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Mixer / networking

A mixer for climate founders, investors, builders, and operators to swap resources and perspectives on solving climate problems at scale. Come prepared with lead magnets to support others and leave with new connections in the climate ecosystem.

Mixer / networking

A morning walk through Dolores Park with founders, operators, and their pets, no pitches required. Coffee and conversation afterward on Valencia, plus free caffeine if you show up without a dog.

Hackathon · Demo night

The premise is solid: real products need model orchestration, not single-model solutions. Spend a day building something that only works because you combined multiple models, providers, or modalities, then demo why one model wasn't enough.

Hackathon

Harness Engineering & Model Wrangling Hackathon tackles memory and persistence for agents operating over weeks or months. MongoDB Atlas and Vector Search provide the infrastructure; you bring the approach to building agents that adapt and remember at scale.

Mixer / networking

A scenic 2-mile run along Crissy Field where you can track miles through the Charity Miles app to generate donations for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Casual pace, free coffee and networking after at Sports Basement Presidio.

Hackathon

Twelve hours to build something that removes real friction from how people work or learn, judged by speedrun investors and company founders. Best use of sponsor tools nets $1K, and the winner gets a guaranteed interview with the speedrun investment team.

Mixer / networking

A full day of yoga, tea ceremony, and wellness workshops for founders and builders who want to recharge during SF Tech Week. This one's for anyone leading teams or shipping products who'd rather not burn out doing it.

Mixer / networking

A low-key 2-hour hike around the Golden Gate Bridge for founders under 26 to swap war stories and find peers solving similar problems. Best taken as a chance to build real relationships outside the usual networking circuit.

Talks & panels

Serious lineup on brain tech and neurotech therapeutics, from BCI researchers to founders actually building optimization tools. All day deep dive into how AI is enabling sharper cognition and treatments for neurological disease.

Hackathon

Voice coding is finally practical enough to ship from a phone, and this Stanford hackathon lets you build agents outdoors without screens dominating your weekend. Openbase and Maritime handle the infrastructure so you can focus on what you're actually making and where you're making it.

Workshop / hands-on · Mixer / networking

Real enterprise work samples against a live leaderboard, evaluated on both your process and results. Top performers skip the resume pile and go straight to hiring partners' interview loops.

Demo night

Metriproof helps nonprofits turn data collection into immediate action without needing engineering teams or expensive infrastructure. This demo shows the practical setup for orgs trying to measure real-time impact at scale.

Workshop / hands-on · Mixer / networking

Founders get 30+ polished content shots in 40 minutes with a curated group at the waterfront, then five startups unveil custom apparel redesigns that actually look good. Practical founder marketing problems solved before coffee gets cold.

Hackathon

Arcade unlocks on-demand manufacturing and instant pricing through API, letting you build agentic commerce experiences that actually fulfill physical products. This hackathon gives you their production infrastructure for the first time, plus judges from Forerunner and Minted if you want to ship something real.

Mixer / networking

A small, curated hike with founders, investors, and researchers wrapping up SF Tech Week in the Bay Area hills. Invite-only and intentionally intimate, this one's for those who'd rather close deals on a trail than in a conference room.

Mixer / networking

Plants translate their electrical activity into ambient soundscapes at this immersive listening experience during Tech Week. Slip on wireless headphones at 1 Hotel's waterfront Terrene Lounge and let Joe Patitucci's PlantWave system compose real-time music from living nature.

Hackathon

The bottleneck in self-improving AI systems isn't the model, it's the eval. This Sunday's hack focuses on building loops where better evaluators unlock recursive improvement, following the path Lilian Weng argues matters most.

Hackathon

A 24-hour hackathon pulling Berkeley's top 1% builders with real prize money and sponsor tooling across AI, crypto, and dev tools. If you want to ship fast alongside people who actually know what they're doing, this is the move.

Mixer / networking

A faith-focused wind-down to SF Tech Week pairing Sunday service at VIVE Church with brunch reflection on the week's connections and insights. If you're a Kingdom entrepreneur looking to deepen relationships forged during the week, this is the community to plug into.

Talks & panels

Small business owners need AI that augments their decision-making, not replaces it. This session explores how to build systems that give teams better visibility and more time for what actually matters.

Talks & panels · Mixer / networking

A curated mixer connecting 50+ visiting Pakistani tech leaders and entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley builders, backed by Ejad Labs who run Pakistan's largest tech event. Strong lineup of AI founders speaking, with focused networking designed for cross-border partnerships and talent discovery in a rapidly growing $36B+ digital economy.

Mixer / networking

A direct line to Pakistan's 36B digital economy through conversations with 50+ vetted entrepreneurs and tech leaders visiting for SF Tech Week. Worth the time if you're building products for emerging markets or exploring partnerships in a talent pool growing by 30,000 engineers annually.

Talks & panels · Mixer / networking

Riviera and IntelliPro are bringing together agentic and physical AI founders with a panel covering real industry trends. Invite-only networking with checks written by Han Li and a solid roster of founders already shipping products.

Mixer / networking

VeriCasa and LSEG are hosting a Sunday brunch conversation on AI infrastructure in regulated industries, focusing on how automated decisions scale without sacrificing trust or accountability. Sharp people, good food, and practical talk about what's next for KYC, AML, compliance, and real estate workflows.

Hackathon

UC Berkeley and Stanford's DECODE community is running a full-day hackathon with a dedicated build week leading up to it, culminating in pitches to investors and industry judges. Hand-selected builders get seed ideas and emerging tech trends to work with, then present prototypes at the in-person finale.

Mixer / networking

A chance to reset your nervous system after a week of constant performing with founders and investors who actually get it. Restorative yoga, somatic practices, and real connection without the pressure to pitch.

Talks & panels

Founders building creative AI tools and creators pushing them to their limits sit down to figure out what actually matters once anyone can generate video. Expect honest talk about where today's products help, where they break, and what separates a great creative agent from a generic one.

Demo night · Mixer / networking

VRIFYD's CORA cuts through résumé gaming by scoring actual skills over keywords, helping candidates and employers escape algorithmic monoculture. See the hiring signal-to-noise ratio flip in real time, then network with talent developers, founders, and people leaders.

Mixer / networking

A rare no-pitch gathering mixing local founders, visiting builders, and VCs who actually want to talk about something besides fundraising. The kind of unstructured time that only happens in SF when people from everywhere decide to show up at once.

Mixer / networking

A two-hour gathering in nature for people worn out by the typical tech scene, using embodied rituals and small circles where everyone gets uninterrupted speaking time. Horizon House built custom tech to make these connections actual lasting memories instead of forgettable encounters.

Workshop / hands-on · Mixer / networking

A rare chance for people leaders to workshop goals and OKRs over wine and homemade food, grounded in actionable research. You'll leave with concrete strategies for keeping teams aligned and engaged, plus connections worth more than the pairing.

Mixer / networking

Plants translate their electrical activity into evolving soundscapes at 1 Hotel's Terrene Lounge, a rare moment to step back from Tech Week noise. Slip on headphones, settle by the waterfront, and listen to nature compose ambient music in real time.

Mixer / networking

After a week of structured panels and pitches, this is where you actually talk to people without the formality. Skybar's views and casual vibe make it the right place to close out Tech Week with founders who are already in your orbit.

Mixer / networking

European founders and SF-based builders connecting over food and drinks at the Embassy. Solid venue for cross-Atlantic business relationships if you're serious about international expansion.

Mixer / networking

A low-key closing to the week where you carpool up Mount Tam for tacos and sunset with the tech crowd. Perfect if you want to decompress after a week of talks without the usual venue small talk.

Talks & panels

Builders and investors diving into the hard systems problems of production AI: compute architectures, inference bottlenecks, energy constraints, and deploying at scale. Technical crowd, short talks from people actually shipping, then conversations that go deeper.

Hackathon · Demo night

A low-pressure hackathon where you can build music visualizers, generative instruments, AI vocal experiments, or whatever strange audio idea you've been sitting on. Two-minute demos at the end mean you'll see what everyone else cooked up in a few hours.