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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 #103. Hope you had a great long weekend and excited to get back to this week with events!

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 7500+ subscribers. As we keep growing, if you enjoy reading these, please share this with your friends so we can hit 8,000 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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Sept 4th, 2024 - Enterprise AI Deep Dive

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Join us for the go-to Bay Area meetup on all things data and AI.

​​​​​This event is for engineers passionate about various tools they should include in their AI tech stack. Whether you're a developer, a product manager, or simply a data & AI enthusiast, come to network and hear insights from the teams at Airbyte & Snowflake.

​​​​​6:00pm: Networking and bites
6:45pm: Presentations start
7:45pm: Networking and wrap up

Sept 4th, 2024 - AI For Marketers

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-9pm

What: Join us for our AI for monthly Marketers event! Learn how to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence to transform your marketing strategies. Discover how AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Hugging Face and Midjourney can improve content generation, data-driven marketing, marketing automation, digital marketing, and AI for social media.

Sept 5th, 2024 - Career Transitions in Tech

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: ​Looking to make your next big career move? 

​Transition Tales, in partnership with SVAcademy, is thrilled to announce “Career Transitions in Tech,” an intimate event dedicated to helping you strategize your career in this crazy industry.

​Hear from the folks who have Been There, Done That on how they conquered impostor syndrome, “lack of experience,” frustration, and anxiety to land their dream jobs in tech sales, marketing, and product. 

Sept 5th, 2024 - AI Salon: Ethical AI

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7-9:30pm

What: This AI Salon event, hosted by SuperHuman Society, invites you to an intimate dinner conversation between participants as we delve into questions like:

​What are the essential characteristics that make an AI product 'humane'? What are potential harms of 'inhumane' products? How can we increase public awareness and understanding of these issues?

Sept 5th, 2024 - Immigrant Founders Networking at Microsoft Reactor

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: ​​Get ready to network and meet vetted immigrant founders, investors, and operators at Immigrant Founders Networking hosted by the Young Entrepreneurs Hub 🏝️ and OpenSphere!

Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a fellow founder, or just curious about the future of the Immigrant founder ecosystem, this is the place to be.

Sept 5th, 2024 - 116th SF Hardware Meetup

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-9:30pm

What: ​Enjoy the warmer Sept. weather with great views of the bay in Sofar's office in the Embarcadero for this meetup!

​​There will be a chance for an open mic. All demos are welcome.

Sept 5th, 2024 - AI Innovation in SaaS

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-8pm

What: The advent of modern, generative AI is as transformative and significant as the birth of the internet, if not more. Even in these early days, the disruption is impossible to ignore.

As these new technologies continue their rapid evolution, the most innovative software companies are figuring out where their industries are headed, and working hard to harness new AI capabilities to deliver better tools and experiences never possible before.

Sept 5th, 2024 - Founders Creative Present: AI Executive Dinner Series

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: ​Join us for an exclusive AI Executive Dinner Series hosted by Founders Creative, designed for leaders driving innovation in AI. This intimate gathering is tailored for funded startup founders, Series A and beyond executives, Fortune 1000 executives, and late-stage investors, bringing together the brightest minds across AI infrastructure, AI-powered products, healthcare, fintech, and more.

Sept 6th, 2024 - Network with AI CTOs & Deep Tech Researchers

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4-6pm

What: A platform that assists VCs and industry partners in identifying and connecting with top researchers and builders in the field of AI and Deep-tech
We organize 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽-𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, a 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽-𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 and 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽-𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽.

Sept 6th, 2024 - Longevity & Healthspan Optimization 101

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8:30pm

What: Join us for an exclusive masterclass on personalized longevity, where cutting-edge science meets practical health solutions.

​This event will feature expert-led panels, an interactive session, and the latest insights into optimizing your health for a longer, healthier life. We'll be serving Blueprint nutritious meals!

Sept 6th, 2024 - GenAI Hackathon: Compound AI Systems

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am-8pm

What: CreatorsCorner, collaborating with LangChain, Cohere, AWS, MultiOn, Sema4, Avahi, Galileo, Porter, Marly, Senso, Multion and others enthusiastically welcomes individuals and teams to join our hackathon! Seize this opportunity to create cutting-edge solutions that enhance human potential through AI-powered software.

Sept 7th, 2024 - Founders & Talents Speed Dating by AI+

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4-7pm

What: ​Are you an AI unicorn founder looking for likeminded talents who's ready to dive into a groundbreaking startup?

​Are you a skilled、scrappy entrepreneurial professional with a passion to embark on the next exciting journey?

​If you’re looking to unite your forces for a promising venture where the ideas and expertise meet, this is your chance to meet, mingle, and match with like-minded innovators and entrepreneurs.

Sept 7th, 2024 - Show & Tell: AI, Health, & Bio

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-9:30pm

What: Show and tell where founders and researchers can tell about their projects or research in ai, health and biotech. (3-5min)

​In order to do show and tell signup and provide work in progress title of the talk/project with short explanation what it is. You can change it later, but need to provide it early to get approved on the agenda.

Sept 8th, 2024 - Pawsomic Sunday: Paws & Their Founders

Location: San Francisco

Time: 10am-1pm

What: Hey, we are Roman & Stacy, founders of Awesomic.

We really enjoyed our first Awesomic Sunday. It was so casual and fun that we are now inviting you to the next one!

Sept 9th, 2024 - State of AI with Zendesk, Deel & Headline

Location: San Mateo

Time: 4:30-6:30pm

What: ​Kick off your week at SaaStr Annual with Zendesk, Deel and Headline!

​Join us for an engaging discussion on the Current State of AI with thought leaders in the space. This discussion will be followed by networking with drinks and light bites.

Sept 9th, 2024 - Product Hunt + Daily Demo Night @ Solaris AI

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

What: Product Hunt + Daily + Solaris AI demo night is back!

​We'll have 5-7 demos, 3-5 minutes each, in a conversational style, no slides (We will moderate and ask questions).

Sept 9th, 2024 - RAG Workshop with AWS, Langchain & Elastic

Location: San Francisco

Time: 4-8:30pm

What: Join us for a hands-on workshop at the AWS Startup Loft!
Amazon Web Services (AWS), LangChain, and Elastic are hosting an evening of learning, featuring:

• ​A fully managed service offering high-performing foundation models

• ​A developer framework to build context-aware reasoning applications

• ​A vector database that can create, store, and search vector embeddings at scale

​This workshop will provide a hands-on experience, allowing you to explore these cutting-edge technologies and their real-world applications. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from industry experts and expand your knowledge in the field of large language models and vector databases.

Sept 10th, 2024 - Chinese Founders SaaStr Party

Location: San Francisco

Time: 7pm-12am

What: ​It's the time of the year again!

​Welcome back to the playground!

Sept 10th, 2024 - Fintech Fireside Chat

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5-7:30pm

What: Join us for a Fintech Fireside Chat and Happy Hour hosted by Origin and Sheel Mohnot of The Mint VC at Shack15 in San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building.

​Our fireside chat will feature Matt Watson, CEO and Founder of Origin, and Sheel Mohnot, Founder of The Mint VC. Gain valuable insights from these industry leaders as they share their perspective on the future of fintech and how AI is changing the landscape. The chat will be moderated by Alex Calder, CEO and Co-Founder of Village Labs.

Sept 11th, 2024 - Founders & Funders: AI with Karan Goel

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-8pm

What: Join us on Sept 11th for our Founders and Funders AI event live in San Francisco with Karan Goel. The discussion will be moderated by Pilot’s Head of Product, Alex Campbell.

Sept 12th, 2024 - Tech for America: What’s Ahead of Government Tech in 2025

Location: San Francisco

Time: 3:30-6:30pm

What: ​Race Capital and Hanwha Life are proud to present Tech for America: What’s Ahead for Government Tech in 2025.

​As government agencies continue to embrace technology to enhance their operations and services, there is a growing focus on innovative solutions for the public sector.

​We'll hear from leaders in government tech about the latest developments and initiatives, and how they are leveraging AI and other technologies for the future of America. Learn from senior executives and government leaders about what’s next for tech in America, from chipsets to AI and other emerging technologies.

Sept 12th, 2024 - Navigating the VC Terrain: The Inside Scoop on US Investment Trends

Location: Palo Alto

Time: 4-7pm

What: The US venture capital terrain is forever changing and saturated with startups vying for limited global capital funding. So, as a startup founder, how can you avoid the pitfalls of navigating this high-stakes arena?

If you’re a founder learning how to navigate the minefield that is the venture capital landscape, join us as we delve into the multifaceted and constantly evolving venture capital world, and discuss the opportunities, challenges, and emerging trends in the US landscape.

Sept 12th, 2024 - AI & Tech Talks @ Zoom HQ

Location: San Francisco

Time: 5:30-8pm

What: Join us at Zoom HQ in San Jose for the second event in our developer meetup series! We’re bringing together developers, products managers, and AI enthusiasts to hear from industry leaders and dive into some of the most exciting developments in AI and technology.

Sept 13th, 2024 - AI Agents Hack with LabLab & MindsDB

Location: San Francisco

Time: 11am

What: Build an innovative AI Agent designed to excel in this hackathon by enhancing tasks, workflows, or solving challenges with significant social impact. Your challenge is to create an AI Agent that intelligently manages, optimizes, and adds value to a meaningful area of your choice.

Sept 13th, 2024 - Saastr AI Founders Afterparty

Location: San Francisco

Time: 6-10pm

What: ​Get ready to connect in-person at the SaaStr AI Founders After Party!

​Join us on September 13, 2024 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM in North San Francisco. Hosted by HashMatrix, AgentOps.ai, and AI+, this exclusive event provides you the perfect blend of insightful discussions and laid-back networking experience.

​This is your chance to mingle with fellow SaaS & AI founders, investors, and builders in a relaxing and casual setting. Whether you're looking to share your experiences and thoughts from SaaStr Annual 2024, gain new insights from fellow entrepreneurs, discuss growth strategies and collaboration, or simply enjoy some great company (plus food, drinks, and music!), this after party is the place to be.

Sept 14th, 2024 - Squire.AI Hackathon

Location: San Francisco

Time: 9am-4pm

What: Squire AI, https://www.squire.ai/ , is an AI code review platform used by fast-shipping teams.

​Join the Squire team and hack on an agentic project with us & friends in San Francisco!

​We're hosting a 2-day Hackathon at the incredible NFX office in Hayes Valley along with leading devtool and AI companies. We want to help you build your next project and have some fun trying to get AI to do something useful.

​Hackers will take projects from idea (null) to production through the weekend and present what they've built to judges from top AI companies.

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