Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # Events with OpenAI speakers at SF Tech Week 2026 > 34 SF Tech Week 2026 events list OpenAI speakers, running Monday, Oct 5 to Monday, Oct 12, and 8 of them charge for a ticket. Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 34. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page. ## At a glance - Larger than typical: the median event has 56 RSVPs, above the week's typical event. - 6 are marked free on the official Tech Week calendar. - 62% start in the evening. ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/openai/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/openai/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 | 11:30 AM to 10 PM | FARR Summit Oct 5th | FARR Summit, Soha Zadeh, Suzanne Zadeh | - | Apply | open | - | From $250 | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/FARRsummit?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 | 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM | [Codex Community Meetup] Frontier Models in Production | UpScaleX, TatianaSF.com, Silicon Foundry | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/sq3MzCjrL97nPOt414vk?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Robotics x AI Pitch & Wine by DigitalOcean and Catalyst Bay | Catalyst Bay, Oleksandra Kviatkovska, Alina Blyzniuk, Jacqueline Adami | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/77nr2ZLJBqO1M5wpTyIZ?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 7:30 PM | Silicon Xchange × Asana: The Africa–Silicon Valley Corridor | Silicon Xchange | - | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/siliconxchangesftechweek?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | From Prototype to Production: Scaling Voice AI | Agora, Andrew Thompson, Hermes Frangoudis | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/IL3sKweGcfohlDRJGFkk?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | The Evolution Of GTM In 2027 | George Portillo, James Gee | SoMa | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/9cp2xvj9?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM | Workshop: Trust Me, I’m an Agent | SF Tech Unleashed, Baselayer, Deloitte, Christina Hsu | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AZtqn1QbppOP8Muuhqc6?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 8 PM | Strix.ai Happy Hour at Harrington's Bar | Strix.ai, Rafael | FiDi | Apply | open | Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/e3duSdpmBGDqoAqfjItf?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 6 | 7 PM to 9 PM | Cafe Compute: CTO Salon | Cerebras, Datadog, Diyi Zhu, Melissa Kargiannakis, Bri Harris | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/NOMZSIfQxnv1UeWYei0W?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 8 AM to 5 PM | init() by WorkOS | Michael Grinich | Civic Center | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/init-conf?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 2 PM to 4 PM | PRE-INCORPORATION TRAINING DAY: CREATE THE NEXT OPENAI FOUNDATION | WHO MENTORS YOU INC., Rauhmel Fox, CEO | Virtual | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/TSrHtOKZQD65gTSOY4qz?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Automotive x AI: The Future of Mobility | Catalyst Bay, Oleksandra Kviatkovska, Alina Blyzniuk, Jacqueline Adami | FiDi | Apply | closed | - | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/XofV3MsDSjjM5ZBkCQej?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Tech Insider: Growth Mode | Business Insider, Business Insider Live | Fisherman's Wharf | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/gr5didkcEvmPCRi6dd0J?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 | 8:30 PM | speedrun × OpenAI / Founder Night at new speedrun HQ | a16z speedrun, Joan DeGennaro, Samira Behrouzan | Jackson Square | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/QS7Lp5wN0FKbHjCXiwTP?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 10 AM to 1:30 PM | Accredited Investor AI Briefing: Scaling to $19.7B Exit and Beyond 🛡️🤖 | Equity X Investments, LLC | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FFqdxOWC2l0l6gr1TZWF?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 10 AM | National Security + Space Innovation Summit / Fleet Week × SF Tech Week | VetsinTech, Kristopher Floyd, Katherine Webster | Northern Waterfront | Apply | open | Breakfast | From $99 | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/nssis?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 4 PM | Intelligence Meets Matter: Found Before Founded | Hermenica Capital, Granatus Ventures | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/z5rSWmhmj2Aig42nkAak?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 | 6 PM | AI x Government | Chief AI, Megha Bhattacharya | SoMa | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/DTbZIF9sgBkqpdCvYUWp?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | Reception Presented by Cedar Capital & J.P. Morgan | J.P. Morgan, Cedar Capital, Erin Lashbrook, Stan Xie, Isabelle Rena, Ryan Phipps | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ECeBWSr5WLV3aaCXZ1u6?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 | Token Arcade: Play Games, Win ChatGPT & Claude Tokens | Aigeo,Inc., Broadar, Hibee International Consulting, Selina, Chuyi Wang, GBI | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ZfYvAs0tLeQSUEeioRKh?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 | 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 | 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 | 5:30 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) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 9 AM to 9 PM | Oasis Multi-Agent Hackathon | Oasis, Aaron Zhang | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/5y1cutDBiOHnkmngq1Y2?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM | Decision-Grade AI @ Stanford ⚡️ A Buildathon on LLM Trust | Ezio, TokenRouter, Avishi Agastwar, Arushi Agastwar, Amitesh Gargapati, Ricky Mo | Stanford | RSVP | open | Soft drinks | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/VVaPHqxrY0UYMInN3HZY?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 11 AM to 1:30 PM | AI Wearables / Flexible Biosensors | Catalyst Bay, Liudmyla, Oleksandra Kviatkovska, Alina Blyzniuk, Victoria, Jacqueline Adami | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mYGS6wUpaPlN9kijg6yv?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 5 PM | Raisable Founders & Investors Night | Raisable, Vasyl Dub, Sacha | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/3BZkPE3Z6tiJiurNeLqK?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 7 PM to 10 PM | Spark Night | LinkX Capital, Jiadi Zhu | Dogpatch | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/UF24Rsjz4ZTVDCO3tt1h?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 5 PM to 9 PM | The Future of Work Social Mixer + Open Demos: Worktech, Robotics & Agentic AI | Natalia Bielczyk, Ontology of Value, Pavel Vinitsky, Olga Grafkova, TatianaSF com, Natalie Pan, Funding Breakthrough Lab | SoMa | RSVP | open | - | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/qo2dliwb?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: Alina Blyzniuk (3); Catalyst Bay (3) ([X](https://x.com/TechstarsSWSF)); Jacqueline Adami (3); Oleksandra Kviatkovska (3); a16z speedrun (1); Aaron Zhang (1); Agora (1); Aigeo,Inc. (1); Alessandro Amenta (1) ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandro-amenta), [X](https://x.com/ale_amenta)); Alexander Graebe (1); Amitesh Gargapati (1); Andrew Thompson (1) - Speaking: Sam De Brouwer; Olga Chumanskaya; Daniel Docter; Pae Wu; Manpreet Kohli; Ryan Husk; Phillip Braddock; Jaidev Shah; Aryan Vij; Jai Bhatia; Kuanze Ma; Alan Zong; Bernard Aceituno; Robin Johnson; Yousra Gaballah; Yousuf Khan; Mike Mompi; Ryan Nelson; Anurag Patnaik; Victor Ortiz; Faraz Siddiqi; Allison Baum Gates; Eric Martin; Kevin Murphy; Vanessa Sauter; Nicole Dunn; Raji Vanninathan; Christina Hsu; Aarti Bharathan; Jenny Ni; Rauhmel Fox; Wayne Ting; Matt Murphy; Ben Bergman; Katie Roof; Lenka Haase; Chris Earley; Pushpendre Rastogi; Victor Glover; Frank Kendall - Featured guests: Joaquin Porteiro; Devon Lin; Alexander Morris; Amit Bakshi; Amanda Ye; Vadym Muraviov; Kyle Bimm; Matt O"Brien; Oscar Zapata; Bojana Petkovic; Harry Chu; Artem Boiko; Jin Choi; Zoie Zhang; Zidi Zhang; Steve Haney; Alexandre Arruda; Kobe Wang; Arnold Lee; Tetiana Stepanets ## FAQ ### Which events with OpenAI speakers or builders can I join without applying? 4 of the 34 are open RSVP; the other 30 ask you to apply. The Future of Work Social Mixer + Open Demos: Worktech, Robotics & Agentic AI (Mon 5 PM, Natalia Bielczyk); AI x Government (Thu 6 PM, Chief AI); PRE-INCORPORATION TRAINING DAY: CREATE THE NEXT OPENAI FOUNDATION (Wed 2 PM, WHO MENTORS YOU INC.); Decision-Grade AI @ Stanford ⚡️ A Buildathon on LLM Trust (Sat 10:30 AM, Ezio). ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 23 events with OpenAI speakers or builders with an application form, 22 ask for a job title, 22 for a company, 23 for LinkedIn and 14 for GitHub. ### What are the main events with OpenAI speakers or builders on Tuesday, Oct 6? 7 events with OpenAI speakers or builders are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by From Prototype to Production: Scaling Voice AI and The Evolution Of GTM In 2027. They include From Prototype to Production: Scaling Voice AI (Tue 5:30 PM), The Evolution Of GTM In 2027 (Tue 5:30 PM), Robotics x AI Pitch & Wine by DigitalOcean and Catalyst Bay (Tue 5:00 PM), Silicon Xchange × Asana: The Africa–Silicon Valley Corridor (Tue 5:00 PM) and Workshop: Trust Me, I’m an Agent (Tue 5:30 PM). ### What are the main events with OpenAI speakers or builders on Wednesday, Oct 7? 6 events with OpenAI speakers or builders are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by PRE-INCORPORATION TRAINING DAY: CREATE THE NEXT OPENAI FOUNDATION and Tech Insider: Growth Mode. ### Which events with OpenAI speakers or builders have food? 12 of the 34 mention food (9 snacks, 1 dinner, 1 breakfast). Near the top are Accredited Investor AI Briefing: Scaling to $19.7B Exit and Beyond 🛡️🤖 (Thu 10:00 AM), "Networking with Light Bites & Beverages"; The Tech Week Flyover (Fri 12:00 PM), "good food"; [Codex Community Meetup] Frontier Models in Production (Mon 4:30 PM), "Drinks, Bites & Curated Networking"; Securing the Agentic Era (Fri 5:30 PM), "Food, drinks prepared by an on-site bartender"; AI Supper Club (Wed 6:00 PM), "An intimate dinner". ### Which events with OpenAI speakers or builders have drinks? 2 mention drinks: 1 alcohol, 1 coffee or soft drinks. ### Which events with OpenAI speakers or builders have the most RSVPs? The Future of Work Social Mixer + Open Demos: Worktech, Robotics & Agentic AI has the most, 530 RSVPs. ### Which events with OpenAI speakers or builders are hands-on? 6 are workshops or hackathons: 3 workshops and 3 hackathons. PRE-INCORPORATION TRAINING DAY: CREATE THE NEXT OPENAI FOUNDATION (Wed 2 PM, WHO MENTORS YOU INC.); Workshop: Trust Me, I’m an Agent (Tue 5:30 PM, SF Tech Unleashed); Cafe Compute: CTO Salon (Tue 7 PM, Cerebras); Cyberdefense Hackathon (Fri 9:30 AM, Team tokens&); Oasis Multi-Agent Hackathon (Sat 9 AM, Oasis). --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/openai 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