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Hi Friends,
Writing to you from the sunny Bay Area today :)
Half my weekend was spent celebrating Leo’s birthday, and the other half practicing my poi for Burning Man. I can’t believe it’s only a few weeks away. I’m so, so excited!
- Mariane Bekker
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Community Moment
🔥 TITANIC Burns at Burning Man
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Be part of the 2nd largest burn after the Man.
My community Titanic's End is bringing TITANIC to the playa — two halves of a sinking ship rigged with pyro and lighting. 7+ months to build, 6 days out there, then we burn it down. Learn More →
Want to be part of creating this experience? We need 130 Perimeter Crew for Friday's burn — stand feet from the fire as the crowd falls silent, then erupts.
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🗓️ Mon, Aug 17
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200,000+ founders walk in with warm intros lined up — do you?
✓ Admin-facilitated intros to fellow members✓ VIP-only WhatsApp room + monthly AI Breakfast✓ Free tickets to every Founders Bay event
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 | Move it Forward: Workato × AI ValleyRSVP →SF · 5PM-8PM PTBring what you’re building. Find the right people. Move it forward. Move it Forward by Workato and AI Valley is a three-hour working session for founders,… |
 | Writing ClubRSVP →SF · 5:30PM-7PM PTWe have lots of writers in Interact, so come join us for a weekly writing club! All are welcome — whether you're writing for your Substack, journaling,… |
 | Moonlighting With Gemini + ExaRSVP →SF · 5:30PM-8:30PM PTAn invite-only AI hack night for top researchers, engineers + technical founders in SF. Hosted by Build Club with Gemini / Google DeepMind + Exa, alongside… |
 | YC Founders Summer MixerRSVP →SF · 5:30PM-8PM PTYC Founders Summer Mixer Monday, August 17, 2026 5:30 PM–8:00 PM San Francisco Join us for the next gathering of the YC founder community, bringing together… |
 | AI X Hardware Engineering DinnerRSVP →Mountain View · 5:30PM-8:30PM PTAI x Hardware Engineering Dinner Building Robust Data Pipelines for Physical Product Development About the Dinner Event... |
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🗓️ Tue, Aug 18
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200,000+ members see who's attending before they walk in.
✓ See every attendee list before you arrive✓ Message founders directly inside the directory✓ Exclusive deals + partner perks every week
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 | Founder BreakfastRSVP →SF · 9AM-11AM PTJoin us for a highly curated breakfast for VC-backed founders, ideally have raised a Seed round. |
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200,000+ founders walk in with warm intros lined up — do you?
✓ Admin-facilitated intros to fellow members✓ VIP-only WhatsApp room + monthly AI Breakfast✓ Free tickets to every Founders Bay event
Start free trial →
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📅 Fri, Aug 21
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🗓️ Wed, Aug 19
 | How to Get Press Without a PR AgencyRSVP →SF · 5:30PM-8PM PTProduct launch coming up? Want to announce your $5m seed round so you can attract customers, partners, and early hires? We got you 🤝 We're Press Club , and we help founders land... |
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200,000+ founders are networking at these events — join them.
✓ Priority RSVP with SF & NYC discount codes✓ Full searchable member directory✓ Monday Members Brief: curated intros + deals
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 | Agents in Production: DevTools Demo NightRSVP →SF · 5:30PM-7:30PM PTAI agents are writing code, taking support calls, running workflows inside internal tools, acting on behalf of users across the products your customers already live in. |
 | Founder DinnerRSVP →SF · 6:30PM-8:30PM PTJoin us for an intimate evening with a highly curated group of Series A+ founders that are scaling at the most... |
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🗓️ Thu, Aug 20
 | Inside the Investor MindRSVP →Menlo Park · 4:30PM-7:30PM PTWhat makes an investor take a closer look at one startup while passing on another? Join Venturous Counsel for an... |
| Inside the Investor MindRSVP →Menlo Park · 4:30PM-7:30PM PTWhat makes an investor take a closer look at one startup while passing on another? Join Venturous Counsel for an informal, founder-focused conversation with three experienced... |
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200,000+ members see who's attending before they walk in.
✓ See every attendee list before you arrive✓ Message founders directly inside the directory✓ Exclusive deals + partner perks every week
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🗓️ Fri, Aug 21
 | Our Event 🎟️ 20% off · MARIANEHealthcare Founder/VC MixerRSVP →SF · 5PM-8PM PTJoin us for a casual evening bringing together healthcare founders, VCs, investors, and industry leaders for...VIP Attend For Free |
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🗓️ Sat, Aug 22
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🎥 Workshop of the week
Agentic AI Foundations: Build Your First Production Agent — Live
What we'll cover, live: -The production agent architecture — the pattern that holds up when real users touch it, taught the way we teach it in our hackathons with Microsoft -Tool calling and…
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Hi! I'm Mariane Bekker, founder of Founders Bay, a community with 200,000+ subscribers rooted in Silicon Valley. I'm also Head of Developer Relations at You.com, and we just raised $100M to grow our AI Search Infrastructure!
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