# Startup & founder events in San Francisco 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/sf - Calendar feed (ICS): https://foundercal.com/cities/sf.ics - All cities + usage guide for AI agents: https://foundercal.com/llms.txt 172 upcoming events as of 31 August 2026. ## Women Tech Meetup: Who’s Betting Big on AI? - Date: Monday 31 August 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Women Tech Meetup](https://foundercal.com/organizers/women-tech-meetup) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/women-tech-meetup-who-s-betting-big-on-ai-lI6G2KHwbiOUATZ - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7875?p=md AI is moving fast, but where are leading investors placing their biggest bets? Join us for the next Women Tech Meetup, bringing together leading female investors from across the industry to share where they’re investing in AI, what they’re most excited about right now, and where they see the next… ## Scrappy AI Founders Play Soccer (seed to series A) - Date: Monday 31 August 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [12 Scrappy Founders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/12-scrappy-founders) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/scrappy-ai-founders-play-soccer-seed-to-series-a-Aoad7QTZAKCpM11 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8902?p=md 12 Scrappy Founders - outdoor endurance community for founders and investors the Bay Area. What is this? 18 AI founders and investors play two 5x5 soccer games.Think an hour of running around, some friendly competition and drinks after. Who is it for? • Founders who've raised seed to Series A+ •… ## Degrees of Freedom: Bring Your Own Robot @ Mission Robotics - Date: Monday 31 August 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [Rally SF](https://foundercal.com/organizers/rally-sf) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/degrees-of-freedom-bring-your-own-robot-mission-robotics-09TBBbq6Na2HvPa - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9779?p=md A twice-monthly working night for people building embodied AI. No robot required. You built the arm at your kitchen table. You trained the policy overnight on your gaming rig. You collected the teleop data in your garage. The one thing none of it came with: labmates. Degrees of Freedom is a monthly… ## San Francisco HealthTech Connect: Networking for Startups, Investors, Innovators - Date: Monday 31 August 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Lush Lounge, 1221 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109, CA - Organizer: [San Francisco Startup Pitch and Networking](https://foundercal.com/organizers/san-francisco-startup-pitch-and-networking) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/san-francisco-healthtech-connect-networking-for-startups-investors-innovators-315803216 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6818?p=md 🔔 Please Note: RSVP on Meetup does not guarantee entry. To attend, you must register through the official ticket link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sf-healthtech-medtech-startups-investors-innovators-networking-event-tickets-1994944882847 Join the vibrant community of health tech startups,… ## Agentic + AI Night: Multi-Agent Governance and Security - Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Terra Gallery & Event Venue, 511 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [Agentic + AI Observability](https://foundercal.com/organizers/agentic-ai-observability) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agentic-ai-night-multi-agent-governance-and-security-ZWx2UoqeYPmdHoe - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6316?p=md Join us for another Agentic + AI Night: Multi-agent Governance and Security on Tuesday, September 1 from 3:30pm - 9:00pm PT in SF for a multi-track deep dive into agentic architectures, security governance, and AI observability using Omnigent, an open-source meta-harness for coordinating agents… ## Berkeley's Next Wave: A Deep Tech Founder & Investor Mixer - Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Organizer: [Berkeley Gateway Accelerator](https://foundercal.com/organizers/berkeley-gateway-accelerator) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/berkeleys-next-wave-a-deep-tech-founder-and-investor-mixer-zzjesJMWMHVzwWc - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9585?p=md Six founders. Two minutes each. Zero filler. Cal Innovation Fund and Berkeley Gateway Accelerator of Future Frontier Capital are teaming up for a two-hour mixer connecting investors with the next generation of deep tech founders. Format: Six companies, three from each portfolio: take the floor for… ## Bay Area Founder Networking & Startup Workshop | Mountain View - Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Venue: Hacker Dojo, 855 Maude Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA - Organizer: [startupa2z.org](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startupa2z-org) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/bay-area-founder-networking-and-startup-workshop-mountain-view-ZnDEgqWmIvhTp6A - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7652?p=md Join StartupA2Z for a free Bay Area founder networking event at Hacker Dojo in Mountain View on Sep 1, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Designed for startup founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, builders, operators, investors, mentors, and GTM leaders, this in-person Silicon Valley founder meetup… ## Agents & Bagels: Weekly meet up for agent builders - Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Scalekit](https://foundercal.com/organizers/scalekit) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agents-and-bagels-weekly-meet-up-for-agent-builders-igXy8yfTFoIGrhk - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7894?p=md The "AI as a feature" phase is over. Now it's about shipping production-grade agents, serving your customers, running inside your org, holding up at scale. The real conversations happen in hallway chats and breakfast tables with people who are three months ahead of you on a problem you're about to… ## Grok @bot builder demos - Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/grok-bot-builder-demos-zJf0yZmjHicPH7V - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9434?p=md SpaceXAI released Grok Aug 11 and it's having a moment • “I haven’t been this excited about a new AI product in a while… like OpenClaw, but super easy.” - Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) • “first product that really nails the virtual co-worker.” - Martin Casado (@martin_casado) • “damn good product.” -… ## Forward Deployed: Evals - Beyond the Vibe Check - Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Forward Deployed](https://foundercal.com/organizers/forward-deployed) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/forward-deployed-evals-beyond-the-vibe-check-NMEmttQpKgeMtzX - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9828?p=md Most teams still evaluate their AI the same way: run a few prompts, eyeball the outputs, and ship if it feels right. That works until it doesn't, until the agent fails silently in production, the hallucination reaches a customer, or nobody can explain why last week's change made things worse. This… ## SF Coffee Club | Early Stage B2B Non-Technical Founders - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Forum Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/forum-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/sf-coffee-club-early-stage-b2b-non-technical-founders-8ig9R3h5xF4hlZS - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5577?p=md Calling all early-stage B2B Non-Technical founders and funders! 👋 Hi! We’re Dave Coen, Sruthi Sivanandan and Deirdre Clute from the Forum Ventures team. We're hosting a casual, no-pressure meetup with the team at Rho, designed to bring together founders & investors in the Bay Area over coffee.… ## Abstract Conference by Convex - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA - Organizer: [Convex.dev](https://foundercal.com/organizers/convex-dev) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/abstract-conference-by-convex-04ACgEKf52voPEj - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7504?p=md Registration is managed through Abstract. Click below to complete your registration. https://abstract.convex.dev/apply Abstract by Convex is the conference for people who care about engineering, simplicity, elegance, and good abstractions. Come share ideas on engineering principles, managing… ## The Agent Has Entered the Chat - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Yes SF Headquarters, 220 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA - Organizer: [Vercel Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/vercel-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-agent-has-entered-the-chat-DgqcTGziGp6q1Wl - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7573?p=md A fireside with Guillermo Rauch (CEO, Vercel) and Simon Rohrbach (CEO, Plain) on what changes when software has to serve two kinds of user: humans and agents.What you'll walk away with: • A working playbook for graduating internal AI experiments into durable, customer-facing products. Plain did it… ## Bay Area Frontier Research Club #20 | Exploit the Mechanism, Turning Biological Systems into New Tools & Therapies (@ Stanford University) - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [The Frontier Syndicate](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-frontier-syndicate) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/bay-area-frontier-research-club-20-exploit-the-mechanism-turning-biological-syst-eWNp59YwaEDM3mE - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7412?p=md Tonight’s two talks begin with understanding biological machinery at the molecular level, and end with finding ways to make that machinery do something new. Naima Sharaf’s lab studies how lipoproteins enable nutrient acquisition and transport in Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme… ## Whose Cloud Is It Anyway? BYOC, Data Sovereignty, and Cloud Costs in the Age of AI - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: 221 11th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/whose-cloud-is-it-anyway-byoc-data-sovereignty-and-cloud-costs-in-the-age-of-ai-tBefdPRso70P6yQ - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7555?p=md SaaS is convenient right up until you need your data out, your vendor raises prices, or you need to connect internal systems. Bring Your Own Cloud splits the difference: the vendor runs the control plane, you keep the data plane in your own account.We'll go deep on design: how the control plane… ## Al Dente: A Founder-Investor pasta-making dinner - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [Circe Calendar](https://foundercal.com/organizers/circe-calendar) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/al-dente-a-founder-investor-pasta-making-dinner-8QtTx6ng1ytrcla - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9642?p=md Investors: Come make pasta from the creators of Flour+Water, and bring your favorite female founder with you. Circe is hosting an intimate evening at Penny Roma, a michelin star jewel in the mission. A private pasta class, dinner, good wine, and a room full of investors and the female founders they… ## Grok Bot After Dark | SF - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Radhaus, 2 Marina Blvd Bldg A, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA - Organizer: [SpaceXAI](https://foundercal.com/organizers/spacexai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/grok-bot-after-dark-sf-LpETraSsGguBzcc - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9819?p=md Join us in SF for a gathering of creators, builders, founders, and creative technologists exploring the edges of what’s possible with Grok Bot. Come meet your fellow and future collaborators, learn something unexpected, and make something new. ## Deep Tech Startups in the Age of AI by Fifty Years - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Organizer: [Scientist to Founder Series](https://foundercal.com/organizers/scientist-to-founder-series) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/deep-tech-startups-in-the-age-of-ai-by-fifty-years-eKOLHjZY69JpsBv - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9688?p=md You're a PhD or postdoc, or an engineer working on technology that could reshape an entire industry. Yet most breakthrough research never makes a real impact in the world. It stays in papers, gets buried in approval processes, or dies when funding runs out. Scott Phoenix, partner at Fifty Years,… ## Startup Pitch & Networking in San Francisco - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Repeats: 2 upcoming dates (every 2 weeks) - Type: Pitch - Venue: 508 4th St, San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [Startups and Tech Events in San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startups-and-tech-events-in-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-pitch-and-networking-in-san-francisco-315732688 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6201?p=md 📍 Registration is on Luma, Meetup is not our RSVP platform. Please register here to secure your spot: https://luma.com/0274ctoo 🚀 Join our event in San Francisco! We design Pitch and Networking nights to help founders sharpen their thinking through direct, candid feedback and to give strong… ## San Francisco Co-Founder Matching: Find a Partner by Solving Real Problems - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Repeats: 2 upcoming dates (every month) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Ai Start Academy San Francisco, 1769 15th St, SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Organizer: [Startup Networking & Founder Ecosystem | San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-networking-and-founder-ecosystem-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/san-francisco-co-founder-matching-find-a-partner-by-solving-real-problems-316160623 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8195?p=md Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated startup networking event in San Francisco. 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… ## San Francisco Startup Networking: Real Problems, Real Answers, After Work - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Repeats: 2 upcoming dates (every month) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Ai Start Academy San Francisco, 1769 15th St, SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Organizer: [Startup Networking & Founder Ecosystem | San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-networking-and-founder-ecosystem-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/san-francisco-startup-networking-real-problems-real-answers-after-work-316160626 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8196?p=md Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated startup networking event in San Francisco. 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… ## San Francisco Founder Table: Bring One Bottleneck, Leave With Answers - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Ai Start Academy San Francisco, 1769 15th St, SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Organizer: [Startup Networking & Founder Ecosystem | San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-networking-and-founder-ecosystem-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/san-francisco-founder-table-bring-one-bottleneck-leave-with-answers-316160629 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8201?p=md Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated startup networking event in San Francisco. 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… ## Agent Builders Breakfast - Founders & Builders in SOMA, SF - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 08:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Repeats: 2 upcoming dates (every 2 weeks) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agent-builders-breakfast-founders-and-builders-in-soma-sf-4NQa2AZe1uTCgh3 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7602?p=md Agent Builders Breakfast - Founders & Builders in SOMA, SF Kick off your morning with conversations and impromptu demos with others navigating the chaos of building AI Agents inside of tech companies. Join our network of experienced Founders, Product Managers, and Engineering leaders for Agent… ## Scrappy AI Founders Play Pickleball (Seed to Series A) - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Repeats: 3 upcoming dates (every 2 weeks) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [12 Scrappy Founders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/12-scrappy-founders) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/scrappy-ai-founders-play-pickleball-seed-to-series-a-QU0kXIVbA48IC89 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8903?p=md 12 Scrappy Founders - outdoor endurance community for founders and investors in the Bay Area. What is this? Series of pickleball games for curated groups of 8-12 AI founders and investors in the Bay Area.Equipment, coaches & private indoor courts.​Who is it for? • Founders who've raised Seed to… ## Grok Bot build night for women - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: a16z, 180 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA - Organizer: [Cursor Community](https://foundercal.com/organizers/cursor-community) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/grok-bot-build-night-for-women-NRWoIJ0rk2BEm8a - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8778?p=md Join us for a Grok Bot build night for women in SF. Grok Bot has so many applications and use cases, come learn more about the capabilities and setup in a low pressure environment! We’ll spend the evening coworking, with a short demo block by some special guests including Lauren Tan, Member of… ## SF DEMO NIGHT 🚀 (w/ The AI Collective) - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [The AI Collective](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-ai-collective) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/sf-demo-night-w-the-ai-collective-r1tc4fbccdm6yPK - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/4982?p=md 🔥 SF’S #1 AI SHOWCASE RETURNS THIS September 🔥 San Francisco’s sharpest minds. The most explosive new tech. One electric night pushing the frontier forward! 🚀 ➡️ APPLY TO DEMO ⬅️ 2026 is already accelerating fast – new breakthroughs, new companies, and a city doubling down on its role as the… ## Health2Tech San Francisco September 3, 2026 - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Alex Koshykov](https://foundercal.com/organizers/alex-koshykov) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/health2tech-san-francisco-september-3-2026-02T1xN4TJM5Hy3V - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6686?p=md ​Health2Tech - a series of digital health events. Join us on September 3rd for an exclusive kickoff meetup in San Francisco that brings together the brightest minds in the digital health space. Hosted by Alex Koshykov, this evening promises to be a confluence of innovation, inspiration, and… ## Bay Area Frontier Research Club #21 | Voice Research Club Launch: Models, Evals & Real-Time Interaction - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [The Frontier Syndicate](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-frontier-syndicate) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/bay-area-frontier-research-club-21-voice-research-club-launch-models-evals-and-r-BKTA54jjlLAPc1m - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9013?p=md The best research conferences create a rare kind of intellectual density. For a few days, you are surrounded by people working on the same difficult questions, people who immediately understand why those questions matter. Then everyone goes home, and the conversation fragments across labs,… ## Deploying Physical AI in the Real World w Skild AI, Dexterity, Weave Robotics & Instawork - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Savant VC](https://foundercal.com/organizers/savant-vc) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/deploying-physical-ai-in-the-real-world-w-skild-ai-dexterity-weave-robotics-and--azBIZi4UjPPHMY2 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9710?p=md The real test of Physical AI isn't in the lab, it's in the field. Once robots are deployed, three things determine whether they scale: the data you collect, the operations that keep them running, and how fast you turn real-world lessons into better performance. Every hour in the field is a chance… ## Startup Pitch Night SF | Builders for San Francisco - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Venue: San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [Builders for San Francisco | Founders, Builders & Investors](https://foundercal.com/organizers/builders-for-san-francisco-founders-builders-and-investors) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-pitch-night-sf-builders-for-san-francisco-316094880 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8193?p=md Founders. Builders. Investors. One room. Join ambitious founders, engineers, operators, investors, and startup leaders for an evening of startup pitches, direct feedback, curated networking, and new connections in San Francisco. From the organizer behind a recent San Francisco startup event with… ## Abaka AI VIP Dinner - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [Abaka AI](https://foundercal.com/organizers/abaka-ai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/abaka-ai-vip-dinner-9xsUDNEwBQBbOTE - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7934?p=md 11 top researchers, founders, and AI leads. 1 private room at one of Mountain View's finest Italian tables. The hardest problems in AI, debated over a four-course dinner. This is a VIP dinner for decision-makers and senior stakeholders. Apply below. Approval required. Date: Thurs, Sept 3 Time: 7-9… ## The First Non-Tech Buildathon - Date: Friday 4 September 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, Courtyard Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [Builder Pub](https://foundercal.com/organizers/builder-pub) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-first-non-tech-buildathon-yVWzHFPzfijGXrq - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7556?p=md Come with an idea. Leave with a product. On September 4, join Builder Pub at AWS Builder Loft San Francisco for a free, hands-on AI buildathon where anyone, from first-time builders to experienced engineers, can turn an idea into a working product in one afternoon. No coding or AI experience… ## Founders Inc: Garage Tour (Blueprint Edition) - Date: Friday 4 September 2026, 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Founders, Inc. Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-inc-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-inc-garage-tour-blueprint-edition-szLfHfKMRa9XHep - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9789?p=md As a part of our Blueprint Preview, we’re going to be giving a tour of our 20k sq ft. Garage to a very small group of founders.Friday September 4th3-4pm The Garage is one of the 3 locations that our portfolio companies work out of. Most of our recent hardware companies work out of here. Please RSVP… ## FOUNDERS GATHERINGS (💡Read description) - Date: Friday 4 September 2026, 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Post Street & Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [FRIDAY FOUNDER'S GATHERINGS in San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/friday-founders-gatherings-in-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-gatherings-read-description-316325064 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9650?p=md "T his event is ONLY for founders/CEO/ C-levels" (No Talent Recruiter) For precise location, please REGISTER HERE 👉 https://luma.com/esoywsyp Add me on Linkedin for update! https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyosuke-togami-338ba6a3/ ----------------------------- We are hosting casual gatherings with tech… ## Founders Running Club: SF - Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Maritime Museum, 900 Beach St, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA - Organizer: [Founders Running Club](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-running-club) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-running-club-sf-QiCFVIFlSIR2s0A - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9750?p=md Founders Running Club (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We'll run 5 or 10km at your conversational pace. You can run at your own pace as well, especially if there's someone who runs with you at the same pace… ## Spatial Intelligence + Generative 3D Hackathon with Mint, Tripo, World Labs, Convex and Founders Inc. - Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [Founders, Inc. Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-inc-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/spatial-intelligence-generative-3d-hackathon-with-mint-tripo-world-labs-convex-a-ILBNJlfial3ou6k - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7830?p=md Spatial Intelligence + Generative 3D Hackathon, Event Plan World Labs × Tripo × mint.gg × Convex.dev · One-day hackathon · San Francisco Overview We're teaming up with World Labs, Tripo, mint.gg, and Convex.dev for a one-day hackathon in San Francisco at the intersection of spatial intelligence and… ## Robotics & World Models Reading Club 27: Rethinking Robot Development: Co-Designing Morphology, Sensing, and Learning. SF 9/5 - Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Saturday Robotics](https://foundercal.com/organizers/saturday-robotics) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/robotics-and-world-models-reading-club-27-rethinking-robot-development-co-design-3bdcU8F2veXQB9t - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7187?p=md Robotics & World Models Reading Club 27: Rethinking Robot Development: Co-Designing Morphology, Sensing, and Learning A high-signal reading group for AI researchers & builders pushing the frontiers of robotic world models, WAMs, and embodied intelligence. In our previous sessions, we brought… ## FC SF • Founders Run & Coffee! - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 07:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Blue Bottle Coffee, 1 Ferry Building #7, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA - Organizer: [Founders Common](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-common) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/fc-sf-founders-run-and-coffee-o0t9Oo7KiZe8FJw - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/3389?p=md Join Founders Common for our weekly early morning run with other founders, operators & creatives! Come run and then hang out afterward to chat with new friends across the startup community over coffee. This event is free & open to everyone – Founders Common members, guests & brand new friends! •… ## Meet your VCs, Meet your startup teams: entrepreneurs' networking coffee time - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Starbucks, 1 Letterman Dr Building C, San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [San Francisco Startup Incubation And Acceleration](https://foundercal.com/organizers/san-francisco-startup-incubation-and-acceleration) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/meet-your-vcs-meet-your-startup-teams-entrepreneurs-networking-coffee-time-316185722 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8194?p=md Entrepreneurs, startup founders, technologists, VCs and angel investors, please join our informal coffee time gathering hangout: • If you have startup projects to get funded, come to find your investors • If you have ideas and want to build a startup team, come to find your partners • If you want… ## Enterprise AI at Microsoft - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: Microsoft, 1045 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA - Organizer: [Tech Leaders Community](https://foundercal.com/organizers/tech-leaders-community) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/enterprise-ai-at-microsoft-0tZjkEsQtUA6FCj - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9602?p=md Join Enterprise AI At Microsoft hosted for an afternoon focused on what it takes to run AI reliably inside the enterprise. The conversation will move beyond AI demos to the infrastructure, data architecture, governance and operational decisions required to deploy AI in production. This event is… ## Agent-Led Growth / Agent Experience Demo Night @ AWS Loft (#6th Edition) - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, Courtyard Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [Lightsage (formerly Sapient)](https://foundercal.com/organizers/lightsage-formerly-sapient) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agent-led-growth-agent-experience-demo-night-aws-loft-6th-edition-LyHrFVn6HFesyxt - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7603?p=md Join us for an exclusive Agent Experience Night & Networking session. Learn about the latest and top Agent Experience growth hacks. Organised by Lightsage (formerly Sapient). If you would like to showcase your company's public API/SDKs, reach out to us to demo your APIs in the event. (Limited slots… ## AI Demos & WeAreDevelopers Happy Hour - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Bright Data, 625 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA - Organizer: [[SF] HackerSquad](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sf-hackersquad) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-demos-and-wearedevelopers-happy-hour-zDS9N3cnIKHbYb6 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9784?p=md AI Demos WeAreDevelopers Happy Hour Join us in San Francisco on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, for an informal pre-conference happy hour ahead of WeAreDevelopers. We'll see cool demos before the happy hour official kicks off. The gathering is planned for 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Pacific Time. Programming,… ## Dev Tools & Infra Demo Night at Hogpatch 🦔 - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Hogpatch, 2360 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA - Organizer: [1984](https://foundercal.com/organizers/1984) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/dev-tools-and-infra-demo-night-at-hogpatch-OGDjy6CE6Df2nBH - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7742?p=md Dev Tools & Infra Demo Night at Hogpatch in San Francisco 🦔 We're partnering with PostHog and putting together an evening of demos from people building dev tools and infrastructure products. The idea is simple: show the thing working, in front of people who'll actually tell you what they think. No… ## AI Insiders: Government & Policy Dinner - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [AI Insiders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-insiders) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-insiders-government-and-policy-dinner-Qrl6EiwORSHqRkg - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7959?p=md A private dinner for a small group of leaders shaping how AI enters the public sector. Anchored by Olivia Igbokwe-Curry of Amazon Web Services, the evening brings together people working on both sides of the equation: those shaping policy and public institutions, and those building the technology… ## San Francisco AI & ML Professionals, Investors and Start-Ups Networking - Date: Tuesday 8 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: LOCATION: Hawthorn Lounge, 46 Geary (between Kearny & Grant) near Market Street and Union Square, San Francisco CA 94101. Conven, 46 Geary, San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [San Francisco Startup Pitch and Networking](https://foundercal.com/organizers/san-francisco-startup-pitch-and-networking) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/san-francisco-ai-and-ml-professionals-investors-and-start-ups-networking-315986745 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8206?p=md 🔔 Please Note: RSVP on Meetup does not guarantee entry. To attend, you must register through the official ticket link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sf-ai-tech-startups-investors-innovators-networking-mixer-tickets-1996215260581 Step into the vibrant world of artificial intelligence and… ## Rootly AI Fall Kickoff: Uptime & Lunchtime 🍂🌮 - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [Rootly](https://foundercal.com/organizers/rootly) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/rootly-ai-fall-kickoff-uptime-and-lunchtime-i13CYH5wpy4wehj - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9824?p=md Wrap up the summer and jump into the fall season with the Rootly team! We’re taking over the outdoor plaza for an afternoon of local food trucks and great conversations as we reconnect back at the office. Whether you're stopping by for a quick bite or staying to hang out, lunch is on us. 🚚 🍩… ## SPC Post-Training Forum: Mercor CEO, Brendan Foody - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [South Park Commons](https://foundercal.com/organizers/south-park-commons) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/spc-post-training-forum-mercor-ceo-brendan-foody-tJ5GU2W5F2TIvnJ - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9645?p=md New frontiers in modeling, architecture, algorithms, and infra are often the loudest advancements in AI. But beneath all of it is a fundamental layer without which no models would exist: data. Join SPC's Post-Training forum for a technical and product-focused conversation with Mercor's CEO, Brendan… ## Building a Team Brain with Scalekit: Code, Context & Production Agents - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Venue: Snowflake, 125 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [Scalekit](https://foundercal.com/organizers/scalekit) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/building-a-team-brain-with-scalekit-code-context-and-production-agents-X80NMTmUxVnarIa - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6806?p=md A hands-on technical workshop on building a live product and engineering context layer over your production apps like Zendesk, Datadog, Granola, and Asana. About the workshop Most engineering time goes into what to build. The harder, less-discussed question is why build this feature? That customer… ## The Junction: Where AI Founders Meet Funders & Builders - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Convene 100 Stockton, 40 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA - Organizer: [super{set}](https://foundercal.com/organizers/super-set) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-junction-where-ai-founders-meet-funders-and-builders-bpJusY25QxnN4qS - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8854?p=md Building an AI company? Come meet the people who can help you fund it and take it to market. The Junction brings together AI founders, entrepreneurs, investors and operators for an evening built around useful conversations, not awkward networking. Move through a series of stations dedicated to the… ## Bay Area Frontier Research Club #22 | Robotics & Embodied AI (dinner + paper discussion @ Mission Robotics) - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [The Frontier Syndicate](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-frontier-syndicate) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/bay-area-frontier-research-club-22-robotics-and-embodied-ai-dinner-paper-discuss-guGDoAdrP4myI9C - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7413?p=md The Frontier Research Club is a curated forum for rigorous, technical discussion at the frontier of AI. We convene researchers from the frontier labs, Stanford, Berkeley, and the teams building in production to examine concrete work, papers, methods, and results, with a bias toward assumptions,… ## “AI Agents & The Future of AI” VC Insights• Founder Pitches - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Organizer: [WeShine](https://foundercal.com/organizers/weshine) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-agents-and-the-future-of-ai-vc-insights-founder-pitches-hVJWFMkZgCCtF7F - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7557?p=md 🚀 Event Overview We invite you to an evening of curated connection at the intersection of science and venture. Explore the frontier of modern technology through brilliant pitches and candid fundraising insights alongside the industry’s leading minds. ​🌟 What to Expect • Venture & Vision: Expert… ## AI Dev Showcase Night at Workato - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Workato Community](https://foundercal.com/organizers/workato-community) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-dev-showcase-night-at-workato-Bd32urPkxoNjHD5 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8815?p=md Join us for AI Camp and Workato's AI Dev Showcase Night!Featured SpeakersTBD Please arrive by 6 PM. Doors will close at this time, and late entry cannot be accommodated to avoid disrupting the event. Who Should AttendAI builders and developers curious about how others are using AI. Come ready to… ## Software Factories Meet Production - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Datadog, 50 Fremont St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/software-factories-meet-production-iwerkloaoEi5m9P - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8992?p=md AI coding is quickly being productionized through software factories. But building a reliable software factory is still surprisingly difficult and fraught with challenges. How do you keep a fleet of agents productive instead of idle? When do you run agents locally versus in the cloud? How do you… ## GTM Unblocked: Put AI to Work on Your GTM - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, First Market Tower, 525 Market St Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [GTM Unblocked by Papr AI](https://foundercal.com/organizers/gtm-unblocked-by-papr-ai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/gtm-unblocked-put-ai-to-work-on-your-gtm-3A3XZO9AaUvPHhP - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9700?p=md Stop Being the Glue Between Your GTM Tools If you’re running GTM at a growing company, AI hasn’t transformed your day. It’s added another tab. You’re still the human integration layer. Copying context between Gmail, Slack, your CRM, and a dozen other tools. Re-explaining the same background.… ## Startup Pitch & Themed Networking San Francisco | Unlock Your Idea - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Venue: Ai Start Academy San Francisco, 1769 15th St, SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Organizer: [Startup Networking & Founder Ecosystem | San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-networking-and-founder-ecosystem-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-pitch-and-themed-networking-san-francisco-unlock-your-idea-315881821 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6809?p=md Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated startup networking event in San Francisco. 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… ## AI & Tech Networking Event in San Francisco by Ascent Valley - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Repeats: 2 upcoming dates (every month) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Ai Start Academy San Francisco, 1769 15th St, SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Organizer: [Startup Networking & Founder Ecosystem | San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-networking-and-founder-ecosystem-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-and-tech-networking-event-in-san-francisco-by-ascent-valley-315881825 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8200?p=md Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated startup networking event in San Francisco. 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… ## Founder Dinner - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [Filipino Tech Startups](https://foundercal.com/organizers/filipino-tech-startups) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founder-dinner-316208059 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8202?p=md Location to be determined. ## Y Combinator Demo Day (Summer 2026) - Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Demo Day - Venue: Y Combinator, San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [Y Combinator](https://foundercal.com/organizers/y-combinator) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/y-combinator-demo-day-summer-2026-2026-09-10 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2453?p=md The most prestigious demo day in the world: the S26 batch presents to YC's invite-only network of investors in San Francisco. You cannot buy a ticket; it is the bar every other accelerator is measured against, and getting a company on this stage is the goal for thousands of founders each year.… ## Pickle Talk: Supply Chain Execs × AI Founders (Seed to Series A) - Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [12 Scrappy Founders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/12-scrappy-founders) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/pickle-talk-supply-chain-execs-ai-founders-seed-to-series-a-tjWFjhW3IhLCIHL - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8904?p=md 12 Scrappy Founders - outdoor endurance community for founders, operators & investors in the Bay Area. What is this? Founders and enterprise execs usually meet in the worst possible setting: a cold email, a demo call, a pilot that dies in procurement. We try to fix that. Pickleball first (beginner… ## Llama Lounge 26: The AI Startup Event Series @ Microsoft - Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Venue: Microsoft, 1045 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA - Organizer: [Llama Lounge: The AI Startup Series](https://foundercal.com/organizers/llama-lounge-the-ai-startup-series) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/llama-lounge-26-the-ai-startup-event-series-microsoft-F09YBBMDvanF48y - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7275?p=md • Event Founder: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (Linkedin).- Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev. - Gov ID required for entry. Must be registered and approved. ------------------------------------- Primary Audience: AI Leaders: -AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups… ## Vibe Your SaaS: Startup Pitch Competition + VC/Founder Mixer @ Snowflake HQ - Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Organizer: [Vibe Your SaaS // IRL](https://foundercal.com/organizers/vibe-your-saas-irl) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/vibe-your-saas-startup-pitch-competition-vc-founder-mixer-snowflake-hq-BkpAHyM5HkU7ylE - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2312?p=md The VYS Startup Pitch Competition Finalists: Seerlex AI PiTrade Biobytes Peazy Labs Hey Greta Plus startup demos from: StratoNext DiagPro Pesito Special Korean startup showcase: IMBdx ICLO We're the SF Bay Area's #1 startup pitch event. At each event, we select 5 incredible early-stage startups to… ## SILTA KICK-OFF PARTY - Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/silta-kick-off-party-0MAItQQeJff4AfT - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9747?p=md September 10, 2026 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM 📍 Antler San Francisco Office This is the kick-off party for the SILTA F26 cohort, and we are opening the doors to a curated group of founders building in the Bay Area. The only goal of the event is to meet people worth knowing.Snacks and drinks are on us,… ## Silly Robots Contest - Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: Founders, Inc. | San Francisco Lab, 2 Marina Blvd B300, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA - Organizer: [Founders, Inc. Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-inc-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/silly-robots-contest-auqpC3piN0URgli - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9655?p=md Who said robots need to be serious? On Thursday, September 10, 2026 from 6–10pm, Founders Inc is gathering builders from around San Francisco to showcase robots doing whimsical, silly, funny, or completely unnecessary things. Build your robot beforehand, then bring it to the event ready to demo.… ## From AI Hype to AI ROI Roundtable: An invitation-only evening for enterprise data and AI executives. - Date: Thursday 10 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Revefi Event](https://foundercal.com/organizers/revefi-event) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/from-ai-hype-to-ai-roi-roundtable-an-invitation-only-evening-for-enterprise-data-z9WiVHlAzXu8ke8 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9701?p=md ‍‍AI is moving into production. Are you ready? Enterprise AI has moved beyond experimentation. As organizations deploy AI agents, copilots, and LLMs at scale, a new set of executive challenges is emerging. • How do you measure AI ROI? • Where does AI spending actually go? • How do you control… ## Bootstrappers Breakfast for San Francisco Startups - Date: Friday 11 September 2026, 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Venue: 55 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94105, Ca - Organizer: [Bootstrappers Breakfast for San Francisco Startups](https://foundercal.com/organizers/bootstrappers-breakfast-for-san-francisco-startups) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/bootstrappers-breakfast-for-san-francisco-startups-316000643 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8199?p=md Come Meet Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast At a Bootstrappers Breakfast® we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cash flow and organic profit: this is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup. The other attendees will all be in startups. It… ## AI Workshop: Build Your First OpenClaw Agent - Date: Friday 11 September 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Venue: 456 W Olive Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA - Organizer: [TechEquity Ai - Silicon Valley](https://foundercal.com/organizers/techequity-ai-silicon-valley) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-workshop-build-your-first-openclaw-agent-C4BqDUQV7IKv1ZK - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/4920?p=md In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll take your first step into the agentic era by building and deploying your very own OpenClaw AI agent from scratch. This session is designed to take you step-by-step through the process of building an agent that identifies contacts that you should reach out… ## The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Silicon Valley Ft. Kim Kolt & Brian Mac Mahon - Date: Friday 11 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Park James Hotel, 1400 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [Silicon Zombies](https://foundercal.com/organizers/silicon-zombies) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-hitchhiker-s-guide-to-silicon-valley-ft-kim-kolt-and-brian-mac-mahon-IeQMUVoccMRtKpp - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8014?p=md The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Silicon Valley: A Founder’s Playbook for Building the Future Join us as we feature the delicious brains of investors Kim Kolt (GP, Bay Bridge Ventures) and Brian Mac Mahon (Director, Nathan Family Office) for an unfiltered, candid conversation on what it actually takes to… ## Agents in Production Build Day SF - Date: Saturday 12 September 2026, 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [Scalekit](https://foundercal.com/organizers/scalekit) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agents-in-production-build-day-sf-WIZAxhdhwrcRYdF - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6328?p=md Build agents that act on behalf of users Most agents are demos. They call APIs. They look impressive. But the moment they need to act as a specific user in a real system, with real permissions, they fall apart.This hackathon is about that last mile. Build an AI agent that doesn't just execute tasks… ## Robotics & World Models Reading Club 28: DYNA-2, Dyna Robotics. 9/12 - Date: Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Saturday Robotics](https://foundercal.com/organizers/saturday-robotics) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/robotics-and-world-models-reading-club-28-dyna-2-dyna-robotics-9-12-TzQpNJCO5feps3Y - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7001?p=md Robotics & World Models Reading Club 28: DYNA-2, Dyna Robotics. 9/12 A high-signal reading group for AI researchers & builders pushing the frontiers of robotic world models, WAMs, and embodied intelligence. In our previous sessions, we brought together researchers and engineers from Boston… ## AI Infra Signal: Build, Operate, and Monetize Intelligence - Date: Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Organizer: [OpenStages Calendar](https://foundercal.com/organizers/openstages-calendar) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-infra-signal-build-operate-and-monetize-intelligence-Bj1BlIgrzGmZmCv - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7673?p=md The whole stack is still moving, the models, the systems that train them, the systems that run them in production. None of it has settled yet. Most AI events optimize for volume. This one optimizes for depth, a room with the size enough that every conversation starts already past the introductions,… ## AI Filmmaking Masterclass + Hackathon - Date: Sunday 13 September 2026, 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [The Multimodal Society](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-multimodal-society) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-filmmaking-masterclass-hackathon-sVz87LJ5H6PZMDo - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8905?p=md Stop making AI slop. Learn to direct AI films that look professional, then premiere yours on the big screen. Start from here: Roan Weigert will lead a practical masterclass covering creative direction, traditional filmmaking, AI generation, visual consistency, editing, sound, and delivery. Roan has… ## Agentic Commerce: Designing the Next Business Infrastructure - Date: Sunday 13 September 2026, 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Plug and Play Tech Center, 440 N Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA - Organizer: [UCAN by Alibaba Design](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ucan-by-alibaba-design) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agentic-commerce-designing-the-next-business-infrastructure-aXOYCnIVSrIiDL1 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7908?p=md Join us for UCAN@Alibaba.com 2026 gathering on Agentic Commerce: how AI moves from generating outputs to taking action across real business workflows.We’ll explore this shift through both design and business: how AI becomes understandable, trusted, controllable, and useful, and how agentic AI… ## Model Mondays - Spotlight On Claude Models - Date: Monday 14 September 2026, 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Microsoft Reactor San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/microsoft-reactor-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/model-mondays-spotlight-on-claude-models-316299589 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9280?p=md Claude models are designed for complex reasoning, coding, and multimodal tasks, giving developers flexible options for building agents that need to understand context and handle sophisticated workflows. Join us as we explore the Claude family in Microsoft Foundry and see how these models can be… ## The Tasting Menu: 5 Course AI Startups (Dreamforce Edition) - Date: Tuesday 15 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Organizer: [XTrace](https://foundercal.com/organizers/xtrace) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-tasting-menu-5-course-ai-startups-dreamforce-edition-p2GLuGhMpdcFSBo - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8779?p=md Dreamforce week and every party in the city is a badge scan and a branded cocktail napkin. This one is different. Five AI startups, from pre-seed to Series B, get five minutes each to demo a live product to a room of GTM, engineers, marketing, and platform leaders from Fortune 500 companies. Then… ## AI Engineering Leaders Dinner/Networking/Talks - Date: Tuesday 15 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Venue: 600 Townsend St #150, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA - Organizer: [CTO Circle](https://foundercal.com/organizers/cto-circle) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-engineering-leaders-dinner-networking-talks-Rn7RiUMseWGL8IP - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8780?p=md CTO Circle SF Gathering 🌉 An evening for CTOs and engineering leaders in San Francisco. We’re bringing together 40+ technical leaders for a private gathering with food, drinks, short talks, networking, and an open discussion around the topics that matter most to engineering teams right now. The… ## 3x GTM: Selling at AI Speed (SF) - Date: Tuesday 15 September 2026, 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [EliseAI](https://foundercal.com/organizers/eliseai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/3x-gtm-selling-at-ai-speed-sf-Es5AdKqcuGveSf9 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7909?p=md We're pulling together a room of top sales pros from hypergrowth companies across the city for drinks, food, and real conversation about what separates the best from everyone else. No pitch decks, no vendor booths, just good people and better war stories. The night stays casual, but we're setting… ## Women in Tech, Fintech, AI, Startups, Networking Event & Elevator Pitch SF - Date: Tuesday 15 September 2026, 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Venue: LOCATION: Hawthorn Lounge, 46 Geary (between Kearny & Grant) near Market Street and Union Square, San Francisco CA 94101. Conven, 46 Geary, San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [San Francisco Startup Pitch and Networking](https://foundercal.com/organizers/san-francisco-startup-pitch-and-networking) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/women-in-tech-fintech-ai-startups-networking-event-and-elevator-pitch-sf-316099024 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8207?p=md 🔔 Please Note: RSVP on Meetup does not guarantee entry. To attend, you must register through the official ticket link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sf-women-in-tech-founders-professionals-networking-night-tickets-1996991068042 Join us for an empowering and insightful networking event designed… ## Bay Area Frontier Research Club #23 | Founders Edition (dinner + paper discussion @ AGI House SF) - Date: Wednesday 16 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [The Frontier Syndicate](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-frontier-syndicate) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/bay-area-frontier-research-club-23-founders-edition-dinner-paper-discussion-agi--UczB3DYfpVfMqzN - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7751?p=md The Frontier Research Club is a curated forum for rigorous, technical discussion at the frontier of AI. We convene researchers from the frontier labs, Stanford, Berkeley, and the teams building in production to examine concrete work, papers, methods, and results, with a bias toward assumptions,… ## Data for AI: Access to Understanding - Date: Wednesday 16 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: 135 Constitution Dr 8th floor, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [Data For AI Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/data-for-ai-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/data-for-ai-access-to-understanding-kHZAjylHTPkdlvl - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8781?p=md Your agent can reach every table in the lakehouse. It still doesn't know what "active user" means, which of your three revenue columns is the real one, or that two teams define churn two different ways. That's the theme for our next Data for AI meetup: semantics. We're getting into ontologies,… ## Founder Dinner - Date: Wednesday 16 September 2026, 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [Brderless](https://foundercal.com/organizers/brderless) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founder-dinner-A1I9w7kTgTbv6Gg - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8906?p=md Join us for an intimate evening with a highly curated group of Series A+ founders that are scaling at the most beautiful venue in San Francisco. Who Should Attend? • Founders who have raised Series A and beyond building in AI. • Founders who have raised Seed with at least $2M ARR. Why Attend? •… ## MantisGrid AI Hackathon & Summit 2026 - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 08:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA - Organizer: [MantisGrid AI](https://foundercal.com/organizers/mantisgrid-ai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/mantisgrid-ai-hackathon-and-summit-2026-O5yIm9jHUFEK4Sn - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9603?p=md 🚀 MantisGrid AI Hackathon & Summit:Build the Future of AI Reliability 📅 September 17, 2026 · Palo Alto, California About the Event Powerful AI requires more than advanced models, it depends on infrastructure that is reliable, observable, fast, and efficient. Spend one day building practical tools… ## Vibe Code like a Professional - Product Landing Pages - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, Courtyard Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [[SF] HackerSquad](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sf-hackersquad) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/vibe-code-like-a-professional-product-landing-pages-SrMhI2BVlDvPP3u - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7332?p=md Take your Vibe Coding skills to the next level Vide coding looks easy on the surface, but when things get challenging, it's hard to fix what the AI is doing. This series aims to help you take your vibe coding skills to the next level. When: Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT… ## Vibe Code like a Professional - eCommerce Sites - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, Courtyard Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [[SF] HackerSquad](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sf-hackersquad) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/vibe-code-like-a-professional-ecommerce-sites-VXnmjvaQkkZA4jj - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8835?p=md Take your Vibe Coding skills to the next level Vide coding looks easy on the surface, but when things get challenging, it's hard to fix what the AI is doing. This series aims to help you take your vibe coding skills to the next level. When: Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM PT Where:… ## Ground Truth by Sphere ft. a16z - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ground-truth-by-sphere-ft-a16z-Tx72079vGkMMA3g - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9749?p=md Ground Truth by Sphere ft. a16z A half day conference for senior engineers building at the edge of AI and regulation. Two in-depth panels with engineering and technical leaders on building in industries where there is no room for error. Then a reception that runs late. 1:00 – 2:00 PM · Doors open ·… ## Antler SF After Dark - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [Antler US](https://foundercal.com/organizers/antler-us) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/antler-sf-after-dark-1kzl903war36yBT - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7994?p=md An open workspace for operators, builders, and future founders tinkering with what’s next. Have an idea you can’t stop thinking about? Looking for a coffee source open late? Have a side project you’ve been meaning to start? Or simply an itch to build something new? Join us for Antler SF After Dark,… ## Agent Infra - Panel & Network Night - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, First Market Tower, 525 Market St Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [[SF] HackerSquad](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sf-hackersquad) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agent-infra-panel-and-network-night-lWWbheI6FbiQDJ5 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9785?p=md Agent Infra, Panel & Network Night What does the infrastructure stack for production-grade agents actually look like? Join us for a technical evening focused on the systems underneath modern coding agents and autonomous workflows: agent harnesses, runtimes, sandboxing, tool execution, context… ## AI Demo Series: September Edition - Startup Grind - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Startup Grind](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-grind) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-demo-series-september-edition-startup-grind-KlSwWYrXBRhSU9Z - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8782?p=md Startup Grind Silicon Valley is continuing our a new monthly AI Demo Series, a high-energy showcase for the next generation of AI founders. Strictly not a pitch event. Demo only. This is scrappy. Things break. The energy is electric. But you get to show what you're actually building. Want to demo?… ## AI Journal Club ft. Google + NVIDIA - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Workato Community](https://foundercal.com/organizers/workato-community) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-journal-club-ft-google-nvidia-tBDJucyC87iSB1J - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8816?p=md Join Workato's AI Journal Club series, we're bringing together the best AI researchers to share papers and exchange perspectives on how AI research is shaping real world systems. Schedule 5:30–6:00 PM: Check-in and registration6:00–6:15 PM: Welcome to Workato 6:15–6:45 PM: Talk by Allen Chuang… ## Build an AI Startup in One Day - Date: Friday 18 September 2026, 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [Open Source for AI](https://foundercal.com/organizers/open-source-for-ai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/build-an-ai-startup-in-one-day-4nqMJ1XFHirMysu - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7045?p=md Can you build an AI Startup in One Day? In Partnership with: • Gravitational Ventures • AWS ## Founder Yacht Lunch - Date: Friday 18 September 2026, 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [Brderless](https://foundercal.com/organizers/brderless) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founder-yacht-lunch-LnLiUiEUr9dB1y7 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8908?p=md Join us aboard a private yacht for an unforgettable afternoon of conversations, connection, and clarity. The Goal A high-signal space for founders navigating similar growth inflection points. Every seat is curated. Who Should Attend? • Founders who have raised Series A and above • Founders at $2M… ## Night Hack by Founders, Inc. - Date: Friday 18 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [Founders, Inc. Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-inc-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/night-hack-by-founders-inc-hkAWSwwpjTsq4xF - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/550?p=md Night Hack III by Founders, Inc 50 teams joined the first Night Hack. Winners shipped secure sandboxes, robot training pipelines, and sports tech. Took home $1k+ cash, credits, and a month at campus. Now, we're running it back. Build hardware, software, or both. AI, agents, tools, robots, infra -… ## Startup Pitch Night: Voice of CXO - Date: Friday 18 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Pitch - Venue: San Mateo, Bay area, CA - Organizer: [Voice of CXO](https://foundercal.com/organizers/voice-of-cxo) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-pitch-night-voice-of-cxo-316360032 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9810?p=md Great startups are built through more than just capital, they need the right feedback, relationships, and access to people who understand how businesses make decisions. Voice of CXO Startup Pitch Night brings together startup founders, CXOs, investors, operators, and industry leaders for an evening… ## Hack for Humanity: San Francisco (powered by Google Gemini) - Date: Saturday 19 September 2026, 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [The AI Collective](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-ai-collective) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/hack-for-humanity-san-francisco-powered-by-google-gemini-VaPGnXZvfYT3bD4 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9748?p=md Spend a Saturday building with Google Gemini to solve a real problem in your own community. Our chapter is joining Hack for Humanity, The AI Collective's global initiative running Fall 2026. It's the continuation of the Humans in AI Week conversations we held this summer, where we identified real… ## Robotics & World Models Reading Club 29: AgiBot × ManiFormer: Building the Next Generation of Physical AI. SF 9/19 - Date: Saturday 19 September 2026, 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Saturday Robotics](https://foundercal.com/organizers/saturday-robotics) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/robotics-and-world-models-reading-club-29-agibot-maniformer-building-the-next-ge-7puSAYm1M8g6HSW - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7576?p=md Robotics & World Models Reading Club 29: AgiBot × ManiFormer: Building the Next Generation of Physical AI. SF 9/19 A high-signal reading group for AI researchers & builders pushing the frontiers of robotic world models, WAMs, and embodied intelligence. In our previous sessions, we brought together… ## AI Agents Bootcamp: Day 1 - Date: Sunday 20 September 2026, 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Organizer: [SupportVectors: Generative AI, LLMs, Agents](https://foundercal.com/organizers/supportvectors-generative-ai-llms-agents) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-agents-bootcamp-day-1-316353148 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9774?p=md Join us for Day 1 of our AI Agents Bootcamp. This free session offers a preview into the complete program. Register here for the full course: https://supportvectors.ai/courses/ai-agents-bootcamp/ If you want to learn about AI Agents – exploring agent architectures, agent patterns, MCP, A2A, prompt… ## The Korea Playbook for Bay Area Physical AI Founders - Date: Monday 21 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Every great founder starts somewhere, start yours.](https://foundercal.com/organizers/every-great-founder-starts-somewhere-start-yours) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-korea-playbook-for-bay-area-physical-ai-founders-w41MtF5FpSxI6lW - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8812?p=md The Korea Playbook for Bay Area Physical AI Founders For physical AI, the model is rarely the bottleneck It's who builds at volume, who buys first, and where it can run. Korea's industrial density often puts your supplier, first customer, and deployment site inside the same group, not three… ## Rows & Columns Summit - Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: The Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA - Organizer: [ClickHouse Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/clickhouse-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/rows-and-columns-summit-bQcR6tDKi8OmTXu - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6759?p=md Website🌉 The Great OLTP–OLAP Convergence OLTP and OLAP are colliding, and nobody agrees on the right way to build for it. We got the people actually shipping these systems into one room to argue it out. Who's talking • Andy Pavlo (CMU), closing out the day with a live, unscripted AMA. Bring your… ## Caravan '26: The most hands-on edition yet. - Date: 22 September 2026 – 26 September 2026 - Type: Conference - Organizer: [AIBoomi](https://foundercal.com/organizers/aiboomi) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/caravan-26-the-most-hands-on-edition-yet-SGrYqb0xauhnl5Z - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8628?p=md 📍 San Francisco Bay Area | 22-26 September 2026 Building AI products has never been easier.Knowing what to build, who to build it for, and how to win in the US market is where the real work begins.Caravan '26 is a five-day working experience for ambitious AI founders building from India for the US… ## Graphs for Engineering - Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [Neo4j](https://foundercal.com/organizers/neo4j) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/graphs-for-engineering-J0HKFI0fNTG6cM4 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5971?p=md AI engineering is moving beyond individual models and agents toward systems that bring together agents, tools, and knowledge. As these workflows become more complex, graphs are emerging as a new layer for providing context, structure, and control. Following a series of meetups about Context Graph,… ## A Night with AI Builders, Startup Stories & Community -- Celebrating One Year of the SVAI Hub - Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: 135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [Silicon Valley AI Hub](https://foundercal.com/organizers/silicon-valley-ai-hub) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/a-night-with-ai-builders-startup-stories-and-community-celebrating-one-year-of-t-IJ3i7OGNXUWRXij - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7172?p=md The Lowdown 👋 One year ago, we opened a hub where AI builders could show up for each other. On September 22, we're celebrating everyone who did, and everything that got built because of it! Join us for a night of real conversations about AI, community, and what comes next. We will have: • A panel… ## Robotics Demos & Meet - Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Bright Data, 625 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA - Organizer: [Bright Data](https://foundercal.com/organizers/bright-data) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/robotics-demos-and-meet-jqDzLEhO7G3Trt7 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9786?p=md Robotics Demo Night Join us for an evening dedicated to the people building the future of robotics. Robotics Demo Night brings together roboticists, researchers, engineers, and founders for a night of live demos, technical discussion, and great conversations with others working across robotics and… ## Codex Community Meetup - San Francisco - Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Codex SF](https://foundercal.com/organizers/codex-sf) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/codex-community-meetup-san-francisco-JyKG7U4110cFMjH - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8641?p=md Come hang out with the SF Codex community for an evening all about building with your voice brought to you by WorkOS and Parallel.ai Codex Voice lets you do a lot more than dictate prompts. You can talk through an idea, kick off coding tasks, steer agents while they work, check progress, and… ## The AI Hustle: Happy Hour for Startup Founders & VCs - Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-ai-hustle-happy-hour-for-startup-founders-and-vcs-BFfkGG2ll8cCdIc - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9012?p=md 4th meetup in 2026! Calling all AI founders in San Francisco! 🧠 Join us for an evening of networking, learning, and fun as we connect with fellow founders, explore fundraising strategies, and discover the latest advancements in AI. 📈 Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting your AI… ## Twilio Assemble SF: The Future of Comms + AI - Date: Wednesday 23 September 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Mission Rock, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA - Organizer: [Twilio San Francisco](https://foundercal.com/organizers/twilio-san-francisco) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/twilio-assemble-sf-the-future-of-comms-ai-BODB8DkHbfhMQSk - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8783?p=md The Twilio team is in town for the We Are Developers World Congress in San Jose, and we're kicking things off early. We're bringing together a select group of local developers and builders for a high-energy evening experience focused entirely on the future of AI and Communications. Whether you're a… ## AI Nerd Meet Up - Date: Wednesday 23 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Fireworks](https://foundercal.com/organizers/fireworks) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-nerd-meet-up-sdtPEJbkpSZkp34 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7711?p=md Invite Only​Join us for an invite-only monthly meetup. This private gathering will bring together a small group of technical founders and AI leaders to share and learn from each other and discuss the most cutting edge technical innovations that are practical to adopt. This is 13th meetup in our… ## DevGuild: The Long Horizon Stack - Date: Thursday 24 September 2026, 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Organizer: [Heavybit Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/heavybit-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/devguild-the-long-horizon-stack-WO05KmFeCRRWjib - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7299?p=md We’re all running agent factories for local, bounded, and cheaply verifiable actions. But the problem with agents is that the more we extend their reach and runtime, the more they disappoint us. Time and scale lead to inconsistent performance, costs, and quality of output. This isn’t just a case… ## Building active-active, multi-cloud systems - Date: Thursday 24 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: 560 Davis St suite 250, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA - Organizer: [Baseten Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/baseten-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/building-active-active-multi-cloud-systems-3qZ4kqYdR4lIMyj - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7031?p=md The best AI infrastructure doesn't have a single point of failure. Join us at the Baseten Clubhouse for an evening with Colin McGrath, Head of Infrastructure at Baseten. Colin has spent years designing systems that don’t fail. Colin will cover: • Architecture, tradeoffs, and hard-won lessons… ## PM x AI Summit 2026 - Date: Saturday 26 September 2026, 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [PMI San Francisco Bay Area Chapter](https://foundercal.com/organizers/pmi-san-francisco-bay-area-chapter) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/pm-x-ai-summit-2026-316108052 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9557?p=md Paid event. Link to register: https://pmisfbac.org/calendar/pm-x-ai-summit-2026-47467 PM x AI Summit 2026 Where Project Leadership Meets AI Hosted by PMI San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Empowering project leaders with the skills, mindset, and strategies to lead confidently in the AI era. ## Showerhacks - Date: Saturday 26 September 2026, 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: Entrepreneurs First, 501 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [Showerhacks](https://foundercal.com/organizers/showerhacks) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/showerhacks-KoG613La396FbEw - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7247?p=md An SF 🌉 hackathon where the winner gets to take a shower 🚿 🥇 1st place: $1000 + a refreshing shower 🥈 2nd place: $500 🥉 3rd place: $225 And the top 30% of teams will be invited to the afterparty 🎉🫣 This is a hackathon for absurdly creative and interesting ideas, no economic viability needed.… ## Robotics & World Models Reading Club 30: Interaction World Models: Learning Physical Priors for Robot Manipulation. SF 9/26 - Date: Saturday 26 September 2026, 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Saturday Robotics](https://foundercal.com/organizers/saturday-robotics) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/robotics-and-world-models-reading-club-30-interaction-world-models-learning-phys-vAT5OwvCiSfd9pn - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7582?p=md Robotics & World Models Reading Club 30: Interaction World Models: Learning Physical Priors for Robot Manipulation. SF 9/26 A high-signal reading group for AI researchers & builders pushing the frontiers of robotic world models, WAMs, and embodied intelligence. In our previous sessions, we brought… ## ThinkingAI Agentic Growth Summit 2026 - Date: Monday 28 September 2026, 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/thinkingai-agentic-growth-summit-2026-HjqqW76FE1c9Jx5 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9604?p=md Most teams have deployed AI. Far fewer have changed how the work actually gets done. This one is for the people who own retention, monetization, LiveOps or the analytics stack at consumer apps, mobile games and platforms. Growth, product, data and engineering leads. The Agentic Growth Summit puts… ## The AI Conference 2026 - Date: 29 September 2026 – 1 October 2026 - Type: Conference - Venue: 48 Pier 48, San Francisco, CA 94158 - Organizer: [The AI Conference](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-ai-conference) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-ai-conference-2026-2026-09-29 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8039?p=md The rare AI conference that nobody's marketing department owns: independent, vendor-neutral, and built around 120+ speakers who actually ship models rather than slide decks. Day ZERØ on Sept 29 is the small, high-signal founder-and-investor day and sells out first; Sept 30 and Oct 1 open up to the… ## The AI Conference Hack Day 2026 - Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Organizer: [[SF] HackerSquad](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sf-hackersquad) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-ai-conference-hack-day-2026-op3v5Hwerp6jVjY - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/3773?p=md The AI Conference Hack Day is where 350 builders unite to do something that was impossible a year ago: build a working product, a real business, in a single day. This isn't a hackathon in the old sense. No throwaway demos, no clever prototypes that die the next day. The AI Conference Hack Day… ## AI Agent Workshop: An AI-Native SDLC with Claude Code - Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Venue: 135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [TechEquity Ai - Silicon Valley](https://foundercal.com/organizers/techequity-ai-silicon-valley) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-agent-workshop-an-ai-native-sdlc-with-claude-code-s3Rr2EO813vaxo8 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7374?p=md You will work in your own repository and leave with a reviewed change shipped, a reusable skill built, and an enforcement rule in place. Plus what your platform team must decide before scaling. TechEquity AI invites you to an afternoon of applied AI learning and hands-on building at Snowflake's… ## GenAI, Vibe Coding and Agentic AI: Talks + AI Agent Workshops - Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: 135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [TechEquity Ai - Silicon Valley](https://foundercal.com/organizers/techequity-ai-silicon-valley) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/genai-vibe-coding-and-agentic-ai-talks-ai-agent-workshops-YKKxH4dPnlFmIZY - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2313?p=md A cross-level forum connecting startups, enterprises, and builders to explore hands-on topics like SWE transformation, vibe coding, and agentic workflows, alongside discussions on adoption, collaboration, and organizational change. TechEquity Ai invites you to an evening of applied AI learning and… ## Daytona AI Builders - SF, September 2026 - Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/daytona-ai-builders-sf-september-2026-oAk2cC0oBecAYUp - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8994?p=md An event dedicated to exploring all things AI Engineering! Event partners: WorkOS & LlamaIndex ​Agenda ​​​​​🕒 5:30 pm – 5:35 pmWelcome and Opening Remarks 🎤 Borna Perak, GTM & Partnerships @ Daytona ​​​​​​​🕒 5:35 pm – 5:50 pmTalk "Your Agent's Slowest Tool Is Its Mouse"​ 🎤 Muhammad Annas… ## The Future of Talent, Powered by AI by Women in AI and Alma - Date: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Women in AI](https://foundercal.com/organizers/women-in-ai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-future-of-talent-powered-by-ai-by-women-in-ai-and-alma-5HPrQP6XSwdw05t - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5673?p=md AI is reshaping how companies hire, onboard, and scale their teams, but the people building those teams are still navigating the same hard questions: How do you move fast without breaking compliance? How do you build culture when your team spans time zones and visa statuses? And where does AI can… ## Berkeley SkyDeck Batch 22 Demo Day - Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Demo Day - Price: Free - Venue: Berkeley SkyDeck, 2150 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 - Organizer: [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://foundercal.com/organizers/berkeley-skydeck) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/berkeley-skydeck-batch-22-demo-day-2026-09-30 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8045?p=md UC Berkeley's accelerator graduates a batch twice a year and Batch 22 pitches on September 30 from the Shattuck Ave penthouse. Attendance is accredited investors only and by application, which keeps the room dense: founder pitches, a startup expo where you can actually corner the teams, and the… ## How to get press without a PR agency - Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Workshop - Organizer: [Women in AI](https://foundercal.com/organizers/women-in-ai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/how-to-get-press-without-a-pr-agency-QnKbn39kUm8E1ws - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7706?p=md Product launch coming up? Want to announce your $5m seed round so you can attract customers, partners, and early hires?We got you 🤝 We're Press Club, and we help founders land press.Weida didn't want to pay $10k for a PR agency, so he locked in and spent a week sending 200 cold emails to… ## Extraordinary Women in Tech/AI & Leadership Summit 2026 - Date: Thursday 1 October 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: 600 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/extraordinary-women-in-tech-ai-and-leadership-summit-2026-nlM5eygRFBIH3SV - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7876?p=md The Leaders, Innovators, and Builders Shaping What's Next Join more than 100 technology executives, AI innovators, founders, investors, and business leaders for an exclusive afternoon dedicated to exploring the future of leadership and artificial intelligence. As AI continues to transform every… ## SF Tech Week 2026 - Date: 5 October 2026 – 11 October 2026 - Type: Conference - Price: Free - Venue: Citywide, San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [a16z](https://foundercal.com/organizers/a16z) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/sf-tech-week-2026-2026-10-05 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8042?p=md Not a conference: a week where a16z opens the floodgates and hundreds of founders, funds and companies each host their own thing across the city, from investor office hours to hackathons to rooftop dinners. Fourth year running, and the week SF is at its densest: if you want to meet a specific fund… ## The Integration Layer for AI Agents during SF TechWeek - Date: Monday 5 October 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Yes SF Headquarters, 220 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA - Organizer: [a16z SF Tech Week 2026](https://foundercal.com/organizers/a16z-sf-tech-week-2026) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-integration-layer-for-ai-agents-during-sf-techweek-0B11r6cG5gZkoIg - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7835?p=md Hosted by Open Future ForumSponsored by Agentic Fabriq Short description A developer-focused discussion on MCP, connectors, auth, and the infrastructure that lets AI agents securely interact with tools, data, and the real world. Full description AI agents are only as capable as the systems they can… ## YC Founders Mixer, SF Tech Week 2026 - Date: Monday 5 October 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Venue: Foley & Lardner LLP, One Market Plaza, 55 Spear St Tower Suite 1900, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [YC Only](https://foundercal.com/organizers/yc-only) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/yc-founders-mixer-sf-tech-week-2026-FGHkkdgspLXZWrQ - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7750?p=md YC Founders Mixer, SF Tech Week 2026 Monday, October 5, 20265:00–7:30 PMSan Francisco Join YC founders from across batches for drinks, light bites, and founder-to-founder conversation during SF a16z Tech Week 2026. Following the strong response to our recent YC founder gatherings, we’re bringing… ## Founder Friends San Francisco - Date: Monday 5 October 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Hustle Fund Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/hustle-fund-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founder-friends-san-francisco-XkAExC8FDvPpgnK - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/656?p=md Let's hang! Join the San Francisco founder community to connect with other founders and hear stories from a founder who went through the wringer and came out the other side. The Schedule: 6-7pm: Get here, eat pizza, make friends 7-7:30pm: Fireside chat 7:30-8pm: Q&A 8-8:30pm: Finish pizza, make… ## AI Agents That Own Their Inference - Hackathon - Date: Tuesday 6 October 2026, 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: San Francisco, CA, USA - Organizer: [[SF] HackerSquad](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sf-hackersquad) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-agents-that-own-their-inference-hackathon-gdCJCd4GAsG9a0v - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9787?p=md Build AI Agents That Own Their Inference, Powered by Akamai What if an AI agent could control the infrastructure behind its own intelligence? Join us on October 6 for a full day of hands-on building with Akamai. You’ll explore Akamai’s AI compute, GPU, and inference capabilities, then use a… ## Beyond the Funnel - Date: Tuesday 6 October 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: San Francisco, CA, USA - Organizer: [AI Insiders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-insiders) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/beyond-the-funnel-h8zGDHd24kO621w - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7878?p=md The funnel was built for linear journeys. Modern growth is not linear. Beyond the Funnel is a private benchmark and peer exchange for founders and revenue leaders building growth through partnerships, community, field, ecosystems, and real-world relationships. We compare what is actually producing… ## Batter Up San Francisco! - Date: Tuesday 6 October 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Hustle Fund Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/hustle-fund-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/batter-up-san-francisco-pPx9Kiplmp4tNpA - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/655?p=md Let's hang! As a founder, going through the fundraising process can be incredibly frustrating. ​​It takes an amazing amount of time and effort to convince an investor to agree to talk to you. And then, once you pitch your company, sometimes the investor never gets back to you. ​​Or if they do get… ## AI Insiders: Healthtech Dinner - Date: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [AI Insiders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-insiders) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-insiders-healthtech-dinner-dUnGHT0X9v1VGu6 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7879?p=md Please register via https://partiful.com/e/PjtNU8tylnIQdWep56yl An intimate dinner at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and biotech. AI Insiders brings together founders, researchers, and investors for real conversation and meaningful collaboration. No hype, no panels for show, no pitch theatre.… ## AI Insiders: Healthcare & Biotech II - Date: Thursday 8 October 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [AI Insiders](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-insiders) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-insiders-healthcare-and-biotech-ii-0lkdq5Jxes4UYtK - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6031?p=md Please register via https://partiful.com/e/80FA1u4YCNoncwNKjPjZAI Insiders brings together founders, researchers, and investors for an evening of real conversation and meaningful collaboration. No hype, no panels-for-show, and no pitch theatre, just a vetted room of leaders shaping what comes next.… ## Agents in Production: The Auth Stack for AI, SF Tech Week 2026 - Date: Thursday 8 October 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Industrious, 345 California St Ste 600 & 700, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA - Organizer: [a16z SF Tech Week 2026](https://foundercal.com/organizers/a16z-sf-tech-week-2026) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agents-in-production-the-auth-stack-for-ai-sf-tech-week-2026-Lex9iYMoMNUsYSo - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7794?p=md Agents in Production: The Auth Stack for AI, SF Tech Week 2026 Thursday, October 8, 2026San Francisco AI agents are moving quickly from demos into production. But once an agent can access company data, call APIs, use business applications, and take actions on behalf of employees or customers, a new… ## Vibe Coach Hack Night - #SFTechWeek - Date: 8 October 2026 – 9 October 2026 - Type: Hackathon - Venue: San Francisco, CA, USA - Organizer: [[SF] HackerSquad](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sf-hackersquad) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/vibe-coach-hack-night-sftechweek-6AkrCEGC0NajByg - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9788?p=md Want to understand what you're vibe coding tools are producing? Come to this vibe coding hack night to learn how to vibe code like a professional engineer! Take your Vibe Coding skills to the next level ​Vide coding looks easy on the surface, but when things get challenging, it's hard to fix what… ## State of AI Report 2026 - SF launch event - Date: Thursday 8 October 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Air Street events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/air-street-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/state-of-ai-report-2026-sf-launch-event-piHZA0p4K6QE9sA - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5729?p=md Join us for the State of AI Report launch meetup in SF on 8 October 2026! This will be our 9th annual edition. Event schedule: • tl;dr of the 2026 Report from author, Nathan Benaich (Air Street Capital) • Fireside conversation #1 • Fireside conversation #2 • refreshments and hang out! Please bring… ## Builders & Brews SF - Date: Friday 9 October 2026, 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: Motoring Coffee, 1525 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA - Organizer: [Builders & Brews](https://foundercal.com/organizers/builders-and-brews) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/builders-and-brews-sf-exi7X2iA8wAsSVC - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8701?p=md Builders & Brews: Hack Edition ☕️💻 Please sign up via Partiful: https://partiful.com/e/heEtALThEWBJmPXFGm7a 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,… ## Tech Basketball Run - SF Tech Week - Date: Saturday 10 October 2026, 13:45 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA - Organizer: [Maple Leaf Venture Club](https://foundercal.com/organizers/maple-leaf-venture-club) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/tech-basketball-run-sf-tech-week-Pq4IscAYjKho3k2 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/4983?p=md 🏀Welcome to the Tech Basketball Run! This event is designed for founders, developers, and investors to come together for a fun, high-energy basketball experience. It's not just about the game, it’s about building meaningful connections with people who share a passion for both technology and… ## Silicon Valley AI/Tech Investing Summit---Attend or Pitch - Date: Monday 12 October 2026, 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: 2490 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA - Organizer: [Angel Launch](https://foundercal.com/organizers/angel-launch) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/silicon-valley-ai-tech-investing-summit-attend-or-pitch-bH5LTJdEoUJpCC3 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8001?p=md Angel Launch is a leading event producer of venture forums for startups, investors and tech professionals in Silicon Valley. This is our 110th monthly signature summit we have produced for many years in the spring and summer where 400 startups and investors enjoy a venture forum and pitch in a huge… ## Company Brain Hackathon: Build an AI Agent That Knows Your Organization - Date: Monday 12 October 2026, 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Hackathon - Venue: 135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [TechEquity Ai - Silicon Valley](https://foundercal.com/organizers/techequity-ai-silicon-valley) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/company-brain-hackathon-build-an-ai-agent-that-knows-your-organization-mZkvPeUErlCZWoG - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7800?p=md What if your company had a shared brain that could understand its documents, tools, processes, people, and institutional knowledge, and make that knowledge available to employees and AI agents? In this 4-hour hands-on hackathon, participants will build a working Company Brain: an AI-powered… ## Silicon Valley Healthtech Summit---Attend or Pitch - Date: Monday 12 October 2026, 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: 2490 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA - Organizer: [Angel Launch](https://foundercal.com/organizers/angel-launch) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/silicon-valley-healthtech-summit-attend-or-pitch-E2I0iGF9jnvFeru - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5657?p=md Angel Launch is a leading event producer of venture forums for startups, investors and tech professionals in Silicon Valley. This is our 110th monthly signature summit we have produced for many years in the spring and summer where 400 startups and investors enjoy a venture forum and pitch in a huge… ## TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 - Date: 13 October 2026 – 15 October 2026 - Type: Conference - Venue: Moscone West, 800 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 - Organizer: [TechCrunch](https://foundercal.com/organizers/techcrunch) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/techcrunch-disrupt-2026-2026-10-13 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2454?p=md The most recognizable startup conference in the US, built around the legendary Startup Battlefield pitch competition that helped launch Discord, Cloudflare and Trello. 10,000+ founders, investors and operators converge on Moscone West for a concentrated few days of discovery. Worth the trip for… ## NachoThursday: TechCrunch Disrupt SaaS & AI Founder + Investor Happy Hour - Date: Thursday 15 October 2026, 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [NachoNacho](https://foundercal.com/organizers/nachonacho) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/nachothursday-techcrunch-disrupt-saas-and-ai-founder-investor-happy-hour-zp1hV6zPNjB8hFX - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5834?p=md NachoNacho - The B2B SaaS & AI + Services Marketplace, Revolut Business, MoFo, Sprinto, Escalon Services, and Bay Angels will host this exclusive TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco SaaS & AI Founder + Investor rooftop happy hour event. This event will include sponsored drinks and appetizers. This… ## Agents in Production: DevTools demo night - Date: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Repeats: 2 upcoming dates (every 2 weeks) - Type: Pitch - Organizer: [Scalekit](https://foundercal.com/organizers/scalekit) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/agents-in-production-devtools-demo-night-e9O4qS9QEAUYsEG - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6436?p=md AI agents are writing code, taking support calls, running workflows inside internal tools, acting on behalf of users across the products your customers already live in. Getting an agent to work in a demo is the easy part. Getting it to hold up in production, day 200, at scale, with real users, real… ## GC Executive Forum, Private Lunch - Date: Friday 30 October 2026, 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [GC Executive Forum](https://foundercal.com/organizers/gc-executive-forum) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/gc-executive-forum-private-lunch-uiA2sfTzfHkfYdf - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9659?p=md A private lunch for general counsels, hosted with Foley & Lardner, Lockton and Simmons & Simmons. A panel over lunch, then time to talk. The room is small on purpose, 12 to 15 general counsels, so everyone gets to speak and the conversation stays useful. Theme Agenda • 11:30 AM: Arrival and… ## OSA Con 2026 - The Anti-Hype Conference for Open Source Analytics and AI - Date: Monday 2 November 2026, 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Conference - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, Courtyard Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: Personal - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/osa-con-2026-the-anti-hype-conference-for-open-source-analytics-and-ai-pYeTtMFjzmLW4P9 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7558?p=md What is OSA Con? OSA Con is a community-driven conference for engineers and architects building modern analytics and AI systems. Organized by the Open Source Analytics (OSA) community, the conference brings together practitioners, project maintainers, and data leaders to share real-world… ## TechEquity Ai Summit 2026: Talks + AI Agent Workshops - Date: 3 November 2026 – 6 November 2026 - Type: Conference - Venue: 135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [TechEquity Ai - Silicon Valley](https://foundercal.com/organizers/techequity-ai-silicon-valley) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/techequity-ai-summit-2026-talks-ai-agent-workshops-UJeMoMgi5cp3zAg - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2288?p=md The TechEquity Summit is a four-day hybrid event that brings together over 2,000 AI leaders, founders, investors, and educators across sectors, including enterprise, infrastructure, healthcare, smart cities, mobility, workforce, education, marketing, and creative. 👉Join membership for FULL ACCESS:… ## Run by Apify - Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026, 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: The Pearl, 601 19th St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA - Organizer: [Apify Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/apify-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/run-by-apify-M7fiQ0trqfKX6bG - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8975?p=md Everything runs on ApifyOne day. San Francisco. The builders and teams already winning on Apify, in one room.Run by Apify brings together the founders, developers, and teams building with Actors to show what they've built and how they did it. 📍The Pearl, San Francisco 🗓️ November 10, 2026 🎟️… ## Hustle Fund VIP Dinner in SF - Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026, 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Dinner - Organizer: [Hustle Fund Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/hustle-fund-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/hustle-fund-vip-dinner-in-sf-LW0ml7RxMHGo1IF - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8811?p=md Let's hang! Hustle Fund is excited to host our VIPs at an intimate dinner gathering in San Francisco! Elizabeth Yin, GP and co-founder of Hustle Fund, and our partners will be the main hosts of this dinner. Looking forward to seeing you there! ​​​Who's behind this? Hustle Fund is an early stage… ## Graph Exchange - Agentic AI Memory - Date: Wednesday 18 November 2026, 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Venue: AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA - Organizer: [Neo4j](https://foundercal.com/organizers/neo4j) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/graph-exchange-agentic-ai-memory-BlDrnwj2cDi790V - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/5972?p=md Graph Exchange is an innovative mini-conference+unconference on Graph-powered AI Agents, Knowledge Graphs, GraphRAG, and all ways where graphs underpin the modern GenAI stack. Brought to you by Neo4j, the category-defining graph database, we’ll review key use cases for graphs and bring together the… ## Humanoids Summit Silicon Valley 2026 - Date: 1 December 2026 – 2 December 2026 - Type: Conference - Venue: San Mateo, CA - Organizer: [Humanoids Summit](https://foundercal.com/organizers/humanoids-summit) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/humanoids-summit-silicon-valley-2026-2026-12-01 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8046?p=md Two days in San Mateo with essentially everyone building humanoid robots and embodied AI: the labs, the component suppliers, and the investors trying to work out which of them is real. The Tokyo edition drew 2,000+, and the Silicon Valley one is where Bay Area robotics founders meet the hardware… ## Y Combinator Demo Day (Fall 2026) - Date: Wednesday 2 December 2026, 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Demo Day - Venue: Y Combinator, San Francisco, CA - Organizer: [Y Combinator](https://foundercal.com/organizers/y-combinator) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/y-combinator-demo-day-fall-2026-2026-12-02 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8040?p=md The F26 batch pitches YC's investor network on Wednesday, December 2: the date is straight from YC's own 2026 Demo Day announcement, so seed funds have had it blocked out for a year. Now that YC runs four batches a year this is the last one before the holidays, and the one where late-year seed… ## Blueprint II Festival - Date: Friday 4 December 2026, 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Founders, Inc. Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-inc-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/blueprint-ii-festival-KRoHzdQkv1dCLJO - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8894?p=md Blueprint II Festival is the biggest physical AI fair in SF. Founders have spent the last 10 weeks soldering, welding, fine-tuning, and building. Now they’re ready to show you what they’ve made. Join us December 4th at 11 AM to see what 30 teams built. Come meet the founders, engineers,… ## ⚕️HealthTech Summit 2027⚕️(@JPM) - Date: 13 January 2027 – 15 January 2027 - Type: Conference - Venue: San Francisco, CA, USA - Organizer: [⚕️SF HealthTech Week⚕️ Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sf-healthtech-week-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/healthtech-summit-2027-jpm-66utdbsni9Cw4eI - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7341?p=md SF ⚕️HealthTech Summit 2027⚕️ by Aiify.io (@JPM) Featured Event of SF HealthTech Week 2027! Our 2027 HealthTech Summit is an Expanded 3-day event, spanning Weds-Friday, Jan. 14th, 15th & 16th.We're excited to explore cutting edge technologies and advancements presented by the people and companies… ## Monthly Ai Forum: Talks + AI Agent Workshops - Date: Tuesday 26 January 2027, 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) - Repeats: 10 upcoming dates (every month) - Type: Meetup - Venue: 135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA - Organizer: [TechEquity Ai - Silicon Valley](https://foundercal.com/organizers/techequity-ai-silicon-valley) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/monthly-ai-forum-talks-ai-agent-workshops-DBzyX5aW9FSJrIy - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/6110?p=md TechEquity Ai invites you to an evening of applied AI learning and hands-on building at the Snowflake SVAI Hub in Menlo Park. We bring together AI leaders, developers, founders, early-career talent, and professionals exploring AI. This session is part of the TechEquity Ai Monthly Forum Series,… ## NVIDIA GTC 2027 - Date: 15 March 2027 – 18 March 2027 - Type: Conference - Venue: San Jose, CA - Organizer: [NVIDIA](https://foundercal.com/organizers/nvidia) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/nvidia-gtc-2027-2027-03-15 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8041?p=md GTC is where the compute layer everybody's startup runs on gets announced, and for AI-infra, robotics and physical-AI founders it is the one week the entire supply chain is in one building in San Jose. Jensen's keynote sets the roadmap; the value for founders is the Inception startup program, the… ## Startup Grind Global Conference 2027 - Date: 27 April 2027 – 28 April 2027 - Type: Conference - Venue: Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063 - Organizer: [Startup Grind](https://foundercal.com/organizers/startup-grind) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startup-grind-global-conference-2027-2027-04-27 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8043?p=md The one Startup Grind event that isn't a local chapter meetup: fifteen years in, two days in Redwood City built around AI, fundraising and getting early-stage founders in front of investors who took a meeting because they were already at the Fox Theatre. The give-before-you-take culture is real and… ## Camp Hustle 2027 - Date: 10 May 2027 – 13 May 2027 - Type: Conference - Organizer: [Hustle Fund Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/hustle-fund-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/camp-hustle-2027-ZbajdFDAyFh68EH - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/1504?p=md Camp Hustle is where investors meet. Join 250+ angels, VCs, emerging fund managers, and family offices for three days of meaningful connections and pure fun. You’ll have many opportunities to forge genuine connections with fund managers, brilliant angel investors, and truly kind LPs. You’ll deep… ## AI Engineer World's Fair 2027 - Date: 29 June 2027 – 2 July 2027 - Type: Conference - Venue: Moscone West, 800 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 - Organizer: [AI Engineer](https://foundercal.com/organizers/ai-engineer) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-engineer-worlds-fair-2027-2027-06-29 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8044?p=md The conference for people building with AI rather than researching it: agents, evals, retrieval, the unglamorous production problems. It outgrew its old venue and moves to Moscone West for four days in 2027, targeting 7,000+ engineers, technical founders and VPs of AI. Talks are famously specific…