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 #76.

If you didn’t know, I’m excited to announce the launch of inreallife.tech. SF IRL is now part of the inreallife.tech family & we’re expanding with LA IRL & NYC IRL to showcase the top tech, startup and venture events in those cities as well and you can subscribe in the link above.

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 5700+ subscribers. As we keep growing, if you enjoy reading these, please share this with your friends so we can hit 6,000 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!

Events Coming Up 🎉

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SF IRL is Excited to Support Race Capital for their Launch of their TopLine Accelerator program.

Applications are now open for Topline - an accelerator program designed to help enterprise startups refine their GTM, get in front of enterprise customers, and boost early revenue traction.

Participants get $250,000 on an uncapped SAFE note, $500,000 + in cloud credits & SaaS software, and unparalleled access to Race Capital’s network of accomplished sales leaders, revenue operators, marketing and growth experts. In addition participants will get mentorship and to pitch customers from JP Morgan, Caterpillar, Morrison Forrester, the NBA, and many other enterprise buyers. 

The deadline to apply is March 31st.

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Mar 5th, 2024 - AI Papers & Wine

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7-9pm

What: This is your chance to be one of the first to try GoatStack's new AI agent that reads 4000+ research papers daily and sends you personalized insights. We'll be giving demos of how it works and how customized AI research summaries can be delivered to your inbox daily.

​Whether you're an AI academic, engineer, entrepreneur, or just curious, meet others passionate about AI. Everyone who attends will get one month of GoatStack Premium for FREE to start receiving daily AI research summaries personalized to your interests. Stay on top of the latest innovations without reading every new paper yourself.

Mar 6th, 2024 - Vision Pro Residency Demo Day

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: For the past 4 weeks, Founders, Inc. has opened up the Lab in Fort Mason to 30 of SF's top developers as part of the Vision Pro Residency. Together, they've learned the ins and outs of building for this powerful new hardware. Now, we're coming together to see what they've created and celebrate their hard work.

​Join us for an evening of incredible demos, and meet the best builders in the XR space.

Mar 7th, 2024 - Thursday Nights in AI: Selling AI to Fortune 500

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: Join us (Ali, Kanjun, and Josh) for a fireside chat with Alex Ratner, CEO of Snorkel AI. Snorkel is a Series C AI startup backed by top VC funds including Greylock, Google Ventures, and Lightspeed. Snorkel AI believes that AI teams can get better results faster by replacing highly manual data annotation with programmatic approaches that more efficiently capture and apply subject matter expertise. Its data development platform Snorkel Flow helps companies like Apple, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and LinkedIn fine-tune and align generative models with these programmatic approaches.

Mar 7th, 2024 - AI In Hiring: Helping Job Seekers

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-7:30pm

What: The first 'AI in HR' event for 2024 from Indeed.com, with a special focus on AI-based tools helping job seekers.

​Given the labor market and latest in AI, we want to focus on tools that help job seekers manage through their career, learn new skills, and get jobs.

​Meet founders and investors working with AI for HR, see brand new AI products launching, find partners and investors. The AI in HR mixer provides a chance for startups to demo their products and get feedback in a casual environment.

Mar 7th, 2024 - Antler PreSeed Happy Hour

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4-7pm

What: Join us for an evening with Antler, one of the most active early stage venture capital firms in the world. We invest in founders at Day Zero, working with them closely in our Founder Residence Programs.

On March 7th, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, gather at 44 Montgomery St to mingle with a vibrant community of like-minded individuals.

We'll be hosting our friends, portfolio companies, and partners. This is your chance to connect with fellow pre-seed stage founders, share insights, and find inspiration in the success stories within the Antler ecosystem. Don't miss out on an evening of conversation, camaraderie, and the potential seeds of your next big venture.

Mar 8th, 2024 - Women in AI: Responsible AI Panel & Social

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-9:30pm

What: ​​​Women in AI Club fosters a vibrant community dedicated to empowering, connecting, and elevating women in artificial intelligence. We envision an industry where women are at the forefront of AI innovation, leading groundbreaking discovery and implementation. #WIA

Mar 8th, 2024 - Women in Data Science Stanford Conference Watch Party

Location: San Francisco

Time: 9am-5om

What: What we’ll do:
Have some food and refreshments. Livestream the WiDS Stanford Conference. Hear outstanding women discuss their work in Data Science, AI, and related fields. Stay as long, or little, as you like! Network with local tech women! Get inspired!

​8:30 - 9:00 - Welcome/Networking/Registration
9:00 - 12:15 - Live stream the conference
12:15 - 1:35 - Lunch break with guest speaker Gabriela de Queiroz, Director of AI, Microsoft
1:35 - 4:40 - Live stream the conference
4:40 - 6:00 - Networking

Mar 8th, 2024 - How to Build An Internet Empire w/ Greg Isenberg

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4:30-6:30pm

What: Join Furqan Rydhan and Greg Isenberg for a fireside chat on using community to build profitable internet empires. Topics will include studios as the future of startups, community-driven growth, reddit, how to think about 2024, and plenty of other hot takes.

​​There will be time for Q&A, as well as socializing before the conversation.

Mar 10th, 2024 - AI Salon: Mental Health

Location: San Francisco

Time: 1-4pm

What: ​In the aftermath of Web 2.0, social media, and our always-online lives, mental health has suffered greatly. Artificial intelligence may both tap into our deepest reward pathways and further steal us from the present moment, or it may also become therapists, coaches, counsellors and mentors that are always available and affordable. Which will be the future of our mental health?

​The AI Salon is a community founded in San Francisco focused on intimate, small-sized group discussions on the sociological, economic, cultural, and philosophical impacts and meaning of AI developments. We host small group discussions, all of which you can find on our calendar. Please show up before 1:30 so that conversations can flow smoothly.

Mar 12th, 2024 - Creatives Meetup at IDEO

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: ​Come join a fun evening of meeting other creatives, founders, and investors around the SF Bay Area! Share your work, make new friends, and gain practical skills at our workshop.

​5 pm: Doors open, networking

​5:45 pm: Opening, group TikTok dance and photos, workshops from Glyf and local artists (also live-streamed online)

​6:30 pm: Mingling, gallery walk (of Glyf x Design Buddies challenge submissions - due Mar 11)

​7:30 pm: Closing reflections

Mar 13th, 2024 - SignalFire’s Founder Social: AI Art Gallery Party

Location: San Francisco

Time: 8-11pm

What: ​Founders and builders, join us for a night of AI-powered art at a secret SF gallery full of works recently displayed in the Smithsonian!

​Culture and science should be intertwined, so March 13th we're taking over one of the most mesmerizing light, sound, and AI art exhibitions of all time. Come meet fellow technologists while being inspired by giant LED stalactites visualizing generative music played by 44 robotic gongs.

​Hosted by early-stage VC firm SignalFire's Josh Constine and Oana Olteanu, don't miss this unforgettable and extremely Instagrammable evening of creativity, featuring:

​🎶 Live music by opera singer-turned-founder Luba Yudasina, and a DJ set from ESC aka Teespring co-founder Evan Stites-Clayton

​🎨 Stunning installations including 3D-printed zoetropes, motorized waveforms, and the famous Gamelatron, all built by some of Burning Man's best artists

🚀 Mingling with fellow founders, engineers, and SignalFire's investment team, curated with help from our in-house Beacon AI and our amazing co-hosts including event curator Michelle Fang, Jonathan Chang from SF IRL, and Jimmy Chen aka Spice King Of Zanzibar.

​🍹 Exotic treats, tasty drinks, and giveaways including AirPods and boba gift cards

🔥 All set in an epic brick firehouse that's been converted into a private gallery and symphony hall.

Mar 13th, 2024 - Founders & Funders: AI with Harrison Chase

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Join us on March 13th for our Founders and Funders AI event live in San Francisco with Harrison Chase. The discussion will be moderated by Pilot’s CEO and Co-Founder, Waseem Daher. 

Learn about LangChain's meteoric rise in under two years and how Harrison and the team raised a $10M seed round from Benchmark and immediately garnered interest from other top venture funds. The discussion will be followed by an AMA session with our speakers. Drinks and pizza will be provided. Priority admittance will be given to active AI founders.

Mar 14th-16th, 2024 - Dream XR Hackathon

Location: San Francisco

What: XR hackathon by Founders Inc.

Mar 19th, 2024 - Tech Talks: The Rise of Multimodal AI

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: ​We are excited to kickoff a tech talk series on multimodal AI hosted by CRV & Encord.

​Join us to discuss the latest advancements in multimodal, including OpenAI's Sora & GPT4-V, Microsoft's LLaVA, Google's Gemini, to name a few, as well as a deep dive into the various applications of vision-language models.

Mar 19th, 2024 - GDC Afterparty Meetup

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7pm

What: Welcome back to SF Game Development's third annual GDC 2024 After Party Meetup at DNA Lounge on Tuesday, March 19th from 7:00pm-12:00am. This is the largest after hours party and DJ stage production of the entire week, and you won’t want to miss it. Best of all, it’s completely FREE, all you have to do is RSVP on Meetup or Eventbrite. If possible, please leave your backpacks at home. Between both event-channels, we already have 1,000+ RSVPs so make sure to lock in your spot today!

Mar 20th, 2024 - GenAI Collective x Daily AI & Voice Summit

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9:30pm

What: We're teaming up with Daily for an unforgettable evening that promises to weave together the threads of AI and voice technology into a rich tapestry of conversation and innovation! Imagine an event where every discussion and connection blooms from a shared passion for the limitless possibilities of AI and voice applications. This isn't your run-of-the-mill networking gig — it's a cozy, curated gathering designed to spark authentic dialogue, share insights, and cultivate collaborations in the warmest possible atmosphere. 🤩

Mar 21st, 2024 - GenAI Collective Marin Startup & Scaleup Nerdworking

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: This is not networking, it's Nerdworking!

It's a chance to take a break from pitching and being pitched to, and nerd-out about AI with other top startup and scale-up operators.

We've secured a beautiful, intimate venue in downtown Mill Valley for this event. There will be no investors or service providers, so you can relax and focus on sharing your insights and learning from other top quality operators.

Tell us what you are most interested in discussing and we'll curate small discussion groups around your chosen themes.

The venue is providing dedicated service with a full bar, menu and indoor or outdoor space. Together we will provide engaging conversation, and incredible company.

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