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

# Friday events at SF Tech Week 2026

> Friday, Oct 9 has 175 SF Tech Week 2026 events, and Downtown, with 33, has more of them than any other neighborhood.

Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 175. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page.

## At a glance

- Hosting is spread thin: the most active host, Alime Karimova, has just 2 events.
- SF Tech Week Agent Day leads with 680 RSVPs. The median listing has 60.
- 59 listings offer food and 32 offer drinks.

## Subscribe

- Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/friday/calendar.ics
- Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/friday/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7:30 AM | Surf Meetup for Founders and Investors with Forgepoint Capital and Ashurst Perkins Coie | Ashurst Perkins Coie | Ocean Beach | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KgOCzb8B31LExsRqozKw?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8 AM to 9:30 AM | Croissants & the Real SF: A Morning Walk for People Ops | Alma | - | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0nKRtTa3jTu39iljrs2K?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8 AM to 11:30 AM | Founder Morning by the Pacific | Alime Karimova | - | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FZFzRFJ3OXpqOwJAVCY5?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8 AM to 9:30 AM | Walk the Patient Journey | BuildForward, Ankit Kumar | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ME2In9ivaqonZer9taMv?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8 AM | Waves & Breakfast w/ CodeRabbit | CodeRabbit, Hendrik Krack | Ocean Beach | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/J618oGSk1kHzlncpKVxo?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8:30 AM | Angel Investors Coffee & Breakfast | Winner Capital, Ankur Sethi | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/3kMgFy9SKY2zplpLM6pv?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM | COFFEE + CONNECT: Intentional Mixer for Founders & Investors | Somarae, Marian Bacol, Auburn, Asya Bradley | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BAqQrn6jhvh4zQ6Odr0J?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM | SF Tech Week Breakfast for Startup Program Leaders | Philip Braddock | Belden Place | RSVP | sold out | - | Free | - | [View](https://luma.com/71098rvm?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM | World Models & GPUs Coffee | Leverage, Tesla, Nir Naamani | Civic Center | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/pGty8rhaDygQofOYMovq?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 10 AM | Ask a VP of Sales: Live GTM Office Hours for Early-Stage B2B Founders | Kat Rucker Consulting Group, Kathryn Rucker | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/jsAZimJ2j1bgyspYuioe?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 11 AM | Bagels for Builders | OPEN AUSTRIA, Michael Dobersberger, Naida Vikalo, WeAreDevelopers | SoMa | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DFlSnCMgV2d6A9S6yEfI?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM | IBM Sports Tech Startup Challenge Showcase co-hosted with a16z Speedrun | IBM, a16z Speedrun | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/QZh9lyv8awyY0k32mYHq?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 11 AM | Pickleball & Breakfast for Physical AI | DivcoWest Ventures, Phoebe Zhang, Daniel Stein, Diana Kay, Varad Mohod, Antonia Elisa Soler Blasco, Mayur Mistry | - | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zKFIbA2jbGAfoL3eGLwd?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 11:30 AM | Pitch or NGMI: 20 Startups. 2 Minutes. One Winner. | Boxsy, FLUIX AI, Mind the Bridge, Oppos Inc., Elisabeth Bykoff, Abhi Sastri, Sanita Youree, Darace Rose | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cl9Apcup1UShaavhbbmr?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 11 AM | Private Fund CFO Breakfast - The AI-Enabled Fund: Reporting, Compliance & Tax Strategy (1 CPE) | Suntera Fund Services, KPMG, Zaharit Greenberg, Ryan Youhan | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/83nmlIAvc9TDVp0V4v6A?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 9 PM | SF AI Summit - The Infrastructure Era | B.E.L.L.E, Lenka Huang, Anna Hong, Mariane Bekker | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Jj9mUaOuc7vqK1IiWaWt?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 11 AM | SF Tech Week Tennis with Goodwin | Goodwin, A Song, Brian McPeake, Michelle Simbajon, Andrew Sparks | Golden Gate Park | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/7MMfcCBeVQ1Ky9dfPljt?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM | VirtusLab Tech Walk | Virtus Lab, Weronika Wiernicka, Monika, Tom Orzechowski, Peter Ratcliffe | FiDi | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/VpwLybpfEzFpw2LRomRh?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 1 PM | Women in AI Coffee, Breakfast, & Fireside Chat | InstaLILY AI | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/2tl2aKE6bS8D5L1ZRyAX?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 AM to 11 AM | Women in Tech Coffee & Breakfast Networking! - Hosted by Spring Fertility | Spring Fertility | Mission | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/YzF3eqGZxQwwBoYxQudr?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9:30 AM | AI & Blockchain Summit | Garage DAO, Winston J | Palo Alto | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4Z7ZCQZZzVfDlAyd0RMR?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9:30 AM to 7:30 PM | Cyberdefense Hackathon | Team tokens&, AWS Builder Loft, Alessandro Amenta, Jacopo Piazza | FiDi | Apply | open | Lunch | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/cyberhack?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9:30 AM | The PS Pit Stop: Coffee & Luggage Tags | Private Suite, Elissa Nation | Downtown | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/JqxpI1MiJh5umiIttOsU?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM | AI Native Summit | Toby Founder @ AINative.Studio, Ayori Selassie, Karsten Wade | FiDi | RSVP | open | - | From $25 | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/3t95uj7s?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM to 11 AM | Connecting over a game of H.O.R.S.E 4 AI Founders - Hoopers Meet | Staaake IN | Fillmore District | RSVP | open | - | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/staaake-203w?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM to 1 PM | Founder Office Hours: Fundraising, GTM & AI | Malaika Commons | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/b0kwe7Noorg1H9grpnha?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM to 11:30 AM | Hands-on workshop: build your first MCP app. | Myop, Keren Fanan | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4qI4O5CY95jFIbmzu9Cb?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM to 12 PM | Pitch Decks That Raise Money | Mucker Capital, Lara Bandeira, Tony Yang, Justin Capaldi | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/OI60Kbx93bYOxTJlG1QB?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM to 12 PM | Qualified Purchaser AI Debriefing Coffee 📈🔒 | Equity X Investments, LLC | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fZpPmWFR5NB4rCOY0qhr?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM to 1 PM | Running on AI: Tech Week Run | SearchBeaute.ai, Giselle Ebrat | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FAmsKY8b6nUskKd51tLl?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM to 1 PM | Want a promotion or a new job? Ship a Real AI Portfolio Live | Arjita Sethi | Mission | Apply | sold out | - | Free | - | [View](https://luma.com/15mxjb6o?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10 AM | Your AE is failing, but the hire isn't the Problem. It's the Handoff. | DragonflyAI | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/geEmQwcfB157ZRC4QsUx?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10:30 AM to 5 PM | a16z speedrun AI Faire | a16z speedrun | Jackson Square | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WrF0Hv7cZLnp5fHzjYAC?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM | AI Frontier Summit - Intelligence at Scale: Agents, Physical AI & Chips | AI Pioneer Club, UC Santa Cruz Gen AI Center, Jun Li, Yi Zhang, Sarah Pu, lotus | Mountain View | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yFLBq1ig9Mu3UXvAAc1X?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 10:30 AM to 12 PM | Paper Reading Club for PhDs & AI Researchers | Leverage, Nir Naamani | Civic Center | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/dEPy0EPjr3H3ljSeovDM?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM | AI Video Hackathon: Build with Qwen × Vizard Agent | Vizard.ai, Alibaba, Yao | Presidio Heights | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/vNAXc4Qo8Nj45hPdKAyX?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM | Be honest. You're not really doing evals, are you? | ZenML GmbH, ZenML Labs, Adam Probst | Mission | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MIicrYpiWuanNRyGiiTH?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 4 PM | Creator Gold LIVE | Creator Gold, France Tantiado, Monica Khan | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/5Kc3kr5FIBexPw0QFkiE?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 3 PM | Inception Studio - The Founder Game ARG | Inception Studio, Michael Liu, Mike, John Whaley | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/poTDlXo6PaktFWmEVY78?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 1 PM | Intelligence on the Network A conversation with Personal AI, NVIDIA, Comcast, and AT&T | Personal AI, Amanda Borgiotti, Jon Bikoff | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ICkfIXl9mcGwCuFxTJO2?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 1 PM | Kindred Motorworks | Kindred Motorworks, Shawn Jackson | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/27NgykYAKfD7OJYvTCpf?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 2:30 PM | Make Content Hackathon | founderledmedia.com, Founder-Led Media | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Nx5qyeoprhZJ6NvxRtyT?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 2 PM | MiHu AI Hackathon & VC Panel | MiHu AI | Union Square | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/xGbCfUmtnRAuxArIgycb?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 4 PM | The Science of Speed / Tech Week Meets Fleet Week | Together AI | Marina | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/JddSOGkpUobJd3MxVzaV?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 AM to 12 PM | Vibe Marketing in the Age of AI Agents - Live on Zoom | Juliet AI, Inc., Samir Patel @ www.juliet.space | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mY2Cguz4gWaBawN1L0i2?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 12 PM to 2 PM | Accountability That Actually Works: A Playbook for First-Time Founders | Mucker Capital, Lara Bandeira, Tony Yang, Justin Capaldi | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/YG4MCxLrq5A6VcaEdhfQ?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 PM to 2 PM | Make Me Care: The 60-Second Story Slam | Big Valley Marketing | Union Square | RSVP | open | Lunch | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/6mK2jtOD2ggQrsLgv7YI?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 12 PM to 6 PM | SF Tech Week Agent Day | Yujian Tang | Menlo Park | Apply | open | Lunch | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/7wn8tsf7?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 12 PM to 4 PM | The Tech Week Flyover | Sentry, Exa.ai, Neon by Databricks, Hayden Bleasel | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yvoeWd6BJMUB12yutJLl?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 12 PM to 2:30 PM | World of Tavily | Tavily, Tavily Events | - | Apply | open | Lunch, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4mN6cqkMvQg6I4ZiiVGQ?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 | 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM | THE SCIENCE WORKS. THE ECONOMICS DON’T. | Bluezone Capital, Lowenstein Sandler LLP | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/eXfeFcZd14cng8R4ZKyk?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 1 PM to 4 PM | Build a Marketplace in 3 Hours - A Hands-On Lab | Exonome, Jonathan Padilla | Chinatown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8EFNmcADF1WvLKrEt6ML?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 1 PM to 3 PM | Fireside w/ Salmon Labs & Citizens for Startups | USC Entrepreneurship and Venture Management Association, Citizens Private Bank, Troy Collective, Shayan Akhtari, Divyansh Goel | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RJODoOqYi9hlAC9Vq1sj?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 1 PM | Live Blacksmithing with CoreWeave | CoreWeave, JM | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RqWSbc0B7ZyB4xSqHDVE?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 1 PM to 4 PM | Silicon to Scale: A Physical AI Summit | SparkLabs Taiwan, Startup Island TAIWAN - Silicon Valley Hub, Sunny Hu, Claire Liu, Edgar Chiu, Uly Su, Mallory Chien | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/3LUr6WRA4q7srYyJGmGO?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 1 PM to 5 PM | The Oasis @ SF Tech Week - Future of Work | Vibe Space, AI Collective, Flowstate, Matheus Pagani, tejas ravindra | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/YjW4xR52BjjokXgufhWE?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM | Builders House | Buildify, Yash Ekbote | Mountain View | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/7BfNkX4oADI8R7Gh3RPy?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM | AI in Healthcare by MedPhone AI | MedPhone AI, A P | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/YVPPtPmkwNeul4X6MUdK?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 4 PM | Building Self-Improving AI Agents: From Loop to Deployment | GRAIL, Sabrina Sun, Mayank Kejriwal | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kjGchjNe9n25GHihcHhY?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 6 PM | Fleet Week Rooftop Social: Mayer Brown | Mayer Brown LLP, Jonathan Tsang, Stephanie Hurst, Neela Pack | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cCFZvQqaMD3xKRGPi6We?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Get Found on AI: Build the playbook so your business is recommended in AI chats in One Afternoon | Arjita Sethi | Mission | Apply | sold out | - | Free | - | [View](https://luma.com/6uwkydou?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 4 PM | Girls in Growth: On the Green | Catherine Belyakov, Lowrie Hilladakis | Marina District | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/rzu9fz2g?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 4 PM | How does AI change product management? | Define, Eric Boduch | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mrcsL5ranJVvkeNhrtVM?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Inception Studio Startup Showcase | Inception Studio, Michael Liu, Mike, John Whaley | SoMa | Apply | closed | - | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/BzlElqsXvTyijP2A8ZuA?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Inner Alignment: Experience Self-Trust in Navigating Complexity | Meridian Collective, maria | Presidio Heights | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/2hHxGunlTlJa6mXdzaDq?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 6 PM | Sunset Neighborhood Build-a-thon | Josh Nesbit, Anna Spisak | Outer Sunset | RSVP | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/tzyvkp9j?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 | 2 PM to 6 PM | The PULL x Macy’s Market Activation | Introspective Innovations Fashion Week, ANGMM/IIFW | Downtown | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/jAsfU6JGNW1Wul65yDb2?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Who Owns the Data? The New Diligence Checklist for AI in Healthcare | Xela, Consig AI, Jennifer Gibson, Arvita Tripati, RJ Burnham | Salesforce Park | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/d8Mnsy9EKL8joAz8e7oi?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 2:30 PM to 4 PM | Financial Model Teardown | Gust Labs Inc, Forecastr, Mitch Webb, Gust, Dan Gallagher | Pacific Heights | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/i9BpiQKOXnxXEezmdh7Z?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 | 2:30 PM to 4 PM | THE MONEY ROOM: What Actually Gets Funded Today | TiE Mumbai, Vaishnavi Dhotre, Naveen Raju, Trupti Sharma, Shabnam Khan | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/nrFwA98brLuJFib5mv5u?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM | AI for Finance Summit 2026 SF | LinqAlpha, Jacob Chanyeol Choi, Katie Duke, Hojun Choi, John D'Eufemia | FiDi | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FHNMlBoBqRFhzvgpP8F1?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 | 3 PM to 5 PM | Flex Capital Game Night | Flex Capital, Anastasia, Ananya | Dogpatch | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/qXmHuf4cdV1Qbxu9S1Tw?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM to 7 PM | From Employee to Entrepreneur: Women’s Panel & Mastermind | EmpowHer - Female Entrepreneurs Community, Dasha | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FhzZlEPoybIGtYEsr5gU?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM | Idempotency in Hospitality Tech - Founders x Investors | Tabmac Inc, Dongen Bradley Zhou, Firooz Mafakheri | Russian Hill | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/n36DkOnj9Ycw6JeEGoco?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM to 6:30 PM | Japanese Government, Strategic Investors, LPs & Major Corporations × Global VCs & Startups | DG Daiwa Ventures, Yamato Watanabe, Mai Komizo, Makito Masuyama | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KhCm90cwBquq4snndW3p?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM to 4:30 PM | Raised & Acquired | Omnibay, Jianfei Zhu, Helen Li | Mountain View | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/gJMBb2pGhQTGpTvy0j1J?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM to 5 PM | Samosas & Chai: IIT Alums Mixer | NessoIQ, Avee Dey, Megha Agarwal | Rincon Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/tJMpAFSzO0st1rIs0ili?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM to 5 PM | VCs & LPs Cocktail Hour ✨ San Francisco | fractl, Rime Salmi | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IZImysP4YjoVUvC57xRU?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3 PM to 5 PM | What's the Next Interface for AI? Early-Stage AI Hardware Builder + Investor Mingle | Polipop, Circuit Launch, YAXIN DUAN, Arkadiy (Ark) | Mountain View | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/L3srgydRmlZR2Em3OzJg?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM | EWOR Demo Day - Investors Only | EWOR, Gigi Brett | Jackson Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/iVRmbMz5TmTkRshMwk1m?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 6 PM | AI Is Changing the Job. Who Are You Becoming? | Zhennovate | Hayes Valley | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zg2J0jhN8NNwW1x4fZTd?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 10 PM | AI x Medicine: Hackathon + Speaker Night | Shravan Balaji, Arya Kulkarni, Prathamesh Trivedi | - | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/x5xg03hJ5CsA7Pu5IhWD?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 10 PM | Builders & Brews SF | Tavily Events, Xaviera Ho, Replit Events, Merge | Union Street | Apply | open | Soft drinks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/tavily-u13g?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM | Future of Work Hackathon: Building from the Farm @Stanford University | Stanford GSB India Association, Debanjan Nayak, Astha, Susmit Roy, Chinat Yu, Chenchen | Stanford | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KQMn96XCewsPMX3AZ6p4?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 5:30 PM | I AM UNSEXY. AND I LIKE IT: The Passion Projects of Founders Who Build What They Love | TiE Mumbai, Vaishnavi Dhotre, Naveen Raju, Shabnam Khan, Trupti Sharma | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/hEoNOFbx0vHwEtqT2T2I?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM | Marketing Plan for Tech Startups 26/27 Edition - Book Launch | TechSurprises LLC, simone morellato, Justyna Bak | SoMa | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/XNYzr5d6mPJc5HLbukzM?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 7 PM | Personalizing Long-running Agents | Sonoma AI, SOMO Cowork, Christy Bergman | - | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/yu4jUXISkrpC9ULUvGnq?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 8 PM | Smartlead x Chatbase: Bowling Mixer 🎳 | Marketing Smartlead, Humphrey Su, Zeyad Genena, Sanjana Kotak | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/smartleadxchatbase?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM to 7 PM | The After Close - Speakeasy | Deel, Rillet, Corgi Insur, Crystal Petit Frere | Dogpatch | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MNgD0Ir4CmpbvFRZ62VX?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 | 4:30 PM | How to Use AI to Build a Better Democracy | Action Labs, Carol Dunn | East Bay | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/5dj8gqFd9mKkBbfLKmX7?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM | Sip & Startup with ProtoLive.xyz | ProtoLive.xyz, ProtoLive | SoMa | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/5yzby81z8jHwItEt8tbU?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 8 PM | $3k Flash Pitch Competition | Gust Labs Inc, Forecastr, Hubspot for Startups, Gust, Dan Gallagher | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/37Y1MBB5V7YH7yBcrOV6?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 8 PM | CAGR CLUB - San Francisco | Focus on Risk, Mitch K, Ryan Baird | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zjZ6Ox5OzXQggglXJ06J?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM | Content for Growth | Founder-Led Media | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/TVOueDd1z3hGaUu80g5r?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM | From Agents to Production - Founder Exchange & After Hours | FounderCoHo Community, FounderCoHo | Palo Alto | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/tqX7BGeGKHpIg005UD85?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 PM to 8 PM | Human Performance, Capital & Innovation | Carmen Banks, BLCK VC San Francisco, NSBE Bay Area Professionals Finance | Embarcadero | RSVP | open | - | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/ThePerformanceEconomy?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Jeffersonian Salon for Investors | Rooms, Growee, El | Downtown | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zH8IjJZf5YINKcyPLNMR?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM | Pixels After Dark: Art, Music & Computer Agents | SIMULAR | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/YUKBbGuv0GuGMQgCVxZB?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Private Evening for Series A+ Founders | Madeline & Co., Lingopal, Numix, XTrace, Prince Rumi, austin cai, Stella Zhang, Adam Cai | Union Square | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MjYo7Z8vhcJfQHFEnZL0?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Production cloud on autopilot + food/drinks | Modelence, Aram Shatakhtsyan | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DTzNZNVopycvsHV4OGDQ?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 9 PM | rsvpmaxxing: the last RSVP of SF Tech Week 🪩 | Efficient Frontier Labs, C1, Andrew Smith | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DKJDTQfyiHkaQZyHNZsG?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM | SF CREATORS AND MOVIE MAKERS | each::labs, Eftal Yurtseven, Bartu Varol | Dogpatch | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mnLKvJAoRzGv5J7h6cKd?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 9 PM | The AI Said It Was Done - AI Agent Divergence Hackathon | Morfa AI, Inc, Jan, Kevin Mello | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/R6YZn1T4nalVJEwRxlY9?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 9 PM | The Golden Hour: LPs, GPs and Family Offices Gathering | Golden Bay Ventures, Radu Skutaru, Dilara | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/gCqZJLbMSZsmObtKEo0S?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 8 PM | The Happy Padel🎾 | HappyRobot, Clara Shapero, Erena, Quili | Dogpatch | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Q0gz7HnLW8EAfZfYgzWP?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:30 PM | Female-Led Startups | Stri Health, Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri | Hayes Valley | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1RMa143jHmTK7aIn4ztS?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 | 5:30 PM | SF AWS User Group - Community Demo & Sushi 🍣 | AWS, Asako Hayase | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IrdnzxynJxAypndl71yG?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | SF Founders X Product Showcase | RocketRide, Mansi More, Shashidhar Babu Pasupuleti Venkata Durga | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/82JAXHWLBEbjD0RJt88l?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:30 PM | What's the Startup Playbook for 2027? Join a lively meetup for global founders and investors. | Bret Waters, Sand Hill Marketing, Annika Ahonala | Palo Alto | RSVP | open | Snacks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/D6y12zPl89ZQ8qbrCmpv?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:30 PM to 9 PM | 🌍🔥 African Diaspora Mixer | Venture Bridge Hub | Telegraph Hill | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/c8gGemZJ8QGrL5FAaYfH?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 7 PM | [Audrey Chou. Studio.] - Movement & Media Community Meet Up | ARESPHERE, Audrey Chou | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/EjjACgAy2a5eQOZ7HN9U?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 9 PM | AI and BrainTech investing | Chaanakya Capital, Varun Turlapati, Cythika B, Andrea Corry | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/pM3yZ6HeyQBkQfNUQ2Zk?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 9 PM | AI Builders Summit | Founders Bay, Mariane Bekker | FiDi | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/M8o8swbgQoidMEvbEgwR?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | AI from the Rest of the World | WIP India, Swati Awasthi | Stanford | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yPHkvIs3nOhvCXRamIiN?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | Building Paid Media AI In-House? Start Here. | Adlyse, Anna Stepura | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/TUYQKAnQHnYejHVc2oKp?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | Durable execution needs a face: human-in-the-loop for AI agents | Workflow Builder, Mateusz Masiczak | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yvSUWBu9i3qLK5I5GsDX?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Find a Cofounder, Help or Join a Tech Startup | Robert Maddox | Civic Center | RSVP | open | Snacks, Drinks | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/8nu6vfk9?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | Flex VC Dinner | Flex, Donna Te | Downtown | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8BF13i45QUWpLg2CbmZr?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | Get Your O-1: Live Q&A + Mixer with an Immigration Attorney | Jumpstart Immigration, Leticia Souza (Jumpstart), Beatriz Puente, Dat (Jumpstart), Mo Salah, Articuler.ai | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Cl5J7sl3WF146xIG02Te?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | House of AI - When AI Gets a Wallet | 0G Labs, Alejandra Corbella | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yr40viIY6B70dWXv1bR8?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | Kairo Pickleball Tournament: $10,000 Giveaway | Kairo, Siddharth Dhanasekar | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kCt7uxz9ReNtOZEFQiZl?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 | October Tech Rooftop Mixer | Door 3, Founder Social Club, Manny Duenas, Colton Kaplan | South Beach | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GPFxY2IuWM0LhU1UUgUu?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 9 PM | OyBay x IsraValley Shabbat Dinner | Leverage.work, Sean Robins, Adam Cohen hillel | Pacific Heights | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/9dj5IM7YDlL0Bo5HSoMB?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Salsa Night | Nearshore, SVB, Tanya, Jose Esquer-Romero, Jennifer Zamudio, Jose Pinero | North Beach | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GVhY6V6PWflIAfPlJyRa?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Tech Week Date Night - Red String OS | Red String, Red String OS | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BNVNx9hquje723kH7Zlo?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | The AI Storytelling Room: Live Demo of AI-Native Filmmaking | Just Videos Studios, Javisth Chabria | Stanford | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/8xo51DTsIqkdAjEOFulp?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | The AI-Native Fund: Rebuilding Investment Management for the Agent Era | Podium Finance, Ryan Bok | Castro | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uwouwhpzMYb4kE39FVP4?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6 PM | Ugly Talk: Founder Open Mic & Comedy | Ugly Talk, UGLY TALK - AMY | Downtown | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/Zc2QdFetungZZsOHD3h7?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 PM | Who Will Power the AI Economy? Saudi Arabia, Silicon Valley and the Race for Compute | Saudi Arabian Association at Stanford, Latifa | Stanford | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Fn20BZxgS7Vqjo4wM7So?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:15 PM | Product Leader Dinner | Define, Eric Boduch | Pacific Heights | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/jXYPKkGUv6LCo0EtvGiM?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:30 PM | Angel Investors by the bar | Winner Capital, Ankur Sethi | Palo Alto | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uyzcvwB5hMHTwEDrvXkc?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:30 PM to 11:45 PM | ESE’s First Birthday, Rooftop party Founders x Investors | European Startup Embassy, Marek Krizka, Vladimira Cincurova, Petr Smid, Madison Brelsford | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1NQbTztlfECerMbzBKtt?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | Founders Social After Dark | Dhruvil Shah | - | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/fukxek8f?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:30 PM to 9 PM | Hard Negatives Meetup / Engineers Debate Night with Qdrant & Neo4j | Qdrant Devrel | Mission | RSVP | open | Snacks | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/sf-meetup-oct26?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM | HR & PEOPLE LEADERS HAPPY HOUR. Leadership Signals | Speech & Mind, Dr. Sumeyra Ozturk | Russian Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/9AaNHEZ0Ctp2KVIU1ngC?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 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | Rooftop Happy Hour w/AfterQuery | AfterQuery, Michelle Choe | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/3TzWTlybVTCzxDpgPLvD?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:30 PM to 9 PM | South Asian Collective | american south asian network | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0u4MmPWjgvwusMfixSvS?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:30 PM | Startup Fundraising via Tokenization: Future of RWA | Senal, Scarlett Sun | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/wjoeQ76mjX2K6XTkUiMN?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 9 PM | A+ Mixer | Technology Founders of America | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/grFJ6Qv17YgoHA7mEMyV?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 10 PM | Agent Economy Gala | Lemma, Anwar Enterprises, Maison Noir, Sarah Fan, Obvious, Linq, Ilias Anwar, Patrick Steyn | Union Square | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ynm6aOPAPq4QeQlGuPOK?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 9 PM | AI & The Future of Marketing | REHATCH Inc, Haruka Saita, Gen Yamazaki | Union Square | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/hLhuPMfNNfUr84toT5m5?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 10:30 PM | AI Founders & Builders Poker Night | MongoDB, Emergent Labs, Patrick Steyn | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/7uoq0lKV8IUvLD9UUupI?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | CAD + AI SF | CAD-ai.tech, Mo | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/c2al3nSe5n9wJEPjaPlW?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | Cofounder Speed Dating | Cipher, Kiru, Oviya Senthil, phylicia | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BOVQL1dm6XQBzI2qAaDW?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) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 9:30 PM | Founder Table: Bring One Bottleneck, Leave With Answers | Ascent Valley | Union Square | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/Yv67iZezqkREHOcrJ6k9?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 10 PM | Geoguessr Tournament and Hang | Chally, Charlie Steinbaum | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0JEyNOqzPKoo2HFy9BeC?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | GTM Hackathon | AceMakers, Matt Laker | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/opQLftQWGrkPjTZqlJkC?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | Murder Mystery | Qualia AI, adya | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/q51jPJ7alAzfsk4FGw7R?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | Oct 9- Pitch Slap Tech Comedy | Pitch Slap Comedy, Elizabeth Swaney | Mission | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/43Cg6YqMHic6F9ElHMyX?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | PlateTale Fine Dining | PlateTale, anh | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/pfhpkEUXM12hIqmQ6woW?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | Robots & Bevs | PrismaX, Tracy Massaro | Palo Alto | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/v3SFetdJTicILdEbO4um?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 9:30 PM | San Francisco Co-Founder Matching: Find a Partner by Solving Real Problems | Ascent Valley | Union Street | Apply | open | - | From $10 | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/founder_table_sf07?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 10 PM | SF Tech Week VIP Closing Party with Synexis & Funding Breakthrough Lab | Natalie Pan, Funding Breakthrough Lab, Pavel Vinitsky, Olga Grafkova | FiDi | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/fbltechweek?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 11 PM | SF Techweek [GTM] after party 🌆 | Clubsocial Technologies Inc., umar | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/iVP9SUDvaAeP8KrtoXhR?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM | Silicon Valley Idol | Human Internet Project, Samantha Gardner, Autumn-Kyoko Cushman | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/VmtG1fBNSZyZOlZeFDo7?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 10 PM | The AI Doctor Era by Lotus AI | Lotus AI, KJ Dhaliwal | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GYYLMgeAgX31PA7XLwCq?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 7 PM to 10 PM | Vault Fashion X Tech Launch 💻🪩 | Vault, Sahar Haidari | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/eMUeJOYEoOtITOYuxI37?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8 PM | a16z x Unicorner x Notion: The Official Afterparty | Unicorner, a16z, Notion | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/B4aoD6pHjieqe40KRfl0?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8 PM to 11 PM | Singles Only | Axci Capital, Serephina Ha | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/9KaHnLTCtxhZhpBkXImL?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 8:30 PM | OOO - The Techno Sound | Hellyeah AI, Eragon, Cathy C, Aaron, Jay, Kelly An, Ruolin(Lyn) Zhang, Carina | Mission Bay | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/UVJ5gVaeo5EfF29j2hs2?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 9 PM to 9:45 PM | Steal AEO Playbook & Be the Answer in AI | Aigeo,Inc., Selina | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/vsD4jlogxacFwfoG5C1c?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 11 PM | minimal tech week | mxscmo, massimo chiarini | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KyksopfLF1L1ryXUnp32?ref=chancity) |

## Who is there

- Hosting: a16z Speedrun (2); Alime Karimova (2); Ankur Sethi (2); Arjita Sethi (2) ([Website](https://buildwithaiclub.com/?ref=chancity), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjitasethi), [X](https://x.com/arjita_sethi)); Ascent Valley (2) ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascent-valley)); Dan Gallagher (2); Define (2); Eric Boduch (2); Forecastr (2); Founder-Led Media (2) ([X](https://x.com/Startupdayz)); Gust (2) ([X](https://x.com/gustly)); Gust Labs Inc (2)
- Speaking: Dave Garland; Marian Bacol; Gavin Rowe; Asya Bradley; Auburn Stevens; Kat Rucker; Andrew Sparks; Brian McPeake; Monica Pasternak; Henry Heng; Matt Gore; Cynthia Larive; John Hu; Hanrui Wang; Hamza Tahir; Sharon Zhang; Samir Patel; Chris Sheng; Don Clark; Chris Velazco; Nathan Burg; Matt Brown; Shirley He; Rishabh Gupta; Ranjan Goel; Junaith Shahabdeen; Aryan Vij; Tun Shwe; Hang Huang; David Cramer; Hayden Bleasel; Andre Landgraf; Shyam Kumar; Lee Tzanani; Wei-Chen Wang; Waqas Makhdum; Ricky Johnson; Jakki Jakaj; Kevin Liu; Miles Deamer
- Featured guests: Ojus Save; Carina Oriel; Kasia Sitkiewicz; Wayne Sutton; Mary Tan; Jitesh Luthra; Baargav Duggirala; Dasha Timbush; Marissa Phul; Fayeeza Shaikh; Raphaël Vullierme Groth; Swayam Pandya; Rehema Nkisi; John Sandoval; Jiaying Fu; Pavina Adunratanasee; Mark Miller; James Jacobs; Danil Kislinskiy; Sarah Hack; Jen Sebell; Gorka Aranzabal; Sung Eun Choi; Adan Butt; Ashley Trick; Arseniy Seroka; Mary Pavlenko; Jess Zhang; Massimo; Alex Kekulov; Phillip An; Rehan Panjwank; Touko Ursin; Katie Choy; Mark Lichman; Daniel Slupskiy; Amelija Supulniece

## FAQ

### Which Friday events can I join without applying?

23 of the 175 are open RSVP; the other 152 ask you to apply. OOO - The Techno Sound (Fri 8:30 PM, Hellyeah AI); AI Native Summit (Fri 10 AM, Toby Founder @ AINative.Studio); Personalizing Long-running Agents (Fri 4 PM, Sonoma AI); Make Me Care: The 60-Second Story Slam (Fri 12 PM, Big Valley Marketing); From Agents to Production - Founder Exchange & After Hours (Fri 5 PM, FounderCoHo Community).

### What do hosts ask when you apply?

Across 141 Friday events with an application form, 139 ask for a job title, 140 for a company, 141 for LinkedIn and 89 for GitHub.

### What are the main events on Friday, Oct 9?

175 events are listed for Friday, Oct 9, led by IBM Sports Tech Startup Challenge Showcase co-hosted with a16z Speedrun and a16z speedrun AI Faire. IBM Sports Tech Startup Challenge Showcase co-hosted with a16z Speedrun (Fri 9 AM, IBM); a16z speedrun AI Faire (Fri 10:30 AM, a16z speedrun); The Tech Week Flyover (Fri 12 PM, Sentry); a16z x Unicorner x Notion: The Official Afterparty (Fri 8 PM, Unicorner); SF Tech Week Agent Day (Fri 12 PM, Yujian Tang).

### Which Friday events have food?

59 of the 175 mention food (33 snacks, 11 breakfast, 8 lunch). Among them are The Tech Week Flyover (Fri 12:00 PM), "good food"; SF Tech Week Agent Day (Fri 12:00 PM), "Arrival and Lunch"; AI Frontier Summit - Intelligence at Scale: Agents, Physical AI & Chips (Fri 10:30 AM), "Lunch, networking, demo showcase"; COFFEE + CONNECT: Intentional Mixer for Founders & Investors (Fri 8:30 AM), "Coffee & light bites are complimentary"; AI Video Hackathon: Build with Qwen × Vizard Agent (Fri 11:00 AM), "Food and drinks".

### Which Friday events have drinks?

32 mention drinks: 15 alcohol, 17 coffee or soft drinks.

### Which Friday events have the most RSVPs?

SF Tech Week Agent Day has the most, 680 RSVPs.

### Who hosts the most Friday events?

Alime Karimova hosts 2, Define 2, Forecastr 2.

### Which Friday events are hands-on?

37 are workshops or hackathons: 27 workshops and 10 hackathons. SF Tech Week Agent Day (Fri 12 PM, Yujian Tang); AI Native Summit (Fri 10 AM, Toby Founder @ AINative.Studio); Builders & Brews SF (Fri 4 PM, Tavily Events); AI Video Hackathon: Build with Qwen × Vizard Agent (Fri 11 AM, Vizard.ai); Personalizing Long-running Agents (Fri 4 PM, Sonoma AI).

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