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SF IRL - Dec 11th, 2023
A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco
Jonathan Chang
December 11, 2023
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 #65.
Looking forward to another week of great tech events as we approach the holidays! We’re working on some style changes over the next few weeks so stay with us as we do some different formating.
I'm Jonathan, the creator of SF IRL. I've been a Bay Area resident all my life and 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. We are a growing community having over 4800+ subscribers. As we keep growing, if you enjoy reading these, please share this with your friends so we can hit 5,000 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!
Events Coming Up 🎉
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Dec 14th, 2023 - Coffee That Fuels Change with Brex
Location: San Francisco
Time: 8am-12pm
What: 🎁 Let's end 2023 strong together! Calling all SF Bay Area based founders to join us in Alamo Square for Lady Falcon coffee & casual conversation. We'd love to spend time with our community before the holidays. Coffee will be on us and in lieu of payment, we're collecting donations for Enterprise for Youth.
Cheers - see you there. PS be sure to bundle up as we will be outside in the park!
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December 12th, 2023 - Exploring GenAI in the Enterprise
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
What: Join us for an exciting evening exploring how enterprises are leveraging Generative AI.
Discover how Generative AI is revolutionizing the way businesses operate and innovate. Our expert speakers will share insights and uses cases on how enterprises are leveraging Gen AI to enhance productivity, improver internal processes, and drive business growth. We will also cover investments made in the space.
December 12th, 2023 - Bits & Bio Product Manager Panel
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8pm
What: Join us for our next Bits in Bio Meetup event! Where a handful of fellow BiB product leads will be sharing their personal stories and chatting about what "product management" means in biotech & software
Our featured panelists will include: Grace Tharmarajah (Tierra Bio), Jack Morel (Resilience), Mace Cheng (Zymergen) and Masaki Yamada (Invert Bio).
December 12th, 2023 - Conservation Club Dec 12 Hangout
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-6:30pm
What: Join our December hangout in SF! Instead of a book club or a tennis group, why not join or create a Conservation Club?
As an early insider, join our hangout and budding community to learn more about this new movement and platform launching in 2024. Our format is casual, structured, and connection-building as you learn more about what's going on in the world of Conservation.
Agenda:
5:00 Meet and Greet
5:15 Conservation Club Overview
5:30 Group Share: Conservation News Updates*
5:45 An Update from the Field
6:00 Networking
6:30 Close
December 12th, 2023 - Happy Hour San Mateo
Location: San Mateo
Time: 7-9pm
What: The Bay Data Club is the Bay's first data meetup group. We host fun, community oriented events designed to encourage learning, connection, and, most importantly, good times.
All are welcome, but data engineers, analysts, and scientists may find the most value. We've also had quite some interest in GenAI (as everyone does these days).
December 13th, 2023 - Founders, Creatives, Biohackers, and AI Social
Location: San Francisco
Time: 3-5pm
What: Join us for a fun social to meet other friendly founders, creatives, and biohackers with Design Buddies, Sahha, and Studio 45 hosted by Grace Ling, Gurleen Singh, Aleksander Dahlberg, and Julius Ritter
Make friends with other founders, creatives, and biohackers
Find potential hires, jobs, collaborators, and friends
Share what you're working on
Group photo at 4 pm.
December 13th, 2023 - Startup Founders Meetup
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: Founders, founders-to-be, visionaries, investors - let's connect!
Planning our last meetup of the year to happen early in December.
I wanted to do something different this time.
I want us to have more intentional discussions, to talk a bit about reflections on 2023 and a forward-looking for 2024, where you need help, where you can contribute, and whatnot.
December 13th, 2023 - MLOps SF Fall & Winter Workshops
Location: San Francisco
Time: 12:30-7pm
What: Are you building a GenAI-powered Product? If you've been tinkering with an idea, created a prompt-based agent prototype, a simple Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) agent, or even fine-tuning your own LLM in Jupyter Notebooks, and want to learn best practices in taking your prototype to production, this workshop is for you!
December 13th, 2023 - San Mateo Startup & VC Holiday Mixer
Location: San Mateo
Time: 4-6pm
What: Join us in San Mateo this time where you can connect with like-minded innovators and investors in a relaxing setting.
December 13th, 2023 - The Crypto Holiday Party
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
What: ITS CRYPTO. ITS WINTER. LETS GO.
Come join your fellow founders, VCs, and frens in a night of good conversation, warm snacks, and revelry before the end of the year!
This one is for you. Bring your co-founder, founding team, or exec, and celebrate what a year it's been!
Question about the event? Email [email protected]!
December 13th, 2023 - VC + Tech Mega Holiday Mixer
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
What: We're bringing together some of the most thoughtful and kind people we know in SF for the Holidays! 🎁
No sponsors, and no sales pitch...
just real people, sharing a drink and some great conversation!
Take a break from the end of year rush, and spend an hour or two reflecting on your year with some of the most creative, and kind people in we know!
December 13th, 2023 - GenAI Collective x Linux Foundation Open Source Social
Location: San Jose
Time: 5-7:30pm
What: Join the GenAI Collective community at the close of the AI Dev Open Source GenAI & ML Summit to network, share ideas & engage in discussions around the topics & technologies covered at the event! 🤩
Refreshments, light snacks, engaging conversation, & incredible company will all be provided!
December 13th, 2023 - Temporal Meetup: San Francisco
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8pm
What: Temporal is excited to bring our community meetup series to San Francisco in December! Join for an evening of technical talks, have some snacks and drinks, meet with Temporal users and experts, and learn more about distributed systems.
Interested attendees are also encouraged to join our Community Slack to post questions or comments and interact with other local Temporal fans.
December 13th, 2023 - Women in Security & Privacy Roundtable
Location: San Francisco
Time: 4-6pm
What: Join Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) to learn more about landing a job in security and building your career in the industry. Hear from key leaders from security companies talk about what they look for in candidates and how you can work to land a job in security.
December 14th, 2023 - Tech Talks
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: Cloudflare, Jam & Twilio are hosting Tech Talks!
Get together with ~75 engineers at Cloudflare HQ in SF to learn from each other, and discover new ways of doing things.
Spicy takes guaranteed - thank you 2023 for giving us so much material... 🌶️
December 14th, 2023 - GenAI Collective Holiday Party
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-9pm
What: Join the GenAI Collective community for an extra special holiday party as we celebrate not just the season, but our milestone 50th event!! 🥳🎄
Enjoy a night filled with festive fun, captivating conversation, and a bit of 'tensor' tinsel! Let's come together to toast to our accomplishments and to the future – where every day is a reason to celebrate innovation and camaraderie! 🎁🥂
As always, food, drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will be provided!
December 15th, 2023 - Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast
Location: Mountain View
Time: 9am
What: Come join entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast®. At a Bootstrappers Breakfast® we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow and organic profit: this is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup.
The other attendees will all be in startups. It will be a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. Now in our 14th year in Silicon Valley.
December 15th, 2023 - Venture Vibes Funders Holiday Mixer
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7pm
What: Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to be part of Venture Vibes—a holiday mixer that transcends the traditional, embracing diversity and fostering inclusivity in the world of Venture Capital. Register now to reserve your place at the table where ideas, opportunities, and connections converge.
Let's toast to a season of success, growth, and the vibrant future of Venture Capital!
December 15th, 2023 - Bay Area Recruiters Holiday Networking x Charity Event
Location: San Carlos
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: 🎉 Jingle and Mingle with SF Bay Area Recruiters @ Talent Collective's Holiday Party, as we host our first-ever Holiday Networking & Charity Event! We're thrilled to extend our experiences to include our lovely women and allies within the larger Bay Area recruiting ecosystem (men, women, non-binary). Whether you're a TA Leader, Corporate Recruiter, Agency Recruiter, Recruiting Technology Vendor, or service provider—we invite you to come!
December 15th, 2023 - Pitch & Run SF
Location: San Francisco
Time: 8-9am
What: Connect with other humans (and pitch your startup). All paces welcomed.
December 15th, 2023 - Founders Happy Hour
Location: San Jose
Time: 2:30-5:30pm
What: A Happy hour for founders in San Jose
December 16th, 2023 - Women in Cleantech & Sustainability SF Winter Potluck
Location: Mountain View
Time: 5pm
What: Women in Cleantech and Sustainability San Francisco Winter Potluck
We’re excited to bring our community together for an evening filled with good fun and great food.
This year, in the spirit of sustainability, we’re encouraging everyone to wear their thrifted holiday attire. Not only will this add a unique twist to the festivities, but it’s also a way to reduce our environmental impact and promote conscious consumption.
Our potluck is a great opportunity to connect with fellow professionals in the green economy, share delicious dishes, and celebrate the holiday season. Whether you’re a seasoned member or new to the group, there’s a place for you at the table.
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