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Securing the Future @ HiveWatch
Securing Tomorrow: Critical Infrastructure & Defense Tech Summit
Join us for an evening of strategic discussions on the most pressing security challenges facing our technology and defense sectors. This exclusive gathering brings together industry pioneers to address the evolving landscape of threats to our critical infrastructure and technology companies.
What to Expect:
Chat with innovative founders and security leaders as they share insights on protecting vital infrastructure, addressing emerging physical and digital threats, and deploying rapid-response security solutions. Share real-world challenges including rising security concerns and the urgent need for scalable defense technologies.
Who Should Attend:
Security startup founders and entrepreneurs
Defense technology and hard tech security executives
Infrastructure protection specialists
Technology community leaders and innovators
Anyone passionate about safeguarding our digital and physical future
Enjoy networking over cocktails and music at our brand-new El Segundo headquarters. This is your opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals while exploring cutting-edge solutions to tomorrow's security challenges.
Come ready to engage, learn, and build the connections that will help secure our technological future.
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
LaFamilia Foundation, Act One Ventures, Origin Ventures, 2045 Ventures, Chingona Ventures
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Cafecito LA Tech Week
Santa Monica
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LaFamilia Foundation, Act One Ventures, Origin Ventures, 2045 Ventures, Chingona Ventures
Welcome to LA! This intimate cafecito kicks off LA Tech Week with warmth, connection, and cafecito-fueled conversation. Before the week gets hectic, we’re creating a space for founders, funders, and operators to gather, reconnect, and ground themselves in community at a Latino-owned local favorite spot right on the Venice boardwalk!
Thank you to our sponsors, J.P. Morgan, Pilot, and Juniper Square for making this event possible!
JPMorgan is a global financial services leader, serves individuals, businesses, institutions, and governments across more than 100 countries. Their offerings span consumer & community banking (through Chase), investment & commercial banking, asset & wealth management, and securities and financial transaction services, tailored to empower communities and drive inclusive economic growth.
Pilot is an outsourced accounting and finance firm that works with many SMBs & venture-backed companies throughout the U.S. They partner with their clients by providing bookkeeping, tax, and strategic / fractional CFO support.
Juniper Square is a leading provider of connected software and fund administration services for the private investment markets, primarily serving General Partners (GPs) in real estate, private equity, and venture capital.
Community Partners:
-Act One Ventures
-Origin Ventures
-2045 Ventures
-Chingona Ventures
LaFamilia Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit that seeks to close the resource gap for Latine founders and investors by bringing together Latine startups, venture capitalists, and aligned ecosystem partners.
-VCFamilia: The largest community of Latine venture capitalists in the world.
-FounderFamilia: The largest community of Latine venture backed founders in the world.
-AngelFamilia: recently launched community of Latine angel investors investing in the United States.
Please remember our Code of Conduct:
LaFamilia is a powerful global network that is asynchronous and multifaceted, and it is crucial that all participants in the community are respectful and courteous towards others. We want you to be active in this community because it is filled with awesome people doing game-changing work and an incredible opportunity to build your network.
-Please be supportive and helpful in all your interactions
-Always engage positively with other members
By RSVPing to this event, you agree to receive updates, newsletters, and marketing communications from LaFamilia Foundation. You can unsubscribe at any time.
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—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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Connecting Nordics and Silicon Valley: The Next Wave
The Nordics innovation system is booming and outperforming Europe, Asia and now also the US. Want to know how this is happening and get to know Nordic Founders in person? 🚀 Then we should meet!
This event seeks participation from US Series-A VCs, LPs, angel investors, expert advisors, M&A advisors, Big Tech company or service providers that can help Nordic companies in the bay area. Join us for this exciting event.
Why attend?
• Get a Nordic VC overview and learn why the region produces so many unicorns per capita.
• Meet top Nordic funds (Luminar Ventures, Foundry Ventures) and hear directly from their most promising portfolio companies — Opper, Codescene, Corsmed, Lightbringer, Ivy Interactive, and top early stage AI start-ups.
• Engage in a high-caliber panel on building a strong bridge between the Nordics and US — with VCs, founders, Y-Combinator voices, and global ecosystem builders.
• Network over "Swedish Fika" with Business Sweden and some of the most ambitious founders and investors shaping the future across both markets.
The Nordics are known for design, sustainability, and deep tech — now is the time to connect with the founders and funds driving the next generation of global tech companies.
Space is limited — apply to secure your spot and be part of the conversation that could shape your next big deal.
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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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Ferry Building Drone Light Show by Gamma
Gamma (gamma.app) is lighting up SF Tech Week with something never done before: a dazzling drone show over the Bay, paired with a massive projection on the iconic Ferry Building 🚀
Join us as we celebrate San Francisco with the nation's first ever (!) large scale drone & projection show — and we're including YOUR IDEAS as part of it! Check out some of the top voted submissions here: https://gamma.app/events/drone-show ✨
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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Dimension ML x Bio Mixer
Join us for an informal evening of drinks, bites, and good conversation with founders, researchers, and builders at the intersection of biology and machine learning.
This mixer is designed to bring together people curious about how AI and ML are reshaping the future of biotech, therapeutics, and life sciences. Whether you’re building ML infrastructure and hosted compute for scientists, advancing biological insights with AI-powered platforms, or curious to learn more about the industry, come connect with others who care about the same frontier.
Expect a relaxed social setting—no panels or pitches, just great conversations over food and drinks.
About Dimension
Dimension is a venture firm backing the next generation of companies at the intersection of life sciences and technology. We partner with founders pushing the boundaries of biology, computation, and engineering—helping them scale transformative ideas from inception to impact.
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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VC & Founders Happy Hour w/ Qapita
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SF Public Sector Tech Career Fair
XYZ has been investing in the public sector for nearly a decade, backing companies like Anduril, Chapter, Promise, Cape, Nominal, Apex Space, TurbineOne, Ordo, Verkada, and more. We thought SF Tech Week would be the perfect opportunity to bring together a group of early stage operators excited about working in public sector tech - whether that's defense, security, modern social services, health care, climate, etc. - and connect them directly with some of the fastest growing, most successful companies looking to recruit right now. If this describes you, we want to meet you! We'll be adding more great companies soon!
Fill out the brief RSVP and we'll get right back to you! The event will be a mix of short, punchy presentations from the companies recruiting, and good drinks, eats and mingling so we can all meet each other! Brought to you in partnership with our good friends at Pax and Forward Deployed VC - helping people think through their next chapter.
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.
Plug and Play Tech Center, House of AI
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Hot Wings, Hotter Takes: The Founder Roast
SOMA
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Plug and Play Tech Center, House of AI
Plug and Play is turning up the heat at SF Tech Week, where venture capital meets Hot Ones. Here's the rundown:
Spicy wings. Spicier questions. Three investors in the hot seat.
At Plug and Play, we exist to connect founders with the right people, opportunities, and feedback–fast. This time, we’re serving it with sauce. Come hungry for community, hot takes, and the kind of honesty that only kicks in when your mouth is on fire 🔥
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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The TAY Way X Checked Out
Hollywood
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TAY Fitness, Checked Out
🚀 Tech Meets Wellness 🚀
This #LATechWeek, step into the future of fitness + recovery.
✨ TAY: LA’s most in-demand fitness visionary and celebrity trainer, brings you The TAY Way: a 16-minute method redefining strength through intelligent movement + emotional connection.
🤝 In partnership with Checked Out, the next-gen wellness brand turning sleep into your ultimate power move. From mouth tape to sleep patches + lash serums, they optimize your recovery while you recharge.
📅 Event Schedule
12:00 PM | Doors Open
12:30 PM | TAY WAY Workout
1:00 PM | Fireside Chat w/ TAY, Client + Checked Out
1:30 PM | Networking + Mix & Mingle
⚡ Fitness. Wellness. Recovery. Culture. Don’t miss this elevated Tech Week experience.
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Secured & Stirred Socket Happy Hour
We’re excited to welcome Engineering and Security leaders to an evening of networking and connection during LA Tech Week. Join us on Tuesday, October 14th, for a relaxed happy hour featuring craft cocktails, appetizers, and great conversation with like-minded peers. We’d be honored to have you with us!
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
PSYKHE AI, StubHub International, Walmart
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Why Agents Need a Taste Brain: The Next Layer of AI Infrastructure
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PSYKHE AI, StubHub International, Walmart
Personalization has failed for over a decade - siloed, shallow, and blind to real human taste. LLMs can parse queries, but without personal grounding, they fail at product discovery for the long tail.
Join PSYKHE AI - the psychographic infrastructure layer powering cross-platform personalization - along with Yana Routshtein, Group Director - Personalization at Walmart, and Bob Kupbens, CEO of StubHub International (ex-Apple, Target, Delta, Neiman Marcus, eBay), for an intimate dinner exploring how a “taste brain” MCP layer can make agentic personalization more personal, persistent, and proactive.
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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Bubbl Club Social House Stays
🏡 Bubbl Club - Founders Houses -Bubbl Club for LA Tech Week/
Stay together, connect deeper, and experience Tech Week like never before.
Bubbl is taking over LA Tech Week with curated, pop-up co-living houses and hotel club floors designed for connection, convenience, and serendipity.
Whether you’re a founder, investor, builder, creator, or community leader—this is your chance to stay with like-minded innovators just blocks away from the action.
Think of it as your conference hack:
🚫 No more lonely, solo hotel stays
🚫 No more expensive Ubers on your own
✅ Come for the great priced room, leave with a new network of friends.
We’re creating Bubbls across Los Angeles— a shared stay centered around specific vibes and tribes (e.g. Fintech Founders, Product Leaders, Startup Operators, Crypto Curious,). Each house comes with a dedicated Bubbl Leader who handles the logistics, the crew recruitment, and sets the tone.
🔑 What’s included:
Your room or bed in a handpicked house or hotel (private & shared options)
Like-minded people you’ll meet before check-in
Our shared calendar of parties, optional dinners, coffees, and last-minute invites.
Group chat and bulletin board access
ID-verified + safe payment through Bubbl
Option to BYO group or join solo—we’ve got you
💸 Rates start at around $150–$300/night depending on the room and length of stay. Book by room or bed. Most houses are walking distance or <10min Uber from the main venues. Some even have rooftops, home offices, and backyards for morning coffee + late night hangs.
🧠 Who's it for:
Solopreneurs who want to make business connections
Startups who want a home base where the action is
Boostrapped Founders on the fundraise beat
Builders who want product feedback
🎯 Bubbl is your passport to travel adventures of infinite possibilities—because Tech Week isn’t just about panels or the people you meet, it’s about the relationships you make and the business opportunities that open up from that special collective experience.
🌐 See the full Bubbl collection here: https://bubbl.co/events/tech-weekend-la
📩 Want to lead your own Bubbl house? DM us or apply via the listing.
Let’s Bubbl. 🚀
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—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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Just Do It?: Helping Founders Perform Like Olympians
YC CEO Garry Tan recently warned: “Startups rarely die from market wounds—they implode under fractures in the founder’s psyche.” Investors are noticing too: Felicis pioneered a 1% Founder Development Pledge. Seven Seven Six doubled it.
Join Dr. Joe Mannion, founder of Meet The Moment Inc, to explore how sport and performance psychology can help founders grow in tandem with their startups. Attendees will leave with a practical template (created by colleagues with Teams Denmark and Switzerland) for using mindfulness and core values to build clarity, resilience, and a more meaningful journey.
Experts from Elite Psychology Group in Los Angeles, where Joe is completing his postdoc, will also be available for conversation with attendees.
Recovery-supporting beverages and pre-dinner snacks will be provided by local startups, including Barcode, founded by Mubarak “Bar” Malik, former Los Angeles Lakers Director of Performance.
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This event is a part of #LATechWeek—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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a16z AI Infra x AGI House Paper Reading Event
a16z AI Infra x AGI House:
Why Language Models Hallucinate
📍 AGI House • 🗓 Tech Week (Apply to attend. Space is limited.)
We’re thrilled to host Ofir Nachum and Edwin Zhang (co-authors of the paper and researchers at OpenAI) in person for this special reading group.
🔬 Spotlight Paper
Why Language Models Hallucinate: https://openai.com/index/why-language-models-hallucinate/
Language models are powerful, but their tendency to hallucinate remains one of the central challenges in making them reliable. OpenAI’s recent paper Why "Language Models Hallucinate" provides a fresh theoretical and empirical lens on why this problem persists and how we might address it. We will have a chance to deep dive into this paper together.
👥 Who this is for
This session is designed for founders and researchers deeply engaged in building in or studying AI systems.
This will be a paper-style reading club session: short framing intro followed by collective discussion. Bring questions, skepticism, and ideas on where this approach could take us next.
Hosted by a16z AI Infra x AGI House. Sponsored by Tech Week. See you there to explore the frontier of reliable reasoning! ⚡
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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TribeX Happy Hour
TribeX SF, in partnership with NSBE, is bringing the X-Factor to Tech Week: a flagship day-party-meets-tech-mixer with rooftop vibes, live DJ, and curated networking across tech, venture, and culture.
This isn’t just another panel — it’s where authentic relationships get built and bold ideas spark.
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🎤 Featured Panel
How Culture Meets Innovation & AI
• Bosie Akioyamen – Production Engineer, Meta & President, NSBE SF
• Dami Thompson – Co-Founder, Diligence Africa; 15+ years as a VC investor, operator & entrepreneur
• Nathan Belaye – YC 2025 Founder of Sira, automating back-office ops with AI
• Sam Williams – Serial entrepreneur & AI strategist; Founder of CustomHome.AI (acquired) & Jora.AI
• Moderator: Taofik Sulaiman - Founder of TribeX; Product Manager @ YouTubeTV
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What to Expect
🎶 Live DJ
🎤 Culture x AI Panel
🎲 Interactive Games + Team Challenges
🥂 Drinks, activations & Saturday vibes
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
