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World's First XR Metaverse Browser
Experience the world's first metaverse browser built for real-time AR and VR experiences that connect the worlds global population in a single instance on any device. Hear about revolutionary technology that powers large-scale, real-time, on demand spatial experiences.
Learn more at: https://www.rp1.com/learn
Speaker:
Sean Mann, CEO of RP1, is a visionary leader with 25 years of entrepreneurial and technology expertise. In 2023, he was named 'Innovator of the Year' at the WebXR Awards, ranked as a top 20 Metaverse Industry founder by Metaverse Insider, and a featured Industry thought leader on CNBC. Sean shapes RP1's strategic direction, drawing from a diverse background in B2C and B2B sectors, including medical, consumer electronics, software technology, fitness, and wellness. His career highlights encompass business transformation, strategic partnerships, and pioneering marketing strategies. Sean and RP1 are active members of the Metaverse Standards Forum, the Open ARCloud, IEEE, The World Wide Web Consortium.
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.
Metaverse Fashion Council
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Smart Fashion Week
Santa Monica
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Metaverse Fashion Council
SMART FASHION WEEK LOS ANGELES is a flagship event for startups, VCs, and creators by the Metaverse Fashion Council, the largest global fashion x tech community.
Taking place across various locations from June 5-8, SMART FASHION WEEK LOS ANGELES will feature:
- Smart fashion shows integrating AI and Web3 technologies
- Fireside chats with VCs and startup founders
- Roundtables with world leaders in fashion x tech
- Demo day showcasing top fashion x tech startups
- Smart parties blending entertainment with innovation
- Networking events including exclusive breakfasts and dinners
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.
[SF]
[LA]
Elevating Voices Pitch Competition hosted by UCLA
Arcade.dev, LangChain, Visa
[SF]
[LA]
Build Authenticated Ambient Commerce Agents
SOMA
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Arcade.dev, LangChain, Visa
Join Brace Sproul (Head of Applied AI, LangChain.com), Shub Argha (Founding Solutions Engineer, Arcade.dev), and Visa (speaker TBA) for a fast, practical look at agents that actually do work in the real world. We will cover Ambient Agents in production (10 min), the authentication and authorization layer that makes enterprise actions safe and auditable (10 min), and Visa Intelligent Commerce with a deep dive on agent-driven purchases (10 min). Expect concrete demos and a closing Q&A. What makes this special is the end-to-end path: agents that detect low inventory, place and reconcile orders, enforce policy, and complete payments securely.
Food and beverages will be provided.
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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Next in Comms –Happy Hour by PeakMetrics
Join us at LA Tech Week for an evening of connection and conversation with communications leaders driving the future of the field. Hosted by PeakMetrics—the narrative intelligence platform built for comms teams—this event is an opportunity to expand your network, share perspectives, and explore how AI and the evolving internet are reshaping communications.
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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Good bots vs Bad bots: panel + office-warming
Who wins in a fight? Good Bots or Bad Bots?
Browserbase is BACK for sf tech week - this time with our partners at Auth0 and a new office. Join us for a night discussing the future of how agents browse the web and drinks with the coolest people working in AI.
Founders + Investors are welcome!
Panelists:
- Paul Klein IV, Founder & CEO of Browserbase
- Monica Bajaj, VP of Engineering at Auth0
- Nancy Wang, SVP AI & Agent Identity at 1Password
- Peyton Casper, Identity & Trust at Browserbase
- More TBA!!
Browserbase is the browser infrastructure purpose-built for AI. Create brand-new products or turn ancient manual workflows into automations with our browsers. It's time for agents to browse the web like humans.
Auth0 is an adaptable authentication and authorization platform that helps you secure your apps and AI agents. It delivers convenience, privacy, and security so you can focus on building a great UX.
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.
[SF]
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Off the Record: Quiet Opportunities in AI
A private gathering for those building what others haven’t noticed yet
We’re bringing together 50 founders, researchers, and investors for a private event in Napa Valley.
No stages. No press. Just real conversations about where the next wave of AI value is hiding and how to build for it before the noise sets in.
This isn’t about echoing what’s trending. It’s about surfacing the underexplored, the overlooked, and the underbuilt.
What to expect
• A curated group of 50 builders, alignment researchers, AI infra founders, and select investors
• Fireside panel with researchers from leading frontier AI labs
• Relaxed setting with great wine, great food, and high-signal conversations
• Optional 7-minute lightning talks on what others might be sleeping on
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[LA]
Scale GTM with Offshore Resources
[SF]
[LA]
Pitch. Demo. Disrupt. — The Global AI Startup Showcase
✨ Pitch. Demo. Disrupt. — The Global AI Startup Showcase ✨
A premier event of SF Tech Week 2025 #SFTechWeek
Event Description:
Step into the future of innovation at Pitch. Demo. Disrupt., where the world’s most promising AI startups take center stage. This high-energy showcase brings together visionary founders, bold investors, and industry leaders to spotlight groundbreaking technologies shaping the next wave of disruption.
From live demos and rapid-fire pitches to investor Q&As and dynamic networking, this event is designed to accelerate connections between innovators and the capital, customers, and partnerships they need to scale. Whether you’re scouting the next unicorn, seeking your next big investment, or simply looking to be inspired by the frontier of AI, this is where ideas transform into impact.
💡 Special Feature: “Build Wars”
We’re adding a fun twist to the showcase with Build Wars! Four tools—Lovable, v0, Dualite, and Bolt—will go head-to-head in a 5-minute build challenge based on a random prompt. Guests can watch in real-time, place their bets, and vote on the crowd favorite. Winners walk away with one year Dualite membership and a special prize!
📅 Event Details
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time:
5:00–5:30 PM PT — Guest arrival, food, drinks & mingling
5:30–6:00 PM PT — Build Wars coding challenge by Dualite
6:00–7:00 PM PT — Pitches & demos (12 startups, 5 minutes each)
7:00–8:30 PM PT — Networking with investors, founders & engineers
Location: Elastic Office
Hosted by: Centrya & Elastic
RSVP Deadline: Friday, October 3, 2025
🌐 About SF Tech Week
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more and explore the full schedule at www.tech-week.com.
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Arthur x Cloudflare x Stytch: Ship AI Agents That Don’t Break
AI Agents are moving fast, but how do you build systems that scale with them?
Join Arthur, Cloudflare, and Stytch for a deep dive into the infra, observability, and identity layers powering production-grade AI Agents in 2025.
This evening is for anyone building agentic systems and looking to make them faster, safer, and more reliable. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the tools and best practices teams are using to move beyond prototypes and ship real-world AI Agents.
Enjoy a mix of expert discussions, lightning demos, and plenty of good food and conversations with other builders.
Agenda:
5:00 - 5:30pm: Arrivals + Food
5:30 - 6pm: Expert Panel on AI Agents
6:00 - 7:00pm: Lightning Talks and Live Demos
7:00 - 8:00pm: Network with fellow builders and founders
Trade notes with builders and founders tackling the real-world challenges of scaling AI Agents and leave with ideas you can put to work.
Spaces are limited — reserve your spot today!
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MEET THE HOSTS
✨About Arthur ✨
Arthur is the leading AI performance company, empowering organizations to monitor, measure, and improve machine learning and generative AI models at scale.
✨About Cloudflare ✨
Run AI models at the edge, it's the fastest way to build an AI app.
✨About Stytch ✨
Stytch is a developer-centric identity platform that makes authentication, authorization, and fraud prevention simple and scalable for modern applications and AI Agents.
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PLEASE NOTE: Applying to attend this event does not guarantee admission. Due to capacity constraints, we can only accommodate a certain number of attendees in person for this event. After you submit your application, our team will be in touch with more information if there is space available for you at the event.
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.
Hustle Fund, Join Syndicate
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BREAKOUTS: HF OFFICE HOURS
Venice
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Hustle Fund, Join Syndicate
As a founder, you’re constantly juggling fundraising, hiring, and finding (and keeping!) customers. Each of these topics could take up your entire week… but you don’t always have a trusted place to get answers.
That’s why on October 14th from 11am-2pm PT, we’re hosting Breakouts, an office hours–style event designed for early stage founders and investors.
At Breakouts, you'll join small groups for tactical, intimate discussions on topics like fundraising, GTM strategies, compliance, growth, and more. Each group will be led by a subject matter expert — typically an investor, founder, or expert operator.
No strategic hovering. No awkward networking for five minutes of valuable feedback. You'll get direct access to experts and connect with other founders who are going through the same things as you. Skip the generic advice and get help with the challenges you’re wrestling with right now.
How it Works:
- Sessions will be 30 minutes each.
- When you arrive, you’ll be matched with a session that best fits your preferences listed when registering.
- Fundraising sessions take place from 11am–12pm.
- All other sessions (hiring and customer-focused topics) take place from 12–2pm.
Who's behind this?
BLANKSPACES Santa Monica Downtown -- Get some work done before and/or after our event at BLANKSPACES Coworking! Event attendees can get a day pass for just $20 (a $15 discount!), and can keep working all the way up to the event’s start time at 11AM. To use this special offer, go to dtsm.blankspaces.com, click “See Memberships” and purchase a day pass on the self-service Proximity platform. At checkout, enter the discount code TECHWEEKEVENT.
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For more than 40 years, Mercer Advisors has been helping families amplify and simplify their financial lives. How? By integrating financial planning, investing, tax, estate, insurance, and more, all managed by a single team.
-YOUR TEAM: A unified in-house team of planners, investors, accountants, and estate strategists that designs — and executes — your financial plan.
-YOUR PERSON: A hand-picked wealth advisor who is focused on serving you, not on finding new clients.
-YOUR PORTFOLIO: An institutional-grade, personalized portfolio managed by a team of 70+ investment professionals, not just one advisor.
-YOUR FIRM: An independent, national fiduciary legally obligated to always act in your best interest.
Whether you’re pre-seed or post-Series C, we tailor strategies to your stage and your goals. Learn more at https://www.merceradvisors.com/?utm_source=community&utm_medium=digital&utm_campaign=2025HustleFundLATechWeek and book a call at: https://calendly.com/rpalma-merceradvisors/mercer-advisors-complimentary-second-opinion?utm_source=community&utm_medium=digital&utm_campaign=2025HustleFundLATechWeek
Hustle Fund is an early stage venture firm that believes great founders can look like anyone and come from anywhere. We invest in startups all over the world and we'd love to see what you're building. Learn more at hustlefund.vc
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.
**By signing up for this free event, you agree to hear from us and our highly vetted, super amazing partners**
Deskree, Sentry, WorkOS, Weave
[SF]
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From Data to Deployment: Unifying the Modern Engineering Stack
SOMA
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Deskree, Sentry, WorkOS, Weave
This event brings together engineers, product builders, and infrastructure leaders to explore how modern teams can streamline the entire software lifecycle: from data access to workflow automation to application monitoring.
Co-hosted by Deskree, Sentry, Weave and WorkOS, the discussion will focus on breaking down silos in engineering systems, creating reliable pipelines, and aligning data, development, and delivery practices. Attendees will walk away with practical strategies for building resilient, scalable, and unified stacks that accelerate innovation without compromising stability.
✨About Deskree✨
Deskree provides the context LLMs need to reason about your system. Ask any question about your infra, services, codebase, and more.
✨About Sentry✨
Sentry is the leading error and performance monitoring platform, helping developers identify, diagnose, and fix issues in real time.
✨About Weave✨
Weave uses LLMs and engineering-specific ML to analyze code, pull request data, and AI tool usage so teams can track real output, compare to benchmarks, and improve engineering performance in the AI era.
✨About WorkOS✨
WorkOS provides enterprise-grade features like SSO, SCIM, and audit logs through simple APIs, making it easy for SaaS apps to scale into the enterprise.
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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Taste of Innovation hosted by J.P. Morgan
Please join us for LA Tech Week's Taste of Innovation, an exclusive event hosted by the Innovation Economy team at J.P. Morgan. This invitation-only affair is crafted for our elite network of founders across the ecosystem, offering a one-of-a-kind fusion of gourmet excellence and exceptional networking. Delight in the "Taste of Los Angeles" curated by Executive Chef Tim Cardenas, whose California-rooted culinary artistry will transport you to a world where the beauty of California's coast meets timeless charm. This enchanting setting provides the perfect backdrop to indulge in exquisite cuisine, connect with extraordinary individuals, and experience exceptional hospitality.
*Space is limited, and all guests must receive approval from the hosts to attend.
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.
[SF]
[LA]
Show and Tell with Plymouth
Show & Tell at Plymouth is a new monthly gathering where our community of builders, founders, and creatives share what they’re working on.
Each month, three speakers give short talks on projects they’re building, followed by open Q&A. Meet friends over pizza, drinks, and dessert.
This month’s speakers:
- Ahmed Ahres — Co-founder at Nativ (a16z speedrun)
- Niccolo Fusai — Ex-Technical staff at Physical Intelligence
- Nicole Fitzgerald — Co-founder at Alpaca, acquired
If you’d like to present for a future session, let us know.
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.
[SF]
[LA]
AI GTM Exec Roundtable
Join AI-enthusiastic GTM leaders, founders, and operators to discuss strategies and tools for sales and go-to-market.
The roundtable will be led by Eric Quanstrom and Desiree-Jessica Pely.
Eric is Vice President of GTM Engineering at Apollo.io, where he leads all post-sales motions that help customers successfully build AI-influenced pipeline through the world’s most widely used GTM platform. Eric previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at several high-growth companies, including CIENCE, Pipeliner, and Nimble. He holds a BA from San Diego State University and an MBA from San Francisco State University.
Jess is CEO at Loyee.ai, where she is pioneering a new category of AI-driven go-to-market intelligence that helps GTM teams uncover and win their best growth opportunities. Jess has advised and built with enterprise GTM leaders, bringing a unique blend of quantitative finance, AI, and sales strategy to solving one of the hardest problems in B2B growth: precise, efficient market targeting.
Schedule:
1:00 pm: Networking & Lunch
1:45 pm: Roundtables
2:30 pm: Networking
Join us for Apollo.io NEXT:
https://www.apollo.io/next
Join us for VIP Apollo.io Founder Lunch
https://partiful.com/e/XUMVL3rvyCdHDefPZ9er
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Hosted by Loyee.ai and Apollo.io
About Loyee.ai: First finance-led sales intelligence platform that finds unique insights of accounts most likely to convert, grow, and outperform the market.
About Apollo.io: All-in-one AI sales platform with everything startups need to grow. Find leads, book meetings, close deals, and scale.
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.
