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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 #120. Excited for the New Year as we go into 2025 and thank you for your support as we hit our last issue this year.

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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Events Coming Up 🎉

Founders Raising?

I’ve made a form to connect the best founders raising with my list of VCs. If you are a founder raising your next round and want to potentially be featured to investors in the SF IRL network, please fill out this form.

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Jan 3rd, 2025 - Pitch & Run SF Friday

Location: San Francisco

Time: 8-9am

What: ​​💨 8:05/8:10a we take off, running 5 easy miles along the Embarcadero, all paces & faces welcomed
☕ Ferry Building return for optional convo & cafecito at Blue Bottle

Jan 5th, 2025 - Hackathon! AI, CFD, & Wind Tunnel Data

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am-6pm

What: ​Did you ever want to design a Formula E car?

​Do you want to train an AI model using our proprietary CFD and wind tunnel data?

Lola Cars presents this unique event offering access to a subset of our data for the B12 -60 Le Mans racecar.

Jan 8th, 2025 - AI Night @ Github

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Get ready for the first Jam AI Demo Night of 2025!

Come hang out at GitHub HQ in SF with ~100 builders to see demos of some of the coolest AI applications people are working on.

Jan 9th, 2025 - Marketing Happy Hour

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: Let's kick off the new year with a Marketing Happy Hour 🍻!

If your 2025 is all about marketing growth, improving funnels and conversions, then this meet-up is for you. We'll curate a strong mix of founders and marketers who actually work on their brands' marketing efforts.

Jan 9th, 2025 - Rejected from YC - Party

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: ​got rejected from Y Combinator?

​​that sucks! 😓

​​but guess what, a lot of founders get into YC on 2nd or 3rd attempt. And even if you don’t get in, there’s a fair chance to succeed in your startup journey.

​​But the important thing is, that you took the plunge and now we are here 🙌

​​we are inviting all the founders who recently got a rejection email from YCombinator to hang out at this party 🎉

Jan 9th, 2025 - The Generative Browser Summit

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-9pm

What: The Generative Browser Summit will be our inaugural collective of keynotes, discussions, and industry perspectives taking on the most ambitious end-state of the internet. We'll introduce the single canvas era, moving from static web pages to real-time outputs of agents displaying intelligent and intuitive interfaces.

​Got an event coming up? Submit it here so it appears in our next issue.

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