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What a week! Hosted 7 events this week + my son’s Liam Birthday party today! I loved meeting so many of you and hearing your stories. This week, we’re hosting a few more events for RSA, please join us here. If you’d like to attend any of the events for free, comment ont he post the one you’d like to attend!

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👉 [HOSTED BY FOUNDERS BAY] AI Breakfast by Founders Bay × You.com during RSA Week (9:30 AM - 11:30 AM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us on March 23 in San Francisco for an intimate VC & Founders Breakfast, bringing together founders, investors, and builders from the AI and startup ecosystem. The event features curated networking, a panel discussion, and an AI Demo Showcase from selected founders.

👉 Cyber Startup Expo 2026 (8:00 AM - 7:00 PM)
📍 Convene 100 Stockton
💬 Heading to San Francisco for #RSA2026? The Cyber Startup Expo offers a full day at the forefront of early-stage cyber innovation.

👉 Turning Business Success into Lasting Family Legacy (8:00 AM - 10:30 AM)
📍 Salt Lake City
💬 Building a successful business is only half the equation—capturing and protecting wealth requires intentional planning most owners postpone.

👉 FIERCE: RSA Breakfast 2026 (8:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
📍 Oasis Grill
💬 A high-energy, come-as-you-are morning with people shaping the future of cybersecurity and AI.

👉 Snyk Easy: VIP Customer-only Lounge at RSAC (8:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 The Snyk Easy VIP Lounge is exclusively for registered Snyk customers, offering a premium, relaxed environment away from the crowded show floor.

👉 Startups as Strategic Sensors: How Security Leaders Use Early-Stage Companies to Get Ahead of the Market (8:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
📍 InterContinental San Francisco, an IHG Hotel
💬 Join Hyperwise Ventures and its portfolio companies for a curated leadership breakfast during RSA, focusing on how organizations use emerging companies as strategic sensors.

👉 Korea Pavilion @RSA Conference 2026 (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM)
📍 Moscone Center South
💬 The Korea Pavilion returns to RSA Conference 2026, featuring five nationally selected Korean cybersecurity companies with proven enterprise traction and global deployment readiness.

👉 RSA: Donut Miss the Holes in Your Attack Surface (Panel) (10:00 AM - 11:30 AM)
📍 Yerba Buena Bar
💬 Join industry peers for an open, off-the-record dialogue moderated by Bugcrowd’s CPO, tackling the complexities of managing modern attack surfaces across cloud, apps, APIs, and AI. 

👉 “Donut Miss the Holes in Your Attack Surface” Brunch (10:30 AM - 11:30 AM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for an off-the-record, peer-driven brunch discussion for security leaders navigating an expanding attack surface. 

👉 Steak and (human) security (11:30 AM - 1:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join Professor Victor Bennett and Fable Security's cofounder, Dr. Sanny Liao, for an invitation-only steak lunch discussion on how incentives shape human security risk at RSAC.

👉 Financial Education: Scaling with Intention (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM)
📍 TARRA
💬 Join us for a focused conversation on scaling with intention, funding growth, and managing risk.

👉 ClearVector | Private RSA Lunch (12:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 We’re gathering a small group of security leaders in the downstairs speakeasy at High Horse for good food/drinks, easy conversation, and a change of pace from RSA craziness

👉 Tacos & Threats: Threat Modeling Connect RSAC 2026 Meetup (2:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
📍 Buena Vida Cantina
💬 Join the Threat Modeling Connect (TMC) community for an afternoon built around practitioners, over fresh margaritas and authentic tacos

👉 [HOSTED BY FOUNDERS BAY] Founders Bay Expert Office Hour: 1 Hour Block Legal Advice (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
📍 Online
💬 Led by Jessica North (Jorrie), Partner at Perkins Coie LLP, this session is perfect for founders seeking clarity on legal matters

👉 Coffee & Containment: A Zero Networks RSAC Breakfast (8:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
📍 Zevi Cafe & Bistro
💬 Start your RSAC with Zero Networks for a hearty breakfast, caffeine kick, and grounded conversations on network containment and cyber resilience.

👉 San Francisco - Aphinia Founder CISO Executive Breakfast (7:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join leading CISOs for a morning of networking, thought leadership, and fun, hosted by Aphinia, a community of 2,000+ CISOs in North America.

👉 SWEAT & SECURITY 2026 (7:00 AM - 8:30 AM)
📍 Financial District
💬 Join us for a fun morning workout with friends and peers from across the security industry.

👉 Trust Is the Attack Surface: Next-Gen Supply Chain Threats in FinTech’s Extended Enterprise (3:30 PM - 4:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 As financial services ecosystems expand, trust itself has become a prime attack surface.

👉 The Global CISO Perspective (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Cyber threats may be global, but CISOs' responses, risk prioritization, and technology adoption vary significantly across regions.

👉 Drinks @ Dusk with Sysdig + Nebulock (4:30 PM - 7:30 PM )
📍 Amber India Restaurant
💬 Join the Sysdig and Nebulock teams for early evening cocktails and conversations on all things cloud security and threat hunting.

👉 Bay Area Iceberg Meetup: RSA Edition (5:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for a special RSA Edition of the Bay Area Iceberg Meetup, co-hosted by PuppyGraph, AWS, and ClickHouse, focusing on data infrastructure for cybersecurity.

👉 RSA Reception (5:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 101 Green St
💬 Join ServiceNow Ventures and Norwest for an evening of delicious tacos and beverages during RSA in San Francisco.

👉 SF Ruby Meetup, March @ Cisco Meraki (5:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Cisco
💬 Hey, Bay Area builders and tinkerers, join us for the SF Ruby meetup hosted by Cisco Meraki this March! 

👉 Bedrock Data Mixer @ RSA (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Relax after a full day at RSA with the Bedrock team for an evening of drinks, tapas, and post-conference vibes.

👉 SF Veteran Happy Hour (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
📍 The Irish Bank
💬 A casual, happy hour for anyone who’s served (active, reserve, or veteran) and friends.

👉 Find your Co-Founder! - Open Registration (5:30 PM - 9:30 PM)
📍 Frontier Tower, San Francisco
💬 Find your Co-Founder by Startup Oasis, sponsored by Max Health, is designed to spark real connections in the tech ecosystem.

👉 Security Founders' Oasis at RSA 2026 (5:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Fang
💬 Join us at Fang Restaurant, across from Moscone Center, for a no-pressure event for security founders.

👉 Shack15 Ecosystem Tour & Networking Session (3:00 PM - 6:30 PM)
📍 Shack15
💬 Shack15, a private innovation community in San Francisco’s Ferry Building, brings together founders, investors, and leaders. 

👉 Find a Cofounder, Help or Join a Tech Startup - RSAC 2026 (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Welcome to Startup Oasis! #RSAC. If you are a founder, investor, developer, marketer, or anyone in tech looking to start, join, or help a tech startup, this event is for you!

👉 Cyber Workforce in the AI Era — Private CISO Penthouse Reception & Veteran Charity Auction (6:00 PM - 10:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join Stanton House, Cracken, and F3USA for an invitation-only gathering of CISOs and senior security leaders, focusing on finding, training, and amplifying cyber talent with AI.

👉 Innovative Cyber Showcase (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 Bourbon & Branch
💬 ATÍCO is hosting an invitation-only executive happy hour alongside RSA Conference, bringing together CISOs, security leaders, and senior practitioners.

👉 IT Pro Happy Hour at E&O (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 E&O Kitchen and Bar
💬 Join Rippling IT, Red Sentry, and Johanson Group for a happy hour following a busy day at RSA.

👉 Monthly Women in Tech, Health & Longevity Dinner San Francisco (6:00 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for a Monthly Women in Health, Tech & Longevity Dinner hosted by AskPetal, an intimate gathering for women building, investing in, and shaping the future of health.

👉 Nacho Average Security Happy Hour (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Day 2 of RSA is wrapped. Time to actually relax. Join us for the Nacho Average Security Happy Hour, a casual, off-floor event built for security practitioners and leaders.

👉 SF Security Leader Dinner with Dune Security and MassMutual Ventures (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Boulevard
💬 Join Dune Security and MassMutual Ventures for an exclusive CISO dinner at The Boulevard in San Francisco during RSA.

👉 Italian Cybersecurity Excellence (6:30 PM - 9:30 PM)
📍 Consulate General of Italy
💬 Join us for an exclusive evening at the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco, showcasing Italian excellence in cybersecurity during RSA Conference 2026. 

👉 Pre-Seed to Series A Founders Dinner (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 Los Angeles
💬 I'm curating a private dinner for a group of ambitious Pre-Seed to Series A LA founders.

👉 Raw Logs & Sashimi (3:30 AM - 5:30 AM PT)
📍 AKIKOS
💬 Scanner is hosting security leaders for dinner at AKIKO's, offering an expertly curated omakase experience for off-the-record discussion.

👉 Beyond Reaction: Proactive Defense & The Human Firewall | Hosted by Zepo Intelligence, Zynap, and Edgewatch (7:00 PM - 9:30 PM )
📍 San Francisco
💬 As the sun sets on RSAC™ 2026, join Zepo Intelligence, Zynap, and Edgewatch for an exclusive evening, moving the conversation beyond simple reaction to modern defense.

👉 CISO Cocktails and Conversations (7:00 PM - 10:30 PM)
📍 Iron Horse Cocktails
💬 Join fellow CISOs and security leaders for an evening of genuine connection at Ironhorse, hosted by CISO XC and Symmetry Systems.

👉 Hardware Happy Hour (7:00 PM - 10:00 PM)
📍 Bye and Bye
💬 Hardware Happy Hour is an informal way to socialize, show off your projects, and talk about the world of hardware.

👉 UpGuard & Novacoast RSAC Kickoff Reception (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
📍 The Harlequin
💬 You made it through day 1 at RSAC! Join UpGuard and Novacoast for an exclusive reception crafted for security leaders to escape the crowded floor.

👉 Final Stop -- All Aboard to ATO with Paramify (9:00 PM - 11:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 If you're still manually collecting evidence, mapping controls, and updating SSPs in sheets, Paramify is your Final Stop.

👉 Who Owns Your Mind? AI, Neurotechnologies and the Future of Mental Autonomy (5:00 PM - 6:30 PM )
📍 Online
💬 This session critically examines how brain-computer interfaces and AI-driven systems reshape privacy, autonomy, and fundamental rights, asking who truly holds power over human cognition.

👉 Rival Security Happy Hour @RSA (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 The House Of Shields
💬 Join the Rival Security Co-Founders for an exclusive Happy Hour with no booths, no pitches, and no formal agenda

👉 Global Privacy Leaders Summit @ RSAC 2026 (7:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
📍 SPUR
💬 The Global Privacy Leaders Summit is a masterclass-style event for Chief Privacy Officers, focusing on building a world-class global privacy program.

👉 The Agent Toolkit — OpenClaw Hack Day (9:30 AM - 6:30 PM)
📍 525 Market St
💬 Build the OpenClaw skills that should exist but don't at this full-day build sprint, where everyone ships a working, publishable OpenClaw skill to ClawHub by demo time. 

👉 Beyond the CISO: GTM Leadership at RSA (11:30 AM - 1:30 PM)
📍 Amber India Restaurant
💬 Beyond the CISO: GTM Leadership at RSA is an invite-only executive lunch for CROs, CMOs, and CCOs navigating AI, scrutiny, and renewal pressure in security.

👉 OWASP GenAI Security Open Workshop & Agentic Hackathon 3/25 (1:30 PM - 6:00 PM)
📍 Digital Jungle SF
💬 Join us at the DigitalJungle for the OWASP GenAI Security Open Workshop & Agentic Hackathon, just a block and a half from Moscone Center.

👉 Threat Modeling (1:30 PM - 2:00 PM)
📍 Sandbox VR
💬 Master the art of security by design by learning to anticipate attacker moves before a single line of code is ever exploited.

👉 Ballistic Ventures' ShiftNow @ RSAC26 (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
📍 KPMG building
💬 ShiftNow – Ballistic Ventures’ community of AppSec and AI practitioners – invites you to a special gathering during RSA Conference at KPMG Offices.

👉 Building Production-Ready AI Agents on Snowflake: A Developer Deep Dive (4:30 PM - 7:00 PM)
📍 135 Constitution Dr
💬 Join us at the Snowflake's Silicon Valley AI (SVAI) Hub for an immersive developer workshop on building industrial strength AI agents natively within your Snowflake environment.

👉 AI Infra Meetup with SkyPilot and CoreWeave (5:00 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us in person for the AI Infra Meetup, discussing open-source AI infra for batch and training workloads, K8s, Slurm, and more!

👉 AI x Hardware Engineering Dinner (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 Il Fornaio
💬 AI in hardware engineering is notoriously hard to execute well, so we're bringing together Bay Area CAE engineers and hardware leaders to discuss the critical infrastructure for AI for physics.

👉 Cultivating audacity with Courtney Hohne (5:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 292 Ivy St
💬 Many urgent problems require bold leaps of imagination, but systems often demand familiar, incremental solutions.

👉 How AI Is Reshaping the Management Role (w/ The AI Collective & RoryPlans) (5:30 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Is AI coming for your job, or is it here to give you your time back? The role of the manager is being rewritten in real time.

👉 AI Tech Leader's Club, Q1 2026 (5:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Sunnyvale
💬 Join us for the AI Tech Leader's Club, Q1 2026, where senior technology leaders will discuss scaling AI across the enterprise.

👉 Ai Salon: AI persuasion and human-AI emotional connection [SF] (5:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
📍 Pebblebed
💬 This intimate AI Salon discusses human-AI emotional connection, exploring its positive, negative, and complex implications.

👉 [HOSTED BY FOUNDERS BAY] Funded Founders Dinner at Millenium Tower Penthouse (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for an exclusive evening designed for founders who have raised $1M+ for their current company. This private dinner brings together a select group of high-growth founders and aligned investors in an intimate setting.

👉 [HOSTED BY FOUNDERS BAY] Founders Weekly Check-In For Pre & MVP Stage (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
📍 Online Event
💬 Join us for a weekly check-in for pre- and MVP-stage founders to share struggles and celebrate successes. Our goal is to create a space for sharing challenges and celebratory moments during this early phase, dedicating a portion to self-care for high-performance.

👉 AI Breakfast: Build your AI workspace in one morning (9:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 The AI Breakfast helps team leads, small startup teams, and solo founders build an AI workspace in one morning.

👉 AI vs AI: A Live Demonstration of Defensive Agentic Countermeasures to Adversarial AI (9:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for breakfast and a closed-door exclusive demonstration of agentic countermeasures at "AI vs AI."

👉 CISOs [un]prompted: CISOs vs. AI Hype at RSAC (a CSides Event) (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 CISOs [un]prompted: CISOs vs. AI Hype at RSAC (a CSides Event) features CISOs sharing proven AI use cases from their own organizations.

👉 Engineering Tailwinds. The GTM Playbook for Winning in Hard Markets. (10:00 PM - 3:00 AM PT)
📍 San Francisco
💬 In today’s market, growth comes from design. Engineering Tailwinds brings together GTM leaders and investors who’ve built world-class companies in real conditions.

👉 AI Security Mixer | MEACS x AISECA @ RSAC 2026 (11:00 PM - 2:00 AM PT)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join AISECA (AI Security Alliance) and MEACS (Middle Easterners and Africans in Cybersecurity) for a casual afternoon mixer during RSAC 2026.

👉 [HOSTED BY FOUNDERS BAY] Founders Bay Virtual Workshop: Cap Table Strategy, Fundraising Structure, and Dilution for Early-Stage Startups (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
📍 Online Event
💬 Aleks Gollu, Founder & CEO of 11Sight, will break down how early-stage founders can design a healthy cap table, structure fundraising rounds, and avoid unnecessary dilution as they scale

👉 [HOSTED BY FOUNDERS BAY] AI Researchers & Engineers Mixer (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 Join us for an evening of connection, collaboration, and conversation at the AI Researchers & Engineers Mixer. This event brings together professionals, academics, and enthusiasts working across machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science.

👉 AI Healthcare Conference at Stanford (7:00 AM - 7:00 PM)
📍 The Stanford Faculty Club
💬 Applications and ticket sales are now open for the AI in Healthcare Conference 2026 at the Stanford Faculty Club.

👉 Agents & APIs SF Developer Meetup (5:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
📍 Postman, Inc.
💬 Supercharge your dev game at the Agents and APIs Developer Meetup brought to you by Postman.

👉 ClickConf (5:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ClickConf is a live series of events for computer use agent developers, with the inaugural topic: Bridging the capability-reliability gap.

👉 IT Happy Hour @ Dawn Club in SF (5:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for an IT Happy Hour at Dawn Club in SF, bringing together a curated group of IT leaders for a relaxed evening.

👉 Women Tech Meetup: Yes, I'm the CTO! (5:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Calling all female founders, allies, friends, and partners—join us for Women Tech Meetup: Yes, I'm the CTO!

👉 DuckDB + MotherDuck Spring Meetup (6:00 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for the inaugural SF meetup for DuckDB and MotherDuck users, an evening of real engineering talks, good people, and rubber ducks.

👉 ₿uilder Meetup (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ₿uilder is a monthly gathering for people who like to build, where vibecoding has broadened who gets to be creators.

👉 AI + Health Demo Night #10 @ level (6:30 PM - 9:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for the first AI + Health demo night of 2026, bringing the community together over real demos!

👉 Augment Code Executive Dinner: Automation & the Future of AI Engineering (6:30 PM - 9:30 PM)
📍 Selby's
💬 Augment Code invites a select group of engineering and AI leaders to an intimate executive dinner at Selby’s in Menlo Park.

👉 Creative Coding Exhibition (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Over the past 12 weeks, we've been going through Dan Shiffman's The Nature of Code book together, a guide to teaching computers how to simulate the real world!

👉 Founder x Investor Mixer (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Los Altos Hills
💬 Join us for an intimate reception at a private residence in Los Altos, co-hosted by Fluxon and Beta University.

👉 LangSmith for Startups Presents: Office Hours (San Francisco) (8:30 AM - 10:00 AM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for Startups-focused office hours with LangSmith, featuring our Head of Product, Deployed Engineers, and PMs.

👉 Deep Agents Hackathon - RSAC 2026 (9:30 AM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Deep Agents Hackathon! Build agents that plan, reason, and execute across complex multi-step tasks autonomously.

👉 The Women in AI Pitch Competition (4:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 SVB Experience Center
💬 Join Oasis Collective at Silicon Valley Bank Experience Center for the Spring 2026 Women in AI Pitch Competition.

👉 GGW Sharks: AI Founders & Investors Meetup (4:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for an offline GGW Sharks Startup Pitch & Networking event in San Francisco, connecting promising startups with eager investors.

👉 National AI literacy day (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco Bay University
💬 National AI Literacy Day, empowers students, educators, professionals, and AI enthusiasts with a deeper understanding of AI.

👉 Bittensor 101 - How to leverage incentive computing to scale your startup (5:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Frontier Tower, San Francisco
💬 Bittensor is an open, incentive-driven network where startups can outsource their compute and R&D needs to a global set of contributors.

👉 Multimodal Frontier Hackathon (9:30 AM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Multimodal Frontier Hackathon! Build agents that see, hear, and understand, powered by largely untapped multimodal APIs.

👉 FT Internal Hackathon 2 - HACK ON THE FRONTIER - Open Registration (10:30 AM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Frontier Tower, San Francisco
💬 Come hack with Tower Frens at our internal hackathon, building upon interesting concepts from citizens who participated previously.

👉 The 1st OmOCon SF - oh-my-opencode Show & Tell (11:00 AM - 3:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 The 1st OmOCon SF—Oh My OpenCode Conference—is a social-first evening gathering for builders and tinkerers who believe the future of AI coding is orchestrating all models.

👉 Visualist's Performance Showcase Party (7:00 PM - 10:30 PM)
📍 tiat
💬 We're flipping the script with Visual Artists, bringing them to the foreground of performance in engaging audio-visual work.

👉 AI Hackathon: TBA (10:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us in downtown SF for a one-day AI Hackathon focused on bold ideas, teamwork, and innovation, with doors opening at 10:00 AM sharp.

👉 Ralphthon @SF sponsored by OpenAI (1:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
📍 2747 19th St
💬 Ralphthon @SF, sponsored by OpenAI, is your entry point into a top-tier network of agent-native engineers.

👉 [PauseAI SF] Dolores Park Tabling (12:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
📍 Mission Dolores Park
💬 Join us to collect petitions, hand out flyers, and motivate folks to contact congress at Dolores Park tabling.

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How do international founders and global teams navigate U.S. immigration while building a startup?

Here are 5 key takeaways every founder should know 👇

1️⃣ The B-1 Visa = Startup Exploration
Great for VC meetings, partnerships, and conferences. Often the first step for founders testing the U.S. market.

2️⃣ The O-1 Visa Is a Founder Favorite
No minimum investment, open to all nationalities, and founders can work for their own startup — if they can demonstrate extraordinary ability.

3️⃣ H-1B Holders Can Build Startups
It’s possible — but requires careful legal structuring.

4️⃣ Immigration = Business Strategy
Visa status can impact incorporation, hiring, fundraising, and scaling plans.

5️⃣ The Biggest Mistake: Waiting Too Long
Start documenting awards, media, leadership, and impact early. Strong cases are built over time.

Big takeaway:
Global talent is building global startups — but immigration strategy often determines how fast they can scale in the U.S.

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