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

# Student and new grad events at SF Tech Week 2026

> The official calendar has 47 SF Tech Week 2026 listings tagged for students and recent graduates, Monday, Oct 5 through Sunday, Oct 11, and 87% require approval, so apply early.

Chancity tracks 1,832 SF Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 47. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/sf) and each event's own page.

## At a glance

- A small slice: 47 of 1832 listings all week.
- Tuesday, Oct 6 is the peak with 8.
- Typical event draws 111 RSVPs.

## Subscribe

- Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/students-new-grads/calendar.ics
- Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/students-new-grads/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 | 10 AM | Frontier Science AI Hackathon | Cinnamon Sipper, Cinnamon | Dogpatch | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fniFPh8cMNuqmMzWm0fL?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 12 PM | Building a Future in the U.S.: Career and Talent Strategies of International Professionals | GoElite, Christina Chen | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KhdbUQfxS57HkjtOVYTi?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 1 PM to 5 PM | Builders Beyond Barriers - Vibe Coding Showcase | EchoHer, Hackathons at Berkeley, MemOS, Pebblebed, bing, qianwen chen, Joyce Qiao, Nicole Levin | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mGyFYFRLUKRuPrt92A6e?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 2 PM to 4 PM | AI-Native Design: Build with AI Agents | Koki AI, Koki Xu | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/tNsxXknU1I9ORcQFUzyA?ref=chancity) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Field Trips: Family Movie Night | Gigascale Capital, Merrill Feather, Aaron Bernstein | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/4O5SjUTp6CmTX0yvROWV?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) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 9 AM to 12 PM | SHIPPED SF | Neighborhood Linguist, Ny Batieste | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/EYMMOUSA9boazDHcQCYO?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 1 PM to 3 PM | Immigration Jam | Brown Immigration Law | SoMa | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/K4rsI1MQ1k1SGdDedyys?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5 PM to 8 PM | The AI Hidden Job Market | Door 3, Founder Social Club, Manny Duenas, Colton Kaplan | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/OHmCiJQZzTHumhNAwD9o?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM | Houston, We Have No Cloud: Build Your AI for the Moon | Liquid AI, ZETIC, Viviana Márquez, Seongjun Kim, Rishabh Chauhan | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kzDyZMh8g9rdbuuFviyh?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:30 PM to 9 PM | SF Tech Week: Building Your Discord Server Through Every Stage of Game Development | Jordan Schuetz | SoMa | RSVP | open | Snacks | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/sf-tech-week-discord-game-development-meetup?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM | omakase compute dinner | Sixtytwo, Sonnet Xu, Yulia | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/j7k5LyRyyuuvxpkSegCj?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:30 PM to 9 PM | Building in Health Tech: Founder Talks + Technical Networking | Health Engine, Techstars, Wavemaker 360, Aakash Suresh, Michelle Wang, Evan Yen | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BYJlwUtDc2VtgKc2AcvR?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 8 PM | Physical AI Paper Club & Science Dinner | Cinnamon Sipper, Cinnamon | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Dinner | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/qjJA7wmf7QgAwxuNqe1v?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 11 AM | Embodied Intelligence Challenge | Cinnamon Sipper, Cinnamon | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PY0xU0oX4W5FSQI8qgyq?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM | From Campus to Company: Staying, Building, and Hiring in the US | Ellis Porter, Ellis Porter - The Immigration Attorneys | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/XpEErMlyflBJwQCfXiB8?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 2 PM | Translate Your BA Into a Tech Career | Translating Your BA, Jolie Radunich | Virtual | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/KDfFpSq7f1epLo75513w?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 3 PM to 6 PM | Reverse Career Fair | Senal, Wayfinder Institute, Scarlett Sun | Stanford | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GJJTeaJ0rzDit4sxmQ93?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Prompted: Wharton Tech Toks x LSPT | The Wharton School Tech Club, Linen Suit & Plastic Tie, Gorav | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ovKJxaaglJHq741fH9Po?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 7:30 PM | Gen Z Founder + Creator Mixer | GenZtea, Natalie Neptune | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FnCfBVvLSZ1uFVZT3uJA?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Engineering the nuclear buildout | Stanford University's Chapter of American Nuclear Society, Leon Garcia | - | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Duyd1qIsQbJS6uUG9R2n?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 2 PM to 4 PM | Gaming for Impact - Gaming, Technology & Autism Innovation | Sirica Therapeutics, Uli K. Chettipally | - | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/mTF3aPFBnHU9dihtUSDe?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Scaling Biotech Without Breaking the Science | Carmen Banks, NSBE Bay Area Professionals Finance, BLCK VC San Francisco | - | RSVP | open | - | Free | - | [RSVP](https://luma.com/ScalingBiotech?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM | Healthtech for Students | Stri Health, Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri | Hayes Valley | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/sKunL3eKWtcQ4m92jxSa?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM | What’s Actually Working in EdTech: K–12 to Higher Education - Panel + Networking evening! | Eduwave AI, kanksha dixit, NaSA, Tushar, Imperial College London | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/kh3z2mKWF7MMKMG7zEtD?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 9:30 PM | Mission Bit's 10th Annual Gala Fundraiser: Access Granted | Mission Bit, Johnny Lin, Cora, Tatiana Sanchez, Christina Ortega, Isabella Hill, Bob Ippolito, ellen z | Dogpatch | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/pcUArLuF20LHyvWA7hpy?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Inside the startup hiring process: Equity, Comp, and Red Flags | Clera Labs Inc., Elaine, Joseph Mamondol, Clera | Mission | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/lszNG9X6i1U636A7EgiB?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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 to 10 PM | Vault Fashion X Tech Launch 💻🪩 | Vault, Sahar Haidari | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/eMUeJOYEoOtITOYuxI37?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 9 AM to 9 PM | Get Your Company Featured to 1,000 Builders | PilotCity, @poopmonsterflex | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/xP8n4irULfN0SWS22JjR?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 9:30 AM | AI Hackathon | UC Santa Cruz Gen AI Center, Yi Zhang, Preet Karia, Jason Tao | Mountain View | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/GVAGHxWG1np8sOJB2ueX?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 11 AM | INTERFACE: Hack the Space Between | Field Lab, Sissi Wang, Iana Lin | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AkfcAYRQeMprRyPklVKe?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 11 AM to 4 PM | NGEN Student Founder Summit: Only Student Founder Event @ SFTW | NextGen Entrepreneurial Network (NGEN), Naomie Chien, Nikita, Arhaan Goyal, Harsha, Jackson Lehner, Derek Carver, Alex Ren | FiDi | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AHTvSZmLrILsG9xn5cMC?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 4 PM | Forward Deployed Engineer: Hear From Experts, Then Try It | Stanford University, Angelica Ly, Cheyoung Ahn, Bekhruz Malikov | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ngZCgIwIkuNT1ekTG74j?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Eatopia Dinner Lab @ Stanford University: Personalized Nutrition Protocol | Eatopia, Cecilia Chen | Palo Alto | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/cj75MHwkRejMYwBdIwRL?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 7:30 PM | Tech Week Impact Gala | 44ROCH | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/UeG5l9XsNnKKtnwTQdjq?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 9 AM to 8 PM | AI-Native Startup Hackathon | Vin Wanfan, Sahar Mor (Bond AI), Finch ai, Aria Shi, articuler.ai, Dwayne Campbell, Mansi More, Ada L | Lower Haight | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/jrtd50a7?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM to 8 PM | B@BHacks 2.0 ($10k+ in prizes) | Hackathon Company, Mason Arditi | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/FESXDGMiAnHSWMztsBHP?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM to 6 PM | The AI-Native Talent Hunt with Codex | Emergences Labs, Darijan Ducic, TinyFish | SoMa | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/yjt7f4ty?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM to 10 PM | touch ./GRASS: The Outdoor Voice Agent Hackathon 🌿 | Openbase, Maritime, Sundai Club, Zoky Zhou, Gabriela Torres, Gabe Montague, Maria Gorskikh, mandy | Palo Alto | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/9LIzPkFXp0xQpzjqryNJ?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 12 PM | Physical AI Research Breakthroughs | Sobremesa, Sobremesa Events | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0V6hDzgLY5eiodbugteB?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 1 PM to 4 PM | UC Berkeley Innovation Intelligence Hackathon | UC Berkeley SCET Innovators in Residence Program, Danica, Ronit, Ayushi Deokule, Yushan Li, Matthew Chan, Hannah | East Bay | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/RooXgfy6sLQdTwi53NXi?ref=chancity) |

## Who is there

- Hosting: Cinnamon (3); Cinnamon Sipper (3); Colton Kaplan (2) ([X](https://x.com/ColtonKaplan)); Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri (2); Door 3 (2); Founder Social Club (2); Manny Duenas (2); Stri Health (2); 44ROCH (1); Aakash Suresh (1); Aaron Bernstein (1)
- Speaking: Mike Schroepfer; David Zaritzky Brown; Ryan Kelly; Seongjun Kim; Viviana Marquez; Anthony Tešija; Ali Albazaz; Jonathan Knight; Jonatan von Martens; Uli K. Chettipally; David Goodwine; Kevin Liu; Miles Deamer; Shruti Merchant; Mo Islam; Troy Kanji; Cecilia Chen
- Featured guests: Haruka Takamori; Gorka Aranzabal; Sung Eun Choi; Dixit Patel; Ashley Trick; Erick Pinos; Aiko DAI; Alex Sharabudinov; Arnold Lee; Abdul Alotaibi; Swayam Pandya; Mikaela Persson; Jiaying Fu; Ayse Eren Senguler; Pavina Adunratanasee; Alex Voronovich; Mary Pavlenko; Ronald Chan; AR Sajid; Alex Kekulov; Creao AI; Anil Shah; Bryson Benjamin; Michelle Dang; Valeri Sabev; Scott Bourke; Erica Luong; Joe Tam; Cristina Iscenco

## FAQ

### Which Students and new grads events can I join without applying?

6 of the 47 are open RSVP; the other 41 ask you to apply.

### What do hosts ask when you apply?

Across 39 Students and new grads events with an application form, 38 ask for a job title, 38 for a company, 39 for LinkedIn and 32 for GitHub.

### Are student events at Tech Week free?

4 are listed as free and 4 charge. Others don't state a price on the event's page.

### What are the main Students and new grads events on Tuesday, Oct 6?

8 Students and new grads events are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by Building in Health Tech: Founder Talks + Technical Networking and SF Tech Week: Building Your Discord Server Through Every Stage of Game Development. Building in Health Tech: Founder Talks + Technical Networking (Tue 6:30 PM, Health Engine); SF Tech Week: Building Your Discord Server Through Every Stage of Game Development (Tue 5:30 PM, Jordan Schuetz); Houston, We Have No Cloud: Build Your AI for the Moon (Tue 5:30 PM, Liquid AI); Immigration Jam (Tue 1 PM, Brown Immigration Law); SHIPPED SF (Tue 9 AM, Neighborhood Linguist).

### What are the main Students and new grads events on Wednesday, Oct 7?

7 Students and new grads events are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Reverse Career Fair and Prompted: Wharton Tech Toks x LSPT. They include Reverse Career Fair (Wed 3:00 PM), Prompted: Wharton Tech Toks x LSPT (Wed 4:00 PM), From Campus to Company: Staying, Building, and Hiring in the US (Wed 12:00 PM), Embodied Intelligence Challenge (Wed 11:00 AM) and Translate Your BA Into a Tech Career (Wed 2:00 PM).

### Which Students and new grads events have food?

13 of the 47 mention food (7 snacks, 3 breakfast, 2 lunch). SF Tech Week: Building Your Discord Server Through Every Stage of Game Development (Tue 5:30 PM, Jordan Schuetz); NGEN Student Founder Summit: Only Student Founder Event @ SFTW (Sat 11 AM, NextGen Entrepreneurial Network (NGEN)); touch ./GRASS: The Outdoor Voice Agent Hackathon 🌿 (Sun 10 AM, Openbase); Forward Deployed Engineer: Hear From Experts, Then Try It (Sat 4 PM, Stanford University); AI x Medicine: Hackathon + Speaker Night (Fri 4 PM, Shravan Balaji).

### Which Students and new grads events have drinks?

2 mention drinks: 2 alcohol. They include GTM Hackathon (Fri 7:00 PM), "Free Beer, Wine, Soft Drink and Snacks for the first 100 attendees."; Tech Week Impact Gala (Sat 7:30 PM), "passed hors d'oeuvres and drinks".

### Which Students and new grads events have the most RSVPs?

The AI-Native Talent Hunt with Codex has the most, 571 RSVPs. Near the top are The AI-Native Talent Hunt with Codex (Sun 10:00 AM), Building a Future in the U.S.: Career and Talent Strategies of International Professionals (Mon 12:00 PM), Building in Health Tech: Founder Talks + Technical Networking (Tue 6:30 PM) and Builders Beyond Barriers - Vibe Coding Showcase (Mon 1:00 PM).

## Same page at the other tech week

- At LA Tech Week (Oct 12 to 18): 30 Student and new grad events: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/students-new-grads
  Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/students-new-grads

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