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SF IRL - Oct 28th, 2024
A curated newsletter showcasing the top tech & startup events in San Francisco
Jonathan Chang
October 28, 2024
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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 #111. Happy TechCrunch Disrupt SF! The last of the major conferences and I hope you’ll be getting rest after this!
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 8000+ 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 Coming Up 🎉
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8:30pm
What: You are invited to a Brex Social Club SF - An Official Side Event TechCrunch Disrupt.
This isn't your typical networking Event; our goal is to make space for meaningful connections, learn from each other and move each other forward.
Nov 13th, 2024 - Fidelity San Francisco Launch Party
Location: San Francisco
What: We are excited to be a part of the Bay Area Startup Ecosystem and want to celebrate the founders, investors, and members of the startup community who have helped us get here.
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.
For Founders Get $2.5k in OpenAI Credits & other rewards by signing up with Brex(Use jchang as referral)
Oct 29th, 2024 - Fireside with David Sacks
Location: San Francisco
Time: 4:30-7pm
What: We have the bestie from the politics corner 6 days before the election, I promise we won’t talk all politics though since Sacks is also one of the best founders of his generation.
All-In
Building Glue
Future of SaaS
Future of VC funds
Politics
Oct 29th, 2024 - AI x Cybersecurity Happy Hour
Location: San Francisco
Time: 4-7pm
What: Interested in how the new wave of AI will impact the $200B+ cybersecurity market? Or the new, emerging threat vectors that threaten AI applications in production and how you can build to access this growing market? Then you can’t miss our “AI x Cybersecurity” event on October 29th at AGI House! Join for a discussion with some of the leading minds in the AI and security space and hear about the most recent trends on how AI is changing the security landscape (and vice versa!).
Oct 29th, 2024 - Founders Creative Exec Lunch
Location: Los Altos
Time: 11:30am-1pm
What: Join Founders Creative for an exclusive, curated executive lunch in the peninsula. This gathering brings together top professionals in AI cybersecurity, infrastructure, and healthcare for a relaxed yet insightful networking experience.
Oct 29th, 2024 - AI Video Developer Meetup
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8:30pm
What: The AI Video Meetup is a monthly gathering for developers and builders exploring the intersection of video and AI. Join us for interactive demos and technical discussions on cutting-edge topics like multimodal search, video AI training, generative video, and the future of video storytelling.
Oct 29th, 2024 - Scaling Smart: Leading Tech Companies to Success
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
What: Join other technology leaders for a panel discussion on hard-won leadership strategies proven to build and scale successful products and companies. Come for insights and serious strategy; stay for the Happy Hour networking.
Oct 29th, 2024 - Seoul to Silicon Valley: Korea Innovation on the World Stage
Location: Menlo Park
Time: 2:30-6pm
What: Join us for an exclusive showcase of South Korea's most promising startups at the heart of Silicon Valley.
Oct 29th, 2024 - Dark Mode AI Night
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-9pm
What: Come hang out after GitHub Universe with ~100 technical founders to see demos of some of the coolest AI applications people are working on.
Oct 29th, 2024 - HardTech After Party
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-9pm
What: Come connect with other attendees from TechCrunch Disrupt at the HardTech After Party hosted by Studio 45, Andrews Cooper, informal and Whipsaw! We will have food, drinks, and music.
Oct 29th, 2024 - Pull Requests & Pints
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5:30-9pm
What: After a day of intense sessions at GitHub Universe, it's time to unwind, recharge, and connect with fellow developers over dinner, beer and cocktails. Join us for an evening of casual networking and engaging conversations with fellow developers using AI in their everyday tasks.
Oct 30th, 2024 - Women in Data Science
Location: San Francisco
Time: 3-6pm
What: Due to the overwhelming response from last year’s event that had 600+ in-person and virtual registrations and 12 amazing speakers including IBM, OpenAI, Netflix and Google, we are excited to host the 2nd annual IBM-sponsored Women in Data Science (WiDS) event in San Francisco!
Oct 30th, 2024 - How to (& How Not To) Build with AI
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-8pm
What: Join us for an exciting event tailored for engineers eager to discover essential tools for their AI tech stack. To kick off, you'll learn how to use the new AI Assistant to build connectors in minutes simply by pointing to API documentation.
Oct 30th, 2024 - AI Hackathon with Nvidia
Location: San Francisco
Time: 10am-5pm
What: Dive into the full AI workflow over an exhilarating weekend challenge! Our virtual hackathon, led by the NVIDIA NeMo team, will guide you through the end-to-end journey of customizing large language models(LLMs), from accelerated data processing to fine-tuning and evaluation.
Oct 30th, 2024 - DevGuild AI Summit III
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9am-7pm
What: Join us on October 30th as we bring together over 200 founders, software engineers, and product leaders who understand that the path to revenue in AI is developer-first.
Nov 1st, 2024 - Vectors Capital Climaverse
Location: Burlingame
Time: 10am-4pm
What: Climaverse 2024 is Vectors Capital’s inaugural event dedicated to advancing climate tech investments. It brings together our portfolio companies, Limited Partners (LPs), co-investors, and industry experts to foster collaboration, share insights, and shape the future of climate innovation.
Nov 1st, 2024 - AI x The Future of Work with Tesla
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-9pm
What: As TechCrunch Disrupt concludes, it's time to take a high-level look at AI and its impact on the future of work. How will these cutting-edge technologies reshape the labor market in the near and distant future?
In this event, we will explore the profound changes AI is bringing to the workforce, examining its influence across various industries. We'll highlight how AI-driven innovations boost productivity, foster professional development, and even impact mental health. Our discussion will delve into the evolving economic landscape, focusing on AI’s dual role in creating new jobs, displacing others, and shifting skill demands.
Nov 2nd, 2024 - How to Successfully Scale Your Startup & Achieve Grand Exits
Location: Mountain View
Time: 3-5pm
What: Following the success of our last event, How to Build a Unicorn Startup and Have Multiple Exits, we’re back with the next exciting installment in the Startup 0 to 1 Series!
This time, we’ve gathered a fresh lineup of seasoned founders and investors who have built and backed some of the most successful startups out there. Get ready to dive deep into their insights on scaling ventures and navigating the path to successful exits. 🌟
Nov 6th, 2024 - How to Recruit, Build & Scale World Class Engineering Teams
Location: Palo Alto
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
What: Calling all engineer founders and tech leaders!
Are you navigating the challenges of hiring top-notch engineers and scaling your team effectively? Join us for an insightful meetup where seasoned founders and engineer leaders from Microsoft, Linkedin, Coursera, BEA Systems, Sun Microsystems, Databricks share proven strategies to build and grow exceptional engineering teams.
Nov 7th, 2024 - Filecoin Orbit: Building a Resilient Open Source Ecosystem
Location: San Francisco
Time: 9am-7pm
What: Join us for an insightful fireside chat with Brian Behlendorf, a luminary in the open source community. Brian is a senior advisor on AI and other technical areas to the Linux Foundation. He is also on the boards of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Filecoin Foundation. Brian has a long history with Open Source technology, having co-founded the Apache Software Foundation in the 90s, and lead the Open Source Initiative in its first few years.
Nov 7th, 2024 - AI Founders Night: Accelerate Your Startup with Techstars
Location: San Francisco
Time: 5-8pm
What: Are you an early-stage AI founder? Join us for an evening of networking and insights with Techstars. This is your chance to meet the Techstars team, connect with like-minded entrepreneurs, and learn what it takes to be part of our accelerator program.
Nov 7th, 2024 - The Unhackable Hack at Pebblebed
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-10pm
What: Let's build something unbreakable! At The Unhackable Hack, you’ll develop secure, compliant-ready APIs or microservices using AI-generated code (powered by Claude). We’ll give you plug-and-play templates, and you’ll add your creative touch to make it both powerful and secure.
Nov 7th, 2024 - Checkmate: Chess Night with Engineering Leaders
Location: San Francisco
Time: 6-9pm
What: We are thrilled to invite you to Engineering Leaders Play Chess, where strategy meets intellect. Join us for a mix of strategic gameplay and insightful conversation!
As experienced engineering leaders, we know the value of strategy and focus. This event can be a break from the routine to play chess, connect with peers, and share a passion for technology and innovation. It’s not a sales event. It's a space for engineering leaders from the SF Bay Area to meet, connect, and challenge their thinking through the timeless game of chess.
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