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SF Tech Week 2026

Ship it & Sip it: Software Factories

Hosted by CopilotKit

When
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Where
Union Square
Format
Networking, Panel / Fireside Chat and Pitch Event / Demo Day
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/ About this event

The way software gets built is changing shape. For the last few years, AI helped you write code faster. Now a new category is emerging: Software Factories. Systems where AI agents don't just assist a developer, they run the full pipeline: spec, build, test, review, ship, and iterate, often with multiple agents working in parallel like stations on an assembly line.

​It's one of the hottest threads in AI right now, and for good reason:

​Coding agents got good enough, fast. Once agents could reliably plan, write, run, and debug code, the obvious next question became: why stop at one agent helping one person? The industry is now racing to figure out how to orchestrate fleets of agents against real codebases, with the guardrails, evals, and human checkpoints that make it trustworthy.

​Come see it in action. We've got a lineup of builders demoing real software factories live: the agents, the pipelines, the interfaces that make it usable, and the hard-won lessons from putting this in front of real users. Expect sharp demos, honest war stories, and plenty of room to talk shop with the people building this space.

​Agenda: > Speaker demos: Lineup TBA (30 mins) > Community demos: 5 mins each. No pitches. (30 mins) > Smoothies, boba, and networking (30 mins)

​🚨 Community demos open! DM your best demo to https://x.com/sofiiiiiasz to get selected

​Hosted by CopilotKit, the agentic frontend stack. Big thanks to Corgi for the space.

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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