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SF IRL - May 20th, 2024

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

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Jonathan Chang
May 20, 2024

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 #87.

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 6500+ subscribers. As we keep growing, if you enjoy reading these, please share this with your friends so we can hit 7,000 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 🎉

I’ve also been hosting a variety of GP/LP dinners for emerging managers in the Bay Area, if you are an emerging GP or an LP that invests in emerging managers, please fill out this form if you’re interested in getting invited to future GP/LP Dinners that I throw in SF.

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.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: ​You are invited to an event co-hosted by Athletes & Assets, Brex, and Headline moderated by Noah Lack.

​Featuring four professional athletes turned founders, this panel will share stories and insights that draw out the parallels between the athlete and founder experience. While very different groups on the surface, both must ultimately have a commitment to continuous improvement in order to be successful. Regardless of if you are an avid sports fan or not, you will leave this event with a clear sense of the actionable habits and strategies that these founders developed from their time as athletes that have helped them grow thriving businesses. Celebrating small wins? Bouncing back from adversity? Goal-setting? Time management? Yep, we will cover it all.  

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: ​​You are cordially invited to AAPI Heritage Month Mixer in SF hosted by Asians@Brex, our AAPI Community (ERG).

​Happy Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

​We invite you to join us in recognizing and celebrating the incredible contributions and perseverance of the AAPI community in SF!

​This will be a highly curated group of founders, operators, and VCs, and there will be flowing 🍶 🍣, and conversation starters.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: ​Join us for a dynamic evening that brings together innovative founders, funders, and passionate allies of women's health and technological innovation.

​Our Happy Hour is an opportunity to connect with thought leaders in the industry through meaningful conversations and collaborative opportunities.

May 21st, 2024 - GenAI in B2B Supply Chain

Location: San Mateo

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: Calling all founders, aspiring entrepreneurs and VCs!

​Welcome to the 2nd edition of #SupplyChainGuy's Generative AI in B2B Supply Chain.

​Are You Ready for the B2B Revolution? Discover the Power of Generative AI in B2B Supply Chain.

​Join us for a thought-provoking discussion and tech socials featuring industry leaders exploring the transformative potential of generative AI in B2B supply chain management.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6pm

What: Grab a seat and grab a plate with Hubstaff and Deel! 🥂

Join our AI focused roundtable in San Fransisco as we bring together leaders in the Bay Area. This evening will foster networking opportunities, facilitate knowledge sharing, and strengthen relationships within the tech community.

May 22nd, 2024 - SF Marketers Happy Hour

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-7pm

What: Join us for an evening of making marketing friends at the SF Marketers Happy Hour!

​Set in the vibrant atmosphere of Spaces - San Francisco at Levi's Plaza, this is the perfect spot to unwind and connect with fellow marketing professionals. (fingers crossed for a beautiful sunny evening!)

​Mark your calendars for May 22, 2024, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM and get ready to mix, mingle, and maybe even collaborate on your next big idea. See you there!

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​​Women in AI Club is dedicated to connecting, empowering, and elevating women founders, investors, and talents in artificial intelligence. We partner with AI leaders, VCs, and service providers to support women in founding, investing, and building in the AI space.

​Please join Women in AI Club female founders and funders dinner and share your AI journey with us!

Location: Marin

Time: 10:30-5pm

What: If you're based in Marin or Sonoma and working on (or planning) an AI product, come and co-work with us!

​Yep, we're trying another new format for the North Bay AI community, with this opportunity to join us at a stunning, recently renovated co-working space in San Rafael - all for free!

​Bring your laptops, demos, problems, questions and ideas and work and collab together with other Marin & Sonoma folks working in AI.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-9pm

What: Come share in the coolest AI products being built and used in Marin.

​By community request, the highlight of this event will be an "open mic" style demo, where you are invited to either share what you are building, or just the coolest AI products you've found and enjoy using.

​We'll start and end with open networking and mingling, with some light refreshments provided by our generous hiosts - a stunning, recently renovated co-working space in San Rafael.

​Bring your laptops, demos, problems, questions and ideas and work and collab together with other Marin & Sonoma folks working in AI.

May 22nd, 2024 - TWIF SF Happy Hour

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: Who: This Week in Fintech, Spinwheel, Streetbeat, Plaid, Finley, and CoreVC and Fintech's best operators, investors, and founders

​​​What: SF Happy Hour with an open bar & light bites

​​​Where: 620 Jones, San Francisco, CA 94102

​​​When: Wednesday, May 22 at 6:00pm

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: ​Inkle in collaboration with Efficient Capital Labs welcomes founders for a fundraising discussion + founders mixer in the heart of San Francisco!

Anand Krishna (CEO, Inkle), Kaustav Das (CEO, Efficient Capital Labs) and Richard Koo (Principal, DNX Ventures) will do a quick discussion on data that we're seeing on metrics for seed/pre-A/Series A fundraising, valuations, SAFEs, captables, revenue-based financing and more - followed by Q&A. This event is best fit for post-revenue founders thinking about capital options.

May 23rd, 2024 - Experiments in Science & Life: Causality, Open-Source, & LLM Safety

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: Join us at Experiments in Science and Life: Causality, Open-source, and LLM Safety, an enlightening evening dedicated to exploring the intricate relationships of cause and effect. Hosted in collaboration with a distinguished UC Berkeley professor specializing in experiments and causality, this event delves into how causal understanding can enhance technologies and decision-making processes.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-7:30pm

What: Lisa Wehden (Plymouth Street) has successfully helped 100 people get their O-1s and EB-1As.

We'll cover the process of getting an O-1 in the shortest amount of time.

6pm: Doors open
6:30pm: Event starts
7pm: Q+A
7:30: Mixer

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Showcasing key innovative methods and success in the integration of high-resolution (multi-omic) data.
Taking real-world examples from systems biology and population health sciences we will illustrate which and how statistical, AI/MLapproaches can be used for interpretable and useful data integration.
We will highlight commonalities, specificities and complementarities of the approaches to clarify the need for improved interoperability across these fields for accelerated impact. 

May 25th, 2024 - studio sprints #001

Location: San Francisco

Time: 11am-2pm

What: ​people who want to build up physical strength or agility have gyms + stuff.

​what about people who want to build the future?

​we're prototyping the equinox like gym environment for innovators who want to build interesting projects, start something new, and meet other builders.

​come join this studio sprint if you want to:

  • ​explore what the next big thing is in lab automation

  • ​meet potential co-founders + collaborators

  • ​get feedback and training different innovation skills (mental models, r+d, design, pitching)

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10:30am-1pm

What: San Francisco area Founders - we’re excited to extend a special invitation to you and your family for a delightful Founders Family Picnic in the Park hosted by Venturous Counsel, in honor of our 5th year anniversary! Please join us for an early afternoon get together at St. Mary’s Playground & Picnic Area (Lower Level) from 10:30am to 1:00pm on Sunday, May 26th.

​This event is a departure from the traditional after-hours gatherings. Instead, it's a chance for us to immerse ourselves in the sun and fresh air while fostering meaningful connections with fellow founders and their families.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am

What: #ConnectionsThatInspire

​Global Mentorship Camp by Hanwha Life

​Calling for all Emerging VC Fund Managers and VC Professionals that wish to build new connections with senior industry leaders, fellow EFMs and aspiring students.

​Join us to find lifelong connections - we are bringing together senior industry leaders, emerging fund managers, VC professionals, and students, all with a common goal of becoming future industry leaders and who are willing to pay it forward.

Location: Mountain View

Time: 6:30-9pm

What: After an incredible inaugural roundtable event, the GenAI Collective is returning to the South Bay to run it back! Join the community for an evening where the future of AI unfolds in real time! 🤩

​​This is a rare opportunity to dive deep into the intricacies of AI research, directly engaging with the researchers leading the charge. This isn't just an event; it's a breeding ground for inspiration, a space where the next big ideas are born. Whether you're an industry veteran or a curious observer, your presence will contribute to a richer, more diverse exploration of what AI can become. Get ready to explore, learn, and grow!!

May 28th, 2024 - ML IRL #1: Meetup for Machine Learning Engineers

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

What: A meetup for machine learning engineers to meet and learn from each other. We limit invites to people already working in ML professionally. We love students, but there are already meetups for them.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: Join us for talks from the OpenSauced team and other AI engineers discussing approaches for building LLMs at scale.

May 29th, 2024 - The Intersection of Art & Technology

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7-8pm

What: a space for the creative technologists <3

​​come see demos at the intersection of art & technology! talks will be short, 5 minutes and are personal projects - no work/companies :~)

​interested in sharing a demo? sign up to share here! we'll reach out and confirm before the event.

​shout out to studio for hosting us! studio is a professional co-working space with full fabrication shop. it's also a community space for events ranging from founder demos, hackathons, monthly speaker series, art exhibits, and more.

May 29th, 2024 - Creators Co-Working Day in SF With Beacons & DesignBuddies

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am-4pm

What: ​We're gathering creatives around the SF Bay Area for a fun co-working day at the Beacons HQ! Hosted by Grace Ling and Ben Woytowich!

​We welcome anyone creating content or looking to create content.

​Come any time between 11 am - 5 pm. Get to know other creators and get work done. Take selfies with your new friends and share them on socials!

Location: Sunnyvale

Time: 6-9pm

What: Yes, that Google. Join MLOps South Bay for this incredibly exciting event!

​Come hear an amazing lineup of lightning talks from Google engineers as well as our featured MLOps speakers on prompt engineering!

May 30th, 2024 - 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 Gambit Lounge in Hayes Valley 🎉 Founders, investors, and tech enthusiasts are all welcome! See you there 🥳

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: Join us for the GenAI Collective community's inaugural SF Demo Extravaganza, where we will be uniting communities and builders across town to showcase the 10 most spectacular demos our early-stage ecosystem has to offer! 🥳

​We’ll be spotlighting products that make you say “wow - did NOT think that was possible,” or “dang, I can see this being a household name.” You'll be wondering if you’re at a tech event, or a magic show 🤹

June 1st, 2024 - GPT-4o Voice Hackathon

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am-5pm

What: ​Come build the future of AI using GPT-4o's soon to be released voice, video and image API. We'll let blast out the date, location and sponsors once we have a date for the release.

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6pm

What: See the hottest new tech pitch and comedy show in SF, also now a bicoastal show! We’ve been featured in Forbes! Watch tech pitches get roasted by stand-up comedians, VC investors, and advisors. Join us at Manny’s in SF on 16th & Valencia.

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