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Ace Your PR Strategy with Pickleball
Brentwood
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JSA+Partners, Camp Gravy
Ever wonder how PR and marketing can work together? Now you don’t have to.
Join communications pro Jennifer Stephens Acree and marketing leader Gavin Carr for a conversation that breaks down the distinctions between PR and marketing, while exploring how the two disciplines complement each other to build a stronger, more effective brand strategy.
Jennifer brings 25+ years of experience leading communications for consumer technology, digital media, and gaming companies. She’ll share how PR drives credibility, thought leadership, and long-term visibility.
With 15+ years in marketing, Gavin specializes in crafting brand strategies and growth playbooks for companies at every stage. He’ll show how marketing tactics—from paid media to creator campaigns—turn awareness into measurable impact.
Set at a private residence in Brentwood, Jennifer and Gavin will explore how tech professionals can leverage both paid and earned media to establish their voice and presence. Following the session, we’ll serve up some pickleball matches and light refreshments.
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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AI at Work: The Future of Industrial Construction
Robert Dong (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdong-ai/), founder of Jobotics (https://jobotics.ai/) will showcase how his AI platform is redefining industrial construction. By transforming fragmented project data into real-time insights across the organization, Jobotics empowers contractors to make faster, smarter decisions on the ground.
For investors: the platform opens exposure to a $1.8T industry primed for automation, with scalable applications across the full lifecycle of construction.
For construction industry players: Jobotics functions as an AI-powered answer engine, streamlining operations, reducing waste, tightening schedules, and unlocking new growth levers.
For AI builders and entrepreneurs: it represents the future of how AI can embed into essential industries, not replacing expertise, but amplifying it.
Robert has built and refined the product in deep and on-the-ground partnership with the team at Sylvan, one of the largest specialty multi-trade contractors in North America with operations in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Jobotics.ai isn’t just building an AI-powered knowledge engine; it’s building the connective tissue between data, people, and performance in one of the largest and most underserved sectors of the economy.
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Sweat Equity: The LA Tech Week Fitness Series
Take a break from the office (and your inbox) and join us for the first-ever Tech Week Fitness Series, a lineup of workouts and recovery sessions designed exclusively for LA Tech Week.
From high-intensity bootcamps and strength training to yoga, and Pilates classes, we’ve partnered with some of Santa Monica’s top studios to bring you special sessions throughout the week. Whether you want to push your limits, recharge your energy, or just meet other fitness-minded Tech Week attendees, there’s a class for you.
Choose one class or sign up for the full series, it’s your chance to move your body, connect with like-minded innovators, and experience Santa Monica’s vibrant fitness scene while building real relationships outside the conference room.
Want to workout with a friend? Send them the link to this page so they can RSVP too!
📅 How it works:
Check out the full schedule below and RSVP with the name of the class(es) you’d like to attend. Once confirmed, we’ll send you booking details and confirmations.
⚠️ You MUST RSVP to receive the LA Tech Week Ticket promo offer (otherwise, standard pricing applies).
🔒 Spots are limited, so don’t wait!
Workouts by:
Workout on the Beach by TractFit
📍 Santa Monica
🗓 Saturday & Sunday | 7am–3pm
🎟 LATW Offer: Free with LA Tech Week Ticket (RSVP for offer)
👥 Available Spots: 5 per session
Reformer Pilates by Good Body
📍 Santa Monica
🗓 Monday - Saturday | 9am–6:30pm
🎟 LATW Offer: $35 ($10 savings - RSVP for offer)
👥 Available Spots: 6 per session
Rowing & Strength Training by Row House
📍 Santa Monica
🗓 Monday - Sunday | 6am–6:45pm
🎟 LATW Offer: Free with LA Tech Week Ticket (RSVP for offer)
👥 Available Spots: 4 per session
Strength Training, HIIT, Mat Pilates, & Yoga by CAMP
📍 Santa Monica
🗓 Monday–Sunday | 6am–7pm
🎟 LATW Offer: Free week with LA Tech Week Ticket (RSVP for offer)
👥 Available Spots: 5 per session
Reformer Pilates by Mighty Pilates
📍 Santa Monica (2 locations)
🗓 Monday–Sunday | 6am–6pm
🎟 LATW Offer: $20 off with LA Tech Week Ticket (RSVP for offer)
👥 Available Spots: 5 per session
Wellness & Recovery:
Renewal & Recovery by Proper Hotel
📍 Santa Monica
🗓 Monday–Sunday | 7am–7:30pm
🎟 LATW Offer: 25% off
👥 Available Spots: 5 per session
IV Drip & Red Light Therapy by Restore Hyper Wellness
📍 Santa Monica & Marina Del Rey
🗓 Monday–Sunday | 9am–6pm
🎟 LATW Offer: Discounted pricing
👥 Available Spots: 20
Send this page to a friend so you can workout together, just RSVP here for the ticket!
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.
Founders, Friends & Fermentation, Saku Biosciences
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Lets get the LA Bioeconomy brewing
Santa Monica
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Founders, Friends & Fermentation, Saku Biosciences
Los Angeles is brewing a new kind of future, one where biology is the engine of innovation. 🌱⚗️
This is the first gathering of the LA chapter of Founders, Friends & Fermentation: a community happy hour bringing together scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, founders, investors, and friends who want to lead the creation of the LA bioeconomy.
The bioeconomy isn’t just about medicine, it’s about building a sustainable world enabled by environmental biotechnology, agricultural biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, synthetic biology, gene and genome engineering, microbial ecology and the sciences and technologies that amplify their impact.
Together, these fields are shaping a future rooted in biology that can transform:
🌊 Water Tech & Bioremediation
🌱 AgTech & Sustainable Foods
🌍 ClimateTech & Decarbonization
🧪 Industrial Biotech & Biomanufacturing
🧬 Synthetic Biology & Genetic Engineering
🏗 Novel Materials & Biofabrication
🌳 Environmental Biotechnology
This gathering is about building the bridges between the lab, the startup, the investor, and the community—because biology’s biggest breakthroughs happen when diverse minds connect.
Whether you’re a scientist dreaming about scaling your ideas, an engineer prototyping the future, an investor looking for the next wave of innovation, or simply someone excited about sustainability, this is your invitation to brew the bioeconomy with us. 🍻
✨ All are welcome—like any strong microbial culture, we thrive on diversity.
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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Revenge of the Humans
Christine Heckart, CEO and founder of Xapa, has held executive roles at Brocade, Cisco, and Microsoft. She now leads Xapa, an AI-powered platform that helps teams build essential soft skills like empathy, adaptability, and self-awareness.
What AI Still Can’t Do.
In a world of automation, what’s left for humans? Everything that matters. This session is a no-BS wake-up call about the skills AI can’t replicate: decision-making, prioritization, context, relationship building, conflict management, and more. Powered by Xapa’s research in workplace learning and behavior change, we’ll explore why soft skills are becoming the core skills and how platforms like Xapa are turning them into measurable, scalable competencies.
Call it the rise of the liberal arts in business. The future doesn’t belong to the machine; it belongs to the emotionally intelligent, the systems thinkers, and the ones who know how to work with, not like, AI.
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.
Innovate Pasadena, Art Center College of Design, City of Pasadena
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Hacking Human Happiness
Pasadena
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Innovate Pasadena, Art Center College of Design, City of Pasadena
Designing Tech & Norms That Make Good Contagious
Sometimes it's hard to believe, but people are far more good to each other than not. We even have the research to prove it. Yet, we're in an era where technology and social media often amplify negativity, reward sharing outrage, and monetize division.
Can we reclaim social sharing norms and tweak them to support human well-being? Can we develop new social tools that harness human psychology to foster prosocial behavior?
Those are two of the questions our expert panel will address in this thought-provoking discussion.
Join us on October 15 in Pasadena as we bring together storytellers, behavioral scientists, and technologists to explore how we can reimagine technology for happiness, connection, and human flourishing. We'll discuss why so much of our digital environment feels wired for stress, what science tells us about joy and resilience, and how we can shift the narrative and norms toward prosocial choices and positive impact.
Whether you're a designer, product developer, educator, content creator, or simply someone who wants to understand how technology shapes our collective well-being, you'll walk away with:
- An understanding of the psychological principles tech components leverage to trigger different responses and behaviors.
- Ideas on designing tools and services that move beyond reliance on negativity and increase positive human engagement.
- Real-world connections with others who want to spread stories of human goodness and leverage technology to encourage positive human outcomes.
And the ideas won't stop when the panel discussion ends. Every attendee receives a complimentary, one-year Next Big Idea Club subscription (valued at $99) to continue exploring ideas and concepts from the world's preeminent thinkers. Our panelists include featured NBIC authors.
Our Panelists
Gabriel Reilich is Head of Content & Innovation at GOOD & Upworthy. He is devoted to his mission of spreading optimism; he believes the internet can be a force for good and is dedicated to leveraging it to amplify the best of humanity. He has created content and crafted impactful campaigns for numerous respected brands, nonprofits, and non-governmental organizations, including Google, GoFundMe, and the World Food Programme. He is the co-author of "Upworthy: Good People, a Next Big Idea Club featured book.
Gloria Mark, PhD, is Chancellor's Professor Emerita at UC Irvine, where she has spent more than two decades studying how people interact with technology. A psychologist specializing in human-computer interaction, her research examines how digital media affects our attention, multitasking, mood, and behavior in real-world environments. She is the author of "Attention Span," a Next Big Idea Club featured book, and her work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, The Atlantic, and numerous other outlets.
This event is hosted by Innovate Pasadena and the City of Pasadena.
For accessibility information and requests, contact (626) 744-7311 or CSC@cityofpasadena.net.
Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability.
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.
Inception Studio, DG Daiwa Ventures Inc.
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Inception Co-Founder Matching Day
SOMA
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Inception Studio, DG Daiwa Ventures Inc.
Join Inception Studio for a full day active Co-Founder matching workshop at SF Tech Week with 45 of the most curated founders from the Inception and the SF founder community.
This exclusive workshop will include:
Morning - Introductions, personal presentations, and team formation exercises.
Afternoon - Ideation and building.
Evening - Presentations, judging, and networking.
Real good founders. Real stakes.
As a reminder - this is a closed event and is invite only.
Agenda:
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM: Registration, Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM: Introduction, Run of Show
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Personal Presentations
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM: Team Exercises, Lunch
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Ideation, Building
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Presentations
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Judging, Networking, Dinner.
About Inception Studio
At Inception Studio, we believe empowering exceptional entrepreneurs like you to turn your AI ideas into successful ventures is a winning formula. Whether you're searching for a co-founder, refining your business idea, seeking funding, or all of the above, we provide the environment, support, and resources you need to take your startup from concept to launch.
About Crowell and Moring
Crowell & Moring is a full-service law firm, and we work with emerging companies from the earliest stages of their lifecycle on all legal matters, including incorporation, capital raising, service provider hiring, intellectual property protection, commercial and strategic agreements, and acquisitions. Our combination of corporate and regulatory expertise uniquely positions us to help businesses accelerate growth and solve their most pressing problems.
About NfX
NFX is SF's largest seed fund, with over $1.5B AUM and 23+ unicorns backed to date. The entire investment team are former founders and operators, founding companies worth >$10B and managing products for 100M+ users. We invest across sectors, lead or co-lead rounds and are the best partners at seed for the world's next generational companies.
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.
Plus Ultra Capital Partners
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Reset & Recharge
Chinatown
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Plus Ultra Capital Partners
Hosted by Plus Ultra Capital
Led by Ellen Damaso, Venture Partner, Mindfulness Expert, and Startup Operator
Experience an energizing and restorative yoga session designed specifically for the fast-paced world of technology and venture capital. Led by Ellen Damaso—an experienced yoga teacher, venture partner with Plus Ultra Capital, mindfulness expert, and startup operator
Participants are guided through dynamic sequences that blend energizing movement, stress relief, and intentional moments for pausing and recalibrating—mirroring the pace and strategic thinking required in both boardrooms and the fast-moving world of tech.
Drawing from her dual expertise in entrepreneurship and wellness, Ellen guides participants through opportunities to reset, recharge, and cultivate clarity to bring back into boardrooms, product sprints, and investor calls. Weaving together themes of leadership, adaptability, and calm under pressure, the session creates space to reset both body and mind
Ideal for professionals at any stage, mindfulness techniques are introduced throughout, fostering presence, focus, and clarity for life to empower both on and off the mat
ALL levels are welcome; no prior experience required. Capacity of 10/class. $20/person
Payment link: https://venmo.com/u/justaskelle
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.
LifeX Ventures, Cathay Innovation, The AI Collective, SVB
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Building What's Next in Health
SOMA
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LifeX Ventures, Cathay Innovation, The AI Collective, SVB
Building What's Next in Health AI - Hosted by Cathay Innovation, LifeX Ventures, the AI Collective, SVB and Fenwick.
Join us for an exclusive TechWeek event bringing together leading founders, investors, and operators shaping the future of healthcare and life sciences.
The program features two founder panels with some of the most exciting companies in the space, followed by a highlight fireside chat with Hippocratic.ai CEO — fresh off a landmark fundraise — in conversation with Sid from World Class Health.
Expect lively discussions, networking with top healthcare and life sciences leaders, and plenty of inspiration. Lunch will be served, and we encourage attendees to stay for the full program.
This is a three-hour program designed as one continuous conversation — from founder panels to the highlight fireside chat. We encourage attendees to join for the full experience (11:30–2:30), with lunch and networking included throughout.
📅 Date & Time:
11 AM – 2:30 PM (Lunch & networking included)
Agenda
11 AM – 11:30 PM Arrival, Lunch & Networking
11:30 – 11:45 PM Welcome
11:45 PM – 12:20 PM Healthcare Panel
12:30 PM – 1:05 PM Life Sciences Panel
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM 🔥Fireside Chat
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Closing Remarks & Networking
Confirmed participants include Munjal Shah (Hippocratic AI), Sid Nambiar (World Class Health), Jeff Liu (Assort Health), Sharif Vakili (Updoc), Tran Le (Grove AI), Fatima Sabar (Bluenote), Alex Beatson (Axiom) and more.
About your hosts:
Cathay Innovation is a multistage venture capital firm, affiliated to Cathay Capital, investing in founders building transformative businesses across Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Its platform connects founders with investors and its ecosystem of leading Fortune500 corporations to help startups scale and transform industries. Founded in Paris in 2015, Cathay Innovation now manages over $2.5B AUM, and recently launched a $1B fund to invest in innovative vertical AI companies, including those at the intersection of AI and health. To learn more, visit us at www.cathayinnovation.com.
LifeX is a venture capital firm investing at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and life sciences. With a dual presence in the U.S. and Europe, LifeX partners with visionary founders building technologies that transform how we prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases, and the systems that support it. The firm’s debut fund (2022 vintage) ranks among the top of its class. LifeX is currently raising its second fund to continue supporting founders who are redefining the future of human health. Visit us at lifex.vc.
Fenwick is a leading law firm, purpose-built to guide visionary tech and life sciences companies and their investors through every stage of growth, from startups securing their first round of funding to leading publicly traded global enterprises. As one of Silicon Valley’s original legal practices, today we have over 600 lawyers, patent agents, engineers, and scientists serving clients all over the world. Named 2024 Practice Group of the Year for both Life Sciences and Technology by Law360, we are consistently ranked a Chambers first-tier firm for delivering the deep experience and technical skill that help innovators at the forefront of their industries shatter boundaries and redefine what’s possible. Visit www.fenwick.com to learn more.
The AI Collective is the world’s leading grassroots community for artificial intelligence, bringing together innovators to shape the future of AI. With 30,000+ members worldwide, it is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering collaboration, open research, and responsible AI progress. Visit us at aicollective.com.
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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Building AI workflow editor in React with Workflow Builder SDK
Join us to learn how to build Zapier-style interface in days, not months 🚀
Discover how to save 1,000+ hours of coding and design while creating rich, interactive workflow editors that can be customized for AI orchestration, customer success automations, digital employees, and other real-world workflow needs. Leverage our engineering and product design expertise—plus a robust ecosystem of plugins—to accelerate your work.
This event will feature:
• Demos of the Workflow Builder SDK in real-world use cases
• Overview of current diagramming technologies.
• Fireside chat with AI builders and early adopters
Led by: Łukasz Jazwa, CTO of Workflow Builder
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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Founders Supporting Founders
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AI Meets Operations: Topgolf Night by AIBPO.io
AI Meets Operations: Topgolf Night by AIBPO.io
Description
Join us for an evening of golf swings, light bites, and good conversation during Tech Week.
We’re bringing together operations leaders across industries to connect, swap stories, and unwind in a casual setting. No panels, no slides — just networking, food, and Topgolf.
Who Should Join:
Healthcare & Pharma Ops
Insurance & Fintech Ops
Marketplaces & Logistics Ops
General Ops, Process, and Compliance Leaders
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.
Tech Eh? A fun social hosted by Canadian founders that created Kanu AI! Come meet your friends from up north and connect with entrepreneurs, builders, and innovators during LA Tech Week. Whether you’re Canadian or not, you’re welcome to join the fun and make new connections over some amazing food and drinks!
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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ScentHaus: A Sensory Salon Experience Powered by Gallery AI
Welcome to ScentHaus: A dedicated environment that caters to one of our favorite senses, smell.
An intoxicating immersion that introduces the power of GalleryAIs’ innovative new platform Gallery, attendees visiting the ScentHaus Salon will have the opportunity to interact with global flora before cultivating their own unique scent. This exciting experiential activation and product demo is an exclusive invite-only event that will feature gourmet light bites, stimulating conversation about the state of women’s wellness and ethical AI application with the Beauty Industry's tech Insiders, and will conclude with a special keynote from GalleryAIs' Founding team.
Powered by GalleryAI in partnership with Google Women Techmakers and The Fuzzy Cow Podcast.
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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SF Tech Week Morning Walk/ Run at Crissy Field East. Meet at St. Francis Yacht Club Parking Lot
