Upcoming Founder & VC Events Happening This Week

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• Featured Events

  • Women Founders Bay Workshop: Find a technical co-f …

  • AI Innovators Summit [I’m hosting] >

  • 📣 Agentic AI World Hackathon & Summit [I’m hostin …

  • AI Infra Summit [50% off] >

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• Upcoming Events

  • 🗓️ Monday, Sep 16

  • 🗓️ Tuesday, Sep 17

  • 🗓️ Wednesday, Sep 18

  • 🗓️ Thursday, Sep 19

  • 🗓️ Friday, Sep 20

  • 🗓️ Saturday, Sep 21

  • 🗓️ Sunday, Sep 22

  • 🗓️ Monday, Sep 23

  • 🗓️ Tuesday, Sep 24

  • 🗓️ Wednesday, Sep 25

  • 🗓️ Thursday, Sep 26

  • 🗓️ Friday, Sep 27

  • 🗓️ Saturday, Sep 28

• The Latest Pre-Seed and Seed Funding Valuations in …

• The Week 10 Biggest Funding Rounds

Featured Events

Women Founders Bay Workshop: Find a technical co-founder [I’m hosting] [Online]

Wednesday Sep 18 - 3PM - 4pm

​Are you an early-stage startup founder looking for a technical co-founder to help turn your vision into reality? Join us for a practical workshop where we'll guide you through the essential steps to find the perfect technical partner.

AI Innovators Summit [I’m hosting] >

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Thursday Sep 19 - 9AM - 8PM

​Join us in collaboration with Rabadi Real Estate, for an exclusive day of AI, innovation, and high-profile networking as we bring together the brightest minds in AI and technology.

​Featured guests includes Robert Scoble, Silicon Zombies, Manish Jain, ex-Director of Engineering at Paypal & Mariane Bekker, CEO at women founders bay

📣 Agentic AI World Hackathon & Summit [I’m hosting] >

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Monday September 23/24 - 9:30AM - 8:00PM

​It's an Agentic AI World, and Agents will be running the show. Agentic AI World is the place to see what's brewing in the world of Agentic AI, and meet the brew masters.
We're bringing together the top Agent platforms and service providers to share the state of AI Agents and show us where the future is headed.

Women in AI Breakfast [I’m hosting]

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Friday September 27 - 8:30AM - 10AM

​This intimate breakfast is part of a special collaboration with Ignite’s AI INFRA SUMMIT, the must-attend deep-tech event of the season.

​Join us for an exclusive fireside chat between:

​Mariane Bekker, Investor & CEO at women founders bay, and previous Director of Engineering and Anahita Mouro, Global Leader at Google Data Centers (Field Reliability & Quality).

​Anahita will share her journey through the technical field and offer insights into the current landscape of AI transformation within the enterprise space.

AI Infra Summit [50% off] >

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Friday September 27 - 10AM - 5PM

​Experience the convergence of the ecosystem at the AI INFRA SUMMIT – the game-changing, deep-tech event of the season!  Headlined by industry giants AMD and Supermicro, this groundbreaking summit unites pioneers and innovators defining the future of AI.

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Upcoming Events

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🗓️ Monday, Sep 16

👉 AI Investors & Networking (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 ​Come and Meet Featured investors
​Featured investor: Andrew Huen

👉 Countdown to New York Climate Week (5:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 An evening of networking with climate leaders across the Bay Area in preparation for New York Climate Week. Meet other attendees heading to NYC, brainstorm climate week agenda themes, or just come to connect over food and drinks!

👉 May the AI Force be with you (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Dive deep into the AI SaaS world, where industry experts and enthusiasts gather to discuss the latest AI innovations and their transformative impacts across various sectors.

👉 San Francisco AI Founder and VC Networking (5:30 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Featured investor: Cornelia (Soma) Penn, The BFM Fund

🗓️ Tuesday, Sep 17

👉 AI x Humanity Happy Hour (5:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Join us for an engaging and lively happy hour with the Superhuman Society! Discuss the latest developments in AIxHumanity while socializing with fellow superhumanists. This is the perfect opportunity to connect, learn, and be part of a community passionate about shaping a dignified future for humanity.

👉 Movie Night Club w/Puzzle, Citizens & Codi (5:30 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​With so many events happening, how often do you get to kick back, watch a cool movie, and dive deep into the entrepreneurial journey? We think the time has come! Join us on September 17th for an exclusive Founders-Only Movie Night—a chance to meet fellow founders, swap stories of success and failure, and, of course, enjoy an epic movie screening!

👉 Reconify Generative AI Demo Night (5:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for an exciting evening of Generative AI demos at Wilson Sonsini in San Francisco.

👉 Generative AI Demo Night (5:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Join us for an exciting evening of Generative AI demos in San Francisco at Wilson Sonsini!

👉 Empower Enterprise Series A+ Pitch & Connect Dinner (5:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Join us for the Exclusive Female Founder A+ Pitch Competition, hosted by Daxe, the GenAI Collective! This inspiring event, held at a location sponsored by BMO and featuring delicious food from Crowell and Multiverse VC with several Fortune 500 companies in attendance. We are breaking boundaries and changing the narrative in an ecosystem where only 2% of VC funding currently goes to female founders.

👉 Series A+ Round AI Founders Champagne Tasting (5:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 A+ Round Founders Champagne Tasting

👉 Pitching the Future in AI (6:00 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Don’t miss your chance to connect, expand your understanding, and play a role in shaping the future of AI technology. Meet seven Swiss startups from different industries during this pitch event on Tuesday, September 17, 2024!

👉 San Francisco Climate Kickoff Party: September Surge (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Let's kickstart our September Surge at 9Zero with an evening of important climate action. We'll make some calls and write some letters to voters, all in the name of climate action.

👉 Agents and the Future w Tim Weingarten, Head of Product @ Adept AI, raised $400m+, exited to Amazon (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​An intimate dinner with the top AI Agent founders in the Bay Area and a special guest: Tim Weingarten, Head of Product @ Adept AI

👉 Fei-Fei Li's AI Journey (7:00 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 Mountain View
💬 Li shares her inspiring journey—chronicled in her new book, The Worlds I See—from her early struggles as a Chinese immigrant in the US to one of the leading figures shaping the future of technology.

🗓️ Wednesday, Sep 18

👉 Actuate 2024: Robotics & Embodied AI Summit (8:00 AM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ## ​Join us for Actuate 2024: The Summit for Embodied AI & Robotics Developers on September 18, 2024, at The Pearl in San Francisco.

👉 Get to the Point—Faster! A Winning Pitch Skills Training for B2B Founders (9:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 # ​Are you a B2B founder looking to accelerate investor engagement? With over 20 years as a Silicon Valley Marketing Launch Pro, I can tell you that the longer it takes you to get to the point, the more you risk losing investor attention.

👉 SPC End of Summer Demo Faire (12:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​​​​Join us for a showcase of the latest demos from SPC alumni and members, from early-stage hacking projects to Series C product releases. There are no slideshows—these are live demos only!

👉 Private VC / AI Startup LUNCH - DREAMFORCE Side Event (12:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 VC's and Seed Founders Mixer

👉 Women Founders Bay Workshop: Find A Technical Co-founder (3:00 PM - 4:00 PM) [HOSTED BY ME]
📍 Remote
💬 ​Are you an early-stage startup founder looking for a technical co-founder to help turn your vision into reality? Join us for a practical workshop where we'll guide you through the essential steps to find the perfect technical partner.

👉 AI Agents for non-technical teams — Marketing (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 This week’s event is focused on AI Agents for Marketing use cases.
​Connect with and learn from other AI agent users, experts, and VCs who are on the cutting edge of operationalizing and automating daily workflows using the latest and greatest in AI.

👉 Private VC / AI Startup Mixer (5:00 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 VC's and Seed Founders Mixer

👉 California AI Dreaming Party (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 ​Calling all AI and tech innovators! Whether you've just wrapped up Dreamforce or you're passionate about driving change in the SaaS industry, you're welcome to the party. Network with like-minded professionals in a vibrant and relaxed atmosphere 🌇

👉 AI in GTM: Dreamforce after-hour panel with GTM SaaS founders (5:30 PM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Join a panel of founders building AI in the GTM space for a discussion. With the advancement of LLMs, myriad of AI tools have emerged for GTM teams, from lead generation, to CRM automation, to knowledge assistants. As a sales or customer success leader, how do you think about using AI in your day-to-day workflow?

👉 AI x Law: AI and Legal Boundaries| Women in AI Panel & Social (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​This event will explore the rapidly evolving landscape where artificial intelligence intersects with legal frameworks, shedding light on the challenges, opportunities, and ethical considerations that are shaping the future.

👉 Dreamforce 2024 Unofficial Mixer (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Join us for the Dreamforce Unofficial Mixer on 9/18! We'll have a showcase of the hottest AI startups in GTM, plus networking opportunities and free food and drinks.

👉 Agents and the Future w Tim Weingarten, Head of Product @ Adept AI, raised $400m+, exited to Amazon (6:30 PM - 4:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​An intimate dinner with the top AI Agent founders in the Bay Area and a special guest: Tim Weingarten, Head of Product @ Adept AI.
​Adept has raised over $400 million and recently exited to Amazon. They are building a general-purpose enterprise Agent that achieves both high reliability and high resiliency. It’s currently deployed at major corporations in mission-critical workflows.
​Tim was previously CEO & Co-Founder of The Hunt, which Pinterest acquired. He went on to be the Head of Shopping at Pinterest, Product Manager at Airbnb, and more recently Head of Product at Adept AI.

👉 Ai Salon & SF Intellectuals (7:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Join us for a special event where the Ai Salon joins with the SF Intellectuals for vibrant discussions! This will be a broad and accessible event where anyone who is interested in what AI means for our future is welcome!

🗓️ Thursday, Sep 19

👉 AI Innovators Summit: Systems Thinking and Startups (9:00 AM - 8:00 PM) [HOSTED BY ME]
📍 San Francisco
💬 ​Join us in collaboration with Rabadi Real Estate, for an exclusive day of AI, innovation, and high-profile networking as we bring together the brightest minds in AI and technology. Featured guests include Robert Scoble, Silicon Zombies, Manish Jain, ex-Director of Engineering at PayPal & Mariane Bekker, investor at Founders Bay.

👉 Diverse Founders & Business Owners 2024 (8:30 AM - 11:00 AM)
📍 San Jose
💬 Experts discuss best practices for growing your network, meeting the right people, & how to be the best spokesperson for your business. Hear about obstacles and successes in building your business and learn about funding opportunities for minorities.

👉 Cerebral Valley’s Attorney ⎪Legal Roundtable for Startups (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
📍 Remote
💬 Cerebral Valley's Attorney ⎪ Startups and legal advice related to shareholders, Delaware C-Corps, and other pertinent legal topics.

👉 Join us for Lanai's Summer Series Finale: AI @ Work | Nicole Perlroth & George Mathew (4:30 PM - 6:30 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 Join us for a community tech talk and conversation on the future of Gen AI, cybersecurity, and the transformation both are having on work. Lexi Reese sits down with two of the most influential voices in tech and security.

👉 Unicorn Cup Silicon Valley Pitch Event for Asian Founders (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 Welcome to Unicorn Cup For Asian startups in Silicon Valley – Unicorn Events – Global Startup Pitch Contest where famous international VCs and Business Angels meet extraordinary startups from all over the world!

👉 Gen AI Observatory - Dreamforce After Party (5:00 PM - 10:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for the Dreamforce After Party! Dive into the world of Generative AI with an exclusive gathering that combines delicious sushi, themed beverages, and stimulating conversations on the transformative impact of AI technologies on corporations. This event will feature engaging discussions with industry leaders from AWS and Observea providing unique insights into the latest tools and technologies shaping the future of AI.

👉 VC Showcase | Evening Networking Event (5:00 PM - 7:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 You’re invited to a private startup showcase and networking event for the Korea Creative Content Agency, hosted by AlchemistX. Join us for the opportunity to network with industry leaders and investors alongside Korea’s most promising startups in Gaming, Content Creation, IP Management, AI, and Travel.

👉 Heavybit Fall Sessions Week 1 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Be part of lively conversations with folks who are also building devtools, AI infrastructure, and security.

👉 THE GATHERING (5:00 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 THE GATHERING is a groundbreaking event designed for founders to build genuine connections, tackle real challenges, promote peer learning, and have fun.

👉 LLM’s, Multimodal & Edge AI (5:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 Our goal is to bring together LLM, Multimodal & Edge AI researchers from both academic and industry backgrounds, as well as VCs interested in the LLM domain. This event fosters collaboration and networking among these diverse groups, facilitating the exchange of ideas and the formation of new partnerships.

👉 AI Systems at Scale: Embeddings, LLMs, and Beyond (5:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for an evening of technical deep dives and practical insights into the challenges of deploying AI systems at scale. This meetup brings together engineers and researchers who are pushing the boundaries of what's possible with embeddings, large language models, and distributed AI infrastructure.

👉 LLMs, Multimodal and Edge AI (5:30 PM - 4:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 About the Event Series:
Our goal is to bring together LLM, Multimodal & Edge AI researchers from both academic and industry backgrounds, as well as VCs interested in the LLM domain. This event fosters collaboration and networking among these diverse groups, facilitating the exchange of ideas and the formation of new partnerships.
Who Joins Our Crowd:
Our events attract a prestigious crowd, including:
Researchers from renowned institutions such as Stanford, UC Berkeley, and other prestigious university labs.
CTOs and engineering leaders from various companies.
VCs with a keen interest in the deep-tech domain.

👉 🧠 GenAI Collective Marin 🧠 The Scaling Salon (5:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 San Rafael
💬 This night is about bringing the SF North Bay community together to help each other scale-up.

👉 Network with AI/ML Deep-tech Researchers (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Are you passionate about the intersection of machine learning, AI, and deep-tech? Join us for an exclusive gathering designed to connect pioneering researchers from academia and industry with visionary venture capitalists. This event is more than just networking – it's a chance to forge new collaborations, share groundbreaking ideas, and explore the future of AI/ML deep-tech together.

🗓️ Friday, Sep 20

👉 AI-in-Action: Transforming Customer Engagement & Success with AI (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for an exclusive, hands-on exploration into the transformative power of Multi-Agent AI in Customer Engagement Success! This event is designed for customer facing professionals, and AI enthusiasts who are ready to take their customer engagement strategies to the next level. Through a dynamic mix of expert insights and interactive workshops, you’ll discover how to harness the potential of AI to deliver hyper-personalized customer experiences that drive success.

👉 Network with AI CTOs and Deep-tech Researchers (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 Our goal is to bring together deep-tech researchers from both academic and industry backgrounds, as well as VCs interested in the deep-tech domain. This event fosters collaboration and networking among these diverse groups, facilitating the exchange of ideas and the formation of new partnerships.

👉 Unlock the Future of Sound with ren.ai | Post-Dreamforce Launch Party (5:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Join us for an unforgettable evening of innovation, creativity, and celebration as we unveil the latest music from ren.ai, the groundbreaking artist blending cutting-edge technology with soulful sound. This exclusive event takes place the day after Salesforce’s Dreamforce, making it the perfect way to cap off your week in San Francisco.

👉 ✨ Founders' Lounge: Fueling the Future of GenAI (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 Palo Alto
💬 Join us for an insightful fireside chat with leading AI model experts as they delve into the critical role of data in shaping the next generation of generative AI. 🧠

🗓️ Saturday, Sep 21

👉 ai + health 24hr hack (9:30 AM - 10:30 AM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Come explore new applications of machine learning with the goal of solving large problems in global healthcare!

👉 📣 Aiify.io: Agentic AI World – Hackathon w/ Fetch.ai (9:30 AM - 5:00 PM) [HOSTED BY ME]
📍 San Francisco
💬 📣 Aiify.io, in partnership with Founders' Creative, Announces: Agentic AI World – Hackathon.

👉 Judgment day hackathon - building LLM judges (10:00 AM - 5:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Evaluating LLM outputs accurately is critical to being able to iterate quickly on a LLM system. Human annotations can be slow and expensive and using LLMs instead promises to solve this. However aligning a LLM Judge with human judgements is often hard with many implementation details to consider.

👉 Mission Dolores Manor Startup Showcase (4:00 PM - 6:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 Get ready for an electrifying evening at Mission Dolores Manor's Startup Demo Day! This event brings together visionary founders from diverse industries to showcase their groundbreaking innovations. Whether you're an investor, entrepreneur, or tech enthusiast, this is your chance to witness the latest advancements, connect with key players in the startup ecosystem, and explore cutting-edge ideas that are shaping the future.

🗓️ Sunday, Sep 22

👉 Pawsomic Sunday: Paws and Their Founders (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
📍 San Francisco
💬 We invite you to spend Sunday morning in an awesome company of startup dogs 🐶 and their founders 👫.

🗓️ Monday, Sep 23

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