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SF IRL - August 19th, 2024

A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco

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Jonathan Chang
August 19, 2024

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 #101.

If you didn’t know, I’m excited to announce the launch of inreallife.tech. SF IRL is now part of the inreallife.tech family & we’re expanding with LA IRL & NYC IRL to showcase the top tech, startup and venture events in those cities as well and you can subscribe in the link above.

I'm Jonathan, the creator of SF IRL. I've been a Bay Area resident all my life and moved into San Francisco about 3 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. We are a growing community having over 7000+ subscribers. As we keep growing, if you enjoy reading these, please share this with your friends so we can hit 8,000 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 🎉

I’ve also been hosting a variety of GP/LP dinners for emerging managers in the Bay Area, if you are an emerging GP or an LP that invests in emerging managers, please fill out this form if you’re interested in getting invited to future GP/LP Dinners that I throw in SF.

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Location: Palo Alto

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

What: ​Join Pranav, AI Engineer at BCV, for a technical round-table on the latest in AI research and engineering. We're thrilled to host this event in Palo Alto at our BCV Labs Incubator office in downtown Palo Alto.

​Choose an AI topic or research paper that's captured your interest and teach it to the group in 6 minutes or less! Some ideas include the future of non-transformer architectures, agents for enterprise workflows, AI evaluation in high-risk scenarios, or innovative UI designs for LLM apps. The floor is open to any AI-related subject that sparks your interest.

Aug 20th, 2024 - SF Game Development ft Andy Billings

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-9pm

What: ​SF Game Development is thrilled to announce an event featuring industry expert Andy Billings, who will be sharing his insights on mastering your game development framework. Join us for an evening of networking at the iconic DNA Lounge on Tuesday, August 20th, from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from Andy Billings, who will take the stage at 7:00 pm.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: Product Hunt + Solaris AI demo night is back!

​We'll have 5-7 demos, 3-5 minutes each, in a conversational style, no slides (I will moderate and ask questions).

​How to demo:

​- Launch on Product Hunt! I will be hand-picking demos from top Product Hunt launches.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: Get ready for an exciting panel discussion on the future of AI and data quality! Join us for an insightful session led by Ryan Wexler, Principal at SignalFire, as he moderates a discussion with industry experts on Language Models (LLMs). Following the panel, network with AI Founders/Builders from San Francisco over refreshments. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and connect with leaders in the field.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: Join us on August 21st for the exclusive invite-only kickoff of the AWS GenAI Loft in San Francisco - a global tour of collaborative spaces and immersive experiences showcasing the future of Generative AI. This isn't just another event with speakers, but an experiential series allowing you to see, feel, and interact with cutting-edge GenAI technology brought to life. You will be one of the first to experience and tour the space.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4-7pm

What: Calling all developers working on Visual AI applications! Join us for a meetup dedicated to Vision Agent. This event with Dr. Andrew Ng and the LandingAI MLE team is designed to spark meaningful discussions, gather invaluable feedback, and learn how to use AI agentic systems to solve vision problems.

Aug 21st, 2024 - Humane Tech Meetup

Location: San Mateo

Time: 6-8pm

What: ​At the heart of the FounderCulture Humane Tech Meetup series, our goal is to spark meaningful conversations and ask essential questions:

  • ​What does humane technology mean to us?

  • ​How can founders ethically build AI?

  • ​How do we maintain our attention span both on screens and off?

  • ​How can we ensure that users aren’t just treated as the product?

Aug 21st, 2024 - SaaS Unicorn to VC

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 4-6pm

What: How I Raised $288M, Scaled to $200M ARR, and became a VC.

Location: Marin

Time: 6:30-10pm

What: ​Join Light Dao and our community of conscious entrepreneurs and investors for a salon evening filled with connection, deep conversations, and a fireside chat with Tim Chang and Ruby Yeh, Co-Founder of Light Dao.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: Get ready for an exciting panel discussion on the future of AI and data quality! Join us for an insightful session led by Ryan Wexler, Principal at SignalFire, as he moderates a discussion with industry experts on Language Models (LLMs). Following the panel, network with AI Founders/Builders from San Francisco over refreshments. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and connect with leaders in the field.

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 5-8pm

What: Get ready to network and meet vetted Muslim founders, investors, and operators at the Muslim Founders Networking Conference hosted by the Young Entrepreneurs Hub 🏝️ and Friday!

Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a fellow founder, or just curious about the future of the Muslim founder ecosystem, this is the place to be.

Aug 22nd, 2024 - Llama Lounge 12 @ Canopy

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: ​-Organizer: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (X, Linkedin).
-Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev.

Aug 22nd, 2024 - CoS Mixer

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Come connect with other CoS in San Francisco for a special night of connection and learning!

​​​​​​​​​When: Thursday August 22 starting at 6:00

​​​​What to expect: mingling, 2 lightening talks, and a small group discussion

​​​​​​​Location: Financial District. When you RSVP, you will get the location details.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4-8pm

What: ​A small summit with big ideas for ML engineers. Come learn about the GenAI stack of the future!

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am-5:30pm

What: If you're based in Marin or Sonoma and working on (or planning) an AI product, come and co-work with us!

Yep, we're trying another new format for the North Bay AI community, with this opportunity to join us at a stunning, recently renovated co-working space in San Rafael - all for free!

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: Join us for a premier mixer this August, hosted by Flagstar Bank and Comma Capital bringing together the top founders, operators and investors in the Bay Area for an unforgettable evening of food, drinks, and revelry.

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 4:30-8pm

What: The Bay Area Founders Club (BFC), founded by Dr. Paul Fang in Silicon Valley in 2022 and managed by a dedicated group of Stanford alumni and students, is a thriving community of over 4,000 members, including more than 120 startups and over 80 venture capital firms. With most startups in our network raising $1-10 million, and some exceeding $20 million, our mission is to empower creators who aspire to make a global impact. We provide the essential resources, support, and connections needed to transform visionary ideas into reality.

Location: Mountain View

Time: 5-7pm

What: 5:00 to 5:30 pm Welcome!

​​​5:30 to 5:40 pm Magic Moments

​​​5:40 to 6:00 pm Cost Comparison: Gemini vs GPT vs Llama

​6:00 to 6:30 pm The World Post GenAI - LLMs: Power, Creativity and Intelligence by Sara Zare

​​​6:30 to 7:00 pm Networking

Location: San Francisco

Time: 3-5pm

What: Back by popular demand another Female Founders and Funders Walk will take place at Salesforce Park on Friday, August 23rd from 3:00pm until 5:00pm.   We had such an incredible turnout with amazing connections at the first of these events that we can’t resist doing it again! No agenda other than to walk and talk, networking with other like-minded women and woman-identifying founders and funders in the startup ecosystem (outside of the usual, noisy bar atmosphere). We look forward to engaging conversations while taking in some fresh air!

Location: San Francisco

Time: 11am

What: Agents are the next big wave in AI, redefining automation and streamlining the way we tackle complex tasks. As the demand for smarter, more powerful agents grows, open-source frameworks are leading the charge in this innovation. In August, we've witnessed exciting launches like LangGraph from the LangChain team and the new LlamaIndex workflow—just the tip of the iceberg.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Floodgate is excited to partner with Wilson Sonsini to bring our monthly Friends & Family Show and Tell event up to the city for the first time! We are building an ambitious community that celebrates the joy of building. At this event, you’ll get to experience a variety of innovative projects, have the opportunity to provide valuable feedback, and engage in conversations inspired by the creativity of the community.

Aug 26th, 2024 - SF Founders Brew Mixer

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​We are bringing together some of the most ambitious people in San Francisco.

​Give a quick intro about what you're working on, meet other people and cool down with some of the best drinks in the city!

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8:30pm

What: ​Join us for an insightful evening with industry leaders as we explore the crucial transition from founder-led to sales-led growth in B2B SaaS companies.

​Date: August 27, 2024 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Location: Pilot HQ

​Featured Panelists:

  • ​Rana Gujral, CEO of Behavioral Signals

  • ​Lance Gonzalez, Director of Sales at Pilot

  • ​George Suarez, CEO of Opnbx

  • ​Kamil Ruczynski, Head of Growth at Wordware

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-7:30pm

What: ​Vanta founder and CEO Christina Cacioppo sits down with Jeff Seibert, Co-Founder and CEO of Digits, to share behind-the-scenes challenges, pivotal moments, and valuable lessons learned towards building a category defining company.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Join us for the go-to Bay Area meetup on all things data and AI.

​​​​This event is for engineers passionate about various tools they should include in their AI tech stack. Whether you're a developer, a product manager, or simply a data & AI enthusiast, come to network and hear insights from the teams at Airbyte & Arize AI.

Aug 27th, 2024 - Bay Area Monthly AI Safety Meetup

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: August edition of the monthly academic salon discussing all aspects under the critical topic of AI safety.

​TLDR: Bringing together scholastic exercises with enterprise work in AI, this is a forum to discuss and address the deepest technical and ethical questions around AI safety in use within society. Primarily a social event to discuss current issues, featuring lightning talks while leaving more time for Q&A that could instigate a larger scope for any solutions.

Aug 28th, 2024 - Founders You Should Know Showcase

Location: San Francisco

What: Founders Your Should Know Showcase

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