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SF IRL - May 8th, 2022
A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco
Jonathan Chang
May 08, 2023
Hi SF IRL! Happy April! 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 #39 of SF IRL.
I'm Jonathan, the creator of SF IRL. I've been a Bay Area resident all my life and just moved into San Francisco about 2 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. Thank you for helping us hit 3,500 subscribers, please share with your friends so we'll hit 4k! 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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May 8th, 2023 - The Council IRL - Invest Like the Best
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm PT
What: We'd like to invite Council Members to an intimate discussion about how Partners/GPs make investment decisions.
Featured Speakers:
Cristina Georgoulakis - Partner at 776
Morgan Lai, GP at Formulate Ventures & Founder/CEO of Fountain
Chrissy Meyer, GP at Root Ventures
Amber Illig - GP at The Council
May 10th, 2023 - Pear VC: AI Mixer & Fireside Chat with Hugging Face's Nazneen Rajani
Location: Palo Alto
Time: 5-7pm
What: Join Pear VC's Aparna Sinha and Hugging Face's Nazneen Rajani in an exploration of the future of generative AI, open source AI, and an evening of mingling.
May 10th, 2023 - Health & Biotech Startup Mixer
Location: San Francisco
Time: 7-9pm
What: We're bringing together some of the most thoughtful and kind people working in the SF Biotech and Health Space.
No sponsors, No sales pitch.
Give your eyes a break from the blue light, and spend an hour or two connecting with other Bay Area based Biotechies.
This mixer will feature a laid back vibe, and some of the best cocktails in the city, the perfect way to wind down on a Wednesday Night.
May 10th, 2023 - LLM Meetup with Predibase
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8pm
What: Join us at our new HQ for an evening of food, drinks, and discussions on all things LLMs — from customizing and building LLMs to setting up production infra.
LLMs are exciting, but come with challenges like finetuning models, managing data privacy, and infrastructure. How can you tackle these challenges in practice? We’ll have a series of lighting talks and demos from engineers at Predibase and Anyscale, as well as maintainers of open-source projects Ludwig and Ray, to discuss how you can seamlessly scale infrastructure and customize LLMs without giving up access to your sensitive data. We’ll also host a happy hour so you can chat with peers working on LLM projects.
May 11th, 2023 - Web3 Hack Night
Location: Menlo Park
Time: 6-8pm PT
What: Please join us on Thursday, May 11th as we host our first ever Garage Through the Ages panel and mixer. Shubham Goel Co-founder & Co-CEO of Affinity.co and Matt Katz Co-founder of Caldera will be joining us on our panel to discuss their accomplishments and career journey since their time at Stanford and how Garage has helped enable their accomplishments. This should be an exciting opportunity to hear from our Garage Alumnus followed by an open Q&A and mixer. Dinner will be served around 5:30p so please arrive early if you plan to eat with us!
May 11th, 2023 - Gen AI Unlocked
Location: Palo Alto
Time: 4-6:30pm PT
What: Join us for a timely Generative AI event where founders, technologists, and leading enterprise companies will come together to share how products and services are being re-defined, challenges are being faced, and where further innovation will take things in the future.
May 11th, 2023 - MoneyisFunny Tech Pitch Roast Comedy
Location: San Francisco
Time: 7pm PT
What: See the hottest new tech pitch and comedy show in SF, now on show #12! Bonus: See the debut of Shark Tank GPT at our show!
Watch tech pitches get roasted by stand-up comedians, VC investors, and advisors.
May 11th, 2023 - Cerebral Valley AI Builders CoWorking
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9:30am-5pm
What: Join us for co-working with AI builders & founders in SF!
Work alongside others building in AI and get feedback from your peers. At the end of the day, we will have private demos to share our work!
Space is limited. We prioritize exceptional builders in order of signup.
May 15th-19th, 2023 - AI SF
Location: San Francisco
What: Join 1000+ builders in San Francisco for a week of hacking, curated mixers, exclusive workshops, and a full-day summit to end it off.
May 16th, 2023 - GAICo Summit
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-9:30pm PT
What: The incredible success of the GAI Collective's inaugural summit sent shockwaves throughout the SF AI scene. We are so excited to partner with Gantry and Werqwise again as the community continues to build on its momentum!
May 16th, 2023 - Finding Product Market Fit
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-7pm PT
What: We will cover topics such as:
Identifying the right use cases
Gaining access to proprietary data
Building trust with customers in privacy-sensitive use cases
The intersection of hardware design and AI
Executing a successful pivot
Early go-to-market strategies
May 16th, 2023 - SF Game Development
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-9pm PT
What: SF Game Development is excited to announce a new meetup featuring Sauce Labs, Unity and Discord at DNA Lounge on Tuesday, May 16th 2023. Food will be sponsored by Sauce Labs and drinks are available for purchase at the DNA Lounge bar. All proceeds from drink sales go directly to the venue which helps them keep the lights on, and also helps us to continue to host events in their space. DNA Lounge is over 3,000 sqft and is the largest venue we've ever hosted our events at. With hundreds of developers showing up every month, we've outgrown our previous spaces, so we are excited to host you at our new venue. Speakers will go on stage at 7:00pm. This event is open to the public and is a professional networking event for game developers, artists, students, indies, or really anyone interested in game development.
May 16th-18th, 2023 - Web3 Hack Night
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm PT
What: Come build with and learn from some of the most creative, ambitious, and innovative talent working with AI. Whether this is your first hackathon or you’re a seasoned pro, join us for 3 days of hacking, workshops, panels, demos, prizes, and an after party.
May 17th, 2023 - Web3 Hack Night
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6:30-8:30pm PT
What: Driving Climate Action Through Innovation
There's no time like the present!
Climate action demands immediate attention and collaboration from all of us. We are living in a unique moment, where public and private sector capital, legislated targets, customers in need, and entrepreneurial energy are all aligning. We have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to make a real impact to save our planet.
May 17th, 2023 - AI Builders Co-Working at Susa Ventures
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9am-6pm PT
What: Join us for co-working with AI builders & founders in SF!
This will be a great opportunity to work alongside others building in AI and get feedback from your peers.
May 20th, 2023 - Cryia Con
Location: San Francisco
What: CriyaCon, an exclusive Product & AI Leaders Conference in the heart of San Francisco, brings
together some of the most influential product & technology leaders to shape the future of work.
Learn from top industry experts, actualize your leadership goals, take a bold step in influencing
organization-wide changes, and double down on your personal brand.
Our flagship conference covers three primary tracks on the Main Stage: Thought Leadership & Personal Branding, Product & Technology Trends, and Leadership & Coaching.
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