# Startup & founder events in Boston Curated by [foundercal.com](https://foundercal.com/). Only events worth a founder's time: conferences, demo days, founder dinners, meetups and workshops. Generic networking filler is filtered out. Updated daily. - City page (HTML): https://foundercal.com/cities/boston - Calendar feed (ICS): https://foundercal.com/cities/boston.ics - All cities + usage guide for AI agents: https://foundercal.com/llms.txt 32 upcoming events as of 31 August 2026. ## Build an AI Agent Growth Chief of Staff with Claude - Date: Friday 4 September 2026, 18:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Workshop - Venue: Harvard Coop, 1400 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA - Organizer: [Claude Community Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/claude-community-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/build-an-ai-agent-growth-chief-of-staff-with-claude-NryRwT5QyNG0PBA - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7525?p=md A hands-on workshop Most people use AI agents in pieces. A agent to write a post, another to summarize a call, none of it connected to how the work actually gets done. The result is a lot of activity and not much leverage. In this session you'll build something different: an AI agent inside Claude… ## Founders Running Club :: Boston - Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 09:30 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Venue: 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA - Organizer: [Founders Running Club](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-running-club) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-running-club-boston-VjJrjtjMDl2Xwzp - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2790?p=md Founders Running Club (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer, pets, friends, family, are welcome.… ## Boston AI Agents for Ambitious Founders - Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 18:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Workshop - Venue: 1776 Washington St #3b, Boston, MA - Organizer: [Launchpad Support Circle](https://foundercal.com/organizers/launchpad-support-circle) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/boston-ai-agents-for-ambitious-founders-316345478 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9737?p=md AI Agents for Founders One focused, hands-on session where you build a real AI agent for your business. No coding background needed. Your seat is only secured once you register below. CLAIM YOUR SPOT • A working AI agent you built yourself • A framework to build more agents on your own • Time with… ## 90days in 90min: preparedness amid agentic AI risks - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 18:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Workshop - Venue: Boston Public Library - Central Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston, MA - Organizer: [AI Safety Awareness Group Boston](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-safety-awareness-group-boston) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/90days-in-90min-preparedness-amid-agentic-ai-risks-316277012 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9615?p=md How do you prepare your organization if chances are better than even that within 90 days a serious AI-enabled disruption impacts your organization (directly or through a supplier you don't control)? If you are part of a leadership team, work in infosec or risk management, or in a critical… ## Startup Pitch & Networking in Boston - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 19:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Pitch - Venue: Jaho Back Bay Coffee Roaster & Wine Bar, 116 Huntington Ave, Boston, ma - Organizer: [Startups and Tech Events in Boston](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startups-and-tech-events-in-boston) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-pitch-and-networking-in-boston-315806964 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8248?p=md 📍 Registration is on Luma, Meetup is not our RSVP platform. Please register here to secure your spot: https://luma.com/m0o1zwq4 🚀 Join our event in Boston! We design Pitch and Networking nights to help founders sharpen their thinking through direct, candid feedback and to give strong investors… ## BGD Unreal 003: September Demo Night - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 19:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Disbelief, 239 Causeway St, #200, Boston, MA - Organizer: [Boston Game Dev](https://foundercal.com/organizers/boston-game-dev) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/bgd-unreal-003-september-demo-night-316270740 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8802?p=md Come bring your Unreal project to demo to others in the Boston Unreal community, and come ready to play other people's demos! We'll provide space for projects to be set up, shown and played, no presentation necessary. Afterwards will be time for general socializing and networking. Thank you to… ## Climate Robotics Working Group: Kickoff Session - Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 16:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Venue: MassRobotics, 12 Channel St #202, Boston, MA 02210, USA - Organizer: [MassRobotics](https://foundercal.com/organizers/massrobotics) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/climate-robotics-working-group-kickoff-session-gHeuBogpXvu9MhG - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9440?p=md Deploying robots to leave the planet better than we found it Join us September 10 for the first meeting of the MassRobotics Climate Robotics Working Group! This first session is all about you. Come tell us what you need to succeed, what's getting in your way, and where the community can help. The… ## MIT delta v Demo Day 2026 - Date: Friday 11 September 2026, 16:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Demo Day - Price: Free - Venue: MIT Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 - Organizer: [Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship](https://foundercal.com/organizers/martin-trust-center-for-mit-entrepreneurship) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/mit-delta-v-demo-day-2026-2026-09-11 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2590?p=md The culmination of MIT's flagship summer accelerator: after three months of full-time building inside the Martin Trust Center, the delta v cohort takes the Kresge stage to pitch deep-tech, bio, climate and AI companies to a packed house of investors, press and the MIT ecosystem. This is where many… ## Genome Engineering Bootcamp: Bacillus subtilis - Date: Saturday 12 September 2026, 11:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Workshop - Venue: 561 Windsor St, Somerville, Ma - Organizer: [@BOSLab | Boston Open Science Laboratory](https://foundercal.com/organizers/boslab-boston-open-science-laboratory) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/genome-engineering-bootcamp-bacillus-subtilis-316037262 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8961?p=md Modern molecular biology techniques have made the sci-fi concept of editing the genome a reality. Here, we present a course outlining the fundamentals of editing a bacterial genome. Genomic edits can be used to reprogram the host organism and to build complex organisms with many interworking parts.… ## Startup Boston Week 2026 - Date: 14 September 2026 – 18 September 2026 - Type: Conference - Price: Free - Venue: Across Boston, Boston, MA - Organizer: [Startup Boston](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-boston) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-boston-week-2026-2026-09-14 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2591?p=md The tenth edition of New England's biggest free founder gathering: a week of 100+ sessions, panels and networking run by and for the Boston startup community rather than a corporate sponsor. Tracks cover fundraising, GTM, product, biotech and the practical realities of building here, and the crowd… ## AI & Tech Networking Event in Boston by Ascent Valley - Date: Tuesday 15 September 2026, 19:00 (America/New_York) - Repeats: 2 upcoming dates - Type: Meetup - Venue: Bar Moxy, 240 Tremont St, Boston, MA - Organizer: [Startup Networking & Founder Ecosystem | Boston](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-networking-and-founder-ecosystem-boston) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-and-tech-networking-event-in-boston-by-ascent-valley-316006487 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8844?p=md Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated startup networking event in Boston. Meet ambitious builders, exchange ideas and discover new opportunities in a dynamic community environment. RSVP: Use this link Please note that RSVP is managed via Eventbrite to control attendee lists,… ## Startup Pitch & Themed Networking Boston | Unlock Your Idea - Date: Tuesday 15 September 2026, 19:00 (America/New_York) - Repeats: 2 upcoming dates - Type: Pitch - Venue: Bar Moxy, 240 Tremont St, Boston, MA - Organizer: [Startup Networking & Founder Ecosystem | Boston](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-networking-and-founder-ecosystem-boston) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-pitch-and-themed-networking-boston-unlock-your-idea-316006490 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8941?p=md Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated startup networking event in Boston. Meet ambitious builders, exchange ideas and discover new opportunities in a dynamic community environment. RSVP: Use this link Please note that RSVP is managed via Eventbrite to control attendee lists,… ## FieldAI Coffee Talks: Physical AI for the Real World - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 08:30 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [FieldAI Boston](https://foundercal.com/organizers/fieldai-boston) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/fieldai-coffee-talks-physical-ai-for-the-real-world-nx26A2vDtaPVCUa - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9441?p=md Massachusetts was building robots before it was a category. The labs are here. The hardware is here. The people who have actually made machines work outside a lab are here. FieldAI Coffee Talks is a morning meetup for them. Two hours, good coffee, and the conversations that usually only happen… ## F*ckup Nights BOSTON // Vol VI - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 18:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 338 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02115, USA - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/f-ckup-nights-boston-vol-vi-XwCdCdPiLQEVKRl - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7919?p=md 🚨 F*ckup Nights Boston Vol VI 🚨 FuN is a global event series that shares stories of professional failure. Come for the stories of failures, stay for the connections. Welcome to F*ckup Nights BOSTON! Here’s what to expect: 🎤 3 fearless speakers sharing their biggest professional disasters.🖼️ 10… ## Founders Basketball Boston (September 2026) - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 19:00 (America/New_York) - Repeats: 4 upcoming dates (every month) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [New Edition Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/new-edition-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-basketball-boston-september-2026-UMq093usVTvzpYH - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2248?p=md ABOUT FOUNDERS BASKETBALL Founders Basketball is a growing community of startup founders and investors who love to connect over business and buckets. ​WHO ATTENDS? Attendees represent companies in various stages of growth, from pre-seed solo founders to Series B executives. We host founders from a… ## Boston Computational Biology Hackathon with Anthropic, Modal, and Flagship Pioneering - Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 09:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [Modal](https://foundercal.com/organizers/modal) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/boston-computational-biology-hackathon-with-anthropic-modal-and-flagship-pioneer-AtfWHfKA18Jmx9q - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9721?p=md Boston Computational Biology Hackathon Hosted by Anthropic, Modal, and Flagship Pioneering Spend a day building computational biology tools and workflows with the Anthropic, Modal, and Flagship Pioneering teams. The challenge: Build a tool for running computational biology workflows in the cloud… ## The Human Advantage: An Evening With Shweta Agrawal Discussing Progress & Trust In The Age of AI - Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 17:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [The Startup Oasis Network](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-startup-oasis-network) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-human-advantage-an-evening-with-shweta-agrawal-discussing-progress-and-trust-MdGCU3KOhZtmgyZ - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5794?p=md Artificial intelligence is changing almost every aspect of work. Founders are using AI to build products faster. Companies are redesigning workflows around AI agents. Students are asking what skills will still matter. Leaders are wondering how organizations should evolve. But amidst all of this… ## Innovating with Amazon: Six Months of Building and What's Next - Date: Thursday 1 October 2026, 17:30 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Greentown Labs, 444 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA 02143, USA - Organizer: [Greentown Labs](https://foundercal.com/organizers/greentown-labs) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/innovating-with-amazon-six-months-of-building-and-whats-next-J73dlmUkx39ec4D - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6726?p=md Join us to celebrate the culmination of Go Build 2026, a 6-month open-innovation accelerator with Amazon and the Global CO₂ Initiative (GCI) at the University of Michigan, built to accelerate collaboration with startups in the field of CO₂ utilization and valorization.Specifically, the program… ## Builders & Brews Boston - Date: Friday 2 October 2026, 09:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: Cambridge - Jaho Coffee Roaster & Wine Bar, 425 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA - Organizer: [Builders & Brews](https://foundercal.com/organizers/builders-and-brews) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/builders-and-brews-boston-DDuOXXLbC4uMcs2 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8700?p=md Builders & Brews: Hack Edition ☕️💻 Builders & Brews, our flagship builder community event series, is getting a hands-on build-day twist and going global. Nebius and Tavily are taking a special tour to 20 cities worldwide, bringing workshops, technical support, and focused build time to the global… ## Girls Into VC 2026 Summit - Date: Saturday 10 October 2026, 08:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Conference - Venue: Harvard University, Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA - Organizer: [Girls Into VC](https://foundercal.com/organizers/girls-into-vc) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/girls-into-vc-2026-summit-GWw5ki1uUyTZqtp - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7916?p=md The Girls Into VC Summit 2026 is a full-day conference designed to expand access to venture capital and convene 500+ female investors, founders, and future leaders from across the ecosystem. Attendees can expect investor-led breakout sessions focused on skill-building, keynote conversations with… ## Product Proof Your Startup: An Evening With Shweta Agrawal Discussing What Investors Look For - Date: Thursday 15 October 2026, 17:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Boston, MA, USA - Organizer: [The Startup Oasis Network](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-startup-oasis-network) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/product-proof-your-startup-an-evening-with-shweta-agrawal-discussing-what-invest-SuCzoAXvWy3J5eQ - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5795?p=md Most founders spend too much time preparing their pitch. The strongest founders spend that time preparing their product and obtaining validation and traction. Before investors evaluate your deck, they evaluate something much more important: Does this company have evidence that it can succeed? Join… ## Federate AI Summit - Boston - Date: Monday 19 October 2026, 09:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Conference - Venue: Omni Hotel Boston Seaport, 450 Summer St, Boston, MA - Organizer: [Boston AI Developers Group](https://foundercal.com/organizers/boston-ai-developers-group) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/federate-ai-summit-boston-315996155 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9558?p=md Important note: Register on AICamp event website is REQUIRED for admission. The Federate AI Summit is designed for scientists, technologists, and business leaders navigating the complexities of AI adoption and decentralized intelligence within highly regulated environments. As the enterprise… ## Tough Tech Summit 2026 - Date: Tuesday 27 October 2026, 08:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Conference - Venue: Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 - Organizer: [The Engine](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-engine) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/tough-tech-summit-2026-2026-10-27 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2589?p=md The cornerstone day of The Engine's Tough Tech Week, where the firm behind some of Boston's hardest deep-tech bets gathers founders, investors and ecosystem leaders building first-of-a-kind technology: fusion, advanced materials, biotech, climate, robotics. The day is built for substance over… ## Boston Climatetech Summit 2026 - Date: Thursday 29 October 2026, 09:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Conference - Venue: Greentown Labs, 444 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA 02143, USA - Organizer: [Greentown Labs](https://foundercal.com/organizers/greentown-labs) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/boston-climatetech-summit-2026-vwD6Ueuvc2yd5DE - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/576?p=md The annual Greentown Climatetech Summit is the premier gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, policymakers, and philanthropists accelerating the climate, energy, and industrial transformation. The climate challenge has never been a single problem with a single solution. It runs… ## The Blueprint Showcase - Date: Thursday 29 October 2026, 14:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Conference - Venue: The Engine, 750 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA - Organizer: [The Engine - Ecosystem Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-engine-ecosystem-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-blueprint-showcase-PWwe1yPoa0so0tu - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/580?p=md Join us for The Blueprint Showcase, a culminating day where cutting-edge innovations & teams from the Blueprint program at The Engine share their innovation with the Tough Tech ecosystem. The showcase brings together Blueprint teams, alumni, residents at The Engine, investors, corporate partners,… ## TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 - Date: Wednesday 4 November 2026, 09:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Conference - Venue: SOWA Power Station, 550 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118 - Organizer: [TechCrunch](https://foundercal.com/organizers/techcrunch) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/techcrunch-founder-summit-2026-2026-11-04 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2592?p=md TechCrunch's founder-only summit lands in Boston for a full day built around the unglamorous mechanics of scaling: fundraising, sales hiring, GTM, finance and the war stories behind them. The format leans tactical: breakout Q&A stages with operators who have actually done it, deep-dive founder… ## Boston New Technology's 1st Annual Defense Innovation Startup Showcase - Date: Thursday 25 February 2027, 17:00 (America/New_York) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Boston New Technology (BNT)](https://foundercal.com/organizers/boston-new-technology-bnt) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/boston-new-technologys-1st-annual-defense-innovation-startup-showcase-312680401 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2118?p=md Dual-use technology sits at the intersection of innovation, security, and responsibility. This special showcase marks Boston New Technology’s first-ever Defense & Dual-Use event, bringing together founders who are building technologies designed to serve both commercial markets and public-sector…