American South Asian Network
[SF]
[LA]
Golden Gate Walk & Talk: South Asian Edition
Golden Gate Park
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American South Asian Network
Ditch the conference rooms and step into the fresh air with the South Asian community during SF Tech Week. Join fellow tech professionals, investors, creatives, and operators for a scenic walk along San Francisco’s most iconic landmark — the Golden Gate Bridge.
This no-pressure meetup is about sparking conversations, sharing ideas, and making connections while taking in world-class views. You’ll leave with new perspectives, valuable contacts, and a few great photos too.
📍 Route: Start at the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center, walk across the bridge (1.7 miles), and return for a 3.4-mile round trip.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
Lenny's Newsletter, Merge
[SF]
[LA]
Product Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter
Nob Hill
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Lenny's Newsletter, Merge
Calling all product people – founders, product managers, product marketing managers, designers, etc. Come through for drinks, meet fellow product folks, and get to know our vibrant community!
This event will be co-hosted by Merge and Karen Hsieh.
The Friends of Lenny’s Newsletter community is for anyone building product, driving growth, or looking to uplevel their product career. The community includes 20,000+ PMs, founders, growth leaders, and builders. Join us at LennysNewsletter.com.
Free drinks for the first ~50 attendees are courtesy of Merge.dev - Merge equips your product and AI agents with instant integration capabilities. Connect to 220+ software applications through one unified API and empower your AI agents with secure access to thousands of third-party tools. Stop wasting engineering resources on building and maintaining integrations. Let Merge handle authentication, security, and maintenance while you focus on your core product. Join thousands of companies who trust Merge to accelerate development, unblock sales, and deliver seamless customer experiences!
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
[SF]
[LA]
CVCs Deep Dive & Dinner: Cross-Border Insights
Join us for an evening of insights, conversation, and community during SF Tech Week. This special gathering will feature a panel of leading corporate venture capital (CVC) investors, offering a deep dive into how CVCs operate, what they look for in startups, and where the next wave of opportunities lies.
What to Expect
Panel Discussion (45 mins): Four top CVC investors share perspectives on investment strategies, industry focus areas, and how VC investors and founders can best engage with corporate VCs.
Panel Speakers include:
- Maximilian Von Poelnitz, Managing Director, Ajinomoto Group Ventures
- Milana Kuzmanović, Senior Director, World Innovation Lab
- Jimmy Cheng, Head of Technology Intelligence Center, Synopsys Inc
Moderated by: Xuhui Shao, Managing Partner, Foothill Ventures
Networking & Happy Hour: Connect with fellow founders, investors, and operators over curated small bites and drinks.
Event Details
📍 Location: Los Altos, CA
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PT
🍸 Format: Panel + Drinks + Light Dinner
Who Should Attend
- Founders exploring corporate venture partnerships
- Investors interested in the intersection of venture + corporate innovation
- Operators and builders looking to expand their networks during SF Tech Week
Space is limited, so RSVP early to secure your spot.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
About the host:
Foothill Ventures is a $300M fund that bets on highly technical, very early-stage companies in frontier tech. We are based in Los Altos, California. We are investing in seed and series A startups in North America. Learn more at https://www.foothill.ventures/.
Plus Ultra Capital Partners
[SF]
[LA]
Reset & Recharge
Chinatown
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Plus Ultra Capital Partners
Hosted by Plus Ultra Capital
Led by Ellen Damaso, Venture Partner, Mindfulness Expert, and Startup Operator
Experience an energizing and restorative yoga session designed specifically for the fast-paced world of technology and venture capital. Led by Ellen Damaso—an experienced yoga teacher, venture partner with Plus Ultra Capital, mindfulness expert, and startup operator
Participants are guided through dynamic sequences that blend energizing movement, stress relief, and intentional moments for pausing and recalibrating—mirroring the pace and strategic thinking required in both boardrooms and the fast-moving world of tech.
Drawing from her dual expertise in entrepreneurship and wellness, Ellen guides participants through opportunities to reset, recharge, and cultivate clarity to bring back into boardrooms, product sprints, and investor calls. Weaving together themes of leadership, adaptability, and calm under pressure, the session creates space to reset both body and mind
Ideal for professionals at any stage, mindfulness techniques are introduced throughout, fostering presence, focus, and clarity for life to empower both on and off the mat
ALL levels are welcome; no prior experience required. Capacity of 10/class. $20/person
Payment link: https://venmo.com/u/justaskelle
EQUIPMENT PROVIDED: mats, blocks, bolsters, and blanks.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
[SF]
[LA]
Sunset Mixer with a Mix (DJ set)
A mixer with a live DJ mix. Grab a brew and hang with Vibeset to kick off LA Tech Week 2025 featuring b2b set of two LA-based DJ's.
We're bringing together LA's community of AI/ML experts, Designers, and general tech & creative enthusiasts to hang.
As part of our event, Vibeset will be available to test via web app for anyone to put a mix together.
Come check out the next wave of AI-powered music curation at Sugar Monkey Brewing - El Segundo.
This event is a part of #LATechWeek —a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com
[SF]
[LA]
Future of Robotics, Semiconductors & Precision Engineering
Hosted by H*QUOTIENT & Orrick
From autonomous systems to advanced chips and the infrastructures that bind them, this panel explores how robotics, semiconductors, and precision engineering are shaping the next era of deep tech. Hear from founders, researchers, and operators at the cutting edge as they unpack the technical breakthroughs, industrial shifts, and new opportunities defining the future of hardware.
H*QUOTIENT is a (student-founded!) new-age deep tech community with 3,000+ engineers, scientists, founders, investors, and students across 55+ countries. We aim to empower the next generation of founders in IP-intensive industries, connect over niche STEM-adjacent events, and make deep tech sexy again.
Join our community here: https://tally.so/r/nWjGMe and tell us how we can help you! https://linktr.ee/hquotient
Orrick is a tech-focused law firm passionate about helping entrepreneurs, innovators and investors push boundaries. Through its extensive client portfolio, deal volume, and relationships in the ecosystem, Orrick provides commercial insight to each client’s strategy. From financing to protecting IP to retaining talent to advocating for innovation-friendly public policy, Orrick offers a holistic solution across the tech & venture lifecycle. Please reach out to Andy Bloom (abloom@orrick.com) if you're a founder or investor or want to learn more!
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
By registering for this event, you consent to be photographed and receive email updates from the hosts and be added to the H*QUOTIENT newsletter mailing list. Photographs may be used for marketing and media purposes without compensation.
[SF]
[LA]
Poker Night (for Dummies)
We're back!! We had such a great response to our first event that we're hosting one for AI Founders & Builders...
Poker is intimidating: complicated rules, quick mental math, potentially losing money, and an intense atmosphere.
So how do you learn?
We’re curating a group of kick-ass people who want to learn how to play poker in a judgment-free zone.
Already know the game but still want to join? Register and volunteer to teach!
Free pizza, gambling, and music...what more could you want? (We're not playing for money).
And sorry boys, but poker tends to be male-dominated; to make this event as inclusive as possible, we're keeping the gender ratio 1:1.
SCHEDULE
4:00pm Arrival & Mingling
4:30pm Texas Hold'Em 101
4:45pm Practice + Game 1
5:15pm Game 2
5:45pm Game 3
6:15pm Wrap up
Extremely limited spots, so make sure to sign up soon to guarantee acceptance!
And please share this with your friends! We're looking to invite as many cool people as we can :)
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek, a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
[SF]
[LA]
AI Female Founder Demo + Mixer
AI Female Founder Showcase + Mixer
Join us for an exclusive evening celebrating the women building the future of artificial intelligence. This curated showcase features innovative AI female founders presenting their groundbreaking companies, followed by networking with investors, industry leaders, and fellow entrepreneurs.
What to Expect:
- Live pitches from select AI female founders
- Networking with VCs, tech executives, and AI innovators
- Cocktails and conversations in a premium setting
- Opportunities to connect with the next generation of AI leaders
When: October 8th, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: San Francisco
Who: AI founders, investors, tech professionals, and industry supporters
Part of SF Tech Week 2025. This intimate gathering brings together the community driving innovation at the intersection of AI and female entrepreneurship.
*Applications open for founders to showcase. Limited capacity event.*
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com
AI+, Orbifold.ai, Memories.ai
[SF]
[LA]
AI+ MultiModal Day
Marina
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AI+, Orbifold.ai, Memories.ai
AI+ Multimodal Day 2025
Scaling Beyond Text, Towards a Multimodal World
📍 San Francisco
📅 October 10, 2025 (Friday)
🕥 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM (followed by Panelist Dinner)
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About the Event
AI+ Multimodal Day brings together the world’s leading founders, researchers, and builders who are shaping the future of multimodal intelligence.
From databases that index vision, audio, and video at scale, to productivity tools that augment our daily workflows, to AI-native entertainment platforms, and embodied AI in hardware—this is a full-day exploration of how AI is scaling beyond text to transform how we work, create, play, and live.
Expect a day of deep conversations, sharp debates, and new connections with the most ambitious founders and investors in the space.
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Agenda
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Opening: Lynn, Founder @ AI+
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM | Panel 1: The Agentic OS: Seeing, Speaking, Doing
How multimodal tools augment our daily workflows and capture human context.
Host: Lynn, Founder @ AI+
Panelists: Genspark.ai, Browserbase.com, Tinyfish.ai, Composio.dev, etc
11:30 AM – 12:20 PM | Panel 2: Scaling Beyond Text – Multimodal Databases
The state of multimodal data: curation, storage, processing, and indexing.
Host: Paul Jun @ Depth VC
Panelists: Meta SuperIntelligence Lab, Lancedb.com, Memories.ai, Orbifold.ai, GMIcloud.ai, Sievedata.com
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch + Networking
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Product Showcase
Confirmed product showbase include founders from:
- Lenjoy Lin, Cofounder at Genspark.ai
- Karan Vaidya, Cofounder at Composio.dev
- Shawn Shen, Founder & CEO at Memories.ai
- Alex Yeh, Founder & CEO at GMIcloud.ai
- Div Garg, Founder & CEO at theagi.company
- Enoch Zhu, Founder & CEO at Orbifold.ai
- You Wu, Founder & CEO at Wanderboat.ai
- Linda S, GM of Global Businss at MiniMax (Minimax.io)
2:00 PM – 2:50 PM | Panel 3: AI-Native Entertainment & Creation
How AI and multimodal revolutionize content creation, social, and entertainment.
Host: Peter Pan @ Hat-Trick Capital
Panelists: Opusclip (opus.pro), Higgsfield.ai, Creatify.ai, Minimax.io, Wanderboat.ai etc
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM | Panel 4: Multimodal Intelligence for Physical AI
AI embodied in the physical world: wearables, robotics, vehicles, and beyond.
Host: Iris Sun @ 500 Global
Panelists: Tavus.io, Plaud.ai, theagi.company, Meta Reality Lab, Meta Glasses etc
3:50 PM – 5:00 PM | Networking
6:00 PM | Private Dinner (Panelists & Special Guests)
An intimate dinner gathering for panelists, investors, and select guests.
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Host: AI+
AI+ is a community-driven fund investing in early-stage AI and physical AI founders. To date, we’ve hosted 150+ events—spanning demo days, panels, workshops, and private founder dinners—connecting over 20,000 AI founders, investors, researchers and engineers worldwide.
If you’re a founder, builder or engineer looking to join our bi-weekly private dinners, speak at our events, or get support with fundraising, finding customers, making a voice, please react out.
👉 Subscribe to our event calendar: https://lu.ma/ai-plus?k=c
📩 Get in touch: aiplus.official@gmail.com
Conference Partner: Hat-Trick Capital
Hat-Trick Capital is a Palo Alto-based early-stage venture firm focusing on pre-seed to Series A. We primarily cover vertical agentic companies with a thesis-driven approach, where we conduct in-depth analysis of the verticals and form investment decisions. One of our core focuses is adtech/martech, with anchor LP back AppLovin as one of the biggest investors previously. We also invest in robotic solutions and consumer tech (in social and gaming).
Who Should Come
- Founders & builders working on multimodal AI, productivity, entertainment, hardware, or infra.
- Investors looking to understand the next wave of AI-native startups.
- Researchers & engineers exploring multimodal data, models, and applications.
- Creators & product leaders curious about AI-native entertainment and tools.
Anyone who believes AI is scaling beyond text into vision, audio, video, and the physical world.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
Axxilion Strategic Communications
[SF]
[LA]
How to be visible to AI Search
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Axxilion Strategic Communications
[SF]
[LA]
Dev Workshop & Mixer: Prompts to Pints with Reka
Kick off your Tech Week evening with Reka! Join us for an interactive session where developers and builders will get hands-on with multimodal agents in a focused workshop, followed by an early happy hour mixer.
We’ll dive into how Reka’s latest tools can power real-world workflows, then shift gears to casual networking over drinks and bites, with fellow devs, founders, and partners.
Designed as a pre-game to the busy Tech Week nights, this 4–7 pm gathering gives you the best of both worlds: learn something new, connect with the community over drinks and light bites, and still make it to your evening plans (we know how exciting things can get during the #SFTechWeek)
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek, a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
Optional: Bring your own laptop if you’d like to follow along during the workshop. We’ll walk through building simple multimodal agents together, and having your own device means you can try the tools live, experiment with prompts, and leave with something you built yourself. If you prefer to just watch the demos and enjoy the conversation, that works too!
[SF]
[LA]
Barry's LIFT X RUN CLASS I
Join us in the Red Room for an hour-long group workout brought to you by Barry's Santa Monica. Then, stay for a networking pop-up as we provide refreshments to keep you fueled for #LATechWeek
As we only have 58 spots in each class, we are happy to extend a discounted #LATechWeek drop-in rate for all interested participants who are unable to secure a spot in this class to book another session(s) during our weekly offering.
Please be on the look out for an email from santamonica@barry.com for your class confirmation and/or discounted drop-in rate link as the date draws closer.
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
[SF]
[LA]
Remote Leaders Happy Hour: Tips, Tools & Tequila
Join fellow remote team leaders and startup founders for a casual happy hour on the future of remote work. Connect, swap stories, and share tools and strategies for building productive, happy teams from anywhere.
Running a remote team comes with unique challenges — from staying productive across time zones to keeping teams engaged and avoiding burnout. We’re bringing together startup founders and remote team leaders to share what’s working (and what isn’t) when it comes to running remote teams.
This isn’t a panel or a pitch — just good drinks, good conversation, and a room full of people who get what it’s like to build and lead remotely. Whether you’re scaling your first team or refining how your company works across borders, you’ll leave with fresh ideas, new connections, and maybe even your next favorite tool for running remote.
Come for the community, stay for the conversations that help you (and your team) work smarter from anywhere.
Hosted by:
WeekWize, a time planning and tracking tool that helps teams plan better, reduce burnout, and boost profitability. www.weekwize.com
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
Deel, Citizens Private Bank
[SF]
[LA]
Citizens x Orrick x Deel - Pickleball
Santa Monica
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Deel, Citizens Private Bank
Join Deel, Citizens Private Bank, and Orrick for an exclusive afternoon of pickleball, networking, and refreshments with fellow founders and operators. Whether you're a seasoned player or picking up a paddle for the first time, this casual event is the perfect opportunity to connect, rally, and recharge amid the LA Tech Week buzz.
Event Details:
📍 Pickle Pop (1231 3rd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401, United States)
📅 Thursday, October 16th
🕓 3:00-5:00pm PT
Paddles, refreshments, and good vibes provided. Spots are limited—RSVP today!
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
[SF]
[LA]
Scaling Innovation in AI Infrastructure & Applications with Unicorn Founders
The AI revolution is being shaped at two levels: the infrastructure that powers it and the applications that bring it to life. This panel brings together serial founders, technical pioneers, and researchers who’ve scaled unicorns, built transformative AI products, and advanced the science behind them.
🌟 Featured Speakers:
🔹 Muddu Sudhakar - Founder and Investor
Founding CEO of Aisera (Series D+ Unicorn), SVP & GM ServiceNow, Splunk, VMware; CSO, VP & GM Dell/EMC; Founder & CEO of Caspida (acquired by Splunk), Cetas (acquired by VMware), Kazeon (acquired by Dell/EMC), Sanera (acquired by Dell/EMC)
🔹 Yandong Liu - Co-founder and ex-CTO at Connectly.ai (Series B+), CTO at Strava, ex-VP Engineering at NetEase, PhD CS at Carnegie Mellon University
🔹 Mahi de Silva - Co-Founder and CSO at Higgsfield AI ($50M Series A+); Chairman of the Board, Co-founder and CEO at Amplify.ai; ex-CEO at Triller Group (NASDAQ: ILLR)
🔹 Shawn Shen - Co-founder of Memories.ai, Assistant Professor at University of Bristol. ex-Research Scientist at Reality Lab Research at Meta
🔍 Topics We’ll Explore
🔹 Building & Scaling – Lessons from seed to unicorn, exits, and trade-offs between speed, tech depth, and GTM.
🔹 Infra vs. Apps – Enterprise vs. consumer AI, where infra ends and apps begin, future convergence.
🔹 Generative AI in Practice – Real-world deployment, moats in a fast-moving landscape, open vs. closed models.
🔹 Human-Centered AI – Augmenting memory, creativity, and productivity while balancing ethics and privacy.
🔹 Research to Market – Turning breakthroughs into products, hiring the right mix of researchers and engineers.
🔹 Ecosystem & Exits – Investor view on AI startups, who’s buying/building, and where the next big opportunity lies.
🍽️ Food and Drinks Included
💥 Our Partners
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We're transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, human flourishing, and arts & music. These floors will house innovators and creators pushing the boundaries of human potential in a post-AI-singularity world.
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🌳 About EntreConnect (https://entreconnect.us/)
EntreConnect is a dynamic community of entrepreneurs and investors, founded in 2023 to empower those building and scaling businesses. We understand the challenges and isolation of the entrepreneurial journey and exist to bridge that gap through world-class events, unparalleled speakers, and transformative connections. We have brought together 21,000+ entrepreneurs, operators, business leaders, and investors through our events — fostering collaboration, exchanging insights, and fueling innovation across the global startup ecosystem. Follow our LinkedIn for upcoming events.
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This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.