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Hi friends,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I didn’t have the kids, so I caught up on some much-needed sleep and watched the incredibly talented Arun Saigal conduct a 90-person symphony with my dear friend Janet, who has supported me through every high and low. I see you and appreciate you! ❤️
Next week is STEP SF Week! I’ll be moderating a panel, we’re hosting several side events, and we’re closing out the week at Bank of Amador with Titanic’s End DJs Karisma and BAER.
If you haven’t bought your ticket yet, I highly recommend it. Khosla Ventures, a16z, Sequoia, and many more will be there!
- Love, Mariane
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🗓️ Mon, Aug 24
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250,000+ 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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 | Cost Curve of a Coding AgentRSVP →SF · 5:30PM-7:30PM PTJoin us for a short technical talk on the cost curve of coding agents, why agent-shaped workloads change how LLM inference should be optimized. Big thanks to… |
 | AI Infrastructure NightRSVP →SF · 5:30PM-7PM PTAI Infrastructure Night brings the developer community together for an evening at the frontier of AI infrastructure, where the people building it show what's… |
 | GTM Engineering Talks - AI Agents #15RSVP →SF · 5:30PM-8:30PM PTThe AI Agent Meetup is brought to you by Cognee, Neo4j & TBD Agenda: 5:00 pm Doors open. Registration & Networking 5:30 pm Welcome & Introductions 5:45 pm… |
 | 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,… |
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 | Special Guest: Guillermo RozenthulerRSVP →Berkeley · 6PM-9PM PTThis week we are thrilled to welcome a very special guest facilitator from across the pond! Guillermo Rozenthuler is a vocal artist, facilitator and trainer… |
 | The Anatomy of a Love LetterRSVP →SF · 6:30PM-7:30PM PTWhat makes a love letter different from any other letter? In this one-hour workshop, we'll read beautiful examples of love letters, explore the elements that… |
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🗓️ Tue, Aug 25
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250,000+ founders are networking at these events — join them.
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250,000+ 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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250,000+ 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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Step SF 2026: the AI & Tech Startup Festival
📅 Thu, Aug 27
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📅 Thu, Aug 27
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🗓️ Wed, Aug 26
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250,000+ founders are networking at these events — join them.
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250,000+ members see who's attending before they walk in.
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🗓️ Thu, Aug 27
 | Our Event 🎟️ 20% off · ERIA20VIP Investors-Only DinnerRSVP →United States · 6PM-10PM PTJoin us for an intimate, invitation-only dinner bringing together a select group of investors, VCs, and ecosystem...VIP Attend For Free |
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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 250,000+ 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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