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The AI-Powered Storyteller: Making MarComms a Growth Driver for Tech Companies
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Health & Wellness Tech Innovators Summit
The Ionava Health & Wellness in Tech Festival presents this powerful message: time for a total revolution in how we approach, think about, and participate in well-being. True wellness springs from the intersection of financial, social, personal, spiritual, mental and physical health.
Join the Ionava team as we partner with ima members lounge in LA and bring together innovators from local as well as national companies (Kreation, Love.Life, Wuum, Ezra, Selfiie, and many more) to live, work, play. This event highlights how Ionava breaks free of the traditional health insurance model and helps pay for the products and services which support everyone’s healthiest life.
The Festival sponsors coworking space with fre wifi and we encourage everyone to come work at the beautiful space in ima's members lounge. Later in the afternoon, expect a DJ, zero-proof cocktails, coffee/tea with adaptogenic supplements, ayurvedic nutrition experts, hormonal health experts, massage, and more as we celebrate all that LA and LA Tech Week have to offer for the future of health.
Schedule
10:00 am - coworking space open with free Wifi!
1 pm - adaptogenic coffee/tea bar opens, mingle with the best in health and wellness tech
2-3 pm - health and wellness tech companies showcase
3 pm - 6 pm Live DJ, zero-proof cocktails, demos/samples, innovation celebration
6:00 pm - coworking closes
This is the future of work and wellness. Come for the coworking and stay for the celebration and activation!
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.
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Credo AI Discovery Day
Join Credo AI for Discovery Days
Step into the future of responsible AI at Discovery Days, where innovation meets accountability. This special event brings together leading experts for thought-provoking panels, interactive discussions, and hands-on insights into emerging AI practices. Connect with industry peers, expand your network, and gain fresh perspectives on the evolving AI landscape.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, share, and shape the future of AI together.
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.
LVLON, Stealth Deep Tech, Zeal, Target
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The Next Wave of Innovation: AI, Immersive & Consumer Futures
Los Feliz
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LVLON, Stealth Deep Tech, Zeal, Target
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. This event is on the "eastside" in Los Feliz/Silverlake featuring:
Joe Fernandez — CEO, AllUP; Founder of Klout & Joymode
Mo Rhim — Former Chief Strategy Officer, IMAX; Founder, The Advisory Collective
Syuzi Pakhchyan — Head of Innovation & Emerging Experiences, Target
Tyler Simmons — Co-Founder, Zeal; Former Head of Innovation, IMAX
Paul Genberg — CEO of Stealth Deep Tech Venture; Former CEO of Shell Innovation Lab
Elijah Kim — Managing Partner, LVLON; Co-Founder of Stealth Deep Tech Venture
- Panel Discussion (45 min): Cross-industry perspectives on immersive media, AI, retail, and venture building.
- Audience Q&A; (15 min): Open floor engagement with attendees.
- Networking & Mixer (60 min): Drinks, conversation, and deal-making.
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Unlock Apple's Corporate Advantage for your Startup！
Are you a startup founder, CTO, or IT lead looking to gear up with Apple’s best-in-class tech—without the usual price tag or IT headaches?
Join our free 20-minute online session during LA Tech Week (Oct 13) and learn how your startup can:
✅ Access Apple’s corporate pricing—no large enterprise status needed
✅ Get dedicated support—free up your time to focus on building
✅ Simplify device deployment—perfect for fast-moving teams
🎁 Sign up and receive an exclusive Apple for Startups Resource Pack:
👉 https://istorestm.com/business-program/signup/
About the host:
Presented by iStore by St. Moritz—an Apple Authorized Premier Partner trusted by 500+ companies. With 25+ years of experience, we help startups tap into Apple’s ecosystem with personalized solutions and enterprise-level perks.
This session is part of #LATechWeek—a week-long celebration of founders, builders, and innovation across Los Angeles. Learn more at www.tech-week.com
Don’t miss your chance to unlock Apple enterprise benefits—built for startups, right here in LA.
AI Advertising: What’s Real, What’s Next
As part of LA Tech Week, Lemonlight, GR0 & Klaviyo are teaming up to cut through the noise with a clear-eyed look at where AI video in advertising stands today. No hype, no vague predictions—just candid conversations for marketing leaders, brand strategists, and creative professionals on what’s working right now, what’s not, and how brands can use AI to create smarter, faster video without losing trust or creativity.
We’re hosting two focused panels led by industry leaders who are in the weeds building, buying, and scaling with AI today:
Panel #1 — Beyond the Machine: Keeping Creativity Human
How do you harness AI without diluting originality? Hear how some of the most forward-thinking leaders are preserving taste, voice, and brand soul while embracing automation.
Featuring:
Kevin Walker, Chief Creative Officer at Buck
Jason Miller, Lead Product Manager, AI at NextRoll
Phil Schwarz, Partner at Corazon
Brian Saltzman, Product, Design, and Technology Leader at Amazon
Panel #2 — AI, Ads and A-Listers: How Star Power Shapes the New Performance Playbook.
AI is transforming how brands create, test, and scale their ads—but not all creativity can be automated. This conversation examines how celebrity and technology together are redefining what performance looks like today.
Featuring:
Jon Zacharias, Co-Founder & President at GR0
Alex Marsh, President & Co-founder at Paravie
Josh Maynard, GM at Mr. Beast
Lauren Fortner, Co-Founder at Edit Media Group
Those attending will leave with:
- How to actually use AI to create and scale video today
- Where the current tools break down—and how to bridge the gap
- Proven ways to balance speed, transparency, and brand integrity
- A grounded view of what’s hype vs. what’s worth your time
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.
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LP Exclusive Sunset Happy Hour
Venturing Through Venture
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Forging The Future: A Discussion With Founders Building the Future of A&D
Santa Monica
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Venturing Through Venture
Venturing Through Venture presents Forging the Future, a panel discussion with founders reshaping the aerospace and defense ecosystem. Featuring leaders from space, software, and semiconductor startups, this conversation will highlight the remarkable innovations transforming our local A&D landscape. Join us for an evening of insight, collaboration, and networking with some of the brightest minds driving the future.
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
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Quest 2.0 Launch Party
Light Dao, EVOLVING POTENTIAL
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LightDAO in Action: Bridging Technology & Humanity
Beverly Hills
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Light Dao, EVOLVING POTENTIAL
At LightDAO, we believe technology should serve life—not the other way around.
Join us for a curated evening of short + deep talks, real conversation, and conscious connection designed to explore how tech can regenerate systems, empower communities, and reimagine what’s possible.
Showcase #1
Cory Martin is the co-founder of United For Humanity, a movement and platform
designed to amplify compassion through technology, storytelling, and community. With
over 20 years of experience leading top global experiential marketing and activation
companies, Cory has produced more than 3,000 activations for world-renowned brands
including Bentley, Netflix, Vanity Fair, Louis Vuitton, Rolls Royce, Patron, Vogue, and
Red Bull, as well as fundraising events for President Barack Obama and other nonprofits around the world. His work has been recognized with honors such as Marketing 2.0’s “Outstanding Leadership Award,” and he has been featured as the “Event King” by L.A. Confidential and “Modern Man” by Angeleno Magazine. Today, Cory combines his creative expertise with his passion for humanity and the planet to develop solutions that unite people, support nonprofits, and empower mission-driven
businesses. At the heart of his work is a belief that compassion is contagious and when amplified, it has the power to transform communities and create a more just, connected world.
About United For Humanity (UFH)
United For Humanity is a community platform dedicated to amplifying compassion by
connecting people, nonprofits, and mission-driven businesses through technology. From
our app to our Unity Benches and digital billboards, United For Humanity turns real stories into shared public experiences, building stronger communities and empowering collective action.
Empowers Humanity: Inspires individuals to share their stories and take
compassionate action, creating ripple effects of kindness and unity.
Supports Nonprofits: Provides nonprofits with tools to reach new audiences,
raise funds, and amplify their missions through digital storytelling.
Partners with B-Corps: Connects conscious businesses with engaged
communities in our carbon-positive marketplace to drive purpose-driven growth.
Bridges Tech & Compassion: Uses science-backed insights to design platforms
that strengthen resilience, inspire giving, and transform public spaces into hubs
of hope.
SHOWCASE #2
Regenerative Capitalism in Action: How ImpactSoul Turns Conscious Commerce into Collective Ownership Exploring how Web3, art, and finance converge to create measurable human and planetary impact.
Tony Greenberg – Co-Founder, ImpactSoul / RampRate
Tech visionary and regenerative-capitalism evangelist, Tony will unpack how ImpactSoul’s architecture converts cultural and real-world assets into tokenized ecosystems that align profit with purpose.
Kavon Soltani – Head of Product, ImpactSoul
Product strategist and community architect, Kavon will showcase ImpactSoul’s marketplace, token design, and its ability to empower creators and investors to share in the upside of cultural impact.
✨ What to Expect:
⚡ Rapid presentations from future builders + panel convo
🌀 Interactive breakout dialogues
🤝 Conscious networking with founders, builders & aligned investors
🌱 A peek into how capital, consciousness & community converge
Whether you’re building, investing, or simply dreaming of a more human tech future—this is your invitation to plug in.
Panel hosted by Katrina DeAngelis, a regenerative business strategist and founder of EvolvingPotential.org where she helps visionary founders build breakthrough brands and organizations by redesigning their operating systems — the culture, decision-making structures, and architecture that shape long-term growth. She also founded MILOcares.com, a multifunctional personal care brand prototyping the next economy through regenerative business models. Across both ventures, Katrina helps founders move beyond extractive patterns and build companies that evolve people, systems, and impact.
📍 Format: Tech showcases + curated talk + Open House
💡 Space Hosted by: LightDAO – a global community of 5,000+ conscious entrepreneurs and investors building the future of impact-driven innovation. wearelight.one
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.
Feathr, Los Angeles Fun Events
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Investor x Founder Open Mic Pitches
Santa Monica
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Feathr, Los Angeles Fun Events
🚀 Investor x Founder Open Mic Pitches @ Wearies
📍 Weary Livers Bar, Santa Monica
🗓 Saturday, October 18th | ⏰ 7:00 PM | 💵 FREE Admission
🎟 RSVP on Partiful, first come-first serve pitch sign up onsite
Where capital meets creativity — live, unfiltered, and on the mic.
Join us for Investor x Founder Open Mic Pitches, a dynamic, community-driven showcase where early-stage founders, dreamers, and builders take the stage to pitch their startup, business, or idea to a live audience of investors, entrepreneurs, and curious minds.
Think open mic night — but for bold ideas and brilliant founders.
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✨ What to Expect
🎤 Open Mic Format:
Founders get 5 minutes to pitch their business, product, or idea to the audience — no slides required.
📊 Slides (Optional):
If you’re bringing visuals, they must be Google Slides (maximum 3 slides) and emailed in advance to info@wearylivers.com.
📝 Sign-Ups:
Speaking slots are first come, first served upon arrival — there will be a sign-up sheet at the door.
🎙 Hosted by an MC:
Our MC will keep the event running smoothly, bringing energy, humor, and structure to the evening.
🤝 Networking & Community:
After the pitches, stay to mingle with founders, investors, and fellow innovators over drinks inside the Victorian-style Weary Livers Bar — where connections are made and ideas take flight.
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If you’re a founder with a vision, an investor seeking inspiration, or just someone who loves hearing the next big idea before it blows up — this event is for you.
This event is part of #LATechWeek, a weeklong celebration of Los Angeles’s thriving startup ecosystem hosted by leading VCs and startups.
Learn more at www.tech-week.com
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Engineering Leaders × LLMs | Dinner by Optimal AI
You’re invited to an intimate, three-course dinner on Tuesday, October 14 at 6:00 PM, hosted near Santa Monica.
Optimal AI is bringing together a small group of engineering leaders across Los Angeles to explore how LLMs are changing the way teams build, secure, and scale software. From AI-powered code reviews to security automation, this will be an off-the-record conversation around what’s working, what’s hype, and what’s next.
Expect perspectives from leaders at fast growing startups and Fortune 500 co's, as we trade notes on:
- Where LLMs are truly saving time (and where they aren't)
- Security risks that are often overlooked
- What internal tools and processes teams are building around AI
- What PR review and debugging might look like in 6 months
Optimal AI is the team behind Optibot, a multi-agent system designed to act as your engineering team's fastest, most consistent code reviewer automating reviews with deep context and surfacing security issues early across repos. Customers include MongoDB, Prometric and Mpulse.
📍 Location to be shared with approved guests
🍽️ Three-course dinner included
Please let us know if you have any dietary preferences or restrictions by emailing Myra@getoptimal.ai.
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.
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AI + IS (Artificial Intelligence + Imagined Self)
NachoNacho, Deel, Ancient
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SaaS/AI Founder + Investor Happy Hour
Santa Monica
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NachoNacho, Deel, Ancient
NachoNacho.com - The B2B SaaS & AI + Services Marketplace, Deel, Shuffl, Shopline, Ancient, OneSixOne Ventures, and Emerging LA are hosting this exclusive Founder + Investor happy hour event (includes sponsored open bar and food) alongside key high-profile brands and VC firms. This is part of our NachoTuesday series, which includes in-person events as well as online thought leadership C-Suite interviews (https://nachonacho.com/nachotuesday). The location is secret and will be shared with approved guests only!
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The Experience Economy: Tech-Enabled Engagement + Consumer Connection
Join us at FUZE HQ during LA Tech Week for a morning of conversation and connection at the intersection of venture, sports, entertainment, and culture.
We’re bringing together some of the most innovative voices shaping the future of live experiences and connection from stadiums and concerts to creators and platforms.
✨ Meet Our Speakers
David Dobrik - Creator + Entrepreneur
Geoff Lewis - Founder + Managing Partner, Bedrock
Fredel Romano - Director of New Ventures, Live Nation Entertainment
Sierra Kurtzman - COO, FUZE Technology
Christian Lau - CTO, LAFC
Jessica Isaacs - VP, Ventures + Head of Platform, Live Nation Entertainment
Brandon Afari - CEO, FUZE Technology
Ryan Levy - President, FUZE Technology (Moderator)
🏆 Who Should Come?
If you’re a founder, investor, brand, or venue looking to stay ahead of how technology and culture are reshaping consumer connection, this is where the conversation starts.
🌟 Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
Light bites, refreshments, and valet provided by:
- Doughbriks: doughbriks.com
- Jolene Coffee: jolenecoffee.com
- Liquid Death: liquiddeath.com
- Curbstand: curbstand.com
Spots are limited - RSVP now to secure your place.
Bring your ID for check-in.
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.
Address:
3100 E 12th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90023
(Arts District adjacent)
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