Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # Events with Stripe at SF Tech Week 2026 > Stripe appears on 14 SF Tech Week 2026 events from Monday, Oct 5 to Saturday, Oct 10, hosting 11 of them itself, and half of them have 27 RSVPs or fewer. Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 14. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page. ## At a glance - Small groups: the middle Stripe event sits at 27 RSVPs, a fraction of the week's norm. - Stripe runs 11 of the 14 directly. - Food is on 9 of the 14 pages, far above the rate for the whole week. ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/stripe/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/stripe/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 | 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 | 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) | | 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 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Lux Capital x Stripe - Riskgaming Salon | Stripe, Lux Capital, Pranav Ashok, Laurence Pevsner, Danny Crichton | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/VueNW2fBm5wTLIXPdxD0?ref=chancity) | | Wed, Oct 7 | 3 PM to 5 PM | Base10 Partners <> Stripe Startups | Base10 Partners, Stripe, sarah ramos, Samantha Quist | Rincon Hill | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RaTkYLXQIf3o7dHxWeNp?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 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 8:30 PM | Race to Scale🏎️⚡️ | Monaco, Stripe | - | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Lk9f3mJAhRpVRcMF1kuI?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM | Early-Stage Founder Cafe | Rackhouse Venture Capital, Stripe, Claire Park, Samantha Quist | SoMa | Apply | open | Breakfast, Soft drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/uB6AwrBj08DI7XHIj6km?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | Anthropic IPO Breakdown | Elsa Capital, Sarah Fu | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/7gkEjmj2RQD6b0Tx4J0p?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 8 | 2 PM to 6 PM | Potato Meter: The Brand Roast Your Team Won't Give You | tonik.com | SoMa | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/Ho7ram64t8T4HCvzZceM?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) | | Sat, Oct 10 | 9 AM to 10 PM | Talk to Users Hackathon | Stripe, Base44, Cognition, Sense AI, Daytona, FishAudio, MongoDB, BrightData, Clerk, Elanu, Val, Patrick Steyn, Ore Segal | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0FqprP2FJcBX3ogGRJmd?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: Stripe (11); Samantha Quist (4); Asya Bradley (2); Pranav Ashok (2); Angelique Strauss (1); Aryssa Franklin (1); Auburn (1); Bain Capital Ventures (1); Base10 Partners (1); Base44, Cognition, Sense AI (1); Claire Park (1); Collaborative Fund (1) - Speaking: James da Costa; Sam Lee; Joey Malysz; Pranav Ashok; Jiaona Zhang; Emily Kramer; Sarah Fu; Lester Chen; Morgane Palomares; Malthe Sigurdsson; Maya Spivak; Dave Garland; Marian Bacol; Gavin Rowe; Asya Bradley; Auburn Stevens; Kieran John Keenan; Abel Dagne; Alspencer Omondi; Gal Dayan; Omri Ben Shoham; Ana Yoon Faria de Lima; Anthea Guo; Nick Walter ## FAQ ### Which events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at can I join without applying? 1 of the 14 are open RSVP; the other 13 ask you to apply. Potato Meter: The Brand Roast Your Team Won't Give You (Thu 2 PM, tonik.com). ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 13 events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at with an application form, 13 ask for a job title, 13 for a company, 13 for LinkedIn and 6 for GitHub. ### What are the main events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at on Monday, Oct 5? 3 events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at are listed for Monday, Oct 5, led by Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe and Jackson Square Lunch for Early Stage Founders & Investors. Near the top are Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe (Mon 6:00 PM), Jackson Square Lunch for Early Stage Founders & Investors (Mon 12:00 PM) and Compliance at Fintech Speed (Mon 6:00 PM). ### What are the main events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at on Wednesday, Oct 7? 4 events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper Club and Base10 Partners <> Stripe Startups. ### Which events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at have food? 9 of the 14 mention food (4 snacks, 3 dinner, 1 lunch). Near the top are Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper Club (Wed 6:00 PM), "Dinner service"; Founder Lunch Club w/ Fin and Stripe (Tue 12:00 PM), "attending SFTW for lunch"; COFFEE + CONNECT: Intentional Mixer for Founders & Investors (Fri 8:30 AM), "Coffee & light bites are complimentary"; Early-Stage Founder Cafe (Thu 9:30 AM), "A selection of pastries from SF’s best bakeries"; Base10 Partners <> Stripe Startups (Wed 3:00 PM), "light bites and refreshments". ### Which events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at have drinks? 2 mention drinks: 2 coffee or soft drinks. ### Which events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at have the most RSVPs? Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe has the most, 919 going. ### Which events Stripe hosts, sponsors or speaks at are hands-on? 2 are workshops or hackathons: 1 workshops and 1 hackathons. Early-Stage Founder Cafe (Thu 9:30 AM, Rackhouse Venture Capital); Talk to Users Hackathon (Sat 9 AM, Stripe). --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/stripe 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