/ About this event
The next wave of generational infrastructure companies is being built in campus labs and dorm rooms. We’re gathering the sharpest technical students, PhD researchers, and new grads from Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, CMU, and top technical programs who are launching startups across the entire physical and market layer of compute.
If you're commercializing lab research, hunting for a technical co-founder, or looking for high-value bottlenecks in AI infrastructure, grab a drink and join other student builders in the Bay.
What We’re Unpacking: - Silicon & Hardware: Custom ASICs, silicon photonics, and next-gen interconnects - Racks & Systems: Liquid cooling, dense hardware, and advanced thermal management - Datacenters & Power: Grid constraints, microreactors, and energy architecture - Compute Markets: Capacity trading, compute liquidity, and infrastructure monetization
About your host: Afore Capital is the largest preseed fund in the world, with nearly $1B AUM invested exclusively in the earliest stages: People, before Ideas.
We also run a 2-month Founders Residency out of our South Park office 3x a year: a minimally-dilutive program for technical student founders who have just left full-time roles, or are thinking about going all-in on a startup - and want an environment to go from Idea to Validation, Traction, and Customers to Series A - in warp speed. Learn more & apply for our Oct cohort: https://www.afore.vc/students
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.
