Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # Mission Bay events at SF Tech Week 2026 > Mission Bay has 40 SF Tech Week 2026 events from Monday, Oct 5 to Monday, Oct 12, and 27 of them run in the evening, with a median of 90 RSVPs, larger than the week's typical event. Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 40. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page. ## At a glance - Evening-heavy: 68% of events, above the share for the whole week. - Larger rooms: the kickoff alone lists 919 RSVPs. - Events on 8 different days. ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/mission-bay/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/mission-bay/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 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Find Your Dream Team | Learning Layer, axcicapital, Workato, Devinder Sodhi, Emily Fang, Serephina Ha | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/LEvETTMfnJO8ZU0LGJhg?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 5 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Seamaphore Open House | Seamaphore, J-Ro, Alex Higby | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/X8QC9tOiYpfa0SEljfZQ?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM | Compliance at Fintech Speed | Midlyr, Stripe, Angelique Strauss, Aryssa Franklin, Wael Elsahhar, Massimo Di Giovacchino | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IDMDMgrXicuhtP8U9WdK?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 5 | 6 PM to 10 PM | Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe | Fireworks, Stripe, Vercel, Michaela Landgraf | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Fp4oMyFGQC6HzotKXc8T?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 | 6:30 PM to 10 PM | Shark Tank: Most “Ethical” Hackathon & Pitch Competition | IRL Fandoms, Brent Chase | Mission Bay | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/hYZO0CD3vARVS1DIICdg?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 5 | 6:30 PM to 8 PM | The Reflection Dinner | Density, Vicky Liu 🧃 [Juicebox], Sam Fisher | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Dinner | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/sryerl20?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM | Advancing Collaborative AI Drug Discovery | a16z, Lilly, a16z Events, Ellen Tunoa, Vanessa Braunstein, Zak Doric | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ccQ8p5st5UNpGXyFZHiT?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Carta Presents: The State of the Round | Mandy Truong, Laurence Baker, Mia Monahogios | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/1vqfea7z?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 2 PM | The Next Layer of AI: From Models to Real-World Intelligence TFOT: Global Innovation Summit | TeroAI, RYAN RAMIREZ, The Future of Tech | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/jd5d9xryCa9FeSrpJKzL?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 4 PM | Agentic Commerce Meet Up | Visa, Inc., Bella Ngo | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AvQ6V2uhBuwbU6Ubq9v8?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | Agentic Now & Agentic Next - Mastercard in SF | Ash Tutika | Mission Bay | Apply | sold out | - | Free | - | [View](https://luma.com/mdxyfrgf?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | Designing for Physical AI: From Innovation Lab to Factory Floor | Swissnex in San Francisco, Sarah BK. Swissnex, Andrea Cross @Swissnex, Julia Kuhn Mirza | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/WHfwx55GwbeRGaZb6Q6B?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 9 PM | J.P. Morgan Presents AI in Action | J.P. Morgan, Erin Lashbrook, Anisha | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/iDpN2M4O4SL5MPm2CPbS?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 9 PM | SF Founders Brew Mixer | Lareina Xu, Atharva Shrivastava, Daivik Goel | Mission Bay | RSVP | open | - | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/03k1rbkr?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 7 PM | Kinect Commerce Social | Kinect, Kratik Agrawal | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fA1iSMrrIPWpNEQoac0s?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 9 AM to 10:30 AM | From Equity to Address | Williams Home Group, Devany Williams | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/xiP6le8gokQbrSquixF1?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 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Design Roasting Session (vol. 2) | Ondrej Jelinek, European Startup Embassy, TRAU | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/o2u9s9lr?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Physical AI Demo Day: Intelligence for the Real World | Spatial Capital, George Wu, Doug Griffin | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/dLVhaW7dfVIkXoE40Oaz?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 9:30 PM | Building the Future of Creative AI | Sonilo, Sonilo AI | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ki3B28FwMa8i9BleQA9U?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM | Creativity in the age if AI | Pactto, Angelique Strauss | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/TsXEB0rZgQv07Zqcv82l?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Not My Startup: Pitch Night | Clerk, Tembo, Ashlynn, Connor, Ivan Smiljanic | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/sN4RirY69dqSM2wZrsLg?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 7 PM to 11 PM | GTO Night ♠️ by Salus | Salus Inc., Vedant, Barry Borrilez | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1UPG7dvqJmwWe2bVlkI1?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM | Morning Run + Cortisol Experiment | Lume Health Technologies, Vicki | Mission Bay | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/li3WsDFuPjb6ATj1Zzln?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 7 PM | FinTech Golden Hour hosted by Visa, Fin Capital & JP Morgan | Visa, Daria, Ilya Klets, Hoi Wong | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cU8UeN62q9evVHkGwOLe?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | GTM Unlocked: Marketing in the AI Era | AScaleX, Angelique Strauss, Aryssa Franklin | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/wCC77fqoK5aiKcLfqqNh?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 8 PM | State of Deployment | Artos, Om | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/u2MeGLa70UD76aNfUk18?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM to 9:30 PM | The GTM Wind down: Fieldwork Brewing Co | Lisa Harshman, Brendan Short | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/wbzor93i?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM | The GTM Afterparty | Marketing Smartlead, Sanjana Kotak | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/the_gtm_afterparty?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 | 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 | 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 | PlateTale Fine Dining | PlateTale, anh | Mission Bay | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/pfhpkEUXM12hIqmQ6woW?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) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 2 PM to 4 PM | Watch AI Turn a Sketch into a Factory Order - Live Demos | Black Lake Technologies, Felicia Liu | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/lO6t7n3ztzwaX7Yqrfvk?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | The Tech Leaders Suite: Warriors x SFTechWeek | Insurgi Media Group | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/YcmtdWxc4XeNxOUUOJVJ?ref=chancity) | | Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM | 🤍Sunday Service & Brunch | Hype Network | Mission Bay | RSVP | open | Lunch, Soft drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/Hsc4RUdszCPRoLfglJ49?ref=chancity) | | Sun, Oct 11 | 6 PM to 9 PM | International Reception at the European Startup Embassy | Alex Wolfe, Rachel Flanigan, European Startup Embassy | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/ki02vg09?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 9 PM | THE CUSTOMER IS IN THE ROOM: A live AI focus group for DTC brands - What if you could ask your customers what they think before you ship? | Michael Ronen, Domenick Cimino | Mission Bay | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/rwhh6mha?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: Angelique Strauss (3); Aryssa Franklin (2); European Startup Embassy (2) ([Website](https://europeanstartupembassy.com/?ref=chancity), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-startup-embassy)); Marketing Smartlead (2) ([Website](https://www.smartlead.ai/?ref=chancity), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaibhavnamburi)); Sanjana Kotak (2); Stripe (2); a16z (1); a16z Events (1) ([X](https://x.com/a16zBioHealth)); Aaron (1); AceMakers (1); Alex Higby (1); Alex Wolfe (1) ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-j-wolfe)) - Speaking: Henry Ward; Christopher Hooton; Martijn Lancee; Erin Knese; Richard Frey; Prof. Henry Markram; Valerie Bertele; John Robins; Daniel Lütgehetmann; Rebecca Yeung; Michael Ronen - Featured guests: Yuichi Kurosawa; Benjamin Norton; Peter Van Voorhis; Shaleena Reyersbach; Mawulom; Subash Raj; Gina Greenwalt; Valeria Lialina; Julia Prebilich; Irina Chuvasheva; Cyril Gorlla; Daria Davydenko; Austin A; Yang Tran; Mark Menell; Johannes Hansen; Lauren Sun; Meredith Tibbals; Nicole Dunn; Maya Haylock; Arwin Kumaramangalam; Juan Gomez; Joey Lee; Hubert Lamela; Vadym Muraviov; Matus Pavliscak; Valentin Kiefl; David Tilšer; Robert Decman; Sanjay Suriyakumar; Jerry O'Shea; Amelia Lerutte; Arseniy Seroka; Camilo Siabato; Devon Lin; Aryan Bisht; Jeffrey Priebe; Mae Cadao; Itan Felzensztein; Matt O"Brien ## FAQ ### Which events in Mission Bay can I join without applying? 5 of the 40 are open RSVP; the other 35 ask you to apply. ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 26 events in Mission Bay with an application form, 26 ask for a job title, 26 for a company, 26 for LinkedIn and 15 for GitHub. ### What are the main events in Mission Bay on Monday, Oct 5? 7 events in Mission Bay are listed for Monday, Oct 5, led by Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe and Seamaphore Open House. Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe (Mon 6 PM, Fireworks); Seamaphore Open House (Mon 5 PM, Seamaphore); Shark Tank: Most “Ethical” Hackathon & Pitch Competition (Mon 6:30 PM, IRL Fandoms); The Reflection Dinner (Mon 6:30 PM, Density); Find Your Dream Team (Mon 5 PM, Learning Layer). ### What are the main events in Mission Bay on Tuesday, Oct 6? 9 events in Mission Bay are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by Advancing Collaborative AI Drug Discovery and Designing for Physical AI: From Innovation Lab to Factory Floor. Near the top are Advancing Collaborative AI Drug Discovery (Tue 8:30 AM), Designing for Physical AI: From Innovation Lab to Factory Floor (Tue 6:00 PM), The Next Layer of AI: From Models to Real-World Intelligence TFOT: Global Innovation Summit (Tue 2:00 PM), Agentic Now & Agentic Next - Mastercard in SF (Tue 5:30 PM) and Carta Presents: The State of the Round (Tue 2:00 PM). ### Which events in Mission Bay have food? 16 of the 40 mention food (7 snacks, 5 dinner, 2 breakfast). Advancing Collaborative AI Drug Discovery (Tue 8:30 AM, a16z); Not My Startup: Pitch Night (Wed 6 PM, Clerk); The GTM Afterparty (Thu 8:30 PM, Marketing Smartlead); Seamaphore Open House (Mon 5 PM, Seamaphore); Building the Future of Creative AI (Wed 6 PM, Sonilo). ### Which events in Mission Bay have drinks? 5 mention drinks: 2 alcohol, 3 coffee or soft drinks. They include 🤍Sunday Service & Brunch (Sun 10:00 AM), "Lunch @ SF Kebab (self paid)"; From Equity to Address (Wed 9:00 AM), "coffee and a straight talk"; Physical AI Demo Day: Intelligence for the Real World (Wed 4:00 PM), "wine, conversation and live demos"; Women in AI Coffee, Breakfast, & Fireside Chat (Fri 9:00 AM), "Women in AI Coffee, Breakfast, & Fireside Chat". ### Which events in Mission Bay have the most RSVPs? Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe has the most, 919 going. Near the top are Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe (Mon 6:00 PM), OOO - The Techno Sound (Fri 8:30 PM), Designing for Physical AI: From Innovation Lab to Factory Floor (Tue 6:00 PM) and Not My Startup: Pitch Night (Wed 6:00 PM). ### Who hosts the most events in Mission Bay? Stripe hosts 2. --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/mission-bay Full SF Tech Week schedule: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/schedule For AI agents: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/agent