/ About this event
Where AI builders, founders, engineers, and investors come together to build what’s next. 🤖
Join us during SF Tech Week for the AI Builders Summit, bringing together the people shaping the future of AI—from ambitious founders and engineers to investors, operators, and technology leaders.
Expect a high-energy day of insightful conversations, practical learnings, demos, and meaningful connections with the builders behind the latest AI products and infrastructure.
🗓️ Agenda
6:00 PM – 6:40 PM | Curated Networking & Dinner
6:40 PM - 7:00 PM | Intro of Partners & Sponsors
7:00 PM – 7:40 PM | Lightning Talk -Saurabh Sharma, CPO, You.com -Janet Gehrmann, Founder's Office, Dust -Ryan Hu, Applied Research, Mercor -Rajani Thakur, Engineering Lead at Microsoft
7:40 PM – 8:10 PM | Panel -Mariane Bekker, Director of Developer Relations, 1Password; CEO, Founders Bay (Moderator) -Janet Gehrmann, Founder's Office, Dust -Gary Fowler, CEO, President and Founder, GSD Venture Studios
8:10 PM – 9:00 PM | Open Networking
What to Expect
🎤 Founder & Expert Talks — Hear directly from leaders building and scaling AI companies.
🤖 AI & Agentic Tech — Explore the latest developments in AI agents, models, infrastructure, and developer tools.
💡 Real-World Lessons — Learn what’s working, what’s changing, and what it actually takes to build AI products in 2026.
🤝 High-Quality Networking — Meet founders, engineers, investors, and industry leaders from across the AI ecosystem.
🚀 The Next Wave of AI — Discover new ideas, technologies, and companies shaping the future.
Whether you’re building an AI startup, developing the next generation of AI products, investing in the space, or simply curious about where AI is heading, this is the room to be in.
Bring your ideas. Meet the builders. Build what’s next.
Grab your friends and colleagues, and join us for the AI Builders Summit!
About Us Founders Bay is a 200,000+ member community of founders, executives, investors and operators — weekly curated events, expert workshops, and mentorship. Proudly woman-owned and operated by Mariane Bekker.
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Sponsors You.com is the leading AI search infrastructure — built for developers.
Our APIs let you build intelligent agents and applications that use live, factual data from the web, news, and research, in real time.
With just a few lines of code, you can power your LLMs with up-to-date, citation-backed results instead of static training data.
Tensorwave TensorWave is an AMD-exclusive cloud platform designed specifically for AI workloads. Offering AMD Instinct MI325X and MI355X GPUs, TensorWave is a top-choice for training, fine-tuning, and inference. Visit tensorwave.com to learn more.
Dust is multiplayer, multi-model AI that rewires the way companies work. Learn more: https://dust.tt/
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.
