Top pick for early-stage founders
· 6–8:30 PM
Thu Nov 5: Ankur (Braintrust CEO) and Corinne (Greylock Partner): How agents are changing evals (at Baseten, a talk)
Talk Free Request to join
Startup events in San Francisco: November 2026
Busiest days for startup events in San Francisco
The busiest days for startup events in San Francisco in November 2026 are Nov 4 and Nov 5. There are fewer events between Nov 23 and Nov 24.
Startup events in SF: our picks for November 2026
Here are a few events in SF that caught our eye:
· 8 AM
Fri Nov 6: Startup World Cup 2026 Grand Finale (Hilton Union Square)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Free Register directly
· 5–9 PM
Thu Nov 5: Agent-Led Growth / Agent Experience Demo Night (at Okta, hosted by Lightsage, 7th edition)
Lightsage · Okta
Talk Free Request to join
· 8:30–11 AM
Tue Nov 10: SF Fintech Coffee (hosted by The Financial News Network)
The Financial News Network · Financial District
Breakfast Free Request to join
· 9:30 AM–12 PM
Wed Nov 11: Open Source AI Breakfast with 1Password x Founders Bay x You.com (at Tesla)
Founders Bay · Cathedral Hill
Talk Free Request to join
· 10 AM–7 PM
Sat Nov 14: She Builds: A Women in AI x Lovable Hackathon (hosted by Women in AI)
Women in AI · Rincon Hill
Hackathon Free Request to join
Other events for early-stage founders
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- 9:30 AM AI Startup Showcase Financial District Free
- 9:30 AM FORWARD - WOMEN'S HEALTH SUMMIT Financial District Free
- 10 AM SF Coffee Club · Early Stage B2B Tech Founders & Funders SoMa Free
- 12 PM Bay Area Ecom Founder Social Nov 2026 Financial District Free
- 4 PM Haus Presents: Reverse Demo Day SS Jeremiah O'Brien Free
- 4:30 PM Design Chat with Ian Silber, Fmr. Head of Product Design, OpenAI South Beach Free
- 5 PM San Francisco Tech & AI Social Bella lounge and bar SF Free
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- 8 AM AIAS⁺ 2026 · AI for Scientific Discovery The Ritz-Carlton
- 8:30 AM Closing the Insurability Gap in Hazard Prone Areas Fort Mason Free
- 9 AM Voice Agents Forum Digital Jungle SF
- 9:30 AM Accelr8 | Founders Brew Union Square Free
- 11 AM European Founders Brunch: Best Practices & Pitfalls European Startup Embassy Free
- 2 PM Korean AI Startup Demo Day Frontier Tower Free
- 2 PM Korean AI Startup Demo Day - Open Registration Frontier Tower @ Spaceship Free
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- 9:30 AM PEF SF Monthly Breakfast West Portal Free
- 10 AM Founder/VC Breakfast SoMa
- 2 PM Friday Group Coaching & Peer Support North Studio Free
- 5:30 PM Diwali Special Founders Session SoMa Free
- 5:30 PM Built at the Frontier: AIAS⁺ Startup & Builder Night The Ritz-Carlton Free
- 6 PM Physical AI: Building a More Resilient World by OpalAI Union Street Free
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- 10:30 AM Founders Paintball - Shor x Corgi x Rho Union Square Free
- 12 PM Grok Bot Build Day SF: Real-World Agents Free
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- 9 AM Corgi x The Prompting Company Run Club Corgi Cafe Free
- 10 AM Sundays in SF: 058 [public] Full Studio Free
- 11 AM New Moon Reset · Let go to Level Up SoMa
- 12 PM YPE SF Bay Area Annual Career Expo Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- 3 PM IGNITE SAN FRANCISCO To be disclosed Free
- 7 PM Agent37 Diwali Night: A Private Dinner for YC Founders San Francisco Free
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- 5 PM AI Builders Night AWS Builder Loft Free
- 6 PM The Anatomy of the VC Pitch Northern Waterfront
- 6:30 PM AI Founders/Executives Michelin Dinner Japantown Free
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- 8 AM After Tokens TERRA Free
- 8 AM San Francisco Ruby Conference SFJAZZ
- 10 AM Run by Apify The Pearl
- 12 PM Akamai AI Summit Oracle Park Free
- 4 PM Terna Innovation Zone Forum 2026 · Innovating the Grid: Next-Gen Power for AI and Data Centers Mind the Bridge Free
- 4:30 PM Design Chat with Alex Cornell, Meta South Beach Free
- 5 PM Built on Bedrock Demo Night AWS Builder Loft Free
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- 9 AM The Pitch SF Chief Clubhouse
- 9:30 AM Stripe Startups Build Day San Francisco South San Francisco, The East Side Free
- 3 PM Investors & Mentors Speed Matching Orrick Free
- 4 PM Early Days #02 with Google DeepMind: Open Models, Security & AI Defensibility China Basin Free
- 5 PM Agentic Web #02 Free
- 5 PM Annual Veterans Day Get-Together Yerba Buena Free
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- 8:30 AM Mercury & Picnic Presents: Diwali Coffee Lower Nob Hill Free
- 9 AM Coffee Meetup (In-Person) 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub Free
- 12 PM Contenting-Day- Camp Oakland, Prescott Free
- 1 PM Investing in Women's Longevity Modernist Free
- 2 PM Fireside with Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare Founders, Inc. Campus Free
- 2 PM Embed Batch 7 Demo Day Mission District Free
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- 10 AM SF Frontier Hackathon: Build your Autonomous Code Factory SoMa Free
- 10 AM Not so European Fridays at European Startup Embassy European Startup Embassy Free
- 1 PM When SI Meets Agents: Meetup San Francisco Free
- 2 PM Moms Who AI: Member Show & Tell Mox Free
- 4 PM The Women in AI Pitch Competition San Francisco
- 5 PM On-Device AI Hackathon: Cleared for Takeoff SoMa Free
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- 8:30 AM Sisters Female Founders Hike San Francisco Free
- 9:30 AM Founders & Techies Go Dirt-Biking San Francisco
- 9:30 AM Drexathon: Nace AI's Decision Model Hackathon Mid-Market Free
- 10 AM GIRL'S RUN + BRUNCH IN SF Bob’s Lookout Free
- 11 AM F&F Dogpatch 00 Pier 70 Free
- 5 PM The California Peptide Club V Avalon House, Palo Alto Free
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- 1 PM San Francisco Community Builders Walk Ferry Building Free
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- 9:30 AM 2026 Super Demo Day Financial District Free
- 5 PM Co-Founder or Die II by Draki Fort Mason Park Free
- 5 PM Web Data for Startups #02 Free
- 6 PM Securing Enterprise Agents — Private Dinner Dogpatch Free
- 6 PM Scrappy AI Founders Play Soccer Financial District Free
- 6:30 PM Builders Night 540 Cafe Free
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- 9 AM Backprop Summit Financial District Free
- 9 AM Bay Area Search 2026 Manny’s
- 3 PM Zero to Hundred: GTM Vibe Coding Hackathon Financial District Free
- 5 PM AI Infrastructure Night Financial District Free
- 5 PM Irrigation & Climate Resilience in Africa 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub Free
- 5 PM Bootleg AI: Agency & Self Regulation, presented by Polaris Collective and AI Insiders SVB Experience Center Free
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- 9 AM Sisters Female Founders Breakfast San Francisco Free
- 11 AM Venture Dock Demo Day Venture Dock, Palo Alto Free
- 11 AM MBC BioLabs Winter Life Science Vendor’s Showcase Free
- 4:30 PM Fireside Chat with Abhinav Gupta, Skild.ai South Beach Free
- 4:30 PM Headroom 02 Alchemy Springs & Sauna Garden
- 5 PM ClawMax.ai Build Night San Francisco Digital Jungle SF Free
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- 6 AM Founder Breakfast Union Square Free
- 10 AM Happreneurs™ Oakland Chapter Open House Oakland Free
- 4 PM Agentic + AI Night: AI Agents Across the App Stack Terra Gallery & Event Venue Free
- 5 PM Founders Showcase Oakland, Downtown Free
- 5 PM VC & LP Meetup hosted by Founders Bay Northern Waterfront Free
- 6 PM Foundersgiving VIP dinner SF Yerba Buena
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- 2 PM Group Coaching & Peer Support for Founders, Creators & Business Builders: Navigating Uncertainty & Relationships North Studio Free
- 5 PM Lynkable: The Partnership Pipeline - Members +3 Frontier Tower @ Spaceship Free
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- 5 PM Marvelous Talks #02: Special Guest Founders, Inc. | San Francisco Lab Free
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- 9:30 AM Physical AI Hack Dogpatch Free
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- 6 PM Agentic Loops Happy Hour: Making Agents Reliable in Production San Francisco Free
Questions
Are startup events in San Francisco free?
Most startup events in San Francisco are free. As of Oct 31, 231 of 273 founder events in SF in November 2026 are free. The events we feature on this page are all free to attend.
Do you need approval to attend startup events in San Francisco?
Most hosts require approval to attend their events (in order to maintain the quality of the event). As of Oct 31, 214 of 273 startup events in SF in November require approval.
What time of day do startup events take place?
Startup events in San Francisco typically begin at 5 PM or later, so that early stage founders can get work done before heading out to a networking event or other event.
Startup events in San Francisco that don’t require approval
This event in SF does not require host approval (and is free):