SF Tech Week 2026 · Oct 5–11
74 hackathons at SF Tech Week 2026, Oct 5–11.
SF Tech Week 2026 (Oct 5–11) has 74 hackathons (70 open for registration). Highlights include Talk to Users Hackathon (hosted by Stripe), SpeedHacks: The Official speedrun Hackathon (hosted by speedrun + speedrun Alpha), AMD x RedHat AI-Infra Workshop: High performance inference, at scale (hosted by Leverage).
Listings updated from Tech Week Oct 8, 6:40 PM PDT.
74 events
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Leverage, RedHat · Mission
Join AMD, Cerebras, MoonMath AI, Red Hat, and the vLLM project for an in-person half day on open source inference, ending with a hands-on workshop you can follow along with on…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Valon · SOMA
Experience Valon Labs in person at our one-day coworking space in SoMa. 🎤 LIVE AT 12PM PT: Would You Let an LLM Move Real Money?
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Aim-Hi, Mojave cloud · Mountain View
Here is the updated event description with those details adjusted: Software Founder’s Go-To-Market Strategies & Networking | #SFTechWeek Hosted by Mojave Cloud & Aim-Hi Time…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Everesteer · Other
Everesteer is bringing its Hedge Fund Hackathon to San Francisco, co-hosted with Ramp for Startups and Better Tomorrow Ventures.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by Sway · Jackson Square
Love data centers? Hate data centers? Feel some type of way about how government's regulating technology? Nowhere is tech more intertwined with politics than in SF.
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by WeAreDevelopers, Snyk · FiDi (SF)
Code. Fix. Drink. Repeat. A Happy Hour by Snyk & WeAreDevelopers This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech…
Thursday, October 8 ·
Hosted by delight.ai · Mission
There's a new title showing up on job descriptions, and most hiring managers don't have a rubric for it yet.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Apify and Build it Anyway community · South Beach
No code, no problem. Build an AI agent that finds what matters on the web. One day, zero code, and you leave with a working AI agent that does the boring part of your job for you.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by tokens& · FiDi (SF)
As AI gets more capable, so do the threats. AI is reshaping the economics of cyberattacks: vulnerabilities can be found faster, attacks automated, and sophisticated techniques…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Videoclaw · Mission Bay
Minimum Viable Presence: Launch-Ready Video Assets for Founders, an SF Tech Week hands-on session hosted by Videoclaw. You shipped your MVP. Now you need people to see it.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Vizard.ai, Alibaba · Presidio Heights
What could you build if video creation and editing worked more like talking to an AI?
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Inception Studio · SOMA
Think what you have what it takes to be a founder? Come join us for the world's first in-person AI Alternate Reality Game where you take on the role of a budding founder building…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by founderledmedia.com · Lower Nob Hill
I promise this time will be different :) You're finally going to post that reel you've been thinking about. Every founder, investor and creator knows they should be posting.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Startup Oasis · Downtown (SF)
Welcome to Startup Oasis! #SFTechWeek If you are a startup founder, investor, developer, marketer, or anyone else in the tech ecosystem looking to start, join, or help a tech…
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Exonome · Chinatown
The best marketplaces often begin with something one person understands unusually well: a local community, professional ecosystem, personal passion, specialized service, unusual…
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 Stanford GSB India Association · Stanford
An overnight build for developers, technical founders, product builders, students, and enterprise operators creating AI-native systems that companies can actually use.
Friday, October 9 ·
Hosted by Shravan Balaji · Other
A half-day hackathon on AI in medicine. Format: a 30-minute keynote from a Berkeley faculty member working at the AI/health intersection, followed by a 3-hour build sprint and…
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by RoamHer, Glow Girl Social Club · Other
BUILD FOR HER is a one-day Women’s Social Impact Hackathon presented by RoamHer, with support from Ambarella.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Oasis · FiDi (SF)
A full-day hackathon for engineers, researchers, and builders who want to ship something real with AI agents.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Stripe, Base44, Cognition, Sense AI, Daytona, FishAudio, MongoDB, BrightData, Clerk · SOMA
Most hackathons end with a demo to judges who've never touched your product.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Blueprints AI · SOMA
You have 8 hours to reimagine how the built world gets planned. Join Blueprints AI during SF Tech Week for a weekend hackathon at the intersection of AI and pre-construction.
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 Cala, Krea · Mission
One day, one goal: find the most creative way to showcase data. Bring your ideas, your code, and your curiosity.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Intuition Intelligence, Inc. · Palo Alto
CreatorThon is a fast-paced event where creators produce compelling social media videos inspired by emerging viral topics.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Ezio, TokenRouter · Stanford
AI is becoming powerful enough to act. Now it needs to become trustworthy enough to deserve that power. Let’s create a sandbox for AI Trust together.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Field Lab · SOMA
Interface is a two-day hackathon for new ways to interact with technology.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Your Next Win · Virtual (SF)
Watch modern tools and workflows turn ideas into real, testable products—and build along, LIVE!
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Frevana (Finpeak Inc) · Palo Alto
What if you could vibe-code not just software—but how your entire organization operates?
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Mervia AI · SOMA
Can AI shopping agents actually find and recommend your product? Spend Saturday afternoon working on exactly that, hands-on.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by interface.ai · FiDi (SF)
One afternoon to build the AI agent that fixes your most important money problem. Two-thirds of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Saturday, October 10 ·
Hosted by Maritime · Civic Center
Agents, Corgis & Cocktails with Maritime Join Maritime (YC F26) for the hottest launch party of SF Tech Week, hosted at Corgi Cafe We’re bringing together brilliant founders…
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by speedrun + speedrun Alpha · Jackson Square
SpeedHacks is the official closing hackathon of SF Hack Week! One day. 12 hours. Start from zero and build something ambitious alongside some of the best technical builders in SF.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by MongoDB · Embarcadero
The next chapter of agentic infrastructure is memory, persistence, and self-evolving systems.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Openbase, Maritime, Sundai Club · Palo Alto
It's time: Voice coding technology is now good enough. Openbase is hosting its third OUTDOORS hackathon as part of SF Tech Week, joined by Maritime and Sundai Club.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Hackathon Company · East Bay
B@BHacks 2.0. $10k+ cash prizes. Top 1% Builders at Berkeley. Supported by Gemini, Ripple, Agora, Ellipsis Labs, ElevenLabs, Lighter, Mantle, Context.dev, Cursor, a16z Tech Week…
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 Arcade AI · Union Square (SF)
Sponsored by Forerunner Ventures! Anyone can spin up a storefront with AI now. But almost no AI can make the thing that goes in the box.
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by UC Berkeley SCET Innovators in Residence Program · East Bay
Join us for a hands-on, innovation focused hackathon hosted by the UC Berkeley SCET Innovators-in-Residence program, bringing together students, builders, and innovators to…
Sunday, October 11 ·
Hosted by Eli Willis Music · SOMA
Tiny hacks. Strange instruments. Questionable ideas. An intentionally low-stakes mini hackathon for anything involving sound.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by One Culture Foundation · Embarcadero
⚠️ IMPORTANT FINAL ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION REQUIRED Due to overwhelming demand, the Oct 5 Google Community Space session is limited to 50 participants.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Corporate Accelerator Forum, University of San Francisco · FiDi (SF)
Now that #GenAI has democratized buiding, Tech Week is for everyone! Who Should Attend: Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a non-technical startup founder, a staffer in a…
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by EchoHer, Hackathons at Berkeley, MemOS, Pebblebed · Mission
Join us for an afternoon celebrating the next generation of builders using vibe coding and AI-assisted development to turn ideas into real products.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by True Markets · Rincon Hill
WE'RE GIVING YOU $50 TO TRADE! TRUE MARKETS × SF TECH WEEK Mon Oct 5. Build 2–6. Drinks and Food 6-9.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Mem0 · Palo Alto
Bring an idea you want to turn into something real. Join Mem0, SVAI Hub, and The Gen Academy for the /build-with-AI Buildathon at SVAI Hub.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Cloudflare · Embarcadero
We’re taking over a boat and cruising around Alcatraz for a night of demos, drinks, and very cool people building very cool things.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by Overmind, Daytona, Doubleword · SOMA
Model Training Night Hosted by Overmind, Daytona and Prima Labs. Want to train a model? Please arrive promptly at 5pm so we can get you set up and kick off your training run.
Monday, October 5 ·
Hosted by IRL Fandoms · Mission Bay
Welcome to Shark Tank: Most Unethical Startup Competition, where we build, launch, and pitch the most unhinged startup ideas possible using AI and vibe coding.
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by Neural Concept · Union Square (SF)
Workshop: Engineering Intelligence in ActionWorkshop: Engineering Intelligence in Action AI is reshaping product development and the teams that adapt will set the next industry…
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by Descript · Mission
Everyone tells you to build in public. Nobody tells you where to find the week it takes to make one decent video. So spend a morning with us instead.
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by DatologyAI, Modal · SOMA
Models are what you eat. Your models deserve better data. You deserve better dumplings. DatologyAI delivers both.
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by Lovable · Downtown (SF)
Big ideas deserve more than a blank slide. Join Lovable and our event partner for a lively fireside chat on how AI is helping teams tackle business challenges and bring their…
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by Snyk · FiDi (SF)
Hacking AI for Fun and Profit AI Security Fundamentals Training + Hands-On Hacking Challenge + Music & Networking Join Snyk’s AI Security Engineering Community during SF Tech Week…
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by BotBot, FLORA · SOMA
Everyone talks about AI-native companies. At this event, you build one, start to finish, in an afternoon.
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by Subconscious · Marina
NOTE: This hack is decentralized and does not have a centralized location. It will take place from Tuesday at 5pm until Thursday at 12pm PT. Let's hack in a flow state.
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by Riley · Downtown (SF)
A live GTM infrastructure build session @ SF Tech Week Your AI can write the outbound email, prioritize the account, and tell you who’s ready to buy.
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by Cogent, LangChain, Modal · Downtown (SF)
Can your open-source AI agent crack the vault before time runs out? Cogent, Modal, and LangChain are hosting a live, team-based 'AI Heist challenge for SF Tech Week.
Tuesday, October 6 ·
Hosted by AdaL · Virtual (SF)
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com Everyone's talking about Jev.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by AWS · Downtown (SF)
[Event description] This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Timing · Mission
Please join discord for internal updates: https://discord.gg/sdEBnvwHhG Build an Zero Human startup powered by a team of AI agents.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by AI Founder Playbook by Byte&Chord, Inc · Other
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Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Cresta · SOMA
Most AI hackathons end at a demo. This one ends with a phone call. Cresta is bringing Conductor our natural-language, agent-building Agent to SF Tech Week for a live-streamed…
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Center for The Future (Hack Week), HCB by Hack Foundation · Alamo Square
An escape room hackathon for people building with agents. CTRL starts inside one of three escape rooms at Reason: Glitch, Sonar, or Mars. Your first job is simple: get out.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Musa Capital, Stonebyte, Tokenly · Downtown (SF)
https://claude.ai/artifact/XRjGy6Eiit4rkoh98nUeMg Hi all, Welcome, and thank you for checking in. Here is everything you need for the day.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by moatly™ · Downtown (SF)
This event is an invite-only event and a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by ScaleKit, Cognee · Downtown (SF)
Join Scalekit and Cognee for a hackathon to build a Company Brain: an AI system that can understand your company’s knowledge, connect information across workplace tools, remember…
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by WHO MENTORS YOU INC. · FiDi (SF)
Rauhmel Fox, CEO, WHO MENTORS YOU INC., will review and discuss the Certificate of Incorporation for (1) OPENAI FOUNDATION, (2) OPEN RESEARCH LAB, INC., and (3) SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY…
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by HubSpot · SOMA
🚨 Capacity is limited to 75 people, and an approved RSVP does not guarantee entry. Please arrive by 3:00 p.m.; doors will close once we reach capacity.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Macroscope · SOMA
Bring your AI product and put it through a live, end-to-end product roast to make it better.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Morph Systems · Mountain View
You have wanted to build the thing for a while now. A full-stack application, a micro SaaS, the internal tool that would save your team a day a week.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Wajo AI · Design District
Speed-friending, minus the small talk. Fo does that part. You will receive an email to sign up to Fo (with a code), link your email and phone number.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Propeller · Rincon Hill
Propeller is bringing together senior leaders for a fast-paced, hands-on session that’s part hackathon, part speed-networking.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by HeyGen · FiDi (SF)
Join the HyperFrames Launch Club: Good vibes, fellow builders, and a camera crew. Bring what you’re building—we’ll help you make a launch video worth sharing.
Wednesday, October 7 ·
Hosted by Maitai, Inc · SOMA
Multiplayer Building is here. Google Docs made documents collaborative. Figma made design collaborative. Now, Party is making building collaborative.
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