SF Tech Week 2026 · Oct 5–11
219 deep tech events at SF Tech Week 2026, Oct 5–11.
SF Tech Week 2026 (Oct 5–11) has 219 deep tech events (195 open for registration, 2 with a waitlist). Highlights include Fenwick × Databricks × a16z: Founders & Investors Happy Hour (hosted by Fenwick & West), So, you want to be an FDE (hosted by Arsenal Pulse), The Tech Week Flyover (hosted by Sentry).
Listings updated from Tech Week Oct 8, 6:40 PM PDT.
219 events · showing the first 100, upcoming first
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Innovate Bay, Miller Knoll · Union Square (SF)
SF Tech Week is relentless. Before the back-to-back pitches, noisy panels, and crowded mixers kick into overdrive, join us for an exclusive morning reset at the MillerKnoll SF…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Solaya · SOMA
Solaya is hosting the most exciting breakfast during SF Tech Week with NVIDIA, Google, Dassault Systems and more ;) A panel on what happens when the physical world becomes…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Z21 Ventures and SVB, Silicon Valley Bank · Downtown (SF)
Hi all! We have had such a great response to this event and are oversubscribed.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Lightbringer · FiDi (SF)
Founders are shipping faster than legacy patent firms can keep up, and paying attorneys to spend hours getting up to speed isn’t sustainable.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Untapped Ventures · Virtual (SF)
We're at an interesting moment in AI. The hype cycle has matured. The infrastructure bets are playing out. Agentic systems are moving from demos to production.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by NetworkOcean · Dogpatch
NetworkOcean just ran the 1st GPU customer from the ocean, powered by solar. Come chat about compute & power over lunch at NetworkOcean's new HQ.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Business Sweden · FiDi (SF)
Scaling your startup is hard enough. Scaling it with a tech giant? That’s a whole different ballgame. Are you ready to play in the big leagues?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Third Sphere · FiDi (SF)
Third Sphere's portfolio is mostly hardware. We're putting it in one room so you can actually touch it. There's a stage too.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Magnus Robotics · Downtown (SF)
Join top robotics companies, physical AI founders, deep-tech VCs, family offices, and enterprise operators for a candid conversation on what it takes to get robots working in the…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Fieldguide · Downtown (SF)
Fieldguide builds AI agents that run real, consequential work inside audit and advisory engagements, where mistakes carry financial and compliance weight.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Neurotech Futures · Downtown (SF)
Neurotechnology's moment has arrived. You're invited to be a part of it at SF Tech Week!
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Department of Strategic Surprise, Titan Gauntlets, Haus of Hyte · Downtown (SF)
A PREVIEW OF AN IMPOSSIBLE WORKSHOP · SF TECH WEEK · OCT 8, 3:00–5:00 PM · FRONTIER TOWER, 14TH FLOOR · FREE · CAPACITY LIMITED The Oct 8 preview is free RSVP, because capacity…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Lexi Ventures · SOMA
Lexi Ventures invites biotech startup founders, investors, and friends for a slice of pizza and networking. No agenda.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Fenwick & West, a16z, Databricks · FiDi (SF)
Join Fenwick, Databricks, and a16z for a founders and investors happy hour during SF Tech Week.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by SFPlayground · SOMA
Join SFPlayground.com and TheThinkTank.vc at 795 Folsom St for an exclusive rooftop evening bringing together founders, venture investors, angels, operators, and executives from…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by IndustrialNext · SOMA
We're launching the Real2Sim2Real (R2S2R) Arena, a first-of-its-kind Physical AI testing ground in our 10,000 sq.ft. HQ in San Francisco.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Rezoomex · Union Square (SF)
A curated gathering for AI Product Builders, founders, product leaders, and operators building the next generation of AI-powered products.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Basecamp Research · SOMA
Join the Basecamp Research team for a relaxed happy hour. Bring a friend, grab a cocktail and chat with us about biotech or anything else you’re passionate about.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Space Happy HOur, Context Venture, PWC · SOMA
Join Space Happy Hour and Context Ventures for a panel of VCs, space industry executives and finance gurus on the exponential growth in funding space companies and key attributes…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by You.com · Mission
Join Founders Bay for a dinner bringing together AI founders, venture capitalists, investors, and technology leaders during SF Tech Week.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Tech Brews, Workato · Dogpatch
From Hype to Clinical Impact: AI x Healthcare Join Tech Brews × Workato x Peninsula Pharmacist Association for an evening exploring how AI is moving from hype to real-world impact…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Alumni Ventures, Khosla, Future Ventures, Uncork Capital · Nob Hill
We invite you to an exclusive Deep Tech & AI Investor Happy Hour to connect with fellow VCs.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Omni Ventures · Downtown (SF)
Omni Ventures' annual Deep Tech Nexus is back for SF Tech Week, and this time it gets Physical (AI): Models meet the real world: robots moving freight, world models that learn…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Venture Science · Jackson Square
Join us for an exclusive happy hour during Tech Week designed for family office investors and allocators focused on artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Elve · South Beach
Curious how high-power mmWave technology is changing wireless infrastructure and satcom?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Legendary Ventures · Union Square (SF)
Legendary Ventures is hosting an exclusive shindig for investors, founders, and entrepreneurs to share, learn, and engage each other in the VC ecosystem. Availability is limited.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Luminar Ventures, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati · SOMA
Join Luminar Ventures and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for an exclusive, high-signal gathering of top LP founders, leading investors, and Angels at Tech Week SF.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Lorimer Ventures · Other
Robots on the Rocks 🤖🍹🌮 Join us for drinks, tacos, and live hardware demos as we explore the cutting edge of robotics, physical AI, and the future of industrial automation.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Lume Health Technologies · Dogpatch
Join Lume Health for a happy hour and fireside chat on the future of wearable hormone monitoring.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Independent · FiDi (SF)
Models learn in sterile environments, but fail when people use them in the real world.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Crafting · Other
Crafting × WNDR AI Engineering Dinner An intimate dinner during SF Tech Week for engineering leaders working on agents in production.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Savant Ventures · Mission
A conversation with Jason Ma, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist of Dyna Robotics Robot demos are easy. Robots that work all day in real customer sites are not.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Startup Valley · Mission
Join us for Startup Demo Day, featuring ten exciting startups currently being built at Foundry hacker-house.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by MiniMax · FiDi (SF)
Intelligence in the Open: A MiniMax Research Night For our SF Tech Week edition, we’re bringing AI researchers, engineers, and founders together to explore a question: What…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Laminar, Berkeley Gateway Accelerator · Other
Remember science museum worksheets from field trips? The kind where you wandered room to room, checked boxes, and left knowing more than you meant to?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Stand Insurance · FiDi (SF)
Stand hosts an evening at its San Francisco headquarters on Physics-Informed AI for the built environment.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Raisable · Palo Alto
Curated VC <> founders evening at SF Tech Week 2026, hosted by Raisable together with Mission Robotics.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by SkyPilot, H Company · SOMA
[An update from the host (Oct 8): Thank you so much for your enthusiasm about our event! We're now full and oversubscribed.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Ugly Talk · Union Square (SF)
A customer asks your agent for a refund. The agent says it's handled. Now it has to actually issue that refund: call the API as that customer, with their permissions and nobody…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by La French Tech San Diego, La French Tech San Francisco, Safran Corporate Ventures · Other
French and American aerospace, defense and dual-use innovators, in the same room during SF Tech Week.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Workflow Builder · Downtown (SF)
Every AI stack needs a canvas to see and shape what agents do. Almost none are built for Angular. Let's build one, live.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Physics AI · Potrero Hill
Join other founders who are also pilots for dinner hosted on the dramatic rooftop of a Potrero Hill home. Exchange lessons learned from aviation that apply to building companies.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Revel · FiDi (SF)
The last era of software transformed how we communicate, work, and transact online. The next will transform how we build and operate physical systems.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Innovate Bay · SOMA
You are invited by Innovate Bay Pitch & Pints is traveling for #SFTechWeek, and will be in San Francisco!
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Lightyear Residency · Chinatown
Come gather with a community of creative, curious founders building the future of tech!
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Granite Landings LLC · San Mateo
Join us to hear to exciting Polish startups pitch to our expert investor panel. Following the pitch session drinks and food will be available throughout our networking session.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Arsenal Pulse · SOMA
So, you want to be an FDE? Join us for an insider's look at Forward Deployed Engineering what the role actually involves, the skills that set FDEs apart, and how to break into the…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Untapped Ventures · Other
Untapped Ventures is hosting a small, intimate dinner in San Francisco for our limited partners and prospective LPs one evening, one table, real conversations.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by SparkLabs Group · SOMA
Founders Dinner! Host by SparkLabs (www.sparklabsgroup.com), which is an early-stage VC firm that has invested over 600 startups across the globe since 2013.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Nest Catalyst · Downtown (SF)
Nest Catalyst Demo Day! Hear from Life Science startups led by scientist-founders and network with the vibrant Silicon Valley community of biotech professionals including…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Ventioneers Capital · Other
Join us for a private investor dinner hosted by Ventioneers Capital. Good food, candid conversation with the people who make our work possible.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Alif · Mission
Join us at Alif HQ for an evening that brings founders, investors, and thinkers together in one room, with good company and real conversations.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Fund Bridge · SOMA
[A High-Signal Founder Roundtable on Turning Early Traction into High-Retention SaaS] About This Event: Achieving initial Product-Market Fit (PMF) is a major milestone, but a…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Small Steps & Giant Leaps · Marina
Years ago the idea of data centers in space sounded like a pitch-deck fantasy. Not anymore.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Mytra · Other
Less talk about what's coming. More time in the room where it's getting built. Spend an evening on the floor at Mytra's Brisbane facility during SF Tech Week.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Autopoiesis Sciences · North Beach
Autopoiesis Sciences, Cavalla, and Standard Works invite you to The Annual Table.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Ashurst Perkins Coie · Ocean Beach
🏄♂️ Calling all surfers! 🌊 We're back for another edition of #SFTechWeek’s original surf meet-up.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by OPEN AUSTRIA · SOMA
☕🥯 Bagels for Builders Part of SF Tech Week 2026 Come as you are. Leave inspired.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by DivcoWest Ventures · TBA
Pickleball and breakfast for the people building the physical economy—construction, real estate, data centers, energy, and robotics.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by B.E.L.L.E · Downtown (SF)
From Sovereign Compute to Physical AI The infrastructure era isn't a track. It's the condition everyone is now building under. Most events focus on one layer of AI.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Leverage · Civic Center
Two papers, 15 min from the presenter on each and the room takes the rest. 1. "How Far Can Disaggregation Go?
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Sentry, Exa.ai, Neon by Databricks · SOMA
Join Sentry, Neon by Databricks, and Exa at Kaiyo Rooftop for an afternoon above the city with cold drinks, good food, and front-row views of the Blue Angels over the Bay.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Bluezone Capital, Lowenstein Sandler LLP · Downtown (SF)
Cell and gene therapies have cured disease, transformed lives, and redefined the boundaries of modern medicine. So why are so few patients receiving them?
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by SparkLabs Taiwan, Startup Island TAIWAN - Silicon Valley Hub · Downtown (SF)
Physical AI is moving from impressive demos to real-world deployment. What does it take to get there—and who’s ready to build it?
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Morfa AI, Inc · Downtown (SF)
The code runs. The tests pass. The AI agent that built it reviewed its own work and declared it ready to ship. Prove it wrong.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Vibe Space, AI Collective, Flowstate · FiDi (SF)
Tech Week can be chaotic. Running between panels, pitching, networking, and feeling overstimulated. The Oasis is a retreat: a place to belong, breathe, and actually co-create.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Buildify · Mountain View
Builders House, Tech Week SF A Gathering for builders, founders and people shaping what’s next in tech.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Voaige · SOMA
What can neuroscience teach us about building next generation AI? Voaige is an AI research lab bringing neuroscientists, AI researchers, and engineers together to build System 2…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by EPIC Connector Pte. Ltd. · San Mateo
Meet Founders. Meet Investors. See What They’re Building. 📅 October 9, 2026 · 6:30–8:30 PM 📍 San Francisco This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Women X Foundation · Downtown (SF)
Hosted by Women X | SF Tech Week 2026 Friday | 3:00–6:00 PM | San Francisco Technology is moving quickly, and the next chapter of AI is already beginning to take shape.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by EWOR · Jackson Square
INVESTORS ONLY We're bringing together our investor comunity for our first US-based Demo Day + happy hour.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Chaanakya Capital · Downtown (SF)
Looking for the next wave of investments before it becomes huge? Learn about the fantastic space of BrainTech, NeuroTech and how AI is advancing modern day disease treatment Sleep…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Workflow Builder · Downtown (SF)
Your AI agent runs for days on Temporal. It retries, waits, resumes across failures, reliably.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Daidai Labs · SOMA
The night before the robots take the stage, we're bringing together the teams exhibiting at The SF Tech Week Robot Show, plus a small group of founders and people from the…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by PrismaX · Palo Alto
PrismaX and Moonlake are bringing an exclusive, curated edition of RoboCon during a16z Tech Week.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by REHATCH Inc, · Union Square (SF)
Join us for a casual dinner meetup bringing together people from a variety of fields, including AI and marketing.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Axci Capital · Embarcadero
Never been this public about it, but I’m single. I’m hosting this event with a very specific agenda: find ❤️, co-founder of my life** If you’re single, ambitious, and building…
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Maitai, Inc. · Palo Alto
Multiplayer Building is here. Google Docs made documents collaborative. Figma made design collaborative. Now, Party is making building collaborative.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Omni Ventures · Other
You've survived Tech Week. Now log off. After a week of panels, pitches, parties and 400 new LinkedIn connections, we're taking it offline. Literally.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by UXPie, Industrial Designers Society of America, San Francisco · Mission
Design in the Age of AI As AI continues to transform products, workflows, and user expectations, this event will explore how design is evolving across both digital and physical…
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Instance Labs · SOMA
Wrap up SF Tech Week with a little friendly competition and a lot of popsicle sticks. Come build, test, and see what you can make while meeting people working on physical AI.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Workflow Builder · Fisherman's Wharf
Your agentic workflow runs for days on Temporal. It retries, waits, resumes across failures, reliably.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by NeuroAge Therapeutics · Dogpatch
How is AI enabling the next generation of brain optimization therapies, trackers, and tools?
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Raisable · Stanford
Raisable at SF Tech Week 2026 After a week of packed calendars, we're ending SF Tech Week outside.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Autolab.ai · Civic Center
The loop is already spinning. More than 80% of Anthropic’s code is written by Claude. Jeff Dean left Google after 30 years to build the loop for science.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Ejad Labs · Civic Center
The 15th Pakistan Tech Summit returns to San Francisco as part of #SFTechWeek.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Humain, Diwan · Stanford
Join us during SF Tech Week for a technical evening focused on what it takes to build and deploy AI at scale.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Endpoint Arena · Marina
Start Tech Week with the people building the future of science. Join founders, researchers, investors, engineers, and scientists for an early-morning breakfast focused on how AI…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Run Tech Club · Embarcadero
~3 miles. Early morning. Post run gather for coffee and breakfast. Founders, technical builders, and investors who are actually in the trenches compounding momentum together…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Startup Grind, Bright Data · SOMA
Kick off SF Tech Week with builders, founders and investors shaping the agentic AI economy.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by CodeRabbit · Embarcadero
RUN. BREAKFAST. RAVE. 🏃♀️🥐🎧 Kick off SF Tech Week with a morning run, then turn up the volume for a breakfast rave at CodeRabbit HQ!!
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Raisable · Downtown (SF)
Raisable at SF Tech Week 2026 We're opening SF Tech Week with a breakfast for CVCs and robotics founders around Series A one table, before the week gets loud.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Leverage · Civic Center
Coffee, Pastries and good conversation with AI Infra builders @Tesla. This event is a part of #SFTechWeek a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Byteforge Systems · SOMA
Kickoff the Tech Week with people who actually get what you do! Join Byteforge Systems for a small, invite-only breakfast for founders and builders working on hardware.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Life Stages · Golden Gate Park
Technology is changing how we work, connect, create, and live—often at a pace that our bodies and minds weren’t designed to match.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Techstars, DigitalOcean, Zendesk · SOMA
AI is reshaping how companies are built, scaled, and operated. Join Techstars, Zendesk, and DigitalOcean for a conversation with founders and C-suite leaders on how to stay ahead…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Actuate Ventures, Strativ · Other
Luncheon for Deep Tech Investors & Closing Founders in Cutting Edge Technologies: SF Tech Week 2026 Edition Are you a visionary VC, LP, or GP looking to stay ahead of the curve?
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Business Sweden · Nob Hill
As the first EU country to sign a Technology Prosperity Deal (TPD) with the United States, Sweden has established a unique platform for deeper collaboration with the United States…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Synlico · Virtual (SF)
Join us for Causal AI for Drug Discovery: Learning from Patient Data Learning causal structure across environments and task-aware data enhancement Much of the patient-derived…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Startup Island TAIWAN -Silicon Valley Hub, Taiwan Global Angels · Other
This event brings together Silicon Valley investors, serial entrepreneurs, and Taiwan-connected founders to explore how AI, deep tech, healthcare, and physical-world innovation…
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