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SF IRL - July 21st, 2025

A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco

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Jonathan Chang
July 21, 2025

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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 #154.

I'm Jonathan, the creator of SF IRL. I've been a Bay Area resident all my life and moved into San Francisco about 4 years ago. My full-time job is at Brex 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 9000+ 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

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8:30pm

What: ​Join us for an exclusive evening of cutting-edge cybersecurity innovation as Rootly and Okta co-host a Security Demo Night spotlighting the latest advancements in digital defense, identity access, and threat detection.

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. 📈

July 23rd, 2025 - All Things Web Show & Tell

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: Join us on July 23 at the SF Nook for another All Things Web: Show & Tell 🎤

​​This one's all about you. From 6 to 7 PM, attendees will take the spotlight to share what they’re building, learning, or excited about in the All Things Web space. Come hang out, connect with other builders, and give a short (2–5 min) demo or talk (or just listen).

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4:30-6:30pm

What: ​Join us for an open conversation around selling to businesses. We'll bring B2B sales experts (and Chipotle) to explore what to consider as a founder launching a B2B GTM motion:

  • ​Navigating the B2B buying process

  • ​Tactics for founders doing outbound

  • ​Pricing and packaging

  • ​Your B2B sales stack

  • ​Selling to non-technical stakeholders

Location: Mountain View

Time: 5:30-8pm

What: ​Join us for a real-world look at what it takes to bring autonomous systems and robotics into the mainstream — this is a two-part event exploring how intelligent machines are transforming cities, industries, and supply chains — and what’s still holding them back. From scaling AV fleets to deploying robots in dynamic real-world environments, we’ll go deep on what’s working, what’s not, and how top builders are navigating markets that haven’t yet caught up.

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 6-8pm

What: Thinking about applying to Y Combinator? This 2-hour live session could give you the edge.

​Join YC Founders for a hands-on workshop breaking down what it really takes to stand out in the YC application process and pitch with confidence under pressure.

July 23rd, 2025 - Finance Operator Happy Hour

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5pm

What: Calling all top finance operators — join us for an evening of professional networking in SF.

Location: Mountain View

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​Join us for a lively evening at our Founders & Investors Social! This casual gathering is the perfect opportunity to mingle, connect, and unwind with fellow founders and investors in a relaxed atmosphere.

Location: San Rafael

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​Join us for our 1st San Rafael Hardware Meetup! This is our first-ever meetup in Marin and we're super excited to be meeting at Tymphany HQ in Terra Linda. They're in a stunningly beautiful space and we'll be meeting in their atrium.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8:30pm

What: ​It's been a hot second since we hosted our first research roundtable, we're beyond excited to announce that we are resuming the series! Something different than before is that we will be rotating through various AI research areas.

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​Join us for a lively evening at our Founders & Investors Social! This casual gathering is the perfect opportunity to mingle, connect, and unwind with fellow founders and investors in a relaxed atmosphere.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-9pm

What: Welcome to Accel's Indian Diaspora Meetup in the San Francisco Bay Area!

​​We’re excited about the global opportunity which AI represents and are looking to build the US-India corridor for innovation with Indian Diaspora founders and practitioners.

July 26th, 2025 - A2A - Agents Hackathon

Location: San Francisco

Time: 9:30am

What: ​Join us to build cutting-edge AI agents that push the limits of LLMs and AI applications!

Location: San Jose

Time: 2-4:30pm

What: 🚀 WeShine Entrepreneurship Salon and EntreConnect

​are excited to co-host a highly curated startup pitch event, bringing together top early-stage founders, seasoned investors, and engaged audiences for an event of insight, feedback, and community.

July 28th, 2025 - Building AI agents using AI agents

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: ​Join us the evening of July 28 in the Lower Haight for Thai food and an inside look scaling LLM Products without scaling your team: Building with Claude, Cursor, Typescript and Effect.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

What: 🍻 Join us for the inaugural Data Debug SF happy hour!

We're launching San Francisco's community for data engineers, analytics engineers, and data professionals.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8:30pm

What: ​Calling all interns and newcomers to SF! We're bringing together interns, recent grads, and newcomers from across the Bay Area to SF for a night of good vibes, new faces, and casual networking that feels fun.

July 30th, 2025 - 📊 AI BENCHMARK CLUB

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

What: tl;dr Come join us for technical talks focusing on AI benchmarks. We're a group of AI engineers, researchers, and academics.

July 31st, 2025 - NVIDIA x Schematic: Industrial AI Hackathon

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Join us for the official kickoff of the NVIDIA x Schematic Ventures Industrial AI Hackathon!

​If you are interested in participating and would like to receive the challenge details, please register here and we will follow up with more details.

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​Join us for a lively evening at our Founders & Investors Social! This casual gathering is the perfect opportunity to mingle, connect, and unwind with fellow founders and investors in a relaxed atmosphere.

July 31st, 2025 - sf tech party

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7-9pm

What: ready to meet some new people in the sf tech scene? we're going to host an epic party this month at a sick bar in hayes valley 🎉 founders, investors, and tech enthusiasts are all welcome!

Aug 1st, 2025 - SF10x Hackathon

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5pm

What: ​Attention hackers, builders, and community organizers: this city has many problems, but the fundamentals are truly great. Join us for a civics hackathon to make San Francisco 10x better and win up to $5000 in prizes.

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