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SF IRL - June 9th, 2025

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

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Jonathan Chang
June 09, 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 #148.

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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Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30pm

What: Join seed & Series A founders at a suite at the SF Giants Game.

June 18th, 2025 - Brex Summer Rooftop Soiree

Location: San Francisco

What: Private Rooftop Soiree in San Francisco with DJ, sushi and cocktails all night long.

June 24th, 2025 - Founder Pasta Making Night 

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6pm

What: Join early stage founders at a pasta making night in San Francisco.

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Events Coming Up

June 10th, 2025 - Wind Down with Windsurf After-Party following Databricks AI Summit

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: After an inspiring day of sessions and insights on day one of Databricks AI Summit, we invite you to wind down and connect with peers at the Windsurf After-Party.

Join us for an evening of relaxed conversation, light refreshments, and great company. Whether you're continuing the AI discussion or simply looking to unwind, this is the place to be post-summit.

June 10th, 2025 - Founder Ownership in AI Startups and VC Funding Trends

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8pm

What: ​Join us for an exciting gathering in San Francisco that connects enterprise leaders with leading startup founders! Hear insights on latest trends in AI startups and VC funding from industry experts.

June 10th, 2025 - HealthTech x FinTech x AI Fireside Chat

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8pm

What: Join us in SF to get the behind-the-scenes view of building in a nascent industry with $54B in potential government stimulus.

Come hear about the rapidly evolving landscape of HealthTech, FinTech, and AI with great food and drink!

This event brings together industry experts, venture capitalists, and technical founders to share insights, experiences, and visions for the future of the intersection of healthcare, financial services, and artificial intelligence.

June 10th, 2025 - San Francisco AI Breakfast

Location: San Francisco

Time: 9-10:30am

What: ​Join us for breakfast at Fogo de Chão for technical discussions over pastries, lattes, eggs, and an array of Brazilian meats.

​If you’re an AI leader or engineer in SF, don’t miss this chance to network with peers in the ML space. Breakfast is on Baseten!

June 11th, 2025 - AI Fireside Chat with Mike Vernal @ Conviction, Former Sequoia Partners

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: ​Join us at Pilot HQ for an exclusive evening with Mike Vernal, General Partner at Conviction Partners, a venture capital firm founded by Sarah Guo, former General Partner at Greylock Partners. Before joining Conviction, Mike was a partner at Sequoia Capital and spent eight years at Facebook as VP of Product and Engineering. He has led investments in companies like Notion, Rippling, and Verkada.

June 11th, 2025 - Data Chaos Databricks Afterparty

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: Can 100 PDFs beat a gorilla? Join us at our bem HQ (right down the street from the conference) for drinks and small bites, good vibes, Mario Kart on a projector, a silent movie screening, ambient data launch patches, music, and more at our office after the conference- which is conveniently a 5 minute walk away.

June 11th, 2025 - We The Builders: ft. Cristina Cordova, COO Linear

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10:30-2pm

What: ​Cristina Cordova is the Chief Operating Officer at Linear, the modern issue tracking and project management tool powering some of the world’s best product teams.

​Previously, she was a Partner at First Round Capital, where she led investments in early-stage startups across AI, SaaS, and infrastructure.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​Thinking about launching your startup in the U.S.? Already here but figuring out how to make it all legal - for you and your team? Let’s talk about what it really takes.

​From getting the right visa to building your company in the Bay, this event is all about the real stuff:
- How founders moved and made it work
- How to legalize your team (without losing your mind)
- How AI is changing the game in immigration and operations
- How to grow fast and stay compliant

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-9:30pm

What: ​AIF BAYP presents Zero to Ek 2025: The Power of One
Back for its third year, join us for an evening of inspiration, storytelling, and connection at San Francisco’s premier South Asian tech and entrepreneurship conference.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8pm

What: Join Unusual Ventures and Carta for an exclusive evening of curated conversation, exceptional wine and craft beer, and high-level networking at:
Navigating AI Valuations and Fundraising Trends in Today’s Venture Landscape

​We’re bringing together John Vrionis, Managing Partner at Unusual Ventures, and Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta, for a candid conversation exploring the forces reshaping today’s venture capital environment—from AI’s impact on startup valuations to the evolving landscape of fundraising.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: Join us for an exclusive evening as we explore how intelligent agents are reshaping the data landscape. From AI-driven automation to context-aware decision systems, discover how cutting-edge innovations are transforming how we manage, analyze, and act on data. Whether you're a data engineer, AI practitioner, or business strategist, you’ll leave inspired and equipped with fresh ideas for the future of data and AI.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am

What: Why you should come:

  • ​40+ SO101 arms + 10+ LeKiwi units

  • ​Edge compute (H100s & Jetson Orins)

  • ​Judges from industry leaders (eg. Deepmind, Agility, DynaRobotics, K-Scale, etc)

Location: San Francisco

Time: 1-5:30pm

What: ​Hosted by OPAQUE, this is a pre-conference workshop designed to supercharge your AI agent development from prototype to production. Learn from

​as they walk you through the NORMAL Stack—a six-layer blueprint for secure, observable, production-grade AI. If your models run on sensitive data or power autonomous agents, this workshop is your playbook.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: ​We’re hosting this mixer to bring together AI founders, researchers and investors in the Bay Area who are building AI ecosystems. Join us for happy hour! Food & drinks provided.

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