Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # Events with NVIDIA speakers and builders at SF Tech Week 2026 > NVIDIA speakers and builders appear at 36 SF Tech Week 2026 events from Monday, Oct 5 to Saturday, Oct 10, and none let you simply RSVP: 35 need host approval. Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 36. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page. ## At a glance - SoMa has 11 of the 36. - 47% are evening events. - The median event has 121 RSVPs. ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/nvidia/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/nvidia/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 | 3 PM to 8 PM | Molecules, Models & Agents: Accelerating scientific research and development | Kevin Crosby | South Beach | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/Molecules2Agents?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM | How AI Is Transforming the Physical World - Breakfast Panel | Business Sweden, Ellen Dahlfors, Cody Lin | FiDi | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/JszURletzLmuWrwnRkT5?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 9 AM to 12 PM | Constructing the AI Economy | Suffolk Technologies | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Pe1XoT1FLnQ9ojZv9kGz?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 9:30 AM to 4 PM | Founders Capital Summit | NDVC, Lauren M Taylor | FiDi | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GdpTkCtxHx5vEqyqzUu8?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 1 PM to 5:15 PM | Google for Startups: From Frontier to Production with DeepMind & Wiz: Building Secure, Scalable AI | Google for Startups, Brittney Glass, Monica, Victoria, Emily Duke | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1ArQae44UaaW8I5zDU27?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Nordic AI Frontiers Reception | Swenode.ai, Nebius, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Minna Sandberg | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/1ZEa0fVfgAoCf2QdSXZr?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM | 🔥The Brave New World of Startup Fundraising w/Conviction, Recursive, Hustle Fund, Gradient & More | Foundersuite.com, Nixon Peabody, Nathan Beckord / Foundersuite.com, Mirela Dzebic | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ySBUlxy6gufczkcrn1bb?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM | M12 X NVIDIA X ETALYTICS: The AI Power Crunch: Energy, Compute and the Race to Scale AI | etalytics | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/JQEHqEl6aMeTdWbfioLw?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 9 PM | SYNC | United Sikh Movement, Gunraj Singh, harsimran kaur, Puneet Cheema, Gursimar | Civic Center | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/UC38x3pz53e1DxVApfNB?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM | AWS × NVIDIA AI Pitch Competition | AWS Startups, NVIDIA Inception, Kobina Ansah (AWS Startups), Darren Hsieh | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Ac0K8kEf23vKSJnAfaVQ?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM | The Future of Personal AI: On-Device Intelligence | - | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/kp6dn1ka?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 9 AM to 5 PM | Leverage IL W/ Anthropic, Palantir, Cognition, Greylock, Ribbit Capital and more | Nir Naamani | Tenderloin | Apply | open | Lunch | From $18 | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/LeverageIL?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 9:30 AM to 12 PM | Google for Startups & NVIDIA: From Compute to Competitive Moats: Building Defensibly. | Google for Startups, Monica, Victoria, Emily Duke, Brittney Glass | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Soft drinks | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MXd2fC8umpyvOwQ3KP3S?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM | Flying Car eVTOL challenges and potential talk | INVO STATION, FONDO, Leo Kayali, Diane, CPO @ Fondo, Danylo Borodchuk | Salesforce Park | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/nFRFs9xYUzmkjHFxWNhm?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 12:30 PM to 5:15 PM | Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Scaling Velocity, Open Infrastructure, and Frontier AI | Google for Startups, Monica, Victoria, Emily Duke, Brittney Glass | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Soft drinks | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DH6cYUdnnwdmcVhZgyT4?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Deep Tech x Deep House Happy Hour | Google for Startups, Monica, Victoria, Emily Duke, Brittney Glass | SoMa | Apply | open | Open bar | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PyFVw6ENftBzf671ycQm?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Quantum in the next AI Supercomputer | Anyon Computing, NVIDIA, Wistron, Po-Hsin Huang, Jin | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Zx0xcxGR1q18I2X5M1iD?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | Private Mixer: Engineering, product, talent and procurement at | Silicon Valley Delegations, Bayteq, José Alvarez | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IR5LwWf49vyv2yrWGClC?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 9 AM | What's next in Physical Ai, Robotics & 3D with Solaya, NVIDIA, Google & Dassault Systems! | Solaya, Yasmine Turki, Massimo | SoMa | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/HO0qARGSZOffaw2Gmo8U?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 11 AM to 2 PM | The Search for Durable Advantage in AI | Rain Capital, Acrew Capital, JP Morgan, Chenxi wang, Candice Luo, Laura Schrader, Nadia Almaleh | FiDi | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IIAQsr17pxsBvLsOco7K?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 4 PM to 7 PM | R2S2R Arena Launch | IndustrialNext, Kathleen Quinn Steeves | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Open bar | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/NTTIOqL7EtbaOYKhQ6Ro?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 8:15 PM | Deep Tech Nexus | Omni Ventures, Sebastian Spitzer | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/lhB6B97E91kJdTSKAs17?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 8:30 PM | 🧠 Agent Memory Night: Technical Deep Dives + Mac Mini GIVEAWAY! | The Multimodal Society, FalkorDB, Liz Zhang, Roan Weigert, Colin | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/rJwjMXqVKMfKT0SACBoX?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 9 PM | Deployment Is the Moat with Jason Ma (Dyna Robotics) | Savant Ventures, Jeson Lee, April Liu, Moritz Schiebold | Mission | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/HBTLlZJitmBshf1Oufqb?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Pulling their weight: Shipping open models to production | Fastino Labs | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/5gcvcaoc?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 9 PM | Twilight by Ampersand, Sentient Foundation, Gauge, and Rootly AI | Ampersand, Rootly AI, Sentient Labs, Gauge, Jason Gong, Lauren Long, Sentient Foundation, Sachi Kamiya | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FWiSr88ntQYAxyyqZz3I?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 8 PM | What's Next for DX | Trunk, EngFlow, Alexander Graebe, Helen Altshuler | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/OTCtHYcGkzh9dYkWqUNE?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM | Debate! Space Based Data Centers | Small Steps & Giant Leaps, Alder | Marina | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0pmDYQk4qMAP50wZPeWJ?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM to 8:30 PM | Inside the AI factory: one tenant, three layers | vCluster Labs, Aviz Networks, GMI Cloud, Nicole Gong | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Ck25RGmZAiYiMCB0DHad?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 | 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 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 | 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 7 PM | Personalizing Long-running Agents | Sonoma AI, SOMO Cowork, Christy Bergman | - | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/yu4jUXISkrpC9ULUvGnq?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 9 AM | AI x Pre-Construction Hackathon | Blueprints AI, Coco Cao, Al | SoMa | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/LrP0CRpP78s082KsGciu?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: Brittney Glass (4); Emily Duke (4); Google for Startups (4) ([X](https://x.com/googlestartups)); Monica (4); Victoria (4); Acrew Capital (1); AI Pioneer Club (1); Al (1); Alder (1) ([X](https://x.com/alder_riley)); Alexander Graebe (1); Amanda Borgiotti (1); Ampersand (1) - Speaking: Prashant Varshney; Vega Shah; Zack Ulissi; Alfonso Oliva; Michael Powell; Ishita M Shah; Scott Barneson; Jiong Liu; Jaclyn Konzelmann; David White; Matt Ridenour; Howard Wright; Lindsey Irvine; Itamar Novick; Bella Garcia-Camargo; Clayton Petty; Nathan Beckord; Scott Wallace; Michael Stewart; Dr. Niklas Panten; Marcus Schuler; Dr. Henry Kang; Dr. Mei Han; Holly Zheng; Dr. Li Zhang; Dr. Ruichao Ren; Jen Hoskins; Dr. Arman Zaribafiyan; Len Henry; Kathryn Van Nuys; Sarah Wang; Maxim Fateev; Leo Kayali; Stephan Bitton; Ritika Kalia; Borna Perak; Thomas Ning; Sam Crowder; Charles Zedlewski; Paige Bailey - Featured guests: David Wang; Simon Shu; Hao Chen; Martin Wang; Henry Wang; Joseph Sciacchetano; Nita Anbani; Joshua Elkington; Matt O"Brien; Brad Zellman; William Chen; Adan Butt; Jose Hernandez; Eton Wan; Azita Darvishi; Kha Yen; Yannis Poulakis; Nilson Castañeda; Arnold Lee; Alex Kekulov ## FAQ ### Which events with NVIDIA speakers or builders can I join without applying? 1 of the 36 are open RSVP; the other 35 ask you to apply. They include Personalizing Long-running Agents (Fri 4:00 PM). ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 30 events with NVIDIA speakers or builders with an application form, 30 ask for a job title, 30 for a company, 30 for LinkedIn and 18 for GitHub. ### are nvidia tech week events free 5 of 36 are marked free and 6 list a price. The rest show neither on the official calendar. ### What are the main events with NVIDIA speakers or builders on Tuesday, Oct 6? 10 events with NVIDIA speakers or builders are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by AWS × NVIDIA AI Pitch Competition and 🔥The Brave New World of Startup Fundraising w/Conviction, Recursive, Hustle Fund, Gradient & More. ### What are the main events with NVIDIA speakers or builders on Wednesday, Oct 7? 7 events with NVIDIA speakers or builders are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Google for Startups & NVIDIA: From Compute to Competitive Moats: Building Defensibly. and Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Scaling Velocity, Open Infrastructure, and Frontier AI. Google for Startups & NVIDIA: From Compute to Competitive Moats: Building Defensibly. (Wed 9:30 AM, Google for Startups); Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Scaling Velocity, Open Infrastructure, and Frontier AI (Wed 12:30 PM, Google for Startups); Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Deep Tech x Deep House Happy Hour (Wed 5:30 PM, Google for Startups); Flying Car eVTOL challenges and potential talk (Wed 12 PM, INVO STATION); Leverage IL W/ Anthropic, Palantir, Cognition, Greylock, Ribbit Capital and more (Wed 9 AM, Nir Naamani). ### Which events with NVIDIA speakers or builders have food? 19 of the 36 mention food (11 snacks, 5 lunch, 3 breakfast). ### Which events with NVIDIA speakers or builders have drinks? 6 mention drinks: 2 open bar, 4 coffee or soft drinks. Google for Startups & NVIDIA: From Compute to Competitive Moats: Building Defensibly. (Wed 9:30 AM, Google for Startups); Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Scaling Velocity, Open Infrastructure, and Frontier AI (Wed 12:30 PM, Google for Startups); Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Deep Tech x Deep House Happy Hour (Wed 5:30 PM, Google for Startups); Builders & Brews SF (Fri 4 PM, Tavily Events); R2S2R Arena Launch (Thu 4 PM, IndustrialNext). ### Which events with NVIDIA speakers or builders have the most RSVPs? AI Frontier Summit - Intelligence at Scale: Agents, Physical AI & Chips has the most, 425 going. AI Frontier Summit - Intelligence at Scale: Agents, Physical AI & Chips (Fri 10:30 AM, AI Pioneer Club); Google for Startups & NVIDIA: Deep Tech x Deep House Happy Hour (Wed 5:30 PM, Google for Startups); 🔥The Brave New World of Startup Fundraising w/Conviction, Recursive, Hustle Fund, Gradient & More (Tue 5 PM, Foundersuite.com); Founders Capital Summit (Tue 9:30 AM, NDVC); Builders & Brews SF (Fri 4 PM, Tavily Events). --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/nvidia 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