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Next in Comms –Happy Hour by PeakMetrics
Join us at LA Tech Week for an evening of connection and conversation with communications leaders driving the future of the field. Hosted by PeakMetrics—the narrative intelligence platform built for comms teams—this event is an opportunity to expand your network, share perspectives, and explore how AI and the evolving internet are reshaping communications.
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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Revenge of the Humans
Christine Heckart, CEO and founder of Xapa, has held executive roles at Brocade, Cisco, and Microsoft. She now leads Xapa, an AI-powered platform that helps teams build essential soft skills like empathy, adaptability, and self-awareness.
What AI Still Can’t Do.
In a world of automation, what’s left for humans? Everything that matters. This session is a no-BS wake-up call about the skills AI can’t replicate: decision-making, prioritization, context, relationship building, conflict management, and more. Powered by Xapa’s research in workplace learning and behavior change, we’ll explore why soft skills are becoming the core skills and how platforms like Xapa are turning them into measurable, scalable competencies.
Call it the rise of the liberal arts in business. The future doesn’t belong to the machine; it belongs to the emotionally intelligent, the systems thinkers, and the ones who know how to work with, not like, AI.
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.
Everyone's product looks the same these days: stripped down black-and-white minimalism, bordering on skeletal. Why? Because everyone's using the same damn vibe coding tools 🙄
In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn from an ex-Dropbox, award-winning product designer (Kathy Wang) how to prompt like a designer.
This isn't your typical AI demo (no shade to any of the other SF Tech Week events 😛).
This is the workshop that'll make your product impossible to ignore.
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.
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Consumer Investor Panel
Venice
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Startup Village, Quantfi
An evening with local consumer angels and VCs sharing what’s exciting them in the market. This will be followed by founders revealing the viral growth hacks that fueled their breakout.
Hosted by Startup Village.
Sponsors include Rivian Venice.
Speakers TBD
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.
LeadrPro, Inc., Mucker Capital
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From Exec to Founder: What Does It Take?
Beverly Hills
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LeadrPro, Inc., Mucker Capital
This event is perfect for first time founders, specifically those going from a senior executive role or corporate job into the life of an entrepreneur. As a growth advisor at Mucker Capital, Chris Sheng has worked with 500+ founders from various backgrounds and pedigree. Going from 0 to 1 is an entirely different beast and experience that many are ill prepared for. He'll share the various stories and real-life experiences of various founders and what you need to be on the look out for on your journey to startup entrepreneur.
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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Coeus Collective Pitch Competition
Join us for an electrifying Pitch Showcase during Tech Week, presented by Coeus Collective!
If you are a FOUNDER interested in PRESENTING, start here! (If you're just interested in attending, we'd love to see you at the Showcase! Just skip the next few paragraphs.)
FOUNDERS: Welcome to what is set to be a highly anticipated event this LA Tech Week. The goal of this event is a pitch showcase that promotes mentorship for early-stage founders. Pre-seed and seed-stage startups in all industries are encouraged to participate!
All founders interested in presenting must fill out the four founder-specific questions in the questionnaire here on Partiful. Based off this questionnaire, a select group of founders will be selected as finalists for a mentorship round. These finalists will be presenting on Thursday, October 16.
FOR NON-PRESENTING ATTENDEES:
Please RSVP, but no need for you to fill out the presenter-specific questions in the questionnaire of course!
Whether you are a founder, investor, operator, or startup fanatic generally, we hope to see you live and in-person on Thursday, October 16. Watch as 8-10 highly vetted startups present their companies to potential investors, corporate partners, and customers during LA Tech Week.
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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LA Fireside with Founder of HotelTonight, Sam Shank
Please join us for a fireside chat with Sam Shank, who co-founded HotelTonight from day one, scaled it into a beloved consumer product with millions of users, and led it all the way through its acquisition by Airbnb. After the acquisition, Sam stayed on at Airbnb for nearly four years, where he helped grow its boutique hotel category.
The conversation will be hosted by a16z partner Katia Ameri. You can expect candid insights on building a consumer product people love, navigating scale, and what it takes to steer a startup through acquisition and beyond.
Spots are limited — RSVP soon!
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 at Work: The Future of Industrial Construction
Robert Dong (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdong-ai/), founder of Jobotics (https://jobotics.ai/) will showcase how his AI platform is redefining industrial construction. By transforming fragmented project data into real-time insights across the organization, Jobotics empowers contractors to make faster, smarter decisions on the ground.
For investors: the platform opens exposure to a $1.8T industry primed for automation, with scalable applications across the full lifecycle of construction.
For construction industry players: Jobotics functions as an AI-powered answer engine, streamlining operations, reducing waste, tightening schedules, and unlocking new growth levers.
For AI builders and entrepreneurs: it represents the future of how AI can embed into essential industries, not replacing expertise, but amplifying it.
Robert has built and refined the product in deep and on-the-ground partnership with the team at Sylvan, one of the largest specialty multi-trade contractors in North America with operations in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Jobotics.ai isn’t just building an AI-powered knowledge engine; it’s building the connective tissue between data, people, and performance in one of the largest and most underserved sectors of the economy.
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DINNER WITH LEGENDS Be inspired by the greatest sporting achievers of our time
An Evening With Sporting Legends Who’ve Lived the Spotlight and Built the Blueprint
Hosted by the Expert DOJO Celebrity Fund, the Dream Collection, and CAMINO5.
Some brands are planned in boardrooms. Others are pressure-tested in stadiums, in the ring, and under the glare of millions; raw, real, and relentless.
This is not another tech week panel or networking event. This is an evening of real conversation, over cocktails with four sports icons who’ve lived it under the lights, and now live it again as investors, philanthropists, and business builders.
We’re not here for small talk. We’re here to talk brand, pressure, reinvention, what it means to build legacy when the world is watching.
Featuring:
Shaquem Griffin – Former linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks and barrier-breaker, known for redefining what’s possible on and off the field.
Chris Copeland – NBA veteran with the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, and Milwaukee Bucks now investing in the future, and mentoring the next generation as a pro coach and entrepreneur.
Ryan Anderson – A decade in the NBA with the New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic, New Orleans Pelicans, Houston Rockets, and Miami Heat. Former NBA sharpshooter now investing in the future, with the same precision he brought to the court.
Doc God – World champion bodybuilder with 27 titles and the first athlete from Anguilla to win a global crown. Now a filmmaker, blockchain innovator, and founder shaping the future of digital rights.
These aren’t just athletes. They’re builders. They’ve taken everything the game gave them pressure, clarity, discipline and translated it into life after the buzzer.
No stage. No mics. Just real stories, shared insights, and a rare chance to be in the room where the game behind the game gets revealed.
This is where the spotlight meets strategy.
Because today, every brand is in the arena.
But only a few are playing to win.
Admission
This room is not for everyone. Attendance is strictly limited to 70 guests.
Complimentary access for accredited investors by application and approval.
$100 contribution for qualified founders and guests, those bold enough to build and brave enough to learn.
Presence is earned. Not assumed.
Applications now open. Selection is limited.
A Note for Investors:
As part of this evening, we’ll invite you to consider supporting the causes and foundations led by our featured guests. Each athlete is actively building impact far beyond the field, your donation isn’t expected, but it is encouraged, and deeply appreciated.
This evening is part of #LATechWeek , a curated week of experiences hosted by VCs and startups across the LA tech ecosystem.
Learn more at www.tech-week.com
Banc of California, Menlo VC
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Founders, Funders & Flyovers: Where Visionaries Set Sail
Embarcadero
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Banc of California, Menlo VC
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Pinecone: Meet the Architects
Come for a hands-on Q&A session where you can chat directly with a Pinecone technical expert for personalized guidance and troubleshooting on everything from AI agents to RAG to vector databases. Bring your real-world questions—whether about architecture, implementation, or deployment—and get face-to-face advice on your AI projects.
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.
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Merkle Science @World Flagship: Future of Stablecoins & Enterprise L1s |
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.
Intersections LA, NodeCRM
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Coworking @ Intersections LA
Culver City
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Intersections LA, NodeCRM
🚀 LA Tech Week Coworking Special 🚀
Get focused, connected, and inspired at Intersections LA with our special promotion—it's only $15/day or $50/week to join a community of innovators! Whether you’re coding, pitching, or networking, our space gives you fast Wi-Fi, good coffee, and better amenities.
We will text you a personalized door code upon confirmation of payment (within 24 hours). Pay at - https://venmo.com/IntersectionsLA
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, I acknowledge that my likeness may be used in promotional materials by Intersections LA.
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SVB x SOS Pitch Competition
Silicon Vally Bank x StartupOS Pitch Competition @ LA Tech Week
Join us in Santa Monica on October 16, 2025 for the next StartupOS x SVB Pitch Competition, part of LA Tech Week.
This event will feature five founders pitching live to an audience of investors, ecosystem leaders, and fellow entrepreneurs. Finalists will compete for $30,000 in non-dilutive funding.
Why Attend:
-Watch emerging startups showcase their products and growth strategies
-Gain insight into how investors evaluate early-stage companies
-Connect with founders, mentors, and industry professionals during LA Tech Week
Prizes:
🥇 1st Place = $10,000
🥈 2nd Place = $8,000
🥉 3rd Place = $6,000
Interested in pitching?
Applications close on September 25 (reviewed on a rolling basis). We’re looking for startups that are beyond the idea stage, whether you have a prototype or MVP, early signals of product-market fit, or other forms of validation or traction.
This pitch opportunity is presented by StartupOS in partnership with SVB Catalyst 2045.
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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From Farm to Future: A Breakfast on Distribution
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