Field108 going | Airwallex, Michael Morgenstern, Rahul Kumar +5 more | South Beach | Apply | Dinner | ||
| to 9 PM | Founder Off the Record, presented by Citizens For Startups | Citizens Private Bank, Miles Deamer | FiDi | Apply | Dinner | |
| Founders Dinner at the Shack15 | Luminar Ventures, Rikard Steiber, Magnus Bergman | Embarcadero | Apply | Dinner | ||
| to 9 PM | Funding Founders - JP Morgan x DealMaker Dinner | DealMaker, JPMorgan, Fernanda Baker | Embarcadero | Apply | Dinner | |
| to 8 PM | Infrastructure for the Agentic future178 going | Wasmer, Syrus, Ayush Ojha | SoMa | Open RSVP | Dinner | |
| to 8:30 PM | SCB 10X × StartX: AIFinity Community Networking Dinner | StartX Community Team, Darsh Mann, Joey Ong +1 more | Japantown | Apply | Free | |
| to 8:30 PM | Ship, Scale, Sail | MotherDuck, Braintrust, Modal +2 more | Mission Bay | Apply | Dinner | |
| to 10 PM | European Private Dinner at The Battery SF7 goingwith Eike Gerhardt, Jo Teichmann, Mike Mahlkow | Autopoiesis Sciences, Mike, Mune Biotech | Jackson Square | Apply | Snacks | |
| Roundtable Dinner: La Mesa Dinner by pygma & La Residencia28 going | Pygma, Andres Cano | SoMa | Apply | Dinner | ||
| The Leap: From Executive to Founder (invite only) | Build Momentum, Eylo, Michael Meo | Mission | Apply | Dinner | Free | |
| Tuesday, Oct 622 events | ||||||
| Founder Lunch Club w/ Fin and Stripe | Fin, Stripe, Asya Bradley | Dogpatch | Apply | Lunch | ||
| to 2 PM | Frontier labs × investors lunch (Amino Capital & UBS) | Amino Capital, Sue Xu | Embarcadero | Apply | Breakfast | |
| The Builder's Table with Adobe for Startups | Adobe | Mission | Apply | Lunch | ||
| to 1:30 PM | Spike Finder: A Founder Hiring Workshop Over Charcuterie21 goingwith Courtney Cook | Arra Talent, Courtney Cook | FiDi | Apply | Lunch | |
| to 7 PM | USS Hornet Deep Tech Demo Night | Sebastian Chapela, Dave C. Younts, Seed2Table Director of Events | Alameda | Waitlist or full | Snacks, Drinks | Free |
| to 9:30 PM | The New Executive Playbook20 goingwith Stephanie Postles, Ashley D. Bell | Love.Life, Michelle Bernier, Lacey Peace +2 more | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | Snacks | |
| to 8:30 PM | AI Leaders Dinner (Invite-Only) - Missionwith Alan Nichol | Rasa Technologies, Katie Bottrell | Apply | Dinner | ||
| Beyond Borders: Building Global Companies2 going | Ontop, Angelique Strauss, Aryssa Franklin +2 more | Union Square | Apply | Dinner | ||
| to 9 PM | GP | LP | Series A+ Dinner by MATCH HOUSE | MATCH HOUSE, Boop, FirstGlance +4 more | Downtown | Apply | Dinner | |
| omakase compute dinner | Sixtytwo, Sonnet Xu, Yulia | SoMa | Apply | |||
| to 8:30 PM | Spotlight Bogotá: Private Investor Dinner w/ Bogotá's Secretary of Economic Development2 going | Silicon Valley Delegations, José Alvarez | FiDi | Apply | Dinner | |
| to 8 PM | Sushi-Making with Fearn and Kindred Ventures | Kindred Ventures, Fearn, Angela +2 more | Mission | Apply | ||
| to 8:30 PM | The AI Founders Table ✦ Boardy × Women in AI5 going | Women in AI, Claire Xie, Ayush +1 more | Downtown | Apply | ||
| to 8:30 PM | Roundtable Dinner: Building a Risk-Proof Growth Engine - [DTWN] | G-P / Globalization Partners, Fisher Phillips, Insperity +3 more | FiDi | Apply | Snacks | |
| to 9:30 PM | The Revenue Table - An intimate dinner for B2B founders, GTM leaders, and investors I65 going | 3rd + Taylor Agency, Tiffany Nwahiri, Carter | Embarcadero | Apply | ||
| to 9:30 PM | The Sapphire Club Launch Dinner | The Sapphire Club | Downtown | Apply | Snacks | |
| CONSUMER FOUNDER DINNER | Helium, Zach Witzel | Union Square | Apply | Dinner | ||
| to 10 PM | Growth-Stage (or soon to be) Founder Dinner, hosted by Giano Capital | Giano Capital, Mauro Marconi, Niraj Pabari | Jackson Square | Apply | Dinner | |
| On Reserve | 44ROCH | SoMa | Apply | |||
| The Agent Founders Dinner | Maritime, Maria Gorskikh | Civic Center | Apply | Snacks | ||
| to 9 PM | The Scale-Up Founders Dinner | Musa Capital, 726 Ventures, Mayer Brown LLP +2 more | Downtown | Apply | ||
| Vintage & Venture A Founder and Investor Wine Tasting | AI.FO, Joe McCann | Mission | Apply | Snacks, Drinks | ||
| Wednesday, Oct 723 events | ||||||
| to 1 PM | Mid-Week Refuel: Founders Lunch, Hosted by Entrepreneur Ventures | Entrepreneur Ventures, Jeni Bartiromo, Jonathan Hung +1 more | Mission Bay | Apply | Lunch | |
| to 2 PM | REGULATE TO ACCELERATE: Wellness Experience + Luncheon for Women11 goingwith Marian Bacol | Somarae, Marian Bacol | Palo Alto | Apply | Lunch | |
| to 2 PM | CEO Lunch: Survive the Hype. Build What Matters.with Tom Eggemeier, Deon Nicholas | Zendesk | FiDi | Apply | ||
| Founder & VC Networking Lunch by Luminar Ventures & Business Sweden | Luminar Ventures, Rikard Steiber, Magnus Bergman +1 more | SoMa | Apply | Lunch | ||
| to 1:30 PM | Founder Lunch: Founders who inherited marketing #San Francisco TechWeek | Andyama Advisory, Stacy Anderson | Jackson Square | Apply | ||
| Own Your Intelligence Stack Lunch Hosted by Bryel (YC F26) | Bryel Inc, Kevin Miao | North Beach | Apply | Lunch | ||
| to 7 PM | Lightfield: The Startup Odyssey - In conversation with Keith Peiriswith Keith Peiris | Outcast Ventures, Amy Lin, Andy Chen | South Beach | Apply | Dinner | Free |
| The Next Era of Leadership2 going | Surge People Partners, Natalie Mueller, Samantha Jenkins +1 more | Jackson Square | Apply | Dinner | ||
| to 7:30 PM | Camp AI Enterprise Dinner | Auth0, Calah Vargas, Jessica Quick | SoMa | Apply | Dinner, Drinks | Free |
| AI Insiders: Healthtech Dinner | Marvelous, Merve Isler | FiDi | Apply | Dinner | ||
| AI Supper Club8 going | Collaborative Fund, Stripe, Hamza +1 more | Apply | Dinner | |||
| Building India Teams: The Cross-Border Comp & Talent Playbook14 going | Qrata, Monish Kulkarni | Union Square | Apply | Dinner | ||
| to 9 PM | Building Production-Grade AI Agents for Regulated Industrieswith Srinivas Njay | interface.ai, Gil Acedillo | FiDi | Apply | Dinner | |
| to 8:30 PM | Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper Club5 goingwith James da Costa, Sam Lee, Joey Malysz, Pranav Ashok | Stripe, Pranav Ashok, Joey Malysz | SoMa | Apply | Dinner | |
| to 9:30 PM | AI-Native Founders Dinner | Kylon, Christina Bowllan | Hayes Valley | Apply | ||
| to 8:30 PM | Naming What's Next: From Invention to Culture15 going | Kalleko, Hendrika | Mission | Apply | Dinner | |
| Private Dinner with Growth Equity VC | Bear Holdings, Mike Williams | Embarcadero | Apply | Dinner | ||
| Series A+ Dinner | Founder Social Club, Colton Kaplan | Downtown | Apply | Dinner | ||
| Solo, Not Alone: A Dinner for Solo Founders8 going | Kept, Jessie Salas | Apply | Dinner | |||
| to 8:30 PM | Sourcerer x J.P. Morgan: Supply Chain 2.0 Dinner | Sourcerer, J.P. Morgan, Lauren Spalding +1 more | FiDi | Apply | Dinner | |
| Benchmark AI Dinnerwith Guillermo Rauch, Jack Altman | Vercel | FiDi | Apply | Dinner | ||
| Investing in 2026: Dinner with Founders & Investors14 going | Fundrise, Saira Rahman, Carly Wagenbach +1 more | FiDi | Apply | Dinner | ||
| AI x Healthcare | Dinner @ Original Joe's4 going | Arcophos, Benjamin Shi, Richard Trinh | North Beach | Apply | Snacks | ||
| Thursday, Oct 820 events | ||||||
| to 2:30 PM | Connecting Silicon Valley VCs with International VCs Luncheon | 10X Growth Strategies, Deep, Preethy Padmanabhan | Downtown | Apply | Lunch | |
| to 1:30 PM | Faith, Tech & the Hard Stuff of Leadership lunch11 going | David & Mun-Wai, David Luzquinos-Keep, Mun-Wai Chung | FiDi | Apply | Lunch | |
| to 8 PM | AI Founder/VC Dinner157 goingwith Benny Liao, Alan Zong, Sonali Vijayavargiya, Sonia Hunt, Shifra Williams, Ilan Zerbib | You.com, Mariane Bekker | Mission | Apply | Dinner | |
| to 9 PM | Reception Dinner with VCs and LATAM founders | José Alvarez, Carlos Zárate | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | Free | |
| to 9 PM | AI Security Builders & Operators Dinner1 going | Leverage, Onyx, Nir Naamani | Downtown | Apply | Free | |
| to 9 PM | Days of the Machines | Dedalus Labs | SoMa | Apply | ||
| to 8 PM | Founders who are Pilots Dinner33 goingwith Christian Bailey, David Spector | Physics AI, Christian Bailey, David Spector | Potrero Hill | Apply | Dinner | |
| to 9 PM | International Founder Dinner | Photon, Quetta Labs, Julie Chen +3 more | North Beach | Apply | Dinner | |
| The Long Table SF | IT ROCK, Hakuna, Max Dilger +2 more | Embarcadero | Apply | Snacks | ||
| to 9 PM | Untapped Ventures LP Dinner - San Franciscowith George Bandarian II | Untapped Ventures, George Bandarian | Apply | Dinner, Drinks | ||
| What It Means to Be AI-Native | Emerging Leaders Dinnerwith Arjun Pillai, Muneeb Bokhari, Won Na | AlixPartners, AXOM Partners, Ipsita Sai +4 more | Mission | Apply | Dinner, Drinks | ||
| to 10 PM | Women Founders Dinner: The Founder You Becomewith Stacy Pavlyshyna, Emily Iscoff-Daigian | The Thoughtful Society, Wilson Sonsini, Alesya Macwaters | Mission | Apply | Dinner | Free |
| to 10:30 PM | Endeavor Founders Night | Endeavor, Empire Records, Endeavor SF Hub | Mission | Apply | Dinner | |
| Exclusive dinner: Meet the top Industrial AI startups (a16z speedrun)10 going | Sotant, ScaleDrive AI, Mariana Aristizabal +1 more | Castro | Apply | |||
| Founder's Table1 going | Lightfield, Cura, Andrew Swisher +2 more | Mission | Apply | |||
| Founders Dinner by SparkLabs130 going | SparkLabs Group, Bernard Moon, Brian Behlendorf +2 more | SoMa | Apply | Snacks | ||
| Let’s Take This Offline | SecondState, Monaim El Amrani | North Beach | Apply | Dinner | ||
| The New AI at Work | Libra Ai, Prithvi Bharadwaj, Gokul Cholaghar | Palo Alto | Apply | Snacks | ||
| to 10 PM | The Founder's Table | Niural AI | Embarcadero | Open RSVP | Dinner | |
| to 11 PM | The Annual Table 26u2611 goingwith Joseph Reth, Victor Boyd, Dan Zhang, Mike Mahlkow | Autopoiesis Sciences | North Beach | Apply | Snacks | |
| Friday, Oct 98 events | ||||||
| to 1:30 PM | Female Founders & Capital Allocators Lunch, hosted by Renegade & 3i Members | 3i Members, Renegade Partners, Anthony Nardini +2 more | Jackson Square | Apply | Lunch | |
| to 3:30 PM | Founder & Investor Panel Discussion | Alime Karimova | Apply | Lunch | ||
| Hardware 101 for Software Founders73 goingwith Harrison Jiang | Waybox Inc, Waybox Inc. | Downtown | Apply | |||
| Capital After Hours: VIP Investor Dinner with startups, corporate, tech professionals100 going | Angel Launch | Palo Alto | Open RSVP | Dinner, Drinks | ||
| Loop - a supper on the physical economy | Allometry, Taylor Gendron | Mission | Apply | Drinks | ||
| to 9 PM | What Should AI Remember? | Heritage Table, Pubali Sen | Design District | Apply | Snacks | |
| to 9:30 PM | Robotics Founders Dinner · The Robot Contest10 going | Daidai Labs, Mat | SoMa | Apply | Snacks | |
| to 10 PM | Consumer Founder Michelin Dinner | Photon, Julie Chen | Downtown | Apply | Dinner | |
| Saturday, Oct 102 events | ||||||
| to 8:30 PM | Eatopia Dinner Lab @ Stanford University: Personalized Nutrition Protocol111 goingwith Cecilia Chen | Eatopia, Cecilia Chen | Palo Alto | Apply | ||
| Tech Week Impact Gala | 44ROCH | FiDi | Apply | Snacks, Drinks | ||
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Questions
Which Founder dinners can I join without applying?
3 of the 92 are open RSVP; the other 89 ask you to apply. Near the top are Infrastructure for the Agentic future (Mon 6:00 PM), Capital After Hours: VIP Investor Dinner with startups, corporate, tech professionals (Fri 4:30 PM) and The Founder's Table (Thu 7:30 PM).
What do hosts ask when you apply?
Across 83 Founder dinners with an application form, 83 ask for a job title, 83 for a company, 83 for LinkedIn and 52 for GitHub.
Are founder dinners free
Most pages don't say. 10 are marked free and 10 list a price on the event's page.
What are the main Founder dinners on Tuesday, Oct 6?
22 Founder dinners are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by Founder Lunch Club w/ Fin and Stripe and The Revenue Table - An intimate dinner for B2B founders, GTM leaders, and investors I.
What are the main Founder dinners on Wednesday, Oct 7?
23 Founder dinners are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper Club and Benchmark AI Dinner.
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Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper ClubFeatured
· Stripe, Pranav Ashok +1 · SoMa · 5 going
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Benchmark AI DinnerFeatured
· Vercel · FiDi
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Naming What's Next: From Invention to CultureFood
· Kalleko, Hendrika · Mission · 15 going
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Building India Teams: The Cross-Border Comp & Talent PlaybookFood
· Qrata, Monish Kulkarni · Union Square · 14 going
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Investing in 2026: Dinner with Founders & InvestorsFood
· Fundrise, Saira Rahman +2 · FiDi · 14 going
Which Founder dinners have food?
72 of the 92 mention food (42 dinner, 16 snacks, 13 lunch).
Which Founder dinners have drinks?
8 mention drinks: 8 alcohol.
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Capital After Hours: VIP Investor Dinner with startups, corporate, tech professionalsFood
· Angel Launch · Palo Alto · 100 going
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USS Hornet Deep Tech Demo NightSold out
· Sebastian Chapela, Dave C. Younts +1 · Alameda
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Vintage & Venture A Founder and Investor Wine TastingFood
· AI.FO, Joe McCann · Mission
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Camp AI Enterprise DinnerFree
· Auth0, Calah Vargas +1 · SoMa
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Untapped Ventures LP Dinner - San FranciscoFood
· Untapped Ventures, George Bandarian
Which Founder dinners have the most RSVPs?
Infrastructure for the Agentic future has the most, 178 going.
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Infrastructure for the Agentic futureFood
· Wasmer, Syrus +1 · SoMa · 178 going
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AI Founder/VC DinnerFood
· You.com, Mariane Bekker · Mission · 157 going
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Founders Dinner by SparkLabsFood
· SparkLabs Group, Bernard Moon +3 · SoMa · 130 going
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Eatopia Dinner Lab @ Stanford University: Personalized Nutrition Protocol
· Eatopia, Cecilia Chen · Palo Alto · 111 going
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Dinner on the San Francisco Giants' FieldFood
· Airwallex, Michael Morgenstern +6 · South Beach · 108 going
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