/ About this event
Join Founders Bay for a dinner bringing together AI founders, venture capitalists, investors, and technology leaders during SF Tech Week.
This is designed for meaningful conversations, new connections, and sharing ideas around the future of AI.
Agenda
5:00 PM – 5:40 PM | Curated Networking & Dinner
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM | Intro of Partners & Sponsors
6:00 PM – 6:20 PM | Lightning Talk
- Jenni Snyder, Engineering Manager, Infrastructure at Render -Sako M, Staff Software Engineer at You.com -Cody J. Landstrom, Product at 1Password
6:20 PM – 7:20 PM | Panel + Q&A
AI’s Next Phase: Consolidation, Conviction & the Flight to Quality
-Mariane Bekker, Director of Developer Relations, 1Password; CEO, Founders Bay (Moderator) - Benny Liao, Principal at Acorn Pacific Ventures - Alan Zong, Partner at UpScaleX - Sonali Vijayavargiya, Founder, Managing Director at Augment Ventures - Sonia Hunt, Managing Partner at Zentāra Ventures
7:20 PM – 8:00 PM | Open Networking
What to Expect -Intimate dinner with AI founders and VCs -Meaningful conversations and networking -Insights on building and investing in AI startups -Opportunities to connect with potential investors, partners, and collaborators -Great food and a relaxed evening with the SF tech community
Who Should Attend
This dinner is ideal for: -AI founders and startup leaders -Venture capitalists and investors -AI/tech executives -Builders and ecosystem leaders
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 1Password Trusted by more than 180,000 businesses, 1Password helps protect passwords and sensitive business information with secure access, easy sharing, and seamless integrations with tools like Azure AD, Okta, OneLogin, and Slack—making it easy to secure your business without compromising productivity.
Render Render is the fastest path to production for AI agents and full-stack applications
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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.
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.
