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- SF IRL - Jan 6th, 2025
SF IRL - Jan 6th, 2025
A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco
Jonathan Chang
January 06, 2025
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 #125. Happy New Year & wishing you an amazing 2025. Excited to showcase all of the events in SF for the 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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Jan 7th, 2025 - 100k ARR Founders & Investors in SF Meetup
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:45-8pm
What: Join us for an Exclusive dinner party
Let's start the year strong with a founders' light dinner for founders and active investors.
Location: San Francisco
Time: 7-9pm
What: Join us for an evening with renowned Objectivist philosopher and entrepreneur Yaron Brook, Executive Chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute. In this talk, Yaron will challenge Silicon Valley's prevailing narrative of corporate altruism and present a bold alternative: the moral case for pursuing your own success without apology.
Jan 8th, 2025 - B2B SaaS Founder & Investor New Year Mixer
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: B2B SaaS Founder & Investor New Year Mixer
January 8th, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 1 Sansome St, San Francisco
Join us for an exclusive evening celebrating the SaaS community. Connect with founders, investors, and innovators in a festive atmosphere filled with insights, stories, and meaningful networking.
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.
Jan 9th, 2025 - $250k+ ARR or preseed+ AI Agents Founders & Investors
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7pm
What: An open-source community of security researchers, AI agent builders, VCs, and industry experts focusing on security, trust, and setting industry standards around agent-to-agent interaction.
Jan 10th, 2025 - SF Tech Poker Tournament
Location: San Francisco
Time: 7:30pm-12am
What: Happy New Year! Ready to quit the new year's toxic positivity? Great! Come gamble. <3
Jan 11th, 2025 - CES Meetup in SF with OpenAI
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7:30pm
What: Join us for an exclusive post-CES gathering in San Francisco, connecting enterprise leaders with leading AI startup founders.
Jan 12th, 2025 - Global AI Pitch Summit Silicon Valley 2025
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9am-6pm
Jan 15th, 2025 - ai + health demo night
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-9pm
What: curious about how new machine learning models are finding their way into clinical workflows, biosensors, and healthtech?
join us for a series of demos that remove the hype of ai and focus on active solutions being implemented today.
Jan 23rd, 2025 - The Future of AI Interfaces
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: Dive into an exploration of the next wave of generative web interfaces on January 23 in SF. Topics will include:
Transforming the Web: From Static Pages to Dynamic, Agent-Powered Canvases. Discover how the traditional static web is evolving into a vibrant, real-time environment powered by AI agents, enabling more interactive and personalized user experiences.
Intuitive Human-Computer Interaction: Designing Seamless Interfaces with AI. Learn about the latest advancements in intuitive UI/UX design that facilitate effortless interactions between humans and AI, making technology more accessible and user-friendly.
Reimagining User Experiences: The Future of Browsers, Search, and Social Networking. Delve into the anticipated changes in how we navigate the web, seek information, and connect socially, driven by the integration of AI technologies.
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