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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 #118.

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 8000+ 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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Dec 17th, 2024 - We the Builders ft Qasar Younis, Founder & CEO of Applied Intuition

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: ​We are hosting another event to wrap up the year, details below.

• ​Previously Partner & COO of Y Combinator where during his tenure the firm invested in Scale AI, Cruise, Coinbase, Gitlab and Flexport.

• ​Sold his first company to Google and joined as Group Product Manager for Maps

• ​Started Applied Intuition in 2017, a company helping accelerate autonomy by working with OEMs to make their current products autonomous

  • ​Raised $600m to date, company valuation is $6B after the last Series E round

  • ​Trusted by 18/20 of top automakers

Dec 17th, 2024 - AI & Tax Roundtable: A Taste of Tomorrow

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​Join us for a laid-back evening of great food, even better company, and exciting conversations with some of our favorite – and most forward-thinking – tax and accounting leaders.

​Share insights with like-minded innovators and have a little fun while looking ahead to the future of tax and technology. It’s a chance to unwind, celebrate the holiday season, and toast to the work we do to shape the future of tax. We can't wait to spend the evening with you!

Dec 17th, 2024 - Friends of Data Live!

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

What: Hear from Dagster's Chief Dashboard Officer, Pedram Navid, at this intimate, fireside chat at Flour + Water Pizzeria. Join your peers for happy hour drinks, delicious pizza and data-filled discussions.

Dec 17th, 2024 - Founders Run & Coffee

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7-9am

What: 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.

Dec 18th, 2024 - Global Founders Networking with David Xue

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​​Get ready to network and meet global founders, investors and operators at Immigrant Founders Networking hosted by Qlay and Open Network Lab (ONLab).

Dec 19th, 2024 - AI in Prod: Advanced Prompt Engineering Workshop

Location: San Francisco

Time: 2-5pm

What: Join us for a hands-on, interactive session designed for developers and AI enthusiasts ready to level up their prompting skills. This event is packed with practical insights, live coding, and expert guidance to help you take your AI applications from good to great.

Dec 19th, 2024 - Seed+ Founders & Investors Holiday Mixer

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 5-8pm

What: Agenda:

• ​​​​5:00 pm - 5:45 pm: Registration and Networking w/ Food and Drinks!​​

• ​​5:45 pm - 6:00 pm: Hosts and Sponsors Introduction

• ​​6:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Panel Discussion/Fireside Chat

  • ​​Detailed tbh

• ​​​6:30- 6:45 pm: Startup Lightning Pitches

• ​​6:45 - 8:00 pm: Networking

Dec 19th, 2024 - HolidAIs with OpenAI, Sxyx, CRV & Cloudflare

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: ​Celebrate the HolidAIs! Hear holiday-related AI talks.

​​Agenda

​​5:30pm-6:15pm: Network x food

​​6:15pm-6:25pm: Introductions from CRV and Cloudflare

​6:25pm-8pm: talks

Dec 21st, 2024 - Reflect, Connect, Recharge - Founder’s 2024 Retrospect Workshop

Location: San Francisco

Time: 2-5pm

What: ​As the year comes to a close, take a moment to pause, reflect, and draw inspiration from fellow founders before the holiday hustle.

​Join us for an intimate unconference-style gathering designed for early-stage founders to look back on 2024, share key learnings, and chart the way forward.

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