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SF IRL - Jan 16th, 2024
A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco
Jonathan Chang
January 16, 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 #69.
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 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 5000+ 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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Jan 16th, 2024 - SF Game Development ft Indie Game Developers
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-9pm
What: SF Game Development is excited to host talks from three indie game developers that are members of our community at DNA Lounge on Tuesday, January 16th from 5:30pm-9:00pm.
Jan 17th, 2024 - VC + Tech Mega 2024 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!
No sponsors, and no sales pitch...
just real people, sharing a drink and some great conversation!
Take a break from the blue light of your screen, and spend an hour or two meeting some of the most creative, and kind people in we know!
Jan 18th, 2024 - SF Climate Tech Meetup
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8pm
What: Hi everyone, 2024 will start soon and MCJ collective would like to kick-off the year on a good note with a pure networking event to prepare the year, the SF climate tech week in April and many more exciting news!
Come meet up with the Bay Area MCJ members and the climatetech community.
Jan 17th, 2024 - MLOps Community SF Workshops
Location: San Francisco
Time: 12:30-7pm
What: In part III of our "Fall & Winter Workshops" series, the MLOps.community is organizing a half-day hands-on workshop on Jan 17th, 2024 where you'll start with the basics of Retrieval Augmented Generation to build a prototype and Advanced RAG techniques to learn best practices and design patterns for scaling to production.
Jan 17th, 2024 - Silicon Valley GP/LP Conference
Location: Palo Alto
Time: 4-7pm
What: Join distinguished investors, family offices, and fund managers at the Path Ahead Investor Event, a curated gathering designed to propel you to the forefront of the startup ecosystem. Forge meaningful connections, share collective insights, and collaborate to capitalize on emerging trends, shaping the future of Silicon Valley and beyond.
Jan 18th, 2024 - Product Led Customer Success
Location: Palo Alto
Time: 4-6:30pm
What: Topics
Product led CS - how to hack it if you don't get it - Oren Yaqobi (SVP, Customer Success, Redis) - 30 min
Using AI for Customer Success - Preetam Jinka - 20 min
Demo by Startups - Various
Jan 18th, 2024 - modal on the west coast
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: your favorite nyc startup is visiting SF!! come hang out with the team, including our founders Erik and Akshat (they are friendlier than they look in the photo ✨)
activities:
5:30-6:15pm: live office hours with the founders — bring your laptops for some in-person Modal support :)
6:15-6:30pm: a couple demos of our latest features
6:30-8:30pm: hang out 🍹🌮
Jan 18th, 2024 - Thursday Nights in AI
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: Join us for a special edition of Thursday Nights in AI where we chat with three open-source leaders building in AI: Harrison Chase of LangChain, Brian S. Raymond of Unstructured.io, and Anton Troynikov of Chroma.
Jan 18th, 2024 - -1 to Instacart with Apoorva Mehta
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7pm
What: South Park Commons is delighted to host Apoorva Mehta, founder of Instacart, as part of our -1 to Now series! Please join us to hear how the San Francisco-based grocery delivery company has grown to be worth billions.
Event Details
5:00pm Doors Open
5:30-6:30pm Discussion with Apoorva Mehta
6:30-7:00pm Networking
Open to members, alums, and guests of SPC.
Jan 18th, 2024 - Transamerica Pyramid Welcomes AI Founders
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-9pm
What: Join us to experience the newly redesigned lobby of the Transamerica Pyramid in the heart of San Francisco.
Learn about the role of AI in shaping the future of technology and the rise of San Francisco's Pyramid District.
Agenda:
5:00 PM: Doors Open (invite-only, ID required).
6:00 PM: Keynote: Blitzscaling co-author, Chris Yeh.
6:15 PM: Welcome remarks: Michael SHVO, owner.
6:30 PM: Book signing, networking mixer, and cocktails.
Jan 18th, 2024 - Kamp Founder Fest
Location: San Francisco
What: Founder Fest is held at a private bar/club buyout with startup/vc panels, music, food and drinks. It's like a startup event meets nighttime party - cool, casual, informative and fun.
Jan 18th, 2024 - The Product Folks SF Jan Meetup
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: 🎉 The Product Folks are back with our first event of 2024! This time we will be hosting a panel discussion on Product Management & Content Creation.
We will be interviewing some bloggers, writers and podcasters in the Product space and address some interesting topics such as:
Industry & Market
Opportunity
Challenges, &
How to get started
Jan 18th, 2024 - Founders, Creators & Investors Social
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7pm
What: Join us for a fun social to meet other friendly founders, investors, and creatives with Design Buddies and Sincidium. Hosted by Grace Ling, Benjamin Arya, and Oliver Cucanic
Make friends with other founders, investors, and creatives
Find potential hires, jobs, collaborators, and investments
Share what you're working on
Jan 18th, 2024 - January Climate Community Potluck
Location: Berkeley
Time: 6-10pm
What: Come join us to talk climate! We're hosting an informal potluck series to get the community involved in climate action. Meet good people, share good food, and talk climate.
Jan 19th, 2024 - Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast
Location: Mountain View
Time: 9-10:30am
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.
Jan 19th, 2024 - GenAI Collective Bytes & Bites SF Mixer
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-9pm
What: Looking to kick off 2024 by showcasing your latest AI project? Join the GenAI Collective for our first meetup in our new SF home for a night of mingling and celebration of the year to come! Unlike previous living room meetups, this event is centered around tech demos in a casual environment. No pre-submission is required so feel free to bring a laptop and be ready to jam – and as always, food, drink, and incredible company will be provided!ed!
Jan 20th, 2024 - GenUI Hackathon at AGI House
Location: San Francisco
Time: 11am-10pm
What: Description: Generative AI is transforming user interfaces before our very eyes...literally. What will our user interfaces be like 10 years (or even months) from now? The best way to predict the future is to BUILD it! Due to overwhelming demand from our last UX/AI Hackathon, AGI House is hosting the first ever Generative UI Hackathon, bringing together the best builders in the world to imagine - and create - the future of user experience and design with AI. Soon we'll look at today's user experiences the same way we look at dial-up internet. The future is here!
Jan 21st, 2024 - Superliner SF Sunday Run
Location: San Francisco
Time: 10-11am
What: The Superlinear SF Sunday Run is a place to meet other people working on solving problems that are several orders of magnitude more difficult than the problems typical startups try to tackle.
Jan 21st, 2024 - AI Salon: Personhood
Location: San Francisco
Time: 1-4pm
What: Artificially intelligent agents and humanoid robotics will push the limits of our conceptions of personhood as people develop social, emotional, and even romantic relationships with non human intelligences. How do we define the concept of personhood in the context of a relationship, a community, an organization, or a nation-state?
Jan 23rd, 2024 - From Silver Screens to Startups
Location: Menlo Park
Time: 6:30-8pm
What: Pear VC is thrilled to continue our Speaker Series with Jeffrey Katzenberg, Former CEO, Disney Founder, Dreamworks Studio. The Pear VC Speaker Series is inclusive of prominent tech leaders and their insights on effective leadership, entrepreneurship, and lessons learned throughout their careers.
Jan 23rd, 2024 - Finding Balance in 2024
Location: Mountain View
Time: 4-5pm
What: They say too much of a good thing can be wonderful. But even wonder has its limits before it tips into overwhelm. As we embark on a new year, please join us for a lively discussion on achieving greater work-life balance in 2024.
In this session, we’ll cover topics such as:
Defining what balance means to you
Tips for those married to their jobs
Ideas for those betrothed to their hobbies
Mapping your wheel of life goals for the year ahead
Jan 23rd, 2024 - Wing AI Learn + Network
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
What: Join your fellow founders, builders, and AI-first enthusiasts for a chance to hear from Pinecone founder Edo Liberty and Notion COO Akshay Kothari in an exclusive conversation moderated by Wing founder Peter Wagner.
This event is hosted by Wing, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in AI-first businesses at every layer of the technology stack.
Jan 23rd, 2024 - The AI Hustle: Happy Hour for Startup Founders & VC
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: Calling all AI founders in San Francisco! 🧠 Join us for an evening of networking, learning, and fun as we connect with fellow founders, explore fundraising strategies, and discover the latest advancements in AI. 📈
Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting your AI journey, this event is for you. 💯 We'll have plenty of opportunities to mingle with like-minded individuals and get insights into the ever-evolving AI landscape. 🚀
Jan 23rd, 2024 - Tech Talks SF
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: Cloudflare, Jam & Twilio are hosting Tech Talks!
Spots filled up so fast for our first Tech Talks last month (300+ signups 🤯) - we're really excited to hang out with more of you!
Kick off 2024 with 80+ engineers to learn from each other, and discover new ways of doing things.
Expect lightning talks about engineering at scale - no demos or sales pitches, just technical talks.
Jan 25th 2024 - Mid Peninsula Climate Happy Hour
Location: San Carlos
Time: 6-9pm
What: 2nd Mid Peninsula Climate Happy Hour
🕕 When Thur 1/25, 6-9pm (+monthly)
📍 Where Molly Os, San Carlos (teen/train friendly)
All climate fixers, domains are welcomed!
Socialize, Eat, Drink, Partner.
😉 Bring friends!
🌎 Engage an interest group / domain / company
📬 Repost on LinkedIn/Social in SF Bay, relevant channels
🗓️ Follow or subscribe to our future HHs
Jan 25th, 2024 - MLOps Community x GenAI Collective Tech Talk
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: 🤩🚀 Zoom into 2024 with the MLOps Community and GenAI Collective as we host our FIRST EVER meetup collab! 🚀🤩
Join us for an inspiring evening where you, the community, of AI practitioners, tech enthusiasts, and innovators share their 2023 tech adventures and vision for 2024 in brief, impactful talks. These will be followed by break-out sessions and plenty of opportunities to talk about the challenges and share hard-earned insights. See you there! 😄
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