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SF IRL - Aug 18th, 2025
A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco
Jonathan Chang
August 18, 2025
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Hi SF IRL! 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 #159.
I'm Jonathan, the creator of SF IRL. I've been a Bay Area resident all my life and moved into San Francisco about 4 years ago. My full-time job is at Brex 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. We are a growing community having over 9000+ subscribers. As we keep growing, if you enjoy reading these, please share this with your friends so we can hit 10,000 readers. As always, SF IRL is one of my many side projects. If you like to be involved in helping, please shoot me an email!
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Events Coming Up
Aug 20th, 2025 - Harry’s Healthtech Hang
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8pm
What: A happy hour but one where everyone has the intention of helping others, empowering them to achieve their professional and personal goals. You will mingle, enjoy beverages and light bites (read: open bar for beer & wine), pay it forward, and maybe get help in return.
Aug 21st, 2025 - Tote in SF Vol. 2
Location: San Francisco
Time: 7-9pm
What: Join us on Fillmore for a Style & Sip event hosted by Tote for the fashion tech community.
We'll be sharing tips for finding your personal style & styling wardrobe staples from personal stylists. Come enjoy some light refreshments alongside fashion tech founders, brand owners & community members!
Aug 21st, 2025 - Cocktail Class | Intercom, Numeral, Fondo
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-9pm
What: 🍸Numeral x Intercom x Fondo: Summer Cocktail Class & Happy Hour
Raise a glass with Numeral, Intercom, and Fondo at a cocktail class as we toast to the end of summer.
You’ll learn how to make two classic cocktails (one shaken, one stirred) in a guided class. No prior experience necessary!
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8pm
What: Join engineers from Anthropic, Cloudflare, Stytch, and Arcade for an evening exploring the cutting edge of MCP and AI agents.
We’ll open with a panel and dig into:
How AI agents are being applied in real-world systems
The latest standards development in MCP
Real-world use cases for MCP and agent frameworks
How to prepare your systems and architecture now
Aug 21st, 2025 - Taser Knife Fight Club #1
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
What: The first rule of Taser Knife Fight Club is You do not talk about Taser Knife Fight Club. The second rule of Taser Knife Fight Club is You do not talk about Taser Knife Fight Club.
If someone says "stop" or goes limp, the fight is over. 4) Only two people to a fight. 5) One fight at a time.
First we build, then we fight.
Come to a workshop to build your weapon, then test it out in the ring. Tickets include x1 taser knife + an hour of expert help in building it just the way you want.
Aug 21st, 2025 - Unlock the Playbook: How Visionary AI Leaders are Scaling Companies to $1B+ Rapidly
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8pm
What: Join us for the launch of Prompt Exchange, an exclusive new event series from Innodata and Twill, uniting top tech execs and bold thinkers at the cutting edge of data and AI.
Aug 21st, 2025 - SF MANGO++ Madness Gala
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: (21+ only!) Step into the high-tech energy of MANGO++ Madness Gala by Supermomos — a night of elevated style, electrifying beats, and meaningful connections with top minds from the world’s leading AI and tech innovators.
Get ready for an evening of sophisticated fun with new friends from companies like Microsoft, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI [MANGO]++, Meta, J.P. Morgan, Airbnb, Uber, Stripe, Amazon, Salesforce, American Express, Verizon, Apple, Netflix, BlackRock, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Spotify, ByteDance, Bloomberg News, DoorDash, Meta, MongoDB, Ivy League Alumni and more!
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8pm
What: Join engineers from Anthropic, Cloudflare, Stytch, and Arcade for an evening exploring the cutting edge of MCP and AI agents.
We’ll open with a panel and dig into:
How AI agents are being applied in real-world systems
The latest standards development in MCP
Real-world use cases for MCP and agent frameworks
How to prepare your systems and architecture now
Aug 21st, 2025 - The AI Talent Acquisition Roundtable - JobTwine
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8pm
What: We’re bringing together a select group of senior talent acquisition leaders from across the Bay Area for a private, invite-only roundtable.
Aug 22nd, 2025 - YC Agents Hackathon
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6pm
What: Join us at the YC office for an invite-only hackathon focused on AI Agents and MCP. We're bringing together top builders, current-batch YC founders, and guests from Vercel, Convex, Vapi and Y Combinator for a 24-hour hackathon ending in live demos and shipped product.
Aug 23rd, 2025 - a16z speedrun x GPT-5 Hackathon
Location: San Francisco
Time: 10am
What: Join us at Eragon HQ in San Francisco for an invite-only hackathon focused on GPT 5. Top builders, current a16z speedrun batch founders, and special guests will be there. Live demos and shipped products will be shown.
Aug 23rd, 2025 - Steps & Startups: SF GrabChai w/ ex VP Product, Uber & Meta
Location: San Francisco
Time: 11am-12:30pm
What: Let’s Talk AI, Growth… and Building at Scale
🗓️ Date: 23rd August
🕓 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Location: San Francisco (Details shared upon approval)
🧠 Theme: A Walk-in Conversation with Dinkar Jain
No panels. No slides. No rigid agenda — just an open afternoon of conversations, ideas, and insights from one of the sharpest minds in the product world.
Aug 26th, 2025 - We The Builders ft. David Cramer (Cofounder Sentry)
Location: San Francisco
Time: 4-6pm
What: We The Builders is back for another live event in SF, this time featuring David Cramer, Cofounder and CPO of Sentry (raised over $200m from tier VC firms like NEA and Accel and is valued at $3B)
Sentry, helps developers find and fix bugs faster so they can get back to the fun parts of building. David started Sentry as an Open Source side project in 2012; today it’s used by over four million developers at over 100,000 organizations, including companies like Anthropic, Disney, Instacart, Duolingo, Slack, and Cursor. In his spare time, he builds projects to dogfood Sentry on and is an angel investor in Vercel, Laravel, Dandelion Chocolate, and dozens of other companies.
Aug 27th, 2025 - AI HackNight with Neo4j, Galileo and SambaNova
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8:30pm
What: Join us for an exclusive AI HackNight & Networking. Learn about the latest about AI Development with Neo4j, Galileo and SambaNova.
Aug 28th, 2025 - AI trivia night! by OpenAI & SignalFire
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8:30pm
What: AI Trivia Night is back for V3. The last two have been sold out and ranked as one of the best events in SF for Engineers. Don't miss this one!
How does it work? Each round gets progressively harder including rounds like "Debug this code" and "Guess the prompt" in which players need to guess the prompt that generated the image.
Aug 28h, 2025 - Silicon Valley Demo Night 🚀 (w. The AI Collective & Atlassian)
Location: Mountain View
Time: 6-9pm
What: Every month, we host the most electric demo nights in San Francisco – and now, for the first time ever, we’re bringing that same magic to Silicon Valley. This special night in Mountain View will gather the Bay Area’s top builders, sharpest minds, and boldest new ideas for a showcase of frontier tech you won’t want to miss. Expect a packed room, high energy, and 10 elite pre-Series A teams ready to steal the show!
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