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The Next Layer of Reasoning – Finding the Missing Piece
We believe there’s a thin, but dramatically important, layer missing in today’s AI implementations. Join AI21 and the AI Tinkerers community in SoMa for a candid panel with visionaries, practitioners, and researchers. We’ll show what the missing piece looks like in practice and why it changes how you build. Panelists unveiled soon.
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.
olive, Bonfire Ventures, Fika Ventures, Headline
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AI Vertical SaaS Breakfast + Panel with olive, Bonfire, Fika, Headline, Tiptop
Venice Beach
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olive, Bonfire Ventures, Fika Ventures, Headline
Join olive, Bonfire, Fika, Headline, and Tiptop VC on Tuesday, October 14, from 8:30-10:30 AM for a panel discussion on the latest trends in AI Vertical SaaS.
Hear from Jim Andelman (Partner, Bonfire), John Chen (Partner, Fika), Trevor Neff (Partner, Headline), and Nick Tippman (Partner, TipTop VC) with moderation by Dave Pack (co-founder, olive). Coffee, breakfast, and networking to follow.
Sponsors:
Fidelity Private Shares - is committed to supporting the startup and venture capital ecosystem. We help companies prepare for their next round of funding with our cap table management and data room platform and offer educational content, events, and opportunities for community connections.
Attendees of this event get 20% off our paid accounts and all onboarding fees waived. Contact Kelsey Doorey at Kelsey.Doorey@fmr.com to set up a demo or learn more.
Rho is the all-in-one banking platform for startups. With banking set up in minutes, 2% cashback cards, and powerful tools for managing spend, paying bills, and closing the books, Rho helps high-growth startups move fast and stay focused—with support that goes to the ends of the earth to help you win
Cooley LLP - Cooley LLP is a leading law firm that partners with entrepreneurs, startups, and investors to help them succeed in today's competitive marketplace. With a deep focus on technology and life sciences sectors, Cooley provides comprehensive legal services across all stages of growth, from formation to fundraising, scaling, and beyond. Known for its innovative approach and startup-friendly culture, Cooley has helped shape the success stories of many of the world's most transformative companies.
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.
XRC Ventures, SHOPLINE, Manatt
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XRC Founder & Investor Dinner - XRC x SHOPLINE Brand Builder Grant
Santa Monica
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XRC Ventures, SHOPLINE, Manatt
This is an invite-only event to a select group of founders, investors, and ecosystem partners to celebrate LA Tech Week. You must be invited in order to attend.
In partnership with SHOPLINE, Manatt, JustWorks and Escalon Services
About XRC Ventures & SHOPLINE
XRC Ventures is a specialist venture fund that invests at the intersection of consumer behavior and technology, a $2 trillion market that has been increasingly overlooked by the VC community. Since 2015, XRC has invested in over 140 Pre-Seed through Series A startups across three distinct fund strategies - Accelerator Fund, Opportunity Fund, and Brand Capital Fund. The Brand Capital Fund invests in Pre-Seed to Series A consumer product companies in Beauty, Personal Care, and Health and Wellness categories. Select XRC investments include: Billie, Thesis, Naked Sundays, and Homefield Apparel.
SHOPLINE is a leading global SaaS commerce platform used by over 600,000 brands to drive growth through intelligent, omni-channel solutions. Built to deepen customer engagement and boost conversions, the platform supports seamless integration across online and offline channels, personalized shopping experiences, and international expansion. With CPG-optimized tools like product bundling, tiered gifting, and social commerce live streams, SHOPLINE helps increase average order value while lowering total cost of ownership.
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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Rolling Cloud: Google Cloud Ice Cream Trucks
Google Cloud is bringing Cloud-themed ice cream trucks to the hottest spots during SF Tech Week. Demo the latest in Google AI, chat with our Cloud AI experts, and kick back with some (neu)really ice cream. Check out our schedule:
Monday, October 6 | 11 am - 6 pm: Market Street & Yerba Buena Lane
Tuesday, October 7 | 11 am - 2 pm: Hub Embarcadero, 275 Steuart St
| 7:30 pm - 9 pm: The Fillmore, 1805 Geary St
Wednesday, October 8 | 12 pm - 8 pm: Embarcadero Plaza
Thursday, October 9 | 11 am - 2 pm: Hub Embarcadero, 275 Steuart St
| 4:00 pm - 6:15 pm: House of AI
Friday, October 10 | 5 pm - 8 pm: 1 Hotel San Francisco (8 Mission St)
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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Social Growth Power Hour: Live Audits with Ex-TikTok Social Media Manager
✨ What You’ll Learn
- 1:1 Coffee Chat: Build your social content on the spot (with Anna, Ex-TikTok Social Media Manager)
- Live channel tear-downs: walk away with a Custom Growth Toolkit for your brand.
🔥 Why Attend:
- Scale faster with proven strategies, insider insights, and expert feedback. Every attendee also gets post-event office hours to finalize their next 10 posts and a tailored growth plan.
🎉 Who It’s For:
- Consumer apps, DTC brands, startup founders, looking to grow their social presence + brand awareness.
📍 When & Where
- Time: Oct 11, 2025 · 10–11:00 AM
- Location: Outset Coffee (Financial District)
✅ What You’ll Take Home
- Personalized Social Growth Toolkit
- Strategy Consultation with Anna (Ex-TikTok Social Media Manager) for your next 10 posts
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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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 #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 IS BRIGHTER THAN UR SCREEN
Future Builderz, Z Potentials, Hat-Trick Capital
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RL: the future of AI Agents
SOMA
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Future Builderz, Z Potentials, Hat-Trick Capital
Reinforcement Learning is the fuel of LLM development and agent performance. From big labs to vertical agents, Reinforcement Learning plays an important role in shaping how models adapt, align with human feedback, and tackle real-world tasks. Join us at SFTechWeek to explore how RL is driving the next wave of AI innovation and what it means for builders and investors alike, with researchers and YC founders in this space.
🔥Hosts: Z Potentials x Future Builderz x Hat-Trick Capital
🎙 Speakers
Zhen Dong – Assistant Professor @ UCSB, AI Researcher @ NVIDIA
Qifei Wang – RL + Multimodal Research Lead @ DeepMind
Bill Zhu – CEO @ Pokee AI, ex-Head of Applied RL @ Meta
Mike Cheng – Researcher @ SGLang, ex-Berkeley PhD
Andy Lyu – CTO @ Gulp (YC W25)
Robi Lin – CEO @ Sepal AI (YC S24)
Daanish Khazi – Co-founder @ TLDC (YC X25)
🌐 Agenda
6:30 - 7:00 Networking, drinks, and snacks
7:00 - 7:40 Panel Discussion with Speakers
7:40 - 8:40 In-depth breakout Room discussion with 2-3 speakers in each room
8:40 - 9:00 Networking and wrap up
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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7500 sq ft venue & speakeasy available
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Secured & Stirred Socket Happy Hour
We’re excited to welcome Engineering and Security leaders to an evening of networking and connection during LA Tech Week. Join us on Tuesday, October 14th, for a relaxed happy hour featuring craft cocktails, appetizers, and great conversation with like-minded peers. We’d be honored to have you with us!
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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Bad Ideas Build Day
The Bad Ideas Build Day is a collaborative & fast-paced hackathon where teams build out the best version of a deliberately "bad" tech idea. It's a celebration of creativity & chaos, designed to break the pressure of perfectionism and get everyone building something. We've previously run this event in 5 cities across the UK and at NY Tech Week with 100+ students in attendance, & have had a consistent stream of positive feedback. It’s the kind of event people ask us to run again (and again) and we’re so excited to bring the magic to a new city 👩🏼💻👩🏽💻👩🏾💻
✨ This event is aimed at women with a background in STEM & an interest in entrepreneurship ✨
Thank you to Codecademy for providing one month of free Codecademy Pro to our Build Day participants (details for this will be sent out after registration)
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The Tech Bros is a venture programme supporting the next generation of female-founded tech companies. To learn more, check out www.thetechbros.io
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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.
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AFA Speed Dating for African Entrepreneurs and Investors
Angel Fair Africa (AFA) brings African entrepreneurs and investors together to do deals. We are hosting the AFA Speed Dating to bring African entrepreneurs and investors in SF together to do deals.
It would start with a keynote fireside featuring African investor Marsha Wulff (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshawulff/) on her new book "African Ngenuity: An Investor’s Guide to a Vital Tech Ecosystem" which captures her many years of experience investing in Africa and making incredible returns @ https://www.amazon.com/African-Ngenuity-Investors-Guide-Ecosystem-ebook/dp/B0FLYC7L9P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=115EJEMMYBMSL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7HX_DHYZCq2qanHxuGSNHQ.t657-ISwJWm1seLyFaY9WfhNgkejck08GHLu0dzbNcw&dib_tag=se&keywords=African+ngenuity&qid=1759073269&s=books&sprefix=african+ngenuity+%2Cstripbooks%2C161&sr=1-1
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.
Immersive Impact, Marketing with Mari
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Return to Vision: A Female Founder's Reset for Clarity, Leadership & Growth
Mid City
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Immersive Impact, Marketing with Mari
Somewhere along the way, you forgot why you started.
The freedom. The purpose. The spark.
This workshop is your reset.
Through breathwork, reflection, and strategic clarity, we’ll help you reconnect to your why, realign with your vision, and start building a business that supports your life — not the other way around.
Led by Mari Milenkovic (Marketing Strategist for Female Founders) and the Immersive Impact team, this experience is for women who are ready to grow with intention.
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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BRAINS: Neurotech, AI, BCIs
Vectors Capital, A&O Shearman
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Vectors Capital LP/GP Happy Hour
FiDi (SF)
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Vectors Capital, A&O Shearman
Join us for an exclusive GP/LP happy hour, bringing together key players in the venture capital community (NOT just limited to climate and deep tech!)
This EXCLUSIVE gathering offers a chance to unwind, share insights, and strengthen relationships with fellow investors and ecosystem leaders over food and drinks!
Who Should Attend?
* General Partners (GPs) venture funds currently fundraising
* Limited Partners (LPs) and Family Offices (FOs) interested in technology
* Accredited investors seeking to explore LP opportunities
Attending Criteria for GPs:
The GP apply to attend MUST bring at least one LP to the event. We make the event free for everyone to attend, so we are expecting every GP to bring LPs to the event for the community!
** Note for GP: Please have your LP connection to register FIRST. Also, indicate in your application which LP you brought in, then we will approve your attendance.
Agenda
* 5:00 – 5:30 PM | Doors Open & Check-In
* 5:30 – 5:45 PM | Welcome Remarks
* 5:45 – 7:45 PM | Networking Over Food & Drinks
* 7:45 – 8 PM | Closing
About Co-host:
Vectors Capital (www.vectors.earth) is an early-stage climate venture capital firm, based in the SF/Bay Area, investing in the frontier of decarbonization solutions. Vectors Capital partners with visionary founders to accelerate the transition to decarbonization. Investment approach combines strategic capital, industry expertise, and global networks to support startups. Vectors Capital works closely with corporations, policymakers, and technical experts to bring strategic support to portfolio startups beyond capital, and support corporations to achieve its strategic innovation and investment targets.
A&O Shearman (www.aoshearman.com) is the transformational law firm, created to achieve unparalleled outcomes for our clients’ most complex, multijurisdictional matters across an ever-changing world and regulatory landscape. A firm of nearly 4,000 lawyers, including 800 partners, working across almost 50 offices in 29 countries, A&O Shearman has the experience, diversity of skills and backgrounds, and global understanding to stay at the forefront of the changes across every sector, market, and jurisdiction around the world.
A&O Shearman is an international legal practice comprising Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP and its affiliated undertakings. For more detail on A&O Shearman, please visit: www.aoshearman.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.
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