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SF IRL - July 28th, 2025

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

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Jonathan Chang
July 28, 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 #155.

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: 5:30-7:30pm

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: 5-7:30pm

What: ​Whether you’re self-hosting Next.js out of spite, deploying Svelte to prove a point, or just tired of paying someone else to run your infra, come swap notes with folks who actually enjoy YAML.

July 29th, 2025 - SF Founders Brew Mixer

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-9pm

What: We are bringing together some of the most ambitious people in San Francisco.

​Give a quick intro about what you're working on, meet other people and cool down with some of the best drinks in the city!

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8:30pm

What: ​Join us in San Francisco on July 29 for an exclusive MCP (Model Context Protocol) meetup, hosted by Lightning AI, the team behind PyTorch Lightning.

​The evening will feature expert-led talks and technical discussions with developers, engineers, and researchers shaping the infrastructure behind modern AI. Whether you're deep into modular systems or just starting to explore ways to scale your workflows, this is a chance to connect, learn, and get inspired.

Location: Menlo Park

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: ​​This AI Networking Showcase hosted by Katalyze AI, is your destination for discovering how AI is revolutionizing pharmaceutical manufacturing.

​​Join us to learn from Real-World Success and discover how a leading pharma company achieved a tens of millions impact in under 12 months by implementing AI-driven solutions at one of its manufacturing sites.

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.

This session includes talks from these speakers:

  • ​Pete Warden (CEO Moonshine AI, founding member of TensorFlow, and author of TinyML) and Adam Sabra (Machine Learning Engineer, Moonshine AI)

  • ​Taras Sereda (Machine Learning Researcher Gimlet Labs, Research Engineer @ Whisper)

July 30th, 2025 - Voice AI Builders Meetup

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-9:30pm

What: ​The best voice AI experiences are being built on open source. Join Modal and Daily for an evening dedicated to the builders who are pushing the boundaries of what's possible with voice AI and open source.

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 30th, 2025 - Support Sushi & Matcha Night: Prompting for Support Agents

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: July 30. IRL. Great sushi. Greater prompting advice.

​We’re throwing a chill night with raw fish, raw prompts, and stories from the front lines of customer support chaos.

July 31st, 2025 - Workshop: How to Price for Your First 10 Customers

Location: San Francisco

Time: 9-10:30am

What: ​Pricing is one of the most misunderstood and make-or-break decisions early-stage founders face—and it’s especially tricky when you don’t yet have traction. That’s why we’re bringing in the experts to help you get it right from the start.

July 31st, 2025 - O1/EB1 US Visas AMA for AI researchers, founders, and builders

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8:30pm

What: With shifting US policies, many AI professionals fear for their job security and immigration status. But the O-1 and EB-1 visas remain among the most reliable, non-quota options for working and living in the U.S.—and they’re more accessible than you think.

​​Join us for an exclusive discussion with expert panelists who have helped AI researchers, developers, and founders navigate this process successfully. Learn what it really takes, how to make your case, and why you may be closer to qualifying than you realize.

July 31st, 2025 - Hacking Agents AI Meetup - July Edition

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: ​Agents are the future of AI - your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to infiltrate our meetup to acquire more tools and knowledge 🕵️

July 31st, 2025 - Cracking social GTM w/ 12 (scrappy) founders

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: An invite-only roundtable for 12 AI founders (post-revenue or seed-series A) sharing and learning GTM tricks across Reddit, LinkedIn and YouTube.

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.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4-10pm

What: ​​Mark your calendars for August 1st, 2025! After a fantastic inaugural event in NYC, Major League Hacking (MLH) and Google Gemini are bringing our AI-packed evening to the Bay Area. Join us for an evening of socializing, vibe coding, demo viewing, and unlocking your potential with AI.

Aug 5th, 2025 - 🧠 The AI Collective SF 🧠 SF Newcomer Night

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.

Aug 5th, 2025 - Hyperspace: Agentic OS

Location: San Francisco

Time: 12-2pm

What: ​Join us for a special keynote presentation on the detailed product vision of the Hyperspace Agentic OS, including an extended live demo of our breakthrough new agentic browser with it's spatial AI, and the announcement of the first-ever agentic blockchain protocol.

Location: Menlo Park

Time: 5-8pm

What: What does it take to build the next breakout AI company—from scratch?

​Join us for a candid panel discussion with founders and investors shaping the future of full-stack AI startups. We’ll explore what it really means to build end-to-end AI products, from infrastructure to interface, and how early-stage teams can stay ahead in a rapidly evolving space.

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