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SF IRL - April 3rd, 2022
A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco
Jonathan Chang
April 03, 2023
Hi SF IRL! Happy April! There's a ton of vibrance and energy coming back into the city and at SF IRL, we are excited to be a part of it. Excited to come with you all with some great events for Issue #34 of SF IRL.
I'm Jonathan, the creator of SF IRL. I've been a Bay Area resident all my life and just moved into San Francisco about 2 years ago. My full-time job is at Brex as an XIR where I meet founders and VCs while trying to create a community in the city. My vision for SF IRL is simple. Showcase the best tech + startup events in SF and to connect all of our builders and investors together. Thank you for helping us hit 3,000 subscribers, please share with your friends so we'll hit 4k! As always, SF IRL is one of my many side projects. If you like to be involved in helping, please shoot me an email!
Events Coming Up 🎉
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Apr 5th, 2023 - Radical Ventures' AI Founders: Pitches & Pints
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7pm
What: Radical Ventures' AI Founders present Pitches & Pints (LIVE)! We're bringing our popular AI Founders Master Class pitch session to the Valley.
Bring your research, pitches and ideas for an evening of feedback. (Pitches will be conducted cocktail style – please do not bring slides). We will be joined by the Radical Ventures team including Barney Pell, as well as Investors Sanjana Basu and Molly Welch, Talent Directors Meg Lizza and Yvonne Likomanova, and AI Founders Community Manager Leah Morris. We look forward to hosting you!
Apr 5th, 2023 - A Mixer for AI Founders & Builders By SignalFire & TQ Ventures
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-9pm
What: Join us at the Spin ping-pong palace in SF’s SOMA district for a night of fun and honest conversation with fellow AI founders. Hosted by Jana Iris of TQ Ventures and Oana Olteanu of SignalFire.
Apr 5th, 2023 - Women & Climate SF Get Together
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8:30pm
What: If you are looking for an opportunity to talk climate with professionals identifying as women, you are in the right place! No climate experience necessary.
Our gatherings are a fun way to make new friends and chat about all topics with the backdrop of climate. See a summary of our past events here. We're proud to support Yield Wine Bar, an LGBTQ owned local business! There will be an option to do a guided wine tasting as well!
Apr 6th, 2023 - Money is Funny SF Tech Roast & Networking
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6pm
What: See the hottest new tech pitch and comedy show in SF, now on show #11!
Watch tech pitches get roasted by stand-up comedians, VC investors, and advisors.
6pm- Networking in cafe/bar begins
6:30pm- Doors open to Manny’s living room for show
7pm- Show begins
8:45pm- Show ends
8:45pm-10pm- Networking in cafe/bar
Apr 6th, 2023 - Climate Tech Cocktails @ UC Berkeley Haas Part Deux
Location: Berkeley
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: 🤷🏻♂️ Regional banking crisis? Pfft. We ain't going nowhere.
🎉 That's right, climate warriors. Last year's Climate Tech Cocktails @Haas was so insanely awesome we're bringing the circus back for part deux!
🏙️One small change--instead of risking the cold + rain outdoors like last year, we'll be inside at the Spieker Forum!
🐻 Awesome UC Berkeley alumni climate tech startups?!?
🍷 Drinks + munchies?!?
📻 Crowdsourced playlist?!?
☄️CTC FTW!
Apr 7th, 2023 - Web3 Japan Summit in SF
Location: San Francisco
Time: 1-8pm
What: As regulators around the world are growing wary of crypto-assets, Japan is actively embracing web3 for social impact.
In this 24th edition of THE NEW CONTEXT CONFERENCE(NCC) - "web3 Japan summit in San Francisco", we will explore the current state of the web3 ecosystem in Japan and offer insights into opportunities for global startups seeking to expand to Japan. This NCC will bring together top minds, entrepreneurs and policy makers to share insights on regulatory policies, market trends, and business opportunities in Japan's rapidly evolving web3 space.
Apr 8th, 2023 - Big Robot Block Party
Location: Oakland
Time: 10am-4pm
What: We expect to see lots of robot demos, robot races and robot Tech Talks, a Jobs Fair, community networking and AR/VR zone, as well as amazing Brazilian BBQ, Bliss Pops and the popular Robot Block Party T-Shirts and Masks.
Apr 11th, 2023 - YC Meetup on Building Open Source Software
Location: San Francsico
Time: 5pm
What: Y Combinator is hosting a small reception for people who are interested in the growing trend of Open Source Software startups. Y Combinator has funded over 75 OSS companies and we’re especially excited about them.
If you’re interested in maybe starting an open source company someday, this is a good opportunity to get to know some of the top founders in this area and hear the latest best practices.
We’ll host a panel with: • Solomon Hykes, co-founder of Docker and Dagger • Matt DeBergalis, co-founder of Apollo GraphQL (valued over $1B) • Umur Cubukcu, co-founder of Citus Data (acquired by Microsoft) and now Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator • Reshma Khilnani, co-founder of MedPlum and former Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator
and also a short talk from Daniel Gackle who runs Hacker News.
Apr 11th, 2023 - Startup Grind 2023 Female Founders Happy Hour & Dinner
Location: Redwood City
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: Heading to Startup Grind 2023? Thinking you'd rather ditch the pub crawl for a sit down dinner that includes killer margaritas with other female founders and investors??!!
Join us for an evening of conversation and community for women entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors, brought to you by the global nonprofit, Changing Tides Movement
This is our 3rd year doing this and we sell out every year.
We started in 2020 with over 70 women entrepreneurs, angel investors and VCs from all over the world to connect, collaborate and co-create. Don’t miss your chance to experience an intimate night of dinner, conversation and networking. Your next investor, co founder, business connection or friend could be here ....
We guarantee you will have a lovely dinner, amazing margaritas and discover a warm and welcoming community. You will leave refreshed and energized!
Apr 11th, 2023 - Welcome Back Breakfast at House of Web3
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9:30am
What: We know you missed House of Web3 and your fellow web3 community! We missed you too! Let's kick off Spring and Q2 together over some delicious croissants from Arsicault Bakery at House of Web3!
Coffee, croissants, and the best web3 community will jumpstart your week toward productivity.
We are all passionate about bridging the world to web3 – so feel free to bring a plus one or two who is new or seasoned to the world of web3. We're excited to see you during the most important meal of the day!
Apr 12th, 2023 - Journey to CFO with Sinohe Terrero
Location: San Francisco
Time: 4pm
What: Leading CFO reveals what it takes to become a CFO in the current landscape. Discover first-hand insights and actionable takeaways to level up your career in finance.
Apr 13th, 2023 - Creativity in the Age of AI
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7pm
What: eAs generative AI tools become ubiquitous, many questions arise:
How will AI tools affect creativity?
Will AI tools make artists more creative?
Do arts co-created with generative AI tools qualify as original?
What works deserve the benefit of copyright protection?
Apr 13th, 2023 - Happy Hour at Edge & Node's House of Web3
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5pm
What: Join us for a happy hour with other people passionate about building a better world! Come 30 minutes early and get started with web3 discussions with some of our most enthusiastic community members!
There will be drinks and lots of new and familiar faces.
We are all passionate about bridging the world to web3 – so feel free to bring a plus one or two who is new or seasoned to the world of web3. We're excited to see you Thursday night!
Apr 14th, 2023 - pebblebed x Root x Cerebral Valley: Open Demo Day
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8:30pm
What: For AI tinkerers and builders to share their ideas.
Click "Apply to Join" to submit your demo idea. Priority seats to folks who apply with a demo!
Agenda 5:30-6:15PM Fireside Chat with Keith Adams (former Chief Architect of Slack, founder of FAIR, GP at pebblebed) 6:15-8:15PM Demos & Lightning Talks 8:15PM Drinks & Chill
Apr 14th, 2023 - Cerebral Valley x PebblebedVC - AI Coworking
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
What: Join us for co-working with AI builders & founders in SF! We have a happy hour + technical chat with Keith Adams as a follow-on event the same day!
This will be a great opportunity to work alongside others building in AI and get feedback from your peers.
Apr 15th, 2023 - Big Robot Block Party
Location: San Francisco
Time: 2-5pm
What: let's build a 20-ft statue in San Francisco!
for this session we'll be covering:
- fabrication of statue
- philosophy
- ideation using generative AI
- Gavin's arrival
- & much more!
Apr 16th-23rd, 2023 - SF Climate Week Calender
What: Want to get involved as an event organizer, speaker, venue host, sponsor, or volunteer? → sfclimateweek.org/#getinvolved
Apr 8th, 2023 - Big Robot Block Party
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8pm
What: Pathway 2.0 provides curated networking, meetings & connection opportunities for startups ready to scale, hosted by the Canadian Women's Network.
RSVP to join us for our Founder's Dinner. Share your experiences and build strategic connections with 5 Canadian female founders who are changing the world with their technologies and science.
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