# November 2026 AI events in San Francisco

Page: https://www.chancity.ai/guides/ai-sf/november-2026/ · state: live · year: 2026 · updated: 2026-11-03

114 AI builder events listed for November, as of Oct 31.

Nov 5 is the busiest day for AI builders in SF. Things are quiet between Nov 23 and Nov 24.

## Our picks for AI builders in SF this month

### [Anything Applied Agentic Hackathon](https://lu.ma/gap48i1m)

- date: 2026-11-07 09:00 · venue: San Francisco · organizer: [Builderbase Hackathons](https://builderbase.com/) · price: free · registration: open

### [Agent-Led Growth / Agent Experience Demo Night](https://lu.ma/axdemonight)

@ Auth0/Okta (#7th Edition)

- date: 2026-11-05 17:00 · venue: Okta, San Francisco · organizer: [Lightsage](https://lightsage.com/) · price: free · registration: host approval

### [Agents Need Solid Ground: An Archil Hackathon](https://lu.ma/t9hsthtk)

- date: 2026-11-10 18:00 · venue: San Francisco, SoMa · organizer: Archil · price: free · registration: open

### [VapiCon 2026](https://lu.ma/vapi-9sdp)

- date: 2026-11-11 08:00 · price: free · registration: host approval

### [AI + Health Demo Night #12](https://lu.ma/zx2zsn9p)

@ Pilot

- date: 2026-11-12 18:30 · venue: San Francisco, Financial District · organizer: [SF AI Health Studio](https://lu.ma/sf-health-studio) · price: free · registration: open

### [On-Device AI Hackathon: Cleared for Takeoff](https://lu.ma/0nsdnkoa)

- date: 2026-11-13 17:00 · venue: San Francisco, SoMa · organizer: [Liquid AI](https://www.liquid.ai/) · price: free · registration: host approval

## Other events for AI builders

- [AI Startup Showcase](https://lu.ma/ae0nl5iu): date: 2026-11-04 09:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Reading Group: How Efficiently does AI Turn Energy into Useful Work?](https://lu.ma/41dbkzu4): date: 2026-11-04 16:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Robot Learning #02](https://lu.ma/robot-learning-world-models-nov4-2026): date: 2026-11-04 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Korea–SF AI Founders & Friends](https://lu.ma/rl49stow): date: 2026-11-04 17:30 · price: free · registration: open
- [The GTM Agent Ghost Town](https://lu.ma/0gljwpvp): date: 2026-11-04 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [INFERENCE: Dinner](https://lu.ma/aw0fzbsr): date: 2026-11-04 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Legal AI Vibe Lab #6: Agents, Workflows, and the Future of Legal Work](https://lu.ma/legal-ai): date: 2026-11-04 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Off The Clock](https://lu.ma/tinyfish-6dj7): date: 2026-11-04 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Driverless: What Waymo Can Teach Voice AI About Going to Production | Founder Dinner with Coval & Rho](https://lu.ma/1f2s8gaq): date: 2026-11-04 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Aina: The Next Interaction](https://lu.ma/fjvxg0py): date: 2026-11-04 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Voice AI & Tacos](https://lu.ma/i53cyji4): date: 2026-11-04 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [RegAI Dinner](https://lu.ma/6e7buujd): date: 2026-11-04 18:30 · price: paid · registration: host approval
- [Startup Pitch & Networking in San Francisco](https://lu.ma/szlyhbqc): date: 2026-11-04 19:00 · price: paid · registration: host approval
- [AIAS⁺ 2026 · AI for Scientific Discovery](https://lu.ma/bayai-giev): date: 2026-11-05 08:00 · price: paid · registration: open
- [Reverie](https://lu.ma/do2qqppb): date: 2026-11-05 08:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [ALD SF: The Enterprise AI Builders Conference](https://lu.ma/dsssf26): date: 2026-11-05 09:00 · price: paid · registration: host approval
- [Korean AI Startup Demo Day](https://lu.ma/z5371y9p): date: 2026-11-05 14:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Korean AI Startup Demo Day - Open Registration](https://lu.ma/korean-ai-startup-demo-day): date: 2026-11-05 14:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [AI For Future](https://lu.ma/pr209v8d): date: 2026-11-05 16:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Pitch Competition hosted by Founders Bay](https://lu.ma/himiq1y6): date: 2026-11-05 17:00 · price: paid · registration: host approval
- [CX Engineer Meetup: San Francisco](https://lu.ma/kv2jmh0f): date: 2026-11-05 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [AIAS⁺: Beyond the Sessions](https://lu.ma/wxhy8ja8): date: 2026-11-05 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Shepherd AI Engineers Dinner](https://lu.ma/nvr17npf): date: 2026-11-05 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [AI Automation Agency Meetup](https://lu.ma/jamic0vl): date: 2026-11-05 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Diwali Special Founders Session](https://lu.ma/adalagent-gzch): date: 2026-11-06 17:30 · price: free · registration: open
- [MakerMods Physical AI Hackathon](https://lu.ma/pah): date: 2026-11-07 08:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Zero To Demo By: NemulAI X Hack District](https://lu.ma/6vb82jnj): date: 2026-11-07 10:30 · price: free · registration: open
- [Robotics & World Models Reading Club 37: SF 11/7.](https://lu.ma/n89vh2ur): date: 2026-11-07 14:00 · price: paid · registration: host approval
- [AI Builders Night](https://lu.ma/clickh-z8rr): date: 2026-11-09 17:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [AI Dev Showcase Night at Workato](https://lu.ma/e7sca1e1): date: 2026-11-09 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Build Day: OpenRouter x Meta](https://lu.ma/openro-lu9g): date: 2026-11-09 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [AiOS Meetup - San Francisco Edition](https://lu.ma/wy0z8tek): date: 2026-11-09 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [After Tokens](https://lu.ma/after-tokens): date: 2026-11-10 08:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Built on Bedrock Demo Night](https://lu.ma/orz2anv8): date: 2026-11-10 17:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [Code & Cocktails in SF with Fireworks & MiniMax](https://lu.ma/gmhodha7): date: 2026-11-10 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Mind Uploading: biweekly happy hour](https://lu.ma/kwz8h38u): date: 2026-11-10 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [First Look: Multimodal Research with Cartesia](https://lu.ma/xrj6gzm2): date: 2026-11-10 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [STATION F x GitHub | AI Founder Demo Night](https://lu.ma/hn7n83qv): date: 2026-11-11 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Agentic Web #02](https://lu.ma/agentic-web-browser-runtime-nov11-2026): date: 2026-11-11 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Bay Area Frontier Research Club #31 · Intelligence Meets Matter: Imitation, Curiosity & Touch (dinner + paper discussion @ Mission Robotics)](https://lu.ma/jb2wtbvn): date: 2026-11-11 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [SGLang x NVIDIA Meetup](https://lu.ma/SGLSummitNVMeet): date: 2026-11-11 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Fresh Connections by Oxylabs: VapiCon Afterparty](https://lu.ma/80rtug4b): date: 2026-11-11 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Enterprise Agent Builders Dinner](https://lu.ma/ebqs8zjj): date: 2026-11-11 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [HerTable: Agent Identity](https://lu.ma/7hscrim1): date: 2026-11-11 19:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [SGLang Summit 2026 by LMSYS](https://lu.ma/sglang-summit): date: 2026-11-12 09:00 · price: paid · registration: open
- [Google Happy Hour](https://lu.ma/sjndgq98): date: 2026-11-12 16:30 · price: free · registration: open
- [SGLang Summit Opening Reception by Crusoe & Women in AI](https://lu.ma/389n0l1e): date: 2026-11-12 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Mahjong Party for AI Builders](https://lu.ma/syjzyp9e): date: 2026-11-12 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Secret Agent(ic) Unicorns: AWS GameDay](https://lu.ma/bplaqal6): date: 2026-11-12 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [RL & data meetup: SkyRL x Mercor x Harbor](https://lu.ma/rl-data): date: 2026-11-12 17:30 · price: free · registration: open
- [Cerebras at SGLang Summit](https://lu.ma/cerebras-lxmt): date: 2026-11-12 18:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [PyLadies SF Builder Night](https://lu.ma/yrbmadyz): date: 2026-11-12 18:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [The Agent's Table with Cartesia](https://lu.ma/srbdv0c2): date: 2026-11-12 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Neocloud and AI Executive Cocktail Party](https://lu.ma/0420zroa): date: 2026-11-12 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [AI Engineer CODE Summit Official After Party](https://lu.ma/after-summit): date: 2026-11-12 18:30 · price: free · registration: open
- [Moms Who AI: Member Show & Tell](https://lu.ma/57gcn4w7): date: 2026-11-13 14:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [The Multimodal Hackathon](https://lu.ma/adalagent-i97q): date: 2026-11-13 15:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [AI Software Factories in the Enterprise: Panel Discussion with BAND](https://lu.ma/band-buildathon-happy-hour-nov13): date: 2026-11-13 17:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [AI Research Hackathon](https://lu.ma/sht6n8du): date: 2026-11-14 09:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Drexathon: Nace AI's Decision Model Hackathon](https://lu.ma/nace-drexathon): date: 2026-11-14 09:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Biohackathon: Haus F26 - Members +3](https://lu.ma/biohackathon-haus-f26): date: 2026-11-14 12:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [Securing Enterprise Agents — Private Dinner](https://lu.ma/armorer-labs): date: 2026-11-16 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Backprop Summit](https://lu.ma/backprop): date: 2026-11-17 09:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [PortCon 2026 | The AI Software Factory Summit](https://lu.ma/Portcon.port.io): date: 2026-11-17 12:00 · price: paid · registration: open
- [ElevenCreative After Hours: San Francisco](https://lu.ma/sfafterhours): date: 2026-11-17 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Builder Night San Francisco · n8n x Vercel](https://lu.ma/0qn71c42): date: 2026-11-17 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [FinOps After Dark @Microsoft Ignite](https://lu.ma/fad-r9cp): date: 2026-11-17 18:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [SF Happy Hour with PromptMates](https://lu.ma/gmikhd9c): date: 2026-11-17 19:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [A Conversation on AI and Safety in Armed Conflicts](https://lu.ma/r202lfpl): date: 2026-11-18 09:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Food Biz AI Hackathon](https://lu.ma/5chb737c): date: 2026-11-18 09:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [Fireside Chat with Abhinav Gupta, Skild.ai](https://lu.ma/skild-spc): date: 2026-11-18 16:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [From Azure Spend to Business Value](https://lu.ma/c07h5h6p): date: 2026-11-18 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [ClawMax.ai Build Night San Francisco](https://lu.ma/clawmax-build-night-1): date: 2026-11-18 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Take a Break from Ignite with Pinecone!](https://lu.ma/pinecone-g22t): date: 2026-11-18 17:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Women in AI: Thanksgiving Founders Table](https://lu.ma/kenlmgt2): date: 2026-11-18 18:00 · price: paid · registration: host approval
- [On-Device Agents with Liquid AI x AI Socratic](https://lu.ma/on-device-agents): date: 2026-11-18 18:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Agentic + AI Night: AI Agents Across the App Stack](https://lu.ma/Agentic_AI_Night-11-19): date: 2026-11-19 16:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Graphs for Engineering, Part 2](https://lu.ma/js68jbj1): date: 2026-11-19 17:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [AI Infra for Physical AI: Mind Robotics x Anyscale](https://lu.ma/anyscale-gbln): date: 2026-11-19 18:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [Agent Builders Demo Night](https://lu.ma/bbm6xopb): date: 2026-11-19 19:00 · price: free · registration: open
- [Personal Agents: On Your Behalf](https://lu.ma/fgliym61): date: 2026-11-19 19:30 · price: free · registration: open
- [Personal Agents Hackathon](https://lu.ma/personalagenthack): date: 2026-11-20 09:30 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Agentic Engineering Guild of San Francisco: November Edition](https://lu.ma/tob3gpwo): date: 2026-11-24 19:00 · price: free · registration: host approval
- [Physical AI Hack](https://lu.ma/physicalhack): date: 2026-11-28 09:30 · price: free · registration: host approval

## FAQ

### What's on today/tomorrow in San Francisco?

27 AI builder events in San Francisco are on Wed and Thu, Nov 4–5, as of Oct 31.

- Wed 5 PM · [Robot Learning #02](https://lu.ma/robot-learning-world-models-nov4-2026)
- Wed 5:30 PM · [Korea–SF AI Founders & Friends](https://lu.ma/rl49stow)
- Thu 5 PM · Agent-Led Growth / Agent Experience Demo Night

See more AI builder events in San Francisco. <https://app.chancity.ai/find?from=hub&city=San+Francisco&topic=ai-data&utm_source=chancity-guides&utm_medium=guide&utm_campaign=ai-sf-november&utm_content=ai-sf-november>

### What's on this weekend in San Francisco?

4 AI builder events in San Francisco are on Sat and Sun, Nov 7–8, as of Oct 31.

- Sat 8 AM · [MakerMods Physical AI Hackathon](https://lu.ma/pah)
- Sat 9 AM · Anything Applied Agentic Hackathon
- Sat 10:30 AM · [Zero To Demo By: NemulAI X Hack District](https://lu.ma/6vb82jnj)

See more AI builder events in San Francisco. <https://app.chancity.ai/find?from=hub&city=San+Francisco&topic=ai-data&utm_source=chancity-guides&utm_medium=guide&utm_campaign=ai-sf-november&utm_content=ai-sf-november>

### Is it free to go to AI events in SF?

Nearly all are. As of Oct 31, 103 of 114 (90%) AI events in San Francisco in November are free.

### Do AI events in SF need approval?

87 of 114 events require approval, so register early and wait for the host to confirm you.

### Which AI events in SF don't need approval?

You can join these without approval, and they are free: Anything Applied Agentic Hackathon, Agents Need Solid Ground: An Archil Hackathon and AI + Health Demo Night #12.

### When do AI events in SF start?

Most start at 5 PM or later. 74 of 114 (65%) begin in the evening, so you can build all day and still make it.