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Twilio presents: Hack & Snack
Come hang out, meet awesome people, and build something you can brag about later. In this hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll create your very own Temperature-to-SMS Monitor, a pocket-sized IoT device that texts you the moment things heat up (or cool down).
You’ll see how IoT hardware and Twilio’s Programmable SMS API join forces to make instant alerts possible, just like in real-world smart devices. Best part? You’ll leave with your gadget in hand, ready to customize, hack on, and show off to friends long after the event.
Come for the building, stay for the drinks and great company.
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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The Future of High Performance: Longevity, Recovery, and Resilience in Tech
ConciergeMD invites you to an exclusive evening exploring optimal living through two expert led panels—addressing both physical longevity and mental clarity in high-performance environments. Together, they’ll share insights on the future of health, vitality, and aging well.
🧬 Session 1: Dr. Sogol Ash, a leading longevity expert, shares how founders can fight burnout, extend healthspan, and stay at peak performance with peptides, biomarker-driven care, and cutting-edge longevity strategies.
🧠 Session 2: Purpose introduces the world's first AI-powered personal growth & coaching solution for overcoming mental roadblocks, boosting clarity, and making personal growth enjoyable and sustainable.
✨ Following the talk, step into our Recovery Lounge featuring:
💉 Vitamin Shots → quick, powerful boosts (5 min each)
💧 IV Drips → deeper replenishment (allow ~45 min per person)
This unique experience blends cutting-edge knowledge with restorative care, leaving you both inspired and recharged.
Who this event is ideal for:
🚀 Founders, executives, and investors seeking to optimize health and performance
💼 Entrepreneurs navigating high stress, high output careers and looking for sustainable energy
🧬 Anyone curious about the future of human optimization, recovery, and aging well
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.
Sponstar, Jadeva, Arbitrum, Fabric VC, Moonwalker Capital
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Female Founders & Funders: Official Treasure Hunt
Santa Monica
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Sponstar, Jadeva, Arbitrum, Fabric VC, Moonwalker Capital
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Breathe and Pause
American South Asian Network
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South Asian Collective
Santa Monica
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American South Asian Network
South Asians are rewriting the story of LA tech, media, and culture - and this is where it all comes together. The South Asian Collective is ASAN’s signature mixer, fresh off packed editions coast to coast, now dropping into LA with founders, investors, storytellers, and creatives who move the city forward.
Think high-energy vibes, real talk, and collisions that spark fresh ideas and unexpected collabs. From boardrooms to studios, this is the community driving LA’s next big wave - and you’ll be right in the middle of it.
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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The Little Prince Immersive Experience
Open demonstration hours at Warner Bros. Join Wevr on the Warner Bros lot to be one of the first to experience the latest in shared immersive experiences as Wevr unveils The Little Prince Immersive Experience.
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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Puppies & (Mat) Pilates
Get ready to join Ultimate AI for Puppies & Mat Pilates, a wellness social designed to reset and recharge.
We’ll start with a guided MAT pilates class (pretty much yoga), puppies and a cuddle cooldown in partnership with a local rescue.
This is a low-stress, high-signal networking experience for founders, creators, and investors looking to connect. You’ll leave with new contacts, clear headspace, and maybe even a future foster pup.
Yoga begins at 4:30.
Due to capacity constraints, we may not be able to accept everyone who applies to get on the list.
Healthy drinks / smoothies provided… and puppies! 🐶
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.
Reitler, Mercer Advisors, EisnerAmper
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Female Investors + Founders Mixer
Malibu
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Reitler, Mercer Advisors, EisnerAmper
10/15 Update: Hi all, thank you for your interest! We are currently full for this event and are no longer accepting additional RSVPs
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Join us for an intimate evening honoring the women shaping Los Angeles’ venture and startup community.
Hosted at Soho House Malibu, this private mixer will bring together trailblazing women in venture capital, angel investing, and emerging fund management, alongside founders building the next generation of innovative companies.
Expect inspiring conversation, authentic connections, and a chance to celebrate the diverse impact women are making across LA’s startup ecosystem—all over delicious cocktails and light bites.
Featured guests include Jesse Draper (General Partner, Halogen Ventures), Rachel Springate (Co-Founder, Muse Capital), Nicole Toussaint (Associate, TenOneTen Ventures), and Stephanie Hsieh (CEO, Bioscience Ventures)
Please note that all guests must be accepted and will be checked in at the Soho House security desk. Unfortunately, due to venue restrictions, walk-ins cannot be accommodated.
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.
About the Hosts:
Reitler is a top-ranked venture capital law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Princeton. The firm represents both emerging companies, venture investors and limited partners across all stages of investment, from seed financings, to growth rounds and through exit transactions. Reitler is consistently ranked a Top 10 venture capital law firm by PitchBook and has been recognized by Chambers as a global leader in its Startups & Emerging Companies category. With thousands of venture financings completed since our founding, we bring deep experience and practical insight to help our clients achieve their goals efficiently.
EisnerAmper is one of the world's largest business consulting and accounting firms, ranking in the top 15 in the US. The EisnerAmper Venture Team provides comprehensive finance, accounting, tax, and operational support to funders and founders within the venture and startup ecosystem. Serving over 1,000 venture capital, private equity funds, and family offices, offering extensive fund administration, management, tax, and advisory services. For startup founders, their skilled team of fractional CFOs, controllers, accountants, and HR experts serve as a complete finance department and back office, ensuring they are diligence-ready and prepared for key business activities.
Mercer: For 40 years, Mercer Advisors has been helping families amplify and simplify their financial lives. How? By integrating financial planning, investing, tax, estate, insurance, and more, all managed by a single team.
- Your Team: A unified in-house team of planners, investors, accountants, and estate strategists that designs — and executes — your financial plan.
- Your Person: A hand-picked wealth advisor who is focused on serving you, not on finding new clients.
- Your Portfolio: An institutional-grade, personalized portfolio managed by a team of 70+ investment professionals, not just one advisor.
- Your Firm: A boutique fiduciary with national strength, that combines intimate service and sophisticated capability, and only acts in your best interest.
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AI Founders' Meetup - LA Digital Commerce Night
Join us for an exclusive evening in Los Angeles connecting AI entrepreneurs and founders shaping the future of social and digital commerce. Whether you're building AI-powered social commerce tools or scaling your digital commerce company, this intimate mixer offers valuable networking and insights on the evolving digital commerce landscape.
🥂Featured Speakers
🌟 Jay Yue: Consumer builder and 2x exited founder with $50M+ DTC experience
🌟 Cordelia Xiao: Founder of Midas Touch, helping brands build and scale on social and streaming commerce
🌟 Lanzhu Jian: Cofounder of Moxy, a LA-based powerhouse for brands & creators, building intelligent influencer marketing systems
🌟 Kevin Zhang: Builder of Gensmo AI; Digital Commerce veteran, launched AI-powered systems processing 20M+ devices annually
🌟 Eric Tsai: Co-founder & CEO of Asteroom; building industry's first 3D and AI imaging property data collection network partnering with Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
🌟 Alan Zong: Partner at UpScaleX. Palo Alto-based early-stage seed investor in AI applications and Digital Commerce.
🥂Event Agenda
6:00 - 6:30 | Networking
6:30 - 7:30 | Information Session + Fireside Chat
7:30 - 9:00 | Founder Connections
🥂Event Hosts
UpScaleX is a Palo Alto-based seed fund backing the next generation of AI and digital commerce leaders. Leveraging our acceleration program, we empower exceptional founders who are redefining industries through technology.
Moxy is a Los Angeles-based digital marketing agency specializing in cross-border brand-creator partnerships across social media platforms.
Gensmo is a newly formed startup building next-generation AI-powered search and recommendation solutions for e-commerce, backed by over $60M in angel and seed funding
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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Venice Tech Block Party
Welcome to the Venice Beach Block Party
Abbot Kinney is ours for the night. Join LA’s builders, founders, and creators at AI LA HQ for a true LA mash-up: food trucks, music, sauna + cold plunge, and nonstop community energy—all steps from the beach.
AI LA throws 120+ events a year. This one’s the block party: the collisions, the serendipity, the momentum. Come meet your next collaborator, investor, or co-founder-over snacks and steam.
What’s happening
• 🌮 Food trucks with local favorites
• 🎶 Music + sunset hang on Abbot Kinney
• 🧖 Sauna & cold plunge wellness zone
• 🤝 Founder/engineer/investor meetups & pop-ups
• 📍 AI LA HQ - Abbot Kinney, Venice
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.
Innovate Pasadena, Pasadena SBDC, City of Pasadena
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Deep Tech & Space Tech Entrepreneurial Workshop
Pasadena
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Innovate Pasadena, Pasadena SBDC, City of Pasadena
Do you have a groundbreaking deep tech idea, but need guidance to turn it into a successful business?
Or have you always wanted to work with others to build a tech startup?
Or are you just interested in meeting other super-smart people in the Pasadena area who are in the deep tech or space industries?
If any of those are true, then you will want to join us for an LA Tech Week event here in Pasadena at Livery Studio on Friday,
October 17 th at 11:30am. Great info, people and food.
What to Expect:
Resources: Discover resources and mentors ready to help you navigate technical and financial challenges.
Panel Discussion: Hear from local, deep tech entrepreneurs who are living the difficult dream of running science-based startups. Founders from Pinc Technologies, Honeybee Robotics, Motiv Space Systems and Scaled Science Partners will share stories of their startup journey(and how they literally sent stuff to Mars!). Discussion will be moderated by Entrepreneur in Residence at Caltech, Arman Barnardi.
Networking: Connect with like-minded individuals and industry leaders. Build a network of support, collaborators, and potential partners who share your passion for deep tech.
Who Should Attend:
• Entrepreneurs with a space or other deep tech idea ready to take the next step
• Innovators looking for new opportunities in tech.
• Researchers and developers seeking commercialization opportunities
• Anyone passionate about advancing deep tech innovation
Why Attend:
This event is a chance to gain invaluable insights and build meaningful connections. Whether you’re just shaping an idea, ready to scale, or simply curious about Pasadena’s thriving tech ecosystem, you’ll find the guidance and support to help you move forward.
This event is hosted by Innovate Pasadena, the City of Pasadena, and Pasadena SBDC.
For accessibility information and requests, contact (626) 744-7311 or CSC@cityofpasadena.net.
Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability.
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, you consent to photography and video recording at the event and to the use of these materials by the organizers for promotional purposes. If you prefer not to be recorded, please inform event staff.
Innovate Pasadena, Google Developers Group, City of Pasadena
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Pasadena Tech Happy Hour
Pasadena
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Innovate Pasadena, Google Developers Group, City of Pasadena
We're fostering a vibrant tech ecosystem that's accessible to everyone, regardless of background or experience.
Here's what you can expect:
• Connect with fellow tech professionals: Meet entrepreneurs, investors, designers, developers, and more.
• Showcase your talent: Whether you're seeking funding, looking for collaborators, or simply want to connect with like-minded individuals, this is the place to be.
• Access valuable resources: Discover opportunities, learn about local events, and find support for your tech endeavors.
Part of a Larger Community
The Pasadena Tech Happy Hour is part of Innovate Pasadena, a thriving Los Angeles tech community dedicated to learning, networking, and achieving shared goals.
What to Bring:
Business cards or a LinkedIn profile (optional, but highly recommended!)
Come ready to connect, collaborate, and grow within Pasadena's dynamic tech scene.
This event is hosted by Innovate Pasadena, the City of Pasadena, and Google Developers Group.
For accessibility information and requests, contact (626) 744-7311 or CSC@cityofpasadena.net.
Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability.
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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Hard Truths: Why Hardware Startups Fail Part II
VIRTUAL EVENT: Zoom event (use link above).
Bringing a hardware product from concept through development and into production is not for the faint of heart. In this session, Hardware Velocity brings together three senior executives - spanning finance, product/engineering, and operations - to share what really goes wrong when startups move from prototype to production and beyond. A practical, behind the scenes look at the challenges that derail hardware businesses, and how founders can anticipate and avoid them.
What to expect:
- Candid lessons on business models, margins, and ROI from a seasoned CFO
- Hard truths on overbuilding, misaligned R&D, and customer vs investor needs from a seasoned CPO
- Pitfalls in supply chain, manufacturability, and scaling from a seasoned operations executive
- Practical takeaways you can apply directly to your own startup
- Interactive discussion with time for Q&A
Panelists:
- David Garrison – Former CFO for Exact Sciences and other high-growth medtech firms. Deep experience guiding startups through capital, cost, and scale challenges.
- Brian Bernstein – Product & Engineering Executive - scaled and exited multiple VC backed startups.
- John Backer – Operations Executive, OnTap Consulting - set up and scaled manufacturing in dozens of hardware startups.
Make sure to also check out Part I, with successful hardware founders!
https://partiful.com/e/YIh04SmiYQPr9p0Jq5lh
About Hardware Velocity:
Hardware Velocity helps early-stage hardware startups avoid costly mistakes on the path from prototype to production, through scale-up - partnering with founders on product, engineering, operations and go-to-market.
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.
Formhaus llc, Wonderland Immersive Design
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Walk&Jam: Use AI to make art while hiking Topanga Canyon
Topanga Canyon
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Formhaus llc, Wonderland Immersive Design
Join the Machine Cinema community for a playful, hands-on LA Tech Week activation that blends nature, filmmaking, and AI.
Hosted by Michael Ronen (immersive designer, creator of Play Economy), we’ll open with a short networking circle and a live panel of AI creators on:
practical AI workflows for media, entertainment, and marketing
Protopia storytelling (optimistic, real, future-friendly)
how nature × technology can co-create better culture
Then we form teams for a gentle group hike from Trippet Ranch toward Eagle Rock—no sweat-fest, just a scenic walk—capturing “magical hike” moments on phones. Back at the host estate (strong Wi-Fi), we’ll transform footage with AI and cut micro-stories that bring the hike to life.
You’ll leave with:
a short, AI-assisted micro-film ready to post
a repeatable workflow (capture → prompt → edit → publish)
new collaborators across LA Tech Week
Hosted & curated by: Michael Ronen, Wonderland Immersive Design
Community partner: Machine Cinema
Panelists: TBA (from Machine Cinema creator community announced on this page)
What to bring: phone/camera, computer for jamming, comfy shoes, water, a light layer.
Skill level: all welcome (creatives, founders, PMs, marketers).
Accessibility: pace is conversational; we’ll stick to easy trails.
Media note: filming + photography on site; by attending you consent to being recorded.
Weather plan: light mist = go; heavy rain = move entire session to the estate studio.
Location
Trippet Ranch
20828 Entrada Rd, Topanga, CA 90290, USA
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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Government of Alberta: ProcurementAsCode // Done in 60 Seconds
A fast, bold look at how Alberta is reinventing procurement with AI. ProcurementAsCode turns months of paperwork into seconds of automation — cutting cycle times, simplifying compliance, and unlocking faster innovation across government.
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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