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SF IRL - Mar 10th, 2025

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

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Jonathan Chang
March 10, 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 #134.

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 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 I’m Hosting 🎉

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7-10pm

What: ​You are formally invited to Brex x Gradient VC Supper Club with Brex CRO Garrett Marker: On Selling to Mid Market and Enterprise Companies

​Open to founders who are building B2B companies, have raised a seed, and selling towards mid market and enterprise companies.

I’ve made a form to connect the best founders raising with my list of VCs. If you are a founder raising your next round and want to potentially be featured to investors in the SF IRL network, please fill out this form.

I’m launching a newsletter that will feature the top founders looking to hire, founders looking for their cofounder, and operators that are looking for their next role. If you are interested in being featured, fill this form here.

You can subscribe to Jonathan’s People You Should Meet here - coming soon.

Events Coming Up 🎉

Mar 10th, 2025 - The Tech Giveback

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: Join us for The Tech Give Back 2025, an event designed to connect young leaders from all communities with the brightest entrepreneurs, investors, and VCs in San Francisco.

​While Silicon Valley has thrived as a hub for innovation, access to its opportunities has remained out of reach for many. This event aims to bridge that gap by fostering meaningful connections and knowledge-sharing between industry leaders and the next generation of problem solvers.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-9:30pm

What: We run large monthly events, and people are asking for smaller, more intimate gatherings to connect further.

​There's no better way to do that than over dinner. A hardware focused dinner.

​We're going to try 10-25 person dinners, 3 courses, great venues, with some featured guests. After each month's meetup, we'll invite everyone who wants to join for the dinner keeping the theme and momentum going.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-7:30pm

What: ​Please join us in welcoming Techstars San Francisco's spring cohort!

​For our this cohort, we focused on founders with deep connections to their problem spaces with innovative AI-first solutions that will scale with their industries. We're so excited to watch them develop over the next 3 months!

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-7:45pm

What: Join us for an engaging and insightful panel of mid-stage Female Founders in Construction and Robotics, hosted by Female Founders Edge in collaboration with the Hilti Venture and Women in Construction Tech. Hear from accomplished founders about their journeys, challenges, and successes in driving innovation in construction.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: ​Are you in tech and love food? Whether you are a tech builder, founder, investor, or professional, this tour is for you to seek collaboration through connection- while exploring some of SF’s best food scenes and supporting small businesses.

Mar 13th, 2025 - Groq Developer Meetup

Location: Mountain View

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: â€‹Are you interested in the field of GenAI? Do you want to see how Groq can help you build faster and better LLM applications? Join us for pizza and drinks with fellow developers and Groqsters.

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 5-7:30pm

What: Join us for an exciting evening as we spotlight pioneering innovators in Deep Tech! "Innovator’s Spotlight: Deep Tech Founders on Stage" will feature visionary startup founders—Ani Terada (CEO of Aironwork), Salma Mayorquin (CEO of RemyxAI), Eric Fukuda (CEO of Chiptip Technology), and Kiyoshi Nakayama (Founder and CEO of TieSet, Inc.)—whose technologies are set to redefine the boundaries of technology and innovation.

Mar 13th, 2025 - Nebius AI Cloud Unveiled

Location: San Francisco

Time: 1-6pm

Time: ​Be among the first to experience Nebius AI Neocloud—our NVIDIA-accelerated AI cloud platform—with exclusive free GPU credits to test drive its capabilities, including our new text-to-image AI Studio.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​After an action-packed ETH SF week, it’s time to unwind, connect, and celebrate with fellow builders, investors, and pioneers in the Web3 space.

​Join us for an exclusive Happy Hour & Wrap-Up Social, where we’ll reflect on key takeaways, discuss the future of blockchain and AI, and toast to the innovations shaping tomorrow.

Mar 14th, 2025 - AI & PI Lunch

Location: San Francisco

Time: 11:30am-1pm

What: Let's lunch on pies (sweet and savory!) and explore the latest in modern API and AI frameworks in honor of our favorite irrational number.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-10pm

What: ​We’re kicking off the next SILTA cohort in style! Come meet our seven new founders from Finland, who are launching their three-month journey in San Francisco. This spring’s group is tackling challenges across finance, marketing, HR, medicine, circular economy, veterinary diagnostics, and more—bringing fresh innovation to the Bay Area.

Mar 14th, 2025 - Useful Agents Hackathon

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am

What: ​A 24-hour sprint dedicated to building agents that reliably execute tasks and meet concrete performance metrics! Win from a $20k USD prize pool while solving real problems for startup founders while receiving free inference and post-hackathon go-to-market support.

Location: Sunnyvale

Time: 1-5:30pm

What: Join TaiwanNext for an inspiring Taiwan Demo Day showcasing cutting-edge innovations from AI startups across the globe! This event highlights the transformative solutions shaping the future of AI applications and computing.

Location: San Jose

Time: 5-7pm

What: ​Join us for our AI Founders & VCs @ Nvidia GTC meetup, co-hosted by Leonis Capital & Race Capital! 🚀

​​This exclusive gathering will bring together AI founders, venture capitalists, and industry leaders attending Nvidia GTC for an evening of networking, insightful discussions, and collaboration opportunities. Expect to meet top AI investors, startup operators, and technical builders pushing the boundaries of AI innovation.

Mar 17th, 2025 - Beyond CUDA Summit

Location: San Jose

Time: 10am-6pm

What: 🚀 The Future of AI Compute is upon us — and It’s Beyond CUDA.

Join us for an exclusive summit bringing together AI founders, researchers, and engineers, to explore the next era of AI compute beyond the CUDA moat.

Mar 17th, 2025 - Sports Tech Demo Night

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-9pm

What: The future of sports is being built now. Join us on March 17 at the House of Web3 for an exclusive look at AI-driven performance, injury prevention, and fan engagement technology.

Location: Sunnyvale

Time: 6:30-9:30pm

What: Novita AI and the GenAI Collective are teaming up to host a high-energy, after-hours event during NVIDIA GTC, dedicated to uncovering the latest breakthroughs in GenAI inference. Connect with industry leaders, top researchers, engineers and founders driving the next generation of AI technologies.

Mar 19th, 2025 - The Generative Gathering

Location: San Jose

Time: 5-7pm

What: After a full day of GTC sessions, join Turing and Fireworks AI as we invite you to network with fellow industry leaders in the AI and LLM communities for an evening of fantastic food and creative cocktails at one of San Jose's most beloved bars.

Mar 19th, 2025 - Healthtech Hang

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: JOIN US for our Strategies to Scale series and mingle with HealthTech founders, operators, clinicians, and investors who are building businesses! 🥳

Location: Hillsborough

Time: 5:30-9pm

What: As AI innovation continues to accelerate—investors worldwide are rethinking their strategies to capture the next wave of growth. Timed to coincide with NVIDIA’s GTC, this event brings together Family Offices, Founders and Venture Capital leaders to explore the changing landscape of AI-driven opportunities. Here’s what to expect:

​Founders: Forge meaningful relationships with investors and LPs, and discover practical M&A strategies for successful exits.

​Investors: Connect with top-tier LPs to gauge deployment trends, and uncover promising founders poised to reshape tomorrow’s market.

​LPs: Network with fellow family offices, identify emerging GPs to invest in, and stay ahead of the next wave of tech-driven opportunities.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: Listen to talks from Milvus and OpenAI and follow along in our hands-on workshop! Enjoy food and beverages.

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