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More about Tech Roast: Renegade tech comedians Jesse Warren, Austin Nasso, and Nikita Oster roast whimpering San Francisco techies on stage in front of a live crowd. It’s fun for the whole family, assuming your whole family consists of founders, FDEs, engineers, VCs, and people who have strong opinions about inference costs.
Special SF Tech Week Edition October 7th
For one night during SF Tech Week, Rippling is powering Tech Roast for a special founder edition of SF's favorite tech comedy show.
Turns out, Rippling has some experience with a good roast. https://x.com/parkerconrad/status/2090454885804515415?s=20.
Expect a room packed with the people building, funding, and occasionally breaking the future: high-profile VCs, YC founders, technical founders, engineers, operators, and the broader SF AI ecosystem, plus special roast appearances featuring founders from YC and beyond.
Alongside Tech Roast’s completely reasonable amount of public humiliation, expect:
🔥 Special Founder Roasts Some very recognizable startup founders and tech personalities are getting pulled into the show. No pitch decks are safe.
🤖 Expose your startup’s reckless AI spenders with Rippling If you like your roast with a side of ROI, you'll love this one. Tech Roast meets Rippling AI Spend Console for a live segment exposing the token criminals hiding inside your company, and the engineer responsible for your runaway AI bill.
👑 VIP Seating A limited number of seats will be reserved for invited founders, VCs, YC community members, and other VIP guests, including special seating closest to the roast.
🥂 Founder + VIP Meet & Greets Select guests will get access to an exclusive Rippling x Tech Roast meet & greet with comedians, founders, investors, and members of the SF startup ecosystem before or after the main show.
Because of venue capacity, assigned seating, and VIP seat matching, registering for the SF Tech Week event alone does not guarantee your seat.
You’ll need to complete your registration through Eventbrite to secure your ticket and seating assignment.
Come for the comedy. Stay to see whether your company, product launch, AI agent, or latest founder post makes it into the set.
Powered by Rippling, hostess with the roast-est.
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.
