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B2B Founders Sail in the Bay
Monday, 5:00 PM PT · Fisherman's Wharf · BDev Ventures, Western Alliance Bank
An evening sail on the Bay with B2B founders and the VCs who back them.
Unofficial guideSan Francisco, Oct 5 to 11
SF Tech Week, Sorted.
1,586 events across 7 days. Here are the 49 worth your time, sorted by day and by lane. All times PT.
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Editor's Picks
The ones we would not skip, plus the week's featured events.
Fireworks, Stripe, VercelFireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & StripeMon at 6:00 PM · Mission Bay
AnthropicClaude Founder HouseTue at 11:00 AM · SOMA
Pitch Roast Live, AtlassianPitch Roast LiveThu at 6:00 PM · Mission
Unicorner, a16z, Notiona16z x Unicorner x Notion: The Official AfterpartyFri at 8:00 PM · Lower Nob Hill
Bria, Fal, LTXBria × fal × LTX: What's New in Open-Weights PipelinesMon at 8:30 AM · SOMA
AWS for StartupsAI Visionaries ForumTue at 10:00 AM · FiDi
HSBC, a16z SpeedrunCapturing the Value of Intelligence - #SFTech WeekTue at 4:00 PM · Telegraph Hill
HubSpotThe Investment Game: In Pursuit of Series A [LIVE with a16z!]Tue at 4:00 PM · SOMA
Plan by Day
Every pick for the day you choose. Full and closed events are hidden.
Monday, Oct 5
Morning
8:30 AMSOMAOpen
Bria × fal × LTX: What's New in Open-Weights Pipelines
Bria, Fal, LTX
Builders: Open-weights models changed what you can build, and how much of the pipeline you own.
9:00 AMSOMAOpen
Welcome Breakfast w/ Deel, Ramp, AWS & SOMA Capital
Deel, Ramp
Investors: Founders and investors from Soma Capital, Deel, Ramp and AWS start the week together.
9:15 AMEmbarcaderoOpen
Physical AI Hackathon: From Idea to Factory
One Culture Foundation
Demos: A physical AI hackathon where hardware innovation, venture and culture meet.
Evening
5:00 PMFisherman's WharfOpen
B2B Founders Sail in the Bay
BDev Ventures, Western Alliance Bank
Investors: An evening sail on the Bay with B2B founders and the VCs who back them.
5:00 PMSOMAOpen
Eon x Shaun Maguire Fireside
Eon.io
Builders: Shaun Maguire and Eon's CTO Ron Kimchi on building for AI agents.
6:00 PMMission BayOpenDon't miss
Fireworks x a16z: Official Tech Week Kickoff w/ Vercel, ElevenLabs, & Stripe
Fireworks, Stripe, Vercel
After dark: Fireworks and a16z open the week, with Vercel, ElevenLabs and Stripe.
Pick Your Lane
Five ways through the week, time-sorted and grouped by day.
Demos. Demos and hackathons.
Mon 10/5
9:15 AMEmbarcaderoOpen
Physical AI Hackathon: From Idea to Factory
One Culture Foundation
Demos: A physical AI hackathon where hardware innovation, venture and culture meet.
Tue 10/6
6:30 PMDowntownOpen
AWS × NVIDIA AI Pitch Competition
AWS Startups, NVIDIA Inception
Demos: Six AI startups pitch live for up to $125K in AWS credits.
Wed 10/7
6:00 PMFiDiOpen
HyperFrames Launch Club
HeyGen
Demos: Bring what you're building, and HeyGen helps you make a launch video worth sharing.
6:00 PMSOMAWaitlist
SF Hardware & Robotics Showcase
Clarity Labs, Cushman & Wakefield, Pilot
Demos: SF hardware and robotics on show, presented by Cushman & Wakefield and Pilot.
Fri 10/9
10:30 AMJackson SquareOpen
a16z speedrun AI Faire
a16z speedrun
Demos: The most exciting AI B2B startups across a16z speedrun cohorts, on show.
Sat 10/10
9:00 AMSOMAOpen
Talk to Users Hackathon
Stripe, Base44, Cognition, Sense AI, Daytona, FishAudio, MongoDB, BrightData, Clerk
Demos: Most hackathons end with a demo to judges who've never touched your product.
Sun 10/11
9:00 AMJackson SquareOpen
SpeedHacks: The Official speedrun Hackathon
speedrun + speedrun Alpha
Demos: The official closing hackathon of SF Hack Week: 12 hours, starting from zero.
10:00 AMUnion SquareOpen
Shopping 3.0: the AI Commerce Hackathon with Arcade
Arcade AI
Demos: An AI commerce hackathon with Arcade, sponsored by Forerunner Ventures.
Survival Kit
Four rules, counted from all 1,586 events.
1,493
Still open to RSVP. Most events are approval-based. Apply today.
39
On a waitlist. Waitlisted? Show up anyway. Spots open as RSVPs drop.
49%
The top 3 neighborhoods (SOMA, FiDi, Downtown) host 49% of events. Stack your day in one.
386 vs 756
Morning has 386 events vs 756 in the evening. Fewer people, more face time.
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Unofficial guide by the CreateOS team. Not affiliated with a16z or Tech Week. Event data from tech-week.com, last updated .