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

# Founder dinners at SF Tech Week 2026

> SF Tech Week 2026 has 92 founder dinners from Monday, Oct 5 to Saturday, Oct 10, and 97% of them screen who gets a seat, so request early.

Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 92. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page.

## At a glance

- Tables are small: the median dinner lists 13 RSVPs, a fraction of a typical Tech Week event.
- Almost all are after dark: 72 of 92 are evening events, far above the week at large.
- The week opens heavy: Wednesday, Oct 7 has 23 dinners, more than any other night.

## Subscribe

- Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/founder-dinners/calendar.ics
- Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/founder-dinners/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 | 11 AM to 2 PM | Wrapping up the Raise Luncheon - Deep Tech Investors & Closing Founders | Actuate Ventures, Strativ, Andrew Woodfield, Camilla Thompson | - | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0r8eF7wf5dPBkrt0Dd5O?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 12 PM to 2:30 PM | FinTech Founders' Lunch | Leverage | Mission | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FaxYdhmYnPx7FJX706n3?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 12 PM to 2 PM | Jackson Square Lunch for Early Stage Founders & Investors | Precursor Ventures, Stripe, Bain Capital Ventures, Samantha Quist, Daniel Guo | Jackson Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/03LAQ7giVi9tHrbO76p7?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 3 PM to 6 PM | Robotics, AI Infra & Physical AI Startup Pitch Competition | AWS+ Fundraising bootcamp, Dasha, Matviy Kruglov, Lea Twizer | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/awBW20xzbXQOmY0M731R?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | Dinner: LATAM & SF VCs, Entrepreneurs & Friends | José Alvarez, Carlos Zárate | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/7ovjgctq?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:30 PM 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 | open | Dinner | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/77y6mljh?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Architects of the Next Era: AI Founder Dinner | Arizona Commerce Authority, KPMG, Ryan Youhan, Katie Sieker | NOPA | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/NIB4W0l0snifxDI3pqKk?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM | Dinner on the San Francisco Giants' Field | Airwallex, Michael Morgenstern, Rahul Kumar, Brent, Adam Abu Ras, Oliver Camargo, rohit thota, Dorothy | South Beach | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/usC0ifzXcq4ECNnurZqn?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Founder Off the Record, presented by Citizens For Startups | Citizens Private Bank, Miles Deamer | FiDi | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KXdM4sR9Xujzp3WLr18K?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM | Founders Dinner at the Shack15 | Luminar Ventures, Rikard Steiber, Magnus Bergman | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1H2S4jfepnmgU8GHcGp1?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Funding Founders - JP Morgan x DealMaker Dinner | DealMaker, JPMorgan, Fernanda Baker | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/vgDwZJ9rVbflgLGcDdrU?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Infrastructure for the Agentic future | Wasmer, Syrus, Ayush Ojha | SoMa | RSVP | open | Dinner | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/e7nzsUEwK4p3coY6mkXM?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | SCB 10X × StartX: AIFinity Community Networking Dinner | StartX Community Team, Darsh Mann, Joey Ong, SCB 10X | Japantown | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/mfs4huhe?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:15 PM to 8:30 PM | Ship, Scale, Sail | MotherDuck, Braintrust, Modal, Mei Chuong, Zoey Weaver | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ZVpoCf7Cu8AZyRSGekcv?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7 PM to 10 PM | European Private Dinner at The Battery SF | Autopoiesis Sciences, Mike, Mune Biotech | Jackson Square | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DZg8gm1QiQWbYjPBVI1P?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7 PM | Roundtable Dinner: La Mesa Dinner by pygma & La Residencia | Pygma, Andres Cano | SoMa | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/3STTK948DXKrMIcwqqzH?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 7 PM | The Leap: From Executive to Founder (invite only) | Build Momentum, Eylo, Michael Meo | Mission | Apply | open | Dinner | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/xKNFAwslWqcLJUqNdHx6?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 12 PM | Founder Lunch Club w/ Fin and Stripe | Fin, Stripe, Asya Bradley | Dogpatch | Apply | open | Lunch | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PwDKrPTS03ZD3sGuLeog?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 12 PM to 2 PM | Frontier labs × investors lunch (Amino Capital & UBS) | Amino Capital, Sue Xu | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/eeMU2dG95LNLE0M4ABFl?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 12 PM | The Builder's Table with Adobe for Startups | Adobe | Mission | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Z6enmnvzTVgiZhHIWV53?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM | Spike Finder: A Founder Hiring Workshop Over Charcuterie | Arra Talent, Courtney Cook | FiDi | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/srDVhssX6gYCqSwLMrqf?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 7 PM | USS Hornet Deep Tech Demo Night | Sebastian Chapela, Dave C. Younts, Seed2Table Director of Events | Alameda | Apply | sold out | Snacks, Drinks | Free | - | [View](https://luma.com/zja76ejz?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM | The New Executive Playbook | Love.Life, Michelle Bernier, Lacey Peace, Lucy Rogers, Stephanie Postles | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/OAlhe7N3PcFXMe9pJIyR?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | AI Leaders Dinner (Invite-Only) - Mission | Rasa Technologies, Katie Bottrell | - | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/QI7bnEeEUf2sgk5oO4Y0?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM | Beyond Borders: Building Global Companies | Ontop, Angelique Strauss, Aryssa Franklin, andrea santiago, Andrew Almajose | Union Square | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/N7GPdPRfLW474NOYETnY?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 9 PM | GP / LP / Series A+ Dinner by MATCH HOUSE | MATCH HOUSE, Boop, FirstGlance, shawheen, Horacio Rilo, Jonny, Olivia Lowe | Downtown | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ZzrX9NUFMttWCcDAyF8I?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM | omakase compute dinner | Sixtytwo, Sonnet Xu, Yulia | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/j7k5LyRyyuuvxpkSegCj?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | Spotlight Bogotá: Private Investor Dinner w/ Bogotá's Secretary of Economic Development | Silicon Valley Delegations, José Alvarez | FiDi | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/86vuPkxKufL5cGCyWJ3Z?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Sushi-Making with Fearn and Kindred Ventures | Kindred Ventures, Fearn, Angela, Kevin Bennett, Han | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Wn9UsaQDG7NeKhO2zSiM?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | The AI Founders Table ✦ Boardy × Women in AI | Women in AI, Claire Xie, Ayush, Boardy AI | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/QhkzEdu0r2npLbCDVv2s?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Roundtable Dinner: Building a Risk-Proof Growth Engine - [DTWN] | G-P / Globalization Partners, Fisher Phillips, Insperity, Michael Crumley, Kyle Macdonald, Jason Brown | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/gHSuwneA2YCUX54U4QFc?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | The Revenue Table - An intimate dinner for B2B founders, GTM leaders, and investors I | 3rd + Taylor Agency, Tiffany Nwahiri, Carter | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1mlZRwZdq0xeYFjDlF1M?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | The Sapphire Club Launch Dinner | The Sapphire Club | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/EWFYaZe1LEz876ZNnowb?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7 PM | CONSUMER FOUNDER DINNER | Helium, Zach Witzel | Union Square | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/dkLmOUBVywLfrC1gf1O0?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7 PM to 10 PM | Growth-Stage (or soon to be) Founder Dinner, hosted by Giano Capital | Giano Capital, Mauro Marconi, Niraj Pabari | Jackson Square | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Lfj2NrC8gUAtgviuT9ZN?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7 PM | On Reserve | 44ROCH | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/d2KYlkvqD3Lr7KCCW3IT?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7 PM | The Agent Founders Dinner | Maritime, Maria Gorskikh | Civic Center | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WIXSCbUXVaUhrRHorUAW?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7 PM to 9 PM | The Scale-Up Founders Dinner | Musa Capital, 726 Ventures, Mayer Brown LLP, TriNet, Allen Smith | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/laxZSFTrvRru7xvk1rKX?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 7:30 PM | Vintage & Venture A Founder and Investor Wine Tasting | AI.FO, Joe McCann | Mission | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ij1k4hMXA2Lkq6JvJbtN?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 11 AM to 1 PM | Mid-Week Refuel: Founders Lunch, Hosted by Entrepreneur Ventures | Entrepreneur Ventures, Jeni Bartiromo, Jonathan Hung, Charlie Stephens | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/tZoPuOQC1POuu9JOuA1U?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 11 AM to 2 PM | REGULATE TO ACCELERATE: Wellness Experience + Luncheon for Women | Somarae, Marian Bacol | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/iOxY1sPVDz5exAczuAkN?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 11:30 AM to 2 PM | CEO Lunch: Survive the Hype. Build What Matters. | Zendesk | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/9BYVQdFToCUaqwcG8GqM?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM | Founder & VC Networking Lunch by Luminar Ventures & Business Sweden | Luminar Ventures, Rikard Steiber, Magnus Bergman, Marcus | SoMa | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cnZTnVXIEXZ1gKAzhfWl?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM to 1:30 PM | Founder Lunch: Founders who inherited marketing #San Francisco TechWeek | Andyama Advisory, Stacy Anderson | Jackson Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/l0ogzLKbtFX9oEcBPvlN?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM | Own Your Intelligence Stack Lunch Hosted by Bryel (YC F26) | Bryel Inc, Kevin Miao | North Beach | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BgX5jT0yxM3faka9rUFJ?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Lightfield: The Startup Odyssey - In conversation with Keith Peiris | Outcast Ventures, Amy Lin, Andy Chen | South Beach | Apply | open | Dinner | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/gbdkbar8?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM | The Next Era of Leadership | Surge People Partners, Natalie Mueller, Samantha Jenkins, Monique Johnson | Jackson Square | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/h4UrdrbYgNCRptEerN5p?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Camp AI Enterprise Dinner | Auth0, Calah Vargas, Jessica Quick | SoMa | Apply | open | Dinner, Drinks | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/vTNRCHkreEcz6N7CcLLi?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | AI Insiders: Healthtech Dinner | Marvelous, Merve Isler | FiDi | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PjtNU8tylnIQdWep56yl?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | AI Supper Club | Collaborative Fund, Stripe, Hamza, Samantha Quist | - | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/qVBtGHDJxf0JA3EwB29z?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Building India Teams: The Cross-Border Comp & Talent Playbook | Qrata, Monish Kulkarni | Union Square | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/v9DP2Kz0EFBk3yzkzKWO?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Building Production-Grade AI Agents for Regulated Industries | interface.ai, Gil Acedillo | FiDi | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/tsv2I7ZpG7ju7IZu9Tnt?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper Club | Stripe, Pranav Ashok, Joey Malysz | SoMa | Apply | open | Dinner | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ljNVe4NFK28RZbWMcLbP?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | AI-Native Founders Dinner | Kylon, Christina Bowllan | Hayes Valley | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GEe0U3pwCiRBTWVaGqI7?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Naming What's Next: From Invention to Culture | Kalleko, Hendrika | Mission | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WUegd5M9AsXDw4jF7yic?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM | Private Dinner with Growth Equity VC | Bear Holdings, Mike Williams | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zFSSXnBJqNAJlDdBZYfw?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM | Series A+ Dinner | Founder Social Club, Colton Kaplan | Downtown | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AUwoOOfVaZqxQLPlHOw9?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM | Solo, Not Alone: A Dinner for Solo Founders | Kept, Jessie Salas | - | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/vNgRUiCmvQMwoRPZ2l6e?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Sourcerer x J.P. Morgan: Supply Chain 2.0 Dinner | Sourcerer, J.P. Morgan, Lauren Spalding, Keo Buenpacifico | FiDi | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/n8B8IfQT0kgRVJY7TMjk?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7 PM | Benchmark AI Dinner | Vercel | FiDi | Apply | open | Dinner | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/OYitylvrnt5tXcBtWXug?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7 PM | Investing in 2026: Dinner with Founders & Investors | Fundrise, Saira Rahman, Carly Wagenbach, Chris Nanda | FiDi | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MfFE7jGzh5Hi6jww7h1e?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 7:15 PM | AI x Healthcare / Dinner @ Original Joe's | Arcophos, Benjamin Shi, Richard Trinh | North Beach | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/z6zF9hVebCOfeMWLmM8B?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM | Connecting Silicon Valley VCs with International VCs Luncheon | 10X Growth Strategies, Deep, Preethy Padmanabhan | Downtown | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/LUv3X1QSihx2lxyG8ui6?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 12 PM to 1:30 PM | Faith, Tech & the Hard Stuff of Leadership lunch | David & Mun-Wai, David Luzquinos-Keep, Mun-Wai Chung | FiDi | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/krSPQuFoDbszauuCHycz?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 8 PM | AI Founder/VC Dinner | You.com, Mariane Bekker | Mission | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/rZ1l4jj2oHRIS8EAyUZS?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 9 PM | Reception Dinner with VCs and LATAM founders | José Alvarez, Carlos Zárate | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/bfbf9keg?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 9 PM | AI Security Builders & Operators Dinner | Leverage, Onyx, Nir Naamani | Downtown | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GQBLwgs8XQqhaHchTACB?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Days of the Machines | Dedalus Labs | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/NNsgme1FHlzKZ15M7xkb?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Founders who are Pilots Dinner | Physics AI, Christian Bailey, David Spector | Potrero Hill | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/bqjVifIhrykxPfsfBSIm?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) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM | The Long Table SF | IT ROCK, Hakuna, Max Dilger, Sebastian Colombo, Marcelo Angel | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Ic78AT80eai2EOIRMzIw?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Untapped Ventures LP Dinner - San Francisco | Untapped Ventures, George Bandarian | - | Apply | open | Dinner, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4F9ojodOe8JkKBxL8ZQG?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM | What It Means to Be AI-Native / Emerging Leaders Dinner | AlixPartners, AXOM Partners, Ipsita Sai, Rachel Geffner, Genevieve Werner, Robert Chen, Tianyi Li | Mission | Apply | open | Dinner, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4PO1OMR8Cut4ZxL4Uz24?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 10 PM | Women Founders Dinner: The Founder You Become | The Thoughtful Society, Wilson Sonsini, Alesya Macwaters | Mission | Apply | open | Dinner | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Vl4MklwFzklTuUKk5vA3?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM | Endeavor Founders Night | Endeavor, Empire Records, Endeavor SF Hub | Mission | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kEWQHfwiBt3KUrSkbOGR?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM | Exclusive dinner: Meet the top Industrial AI startups (a16z speedrun) | Sotant, ScaleDrive AI, Mariana Aristizabal, Eduardo Candela | Castro | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/H4Dc4QWDieORJtJgKQeg?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM | Founder's Table | Lightfield, Cura, Andrew Swisher, Matt Serna, Isabella Gibim | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/q9dQT5wID3v5xYt9zpgS?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM | Founders Dinner by SparkLabs | SparkLabs Group, Bernard Moon, Brian Behlendorf, Robert (Rob) DeMillo, Edgar Chiu | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/oOzOVWzznYxuax8aXfft?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM | Let’s Take This Offline | SecondState, Monaim El Amrani | North Beach | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WgOTOrj2wXNVlCgnwI8S?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM | The New AI at Work | Libra Ai, Prithvi Bharadwaj, Gokul Cholaghar | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0OnUXUdLjc2UJwz4qnQD?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7:30 PM to 10 PM | The Founder's Table | Niural AI | Embarcadero | RSVP | open | Dinner | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/yN1gnjh5vQwyVhAJ22gi?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 8 PM to 11 PM | The Annual Table 26u26 | Autopoiesis Sciences | North Beach | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4nbQGnNqvSv1e9gokJRY?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 12 PM to 1:30 PM | Female Founders & Capital Allocators Lunch, hosted by Renegade & 3i Members | 3i Members, Renegade Partners, Anthony Nardini, Tess Baker, Cissy Hu | Jackson Square | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ROLbhXcjbtwfasbXqrU0?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM | Founder & Investor Panel Discussion | Alime Karimova | - | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/XaJjiIB9Vo6WaYILMNOf?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2:30 PM | Hardware 101 for Software Founders | Waybox Inc, Waybox Inc. | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zi74ttEhOF6WcxjlsFsm?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 | 6 PM | Loop - a supper on the physical economy | Allometry, Taylor Gendron | Mission | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/C1GaGH4ik0eGVvJenCSH?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 9 PM | What Should AI Remember? | Heritage Table, Pubali Sen | Design District | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/UOLficRN7jmfT6qxveSj?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | Robotics Founders Dinner · The Robot Contest | Daidai Labs, Mat | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/eYyNSr4sqM7JCYZWVeHL?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 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Eatopia Dinner Lab @ Stanford University: Personalized Nutrition Protocol | Eatopia, Cecilia Chen | Palo Alto | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cj75MHwkRejMYwBdIwRL?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:30 PM | Tech Week Impact Gala | 44ROCH | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/UeG5l9XsNnKKtnwTQdjq?ref=chancity) |

## Who is there

- Hosting: José Alvarez (4) ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/josealeac)); Stripe (4); 44ROCH (2); Autopoiesis Sciences (2) ([X](https://x.com/autopoiesislab)); Carlos Zárate (2) ([Website](https://about.startupgrind.com/?ref=chancity), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-andres-z%C3%A1rate)); Julie Chen (2) ([X](https://x.com/0xjuliechen)); Leverage (2); Luminar Ventures (2); Magnus Bergman (2); Photon (2) ([X](https://x.com/photon_hq)); Rikard Steiber (2); Samantha Quist (2)
- Speaking: Olga Chumanskaya; Daniel Docter; Pae Wu; Manpreet Kohli; Ryan Husk; Phillip Braddock; Eike Gerhardt; Jo Teichmann; Mike Mahlkow; Courtney Cook; Stephanie Postles; Ashley D. Bell; Alan Nichol; Marian Bacol; Tom Eggemeier; Deon Nicholas; Keith Peiris; Srinivas Njay; James da Costa; Sam Lee; Joey Malysz; Pranav Ashok; Guillermo Rauch; Jack Altman; Benny Liao; Alan Zong; Sonali Vijayavargiya; Sonia Hunt; Shifra Williams; Ilan Zerbib; Christian Bailey; David Spector; George Bandarian II; Arjun Pillai; Muneeb Bokhari; Won Na; Stacy Pavlyshyna; Emily Iscoff-Daigian; Joseph Reth; Victor Boyd

## FAQ

### 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. Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper Club (Wed 6 PM, Stripe); Benchmark AI Dinner (Wed 7 PM, Vercel); Naming What's Next: From Invention to Culture (Wed 6:30 PM, Kalleko); Building India Teams: The Cross-Border Comp & Talent Playbook (Wed 6 PM, Qrata); Investing in 2026: Dinner with Founders & Investors (Wed 7 PM, Fundrise).

### 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. Capital After Hours: VIP Investor Dinner with startups, corporate, tech professionals (Fri 4:30 PM, Angel Launch); USS Hornet Deep Tech Demo Night (Tue 5 PM, Sebastian Chapela); Vintage & Venture A Founder and Investor Wine Tasting (Tue 7:30 PM, AI.FO); Camp AI Enterprise Dinner (Wed 5:30 PM, Auth0); Untapped Ventures LP Dinner - San Francisco (Thu 6 PM, Untapped Ventures).

### Which Founder dinners have the most RSVPs?

Infrastructure for the Agentic future has the most, 178 going. Infrastructure for the Agentic future (Mon 6 PM, Wasmer); AI Founder/VC Dinner (Thu 5 PM, You.com); Founders Dinner by SparkLabs (Thu 6:30 PM, SparkLabs Group); Eatopia Dinner Lab @ Stanford University: Personalized Nutrition Protocol (Sat 5:30 PM, Eatopia); Dinner on the San Francisco Giants' Field (Mon 6 PM, Airwallex).

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