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

# Y Combinator events at SF Tech Week 2026

> SF Tech Week 2026 has 40 Y Combinator events from Monday, Oct 5 to Sunday, Oct 11, peaking Wednesday, Oct 7 with 11, and only 3 take an RSVP without host approval, so ask for the rest early.

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

- Mostly nights: 26 are evening events, 65%, against half of the week overall.
- Bigger rooms than usual: the median event has 92 RSVPs, higher than the typical Tech Week event.
- Inkle hosts the most here, 3 of the 40.

## Subscribe

- Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/yc/calendar.ics
- Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/yc/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 | 9 AM to 12:45 PM | Physical AI Hackathon: From Idea to Factory | One Culture Foundation, xinye lin, echo | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/ng6oAlWJQrqtoCB65Vem?ref=chancity) |
| 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 | 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) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5 PM to 7:30 PM | YC Founders Mixer | Murray Newlands, Yvonne Newlands, Paulina Xu, Erika Wu, Tiaan De Nysschen | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/szg4hzay?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM | Applied AI: The Office of the CFO | Wiss Labs, Fazeshift, Matthew Barbieri | FiDi | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/gukQPiwEGEYzqKNQ12dz?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 | 6 PM | A.I. Founders Mixer | Inkle, Anand Krishna | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/prpzkhycR9LpAVruGvxI?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6 PM to 9 PM | AI Trivia Night with Gamma & Fin | Gamma, Fin | Russian Hill | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Pw9mJZCkZcMCFDrbxaVM?ref=chancity) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 8 PM to 10:30 PM | [The Founder's Marketing Playbook: Master 'Build in Public' & Organic Distribution | Fund Bridge, Xiaowen Zu | Embarcadero | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/rNe4Lp6DYRzIgRFg16aH?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 8 AM to 10 AM | SOULCYCLE CLASS: Uplane x IM8 🟦 | Uplane (YC F25) | Marina | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/0Vo7k5O74NB9LMPWHWQ1?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12 PM | Own Your Intelligence Stack Lunch Hosted by Bryel (YC F26) | Bryel Inc, Kevin Miao | North Beach | Apply | open | Lunch | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BgX5jT0yxM3faka9rUFJ?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM | (International) YC founders picnic | Paulina Laba, Daivik Goel, Avi Konduru, Jay Khan | Alamo Square | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/vmjvw2ox?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 8:30 PM | Blitzscaling with AI featuring Open AI, YC, A16z Speedrun | 10X Growth Strategies, Deep, Preethy Padmanabhan, Mirela Dzebic, The Future of Tech | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/fHiqqOExztQnXrJqImOD?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 8 PM | LatAm & Latinos In Fintech | Pygma, Finix, Andres Cano, Nilton Serva | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/NdneoVrwnB4TS6UpkFhN?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 7 PM | Lightfield: The Startup Odyssey - In conversation with Keith Peiris | Outcast Ventures, Amy Lin, Andy Chen | South Beach | Apply | open | Dinner | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/gbdkbar8?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5 PM to 9 PM | Tech Roast Show [Presented by Rippling] | Rippling, Lulu, Kate Swanberg, Tech Roast Show | Nob Hill | RSVP | waitlist | - | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/fllGZlRdRhqhysLwM9QD?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 9 PM | A.I. Founders Mixer: Inkle x Emergent | Inkle, Anand Krishna, Kyle Morrison | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/zuy86QMVasNDhi8fpVeW?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6 PM to 8:30 PM | An Afternoon with Turkish Founders Paving the Way in AI | Revo Capital, BridgeX, Global Turks AI Lab | Dogpatch | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/o2FzrxzVHxkDHdGDB6W3?ref=chancity) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:30 PM | Founders After Dark | Clera Labs Inc., Elaine, Mike, Uplane (YC F25), Clera | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/yDvftqCm9npny0itD2RM?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 | 8:30 AM | CRACKED Founders Breakfast & AMA w/Nico, Pramod, & Viraj | Goodfin, Viraj Ala | Embarcadero | Apply | open | Breakfast | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/mRSpVJyhzejC4KyQJ2FM?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 12 PM to 1:30 PM | GoCar Founders Tour | Paulina Laba, Daivik Goel, General Legal, David Santana, Katrina Barry | - | Apply | open | - | Free | - | [Apply](https://luma.com/jv8nk6kg?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 2:30 PM to 5 PM | Fireside Chat: Rethinking the Human Enterprise | All Good HR / Founders Foundry, Rami A | FiDi | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/iOlo5WzQitJ8bMan3sn5?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4 PM | AFK: Wellness Night for CTOs & Engineers | Interfaze (YC P26), Dennis, Harsha Vardhan Khurdula, Yoeven, Nehal | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/P0g8YEZaSm2FzMNAZb1t?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM | +31% ROAS with AI marketing 🟦 | Uplane Inc., Uplane, Inc., Uplane (YC F25) | FiDi | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Jn2XdvlCAbYGGeQ1qDT1?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5 PM | Vibe Code your first MVP: What to Build, What to Skip | Table for One, Floot, Inc, Durva Mathure | Virtual | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/pKJo918UfELaXTP7FZYP?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM | Caring for the Mental Health of Your Team and Yourself | Asian Mental Health Project, Habeeb Syed, Sheela Ivlev | SoMa | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/7VLs3ykVdHhJxYmX03Ab?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM | Physical AI VC <> Founders Pitch Night @Mission Robotics | Raisable, Vasyl Dub, Sacha, Mattie Fairchild, Kateryna | Palo Alto | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/J83OkLfSCZsmT6DXJiKy?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 9 PM | Founders Mixer: Inkle x Razorpay x Efficient Capital Labs | Inkle, Razorpay, Anand Krishna, Rohan Madappa Venkatesh, Siddharth Srivastava, Neha Sanjay, Pavithra Govindarajan | Downtown | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/2KXvgE2TNmK33cb2aQPg?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6 PM to 10 PM | Women Founders Dinner: The Founder You Become | The Thoughtful Society, Wilson Sonsini, Alesya Macwaters | Mission | Apply | open | Dinner | Free | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Vl4MklwFzklTuUKk5vA3?ref=chancity) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 7 PM to 10 PM | founders frequency | INVO Station, FONDO, Diane, CPO @ Fondo, Leo Kayali, Danylo Borodchuk, SFPlayground, Alex DeNuzzo, Peggy Wang | Union Square | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Ai4bicUfDKRkVQ4HlPaC?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4 PM | Venture Vibes SF (Happy Hour Close Out) | Kamp | Marina | Apply | open | Breakfast, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/aJxFd1dzfoTqtt2lNfzr?ref=chancity) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5 PM to 8 PM | Production cloud on autopilot + food/drinks | Modelence, Aram Shatakhtsyan | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks, Drinks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DTzNZNVopycvsHV4OGDQ?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 | 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) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 5 PM to 8:30 PM | Maritime (YC F26) Launch Party at Corgi Cafe | Maritime, Maria Gorskikh | Civic Center | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/7mBJK6qkKf09A8PaBMKf?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 | 5:30 PM to 8 PM | The Robot Contest + Afterparty | Daidai Labs, Fontaine Founders, Mat, Kaveh Vaziri | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BIshLI09kD7gJ3py1JLW?ref=chancity) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6 PM | Backlog to PR- An Evening with Vorflux | Vorflux, Arjun Bindra | SoMa | Apply | open | Snacks | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/MfchyWbPwcU9ay1rwLGK?ref=chancity) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 10 AM | Raisable Founders & Investors Hike | Raisable, Vasyl Dub, Sacha | Stanford | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/6gkWkl17DZIpVMe2dhLP?ref=chancity) |

## Who is there

- Hosting: Anand Krishna (3) ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-krishna-9b61a4/), [X](https://x.com/getak100)); Inkle (3) ([X](https://x.com/inklehq)); Raisable (3); Sacha (3); Uplane (YC F25) (3); Vasyl Dub (3); Daivik Goel (2) ([Website](https://daivikgoel.com/?ref=chancity), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daivikg), [X](https://x.com/DaivikGoel)); Paulina Laba (2) ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulina-laba), [X](https://x.com/paulina_laba)); 10X Growth Strategies (1); Aaron (1); Alesya Macwaters (1); Alex DeNuzzo (1) ([X](https://x.com/xdenuzzo))
- Speaking: Eleanor Ketter; Kayci Bi; Sam De Brouwer; Jaidev Shah; Aryan Vij; Jai Bhatia; Kuanze Ma; Alan Zong; Angelina Li; Lomit Patel; Tom Capone; Jose Balbuena; Chris Yeh; Mohammed Mohammed; Chandrika Maheshwari; Lior Zorea; Preethy Padmanabhan; DJ Deep; Keith Peiris; Jesse Warren; Austin Nasso; Nikita Oster; Cenk Bayrakdar; Anna Joo Fee; Nico Bonatsos; Pramod Sharma; Viraj Ala; Dr. Pierre Bouquet; Dr. Josh Elmore; Yujian Yao; Hudson Liao; Gretchen Libby; Sonika Singal; Stacy Pavlyshyna; Emily Iscoff-Daigian; Shawn Tsao; David Boskovic; Cici Bellis; Michelle Marcelline; Kieran John Keenan
- Featured guests: Phillip An; Martin Tito; Luis Fernando De Pombo; Mark Nour; Tejas Gupta; Yura Riphyak; Aashish Rai; Gurpreet Bal; Martin Poschenrieder; Joanna Zanghi

## FAQ

### Which events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) can I join without applying?

3 of the 40 are open RSVP; the other 37 ask you to apply. Near the top are OOO - The Techno Sound (Fri 8:30 PM), Tech Roast Show [Presented by Rippling] (Wed 5:00 PM) and Vibe Code your first MVP: What to Build, What to Skip (Thu 5:00 PM).

### What do hosts ask when you apply?

Across 32 events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) with an application form, 32 ask for a job title, 32 for a company, 32 for LinkedIn and 21 for GitHub.

### are yc events at sf tech week free

5 are listed as free and 6 are ticketed. The other event pages don't give a price.

### What are the main events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) on Tuesday, Oct 6?

5 events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by [The Founder's Marketing Playbook: Master 'Build in Public' & Organic Distribution and AI Trivia Night with Gamma & Fin.

### What are the main events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) on Wednesday, Oct 7?

11 events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Blitzscaling with AI featuring Open AI, YC, A16z Speedrun and Tech Roast Show [Presented by Rippling]. Blitzscaling with AI featuring Open AI, YC, A16z Speedrun (Wed 5 PM, 10X Growth Strategies); Tech Roast Show [Presented by Rippling] (Wed 5 PM, Rippling); LatAm & Latinos In Fintech (Wed 5 PM, Pygma); A.I. Founders Mixer: Inkle x Emergent (Wed 6 PM, Inkle); An Afternoon with Turkish Founders Paving the Way in AI (Wed 6 PM, Revo Capital).

### Which events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) have food?

16 of the 40 mention food (10 snacks, 2 lunch, 2 dinner).

### Which events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) have drinks?

3 mention drinks: 3 alcohol. Production cloud on autopilot + food/drinks (Fri 5 PM, Modelence); An Afternoon with Turkish Founders Paving the Way in AI (Wed 6 PM, Revo Capital); Venture Vibes SF (Happy Hour Close Out) (Fri 4 PM, Kamp).

### Which events that name Y Combinator (YC founders, alumni or YC-backed startups) have the most RSVPs?

OOO - The Techno Sound has the most, 601 going. OOO - The Techno Sound (Fri 8:30 PM, Hellyeah AI); Blitzscaling with AI featuring Open AI, YC, A16z Speedrun (Wed 5 PM, 10X Growth Strategies); [Codex Community Meetup] Frontier Models in Production (Mon 4:30 PM, UpScaleX); Caring for the Mental Health of Your Team and Yourself (Thu 5:30 PM, Asian Mental Health Project); The Robot Contest + Afterparty (Sat 5:30 PM, Daidai Labs).

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