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SF IRL - Feb 12th, 2024
A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco
Jonathan Chang
February 12, 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 #73.
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 5100+ subscribers. As we keep growing, if you enjoy reading these, please share this with your friends so we can hit 6,000 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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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.
Feb 13th, 2024 - Brexfast & Coworking with Brex x Codi
Location: San Francisco
Time: 10am-1pm
What: Start your morning off right with some networking and delicious breakfast treats in a Codi workspace. If you'd like to stay and coworking after, feel free to bring your laptop, notepad, and creative juices.
Agenda
We'll have breakfast together between 10:00 am-11:30 am
Stay and co-work with us afterwards!
Feb 13th, 2024 - Brex Omakase Dinner for Founders Who’ve Raised their Seed & Beyond
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-9pm
What: You are formally invited to a Brex Omakase Dinner in SF!
Indulge in an Omakase dinner, featuring over 10 courses, while you create invaluable connections with fellow founders in an intimate setting.
Seize the moment, reserve your seat, and inspire your taste buds. 🌟
Feb 21st, 2024 - Brex Supper Club GP/LP Edition
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
What: You are formally invited to a Brex Supper Club SF - GP/LP Dinner Edition.
Brex Supper Club is an event series we launched, it's private dinners with the goal of building meaningful relationships. We have hosted these dinners in 15 cities last year and expanded internationally as well this year.
Feb 22nd, 2024 - SF IRL Dinner
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6pm
What: Join other founders, investors, and operators from the SF IRL community at a delicious private dinner! Enjoy a 5-course prefix meal, with great company and curated conversation topics.
For Founders Get $2.5k in OpenAI Credits & other rewards by signing up with Brex(Use jchang as referral)
Feb 13th, 2024 - MLOPs Community x Outerbounds South Bay Meetup
Location: Sunnyvale
Time: 6-8:30pm
What: Join us for our first South Bay event of the year!
If you've ever worked on a Gen AI project in the real world (or want to), you're probably aware that just getting it to work in production is half the battle. Partnering with Outerbounds, we will be having an evening of engaging speakers who will share real life Gen AI "war stories".
Feb 13th, 2024 - -1 to Gusto with Josh Reeves
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7pm
What: South Park Commons is delighted to host Josh Reeves, CEO and co-founder of Gusto, as part of our -1 to Now series! Please join us to hear Josh's journey and how Gusto is reimagining HR for top companies.
Event Details
5:00pm Doors Open
5:30-6:30pm Discussion with Josh Reeves
6:30-7:00pm Networking
Open to members, alums, and guests of SPC.
Feb 13th, 2024 - Rework AI Summit
Location: Santa Clara
What: Discover advances in deep learning algorithms and methods from the world's leading innovators. Learn from industry experts in speech & pattern recognition, neural networks, image analysis and NLP. Explore how deep learning will impact healthcare, manufacturing, search & transportation.
Feb 13th, 2024 - Evaluating LLMs: Needle in a Haystack
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: LLM evaluation is a discipline where confusion reigns and foundation model builders are effectively grading their own homework.
Building on the viral threads on X/Twitter, Greg Kamradt, Robert Nishihara, and Jason Lopatecki discuss highlights from Arize AI's ongoing research on how major foundation models – from OpenAI’s GPT-4 to Mistral and Anthropic’s Claude – are stacking up against each other at important tasks and emerging LLM use cases, covering and explaining the importance of results of Needle in a Haystack tests and other evals results on hallucination detection on private data, question-and-answer, code functionality, and more.
Feb 13th, 2024 - WIF x Upgrade Inc Galentine’s Day
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7:30pm
What: Join us for a delightful Galentine's Day celebration in collaboration with Upgrade! Connect and network while crafting beautiful bouquets and cards. Food and drinks will be provided. This event is open to everyone. We can't wait to see you there!
Feb 14th, 2024 - AWS Seed Investor Summit
Location: San Francisco
Time: 1-4:30pm
What: Agenda:
1pm: Registration
1:40pm: AWS Keynote
2:00pm: Growing a Seed Fund
Learn tricks and tips from a Seed fund that has grown exponentially on how to find the best deals, collaborate on deals and raise large sum of capital.2:30pm: LP panel on investing in Seed VCs
LP panel discussion on what they look for while investing in Seed VCs and their expectations.3pm: Social Mixer
Feb 15th, 2024 - Bay Area MIT Alumni Meetup at YC
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6pm
What: Y Combinator is hosting a gathering for select MIT alumni in the Bay Area who are interested in startups.
If you’re interested in doing a startup someday or currently working on one, this is a good opportunity to get to know top MIT alumni in the startup world, including YC Partners and some of YC’s most successful startup founders.
Most of the event will be free form networking, and a few MIT alumni who started very successful companies share some stories, including Kyle Vogt, founder of Twitch (W07) and Cruise (W14).
Feb 15th, 2024 - Founder x Investor Matchmaking
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8pm
What: Join us for the first ever Founder and Investor matchmaking session presented by Creators Corner. This event brings together an amazing group of curated startups to connect with a diverse group of investors from different verticals.
Unlike other demo days/pitch competitions, this special event offers the opportunity for in-depth discussions, personalized feedback, and the chance to build strong, strategic relationships. It's an ideal setting for both startups and investors to explore synergies in an environment that emphasizes quality.
Feb 15th, 2024 - Codi x Nowadays YC Meetup
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8:30pm
What: Join us on Thursday, Feb 15th, for a YC founders meetup and panel co-hosted by Codi and Nowadays! Connect with new faces, enjoy some drinks and tune into an exciting conversation about scaling your team and managing your board. Open to non-YC founders too :)
Feb 15th, 2024 - How NOT to Pitch with Pear VC & BEVC
Location: Berkeley
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
What: I’m excited to officially introduce Pear VC into our community! Join us Thursday February 15th for a fun night exploring How (Not) to Pitch feat. Eddie Eltoukhy, Biotech Partner at Pear VC. We’ll dissect and rebuild common mistakes from hundreds of pitches through memes, call out yellow flags, and demonstrate a pitch in both its flawed and elevated forms.
Feb 15th, 2024 - East Bay AI Investors Networking
Location: Pleasanton
Time: 6-8:30pm
What: The Open Future Forum, established in 2022, is Silicon Valley’s leading assembly of AI and technology professionals. This group, composed of top-tier AI and Web3 talents globally, promotes industry advancement and supports various stakeholders, including corporations, investors, founders, and developers.
Feb 16th, 2024 - Pitch & Run SF Fridays
Location: San Francisco
Time: 8-9am
What: Pich & run in SF
Feb 17th, 2024 - SF Public Data Hackathon
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9:30am-7:30pm
What: Hex and Modelbit are excited to host a day-long public data hackathon at the Hex HQ in SF. Come dive into carefully curated datasets, learn to use Hex and Modelbit for data exploration and machine learning, and build data apps that'll blow people's minds.
The theme is Infinite City (San Francisco, of course). We’ll have hundreds of interesting SF datasets to dig into— and not just the same old stuff (no poop maps allowed!). Your investigations and insights should be adventures into the unknown, celebrations of the odd and niche, and things that make you look at this marvelous city in a whole new light.
Feb 20th, 2024 - The AI Hustle - How to Launch on Product Hunt
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8:30pm
What: 🌟 Exciting News for AI Founders in San Francisco! 🌟
We're thrilled to announce the AI Hustle's inaugural Speaker Series: How to launch on Product Hunt 🎤
Here's what's in store:
🚀 Hot Topic: Launching on Product Hunt: Hear from your fellow founders who've cracked the Product Hunt code and learn their launch secrets via a panel discussion.
💬 Networking Blitz: Following up with the event, as usual, connect with fellow founders and VCs, sharing and growing together within the AI space
📢 We Want to Hear from You! If there are topics you're eager to explore, join our Discord community and let us know. The idea for this Product Hunt-focused event was born from your votes and suggestions, proving that your voice truly shapes our community. 🔊
Feb 20th, 2024 - Unstructured Data Meetup SF
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: This is an in-person event! Registration is required to get in. Github will email you a form the day before the event, which you will need to complete for your access pass. Registration will close 2 days before the event.
Topic: Connecting your unstructured data with Generative LLMs
Feb 20th, 2024 - Light DAO Conscious Business
Location: San Francisco
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 Ashley Bell and Ruby Yeh, Co-Founder of Light Dao.
Feb 21st, 2024 - GenAI Collective Design Buddies w/Ansh Mehra
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: Designers! It's time. It's your year to shine. GenAI is the hottest topic in the world, and last year the developers were dominating the conversation. Essentially, it was "demo days" - where limited value actually accrued for the users.
This is where you come in. This is THE YEAR where through your incredible Human Centered Thinking, user empathy, and design methodologies, we will see real use cases start to accrue at the application layer.
This event is to empower you and get you JAZZED for the incredible advances to the industry that you will drive!
Feb 21st, 2024 - Hypercar Engineering with AI & Trace.Space
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-9pm
What: Join us for an evening with Marko Sustic from Bugatti-Rimac, as we explore how he leverages AI and Trace.Space to develop next-gen Bugatti hypercars.
What we'll do:
Have the rare opportunity to hear how your dreamcar is made and how AI is leveraged to build complex products faster. We will end the evening with some food and refreshments.
6:00 – 6:30: Welcome / Networking / Registration
6:30 – 7:30: Marko Sustic, HMI Expert, Bugatti-Rimac
7:30 – 7:45: Janis Vavere, CEO, Trace.Space
7:45 – 8:30 Networking
Feb 21st, 2024 - Consumer Crypto Space at Celo Center
Location: San Francisco
What: Join us at the Celo Foundation San Francisco headquarters for an inspiring, three-day coworking event right before ETHDenver! We want to bring together crypto and blockchain enthusiasts, developers, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in the future of Consumer Crypto.
Feb 21st, 2024 - AI Demo Night w/ MindsDB
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: Come hang out at MindsDB with ~100 builders to see some of the coolest AI applications people are working on in SF. + food, drinks, and a good time 🍕🍻
Feb 21st, 2024 - AI x GenUI - The Future of Product Design
Location: San Francisco
Time: 10-11am
What: Product creators have the opportunity to leverage genUI to create bespoke solutions that are customized for every user.
Imagine an interface that can adjust to your needs, whether that is on the go, audio-first, higher contrast, sensory adjustment, and many more.
This tactical talk will present a deep dive into how to leverage generative UI to truly design for all. These tools will empower users, creators, and developers to push beyond the current constraints of software development and give users more power.
Generative UI for product inclusion is the use of AI to create user interfaces that are more accessible and inclusive to users of all backgrounds. This can be done by generating UI elements that are tailored to the specific needs of different users, such as those with disabilities, those who speak different languages, and those who are neurodivergent.
Feb 22nd, 2024 - Computer Vision Showcase
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-9pm
What: Calling all computer vision architects, tinkerers, and trailblazers!
Ready to unleash the power of your creations and share your hard-won insights? We're hosting a unique showcase event designed to celebrate the real-world applications of cutting-edge computer vision. Forget pitch decks and polished presentations – this is all about live demos and raw, unfiltered learning.
Dumplings and drinks provided by Leap Labs. Shout out MindsDB for allowing us to host this event in your incredible AI collective!
Feb 22nd, 2024 - Peninsula Climate Happy Hour
Location: San Carlos
Time: 6-9pm
What: 🍺 What 3rd Peninsula Climate Happy Hour
🕕 When Thur 2/22, 6-9pm (+monthly)
📍 Where Molly Os, San Carlos (teen/train friendly)
All climate fixers, domains are welcomed!
Socialize, Eat, Drink, Partner.
Feb 23rd, 2024 - Latent Space: Final Frontiers
Location: San Francisco
Time: 12-7pm
What: We're excited to host the second annual Latent Space demo day 🚀
Enough chatting with PDFs. Let's see some Science Fiction-level AI.
This year's theme is Final Frontiers: who are the teams and people pushing the boundaries of AI? We will have three broad topics, each of them has a research / startup competition with special judges. Feel free to apply to participate in any of them, and we will pick 3-5 for each category!
Feb 23rd, 2024 - AI Builders CoWorking at General Catalyst
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9am-4pm
What: Join us for co-working with AI builders & founders in SF! This will be a great opportunity to work alongside others building in AI and get feedback from your peers. Space is limited, please make sure you fill out the questionnaire mindfully so we can approve RSVP's accordingly.
Feb 23rd, 2024 - GenAI Collective: Broken Dreams, Loose Ends & Horror Stories: The Worst from the Best
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-9pm
What: Look, we get it – you're just a scrappy builder who wants to get things done. And, like the rest of us, you've had your fair share of disappointments. Let's cut the crap - it's not always sunshine and rainbows.
We've actually decided to cut the crap so hard... we're making an event out of it! This event is to trauma-bond and swap stories over the following:
Broken dreams: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Let's talk about our dreams that we never realized!
Loose ends: tell us about that side project you've never finished!
Horror stories: you know that one co-worker who was suuuuuch a pain in the ass? Of course you do. Someone specific just popped into your head. Me too. Let's talk about them!
We are giving preferential treatment to scrappy builders - full-stack engineers, product engineers, no-code builders, founders - you get it. The ones with big dreams, many projects, and much trauma.
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