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October 2026

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2 Creative Community Event - Open Room Gathering 03 18:00 · Meetup
3 Founders Running Club :: Dubai 07:00 · Meetup Founders Running Club :: Dubai 07:00
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6 Builders Station 10:00 · Hackathon The Beauty Founders Playbook 17:30
7 Breakfast Social 09:00 · Dinner
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9 24six9 Dxb Chapter: Founders Unfiltered, The Floor is Yours 18:00 · Meetup AI After Hours: AIU 19:00
10 Everyone Pitches: AI Business Networking by AI Founder Hub 16:30 · Meetup AI Tinkerers Dubai October Demo Day 11:30
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12 Is Your Startup Investor Ready? 📊 15:00 · Workshop
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14 DevDay Exchange Community: Dubai 18:00 · Meetup
15 Prove Demand: Market Validation & Traction Metrics 📈 15:00 · Workshop From Idea to Product 17:30 Members' Drinks Night 18:30
16 24six9 Dubai Chapter: Networking with a Twist 18:00 · Meetup
17 Founders Running Club :: Dubai 07:00 · Meetup
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19 Think Like an Investor: Capital, Runway & Use of Funds 💰 15:00 · Workshop
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22 Build an Investor-Ready Data Room 📂 15:00 · Workshop
23 In Good Company: Kwelio, the story behind Dubai's App of the Year 18:00 · Meetup 24six9 Dxb Chapter: Idea Lab 18:00
24 Founders Running Club :: Dubai 07:00 · Meetup GDG DevFest 2026 09:00
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26 Pitch with Confidence: Investor Q&A Masterclass 🎤 15:00 · Workshop
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29 Members' Lunch 13:00 · Dinner Solana Ecosystem Club 17:30
30 24six9 Dxb Chapter: Witch Roast, Halloween Edition 18:00 · Pitch
31 Founders Running Club :: Dubai 07:00 · Meetup
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About Dubai · October 2026

AI opens the season in Dubai, and December delivers the big startup-and-investor weeks. Dubai AI Festival hits DIFC on Oct 26 with 500+ investors in the room, and lablab.ai's AI Genesis Hackathon follows on Nov 2 for builders. Later, Blockchain Life (Dec 1) and Expand North Star (Dec 8), the startup half of GITEX with 1,300+ investors and 5,000+ pre-booked meetings, are where fundraising gets done.

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