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Startup IDEATHON
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Robotics & World Models Reading Club 28: Booster T2: The Next Frontier of Open Humanoid Robotics. SF 9/12
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YC Fellows 2026
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The Heist: Actian VectorAI DB Hackathon
6:00 AM
Resilient Founders – Founder Wellbeing Circle
7:00 AM
Altalab Fall 2026 - Program For Founders
AltaLab, the hands-on founder program by AltaIR Capital (the VC behind Deel, Miro, & other unicorns), is now accepting applications for its Fall 2026 batch. AltaLab is built for founders building AI startups at any of these stages: You have an idea & want to validate it before…
9:30 AM
Year 13 Strategy Session
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-nhMHRvViGH6J06H I’m Elijah, co-founder of Black Apprentice Network & Black Undergrad. In this Year 13 Strategy Session, I’ll show you how to turn the page on year 12.
10:00 AM
Founders Bay: Virtual Investor Pitch Session
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-cCV0yvMYOUulXrC Get ready to pitch your startup to leading investors and venture capitalists at the next Founders Bay Virtual Investor Pitch Session.
Today · 2:00 PM
Office Hours: Email Marketing — Bring Your Emails, Leave With Better Ones
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-NcnoXMbA6DgD8nS Tired of sending emails that don’t get opened — or worse, don’t get clicks? This monthly session is for founders who want to turn email into one of their strongest growth channels.
Today · 4:00 PM
MD Blockchain Association Virtual Happy Hour
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-t1LHAQSdcMY4QS5 Join the Maryland Blockchain Association's Virtual Learning Panels, dynamic monthly sessions, designed for blockchain professionals, entrepreneurs, developers, attorneys, investors, and enthusiasts across Maryland, the DMV,…
Today · 6:30 PM
A Practitioner's Guide to AI-Assisted Coding
[A slightly more in-depth version of the last talk] You shipped it in a weekend. Can you fix it at 3 AM when you get a customer call? AI writes the code now. The hard part is trusting what you can't fully read — whether you're an engineer signing off on 2,000 lines a day, a…
Today · 7:00 PM
90/30 Club Reading: A Full-Stack Performance Evaluation Infrastructure for 3D-DRAM-based LLM Accelerators
Come join us for a group discussion of "A Full-Stack Performance Evaluation Infrastructure for 3D-DRAM-based LLM Accelerators" Paper link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08044 This reading group will explore ATLAS, a silicon-validated framework for evaluating LLM accelerators that…
Tomorrow · 2:00 AM
Co-Founder Setup ungefiltert: Vorausschauend gründen. Was tun, wenn ein:e Mitgründer:in geht?
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-b9PCRivJ0jKAXCc Allein gründen oder mit Co-Founder? Die Entscheidung fällt meist schnell. Doch was rechtlich danach zu regeln ist, wird oft aufgeschoben. Vertrauen ist da, Verträge wirken unromantisch.
Tomorrow · 3:00 AM
The Fundraising Journey - Grants, Debt & Equity
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-1TJbqVpCX6KQlcC Thinking about raising investment for your startup but not sure where to start? Join Sam Simpson, co-founder of FounderCatalyst, for a practical session exploring the fundraising landscape - from understanding funding…
Tomorrow · 7:00 AM
Workshop with Ryan Forde CEO of BHTA
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-kIClYiSxBWCB121 Join Ryan Forde, CEO of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), for an engaging workshop exploring the future of Barbados’ tourism and hospitality sector.
Tomorrow · 7:00 AM
FC SF • Founders Run & Coffee!
Join Founders Common for our weekly early morning run with other founders, operators & creatives! Come run and then hang out afterward to chat with new friends across the startup community over coffee.
Tomorrow · 7:30 AM
Build an LLM Wiki for Agent Long-Term Memory
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-2Q8x2ZvtDbzjScu Build a compounding knowledge engine - Paul Iusztin Imagine giving your AI agents a true long-term memory where every piece of information they learn builds on the last.
Tomorrow · 9:00 AM
AI basics: intro to LLMs
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-O8FZYMkZupSXhB6 Part of our AI basics series (session 2/5) Level up with AI in 5 sessions! Join any session at any time, though we highly recommend starting with session 1 and working your way through (missed one?
Tomorrow · 9:00 AM
AI Safety Evals - Paper Reading Club
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-tCPKvAGE4SKbtWA Hi all! Join us for the AI Safety Evals Paper Reading Club! We usually have 80-100+ for informed discussion. All are welcome (do read the paper/summary)!
Tomorrow · 10:00 AM
GGW Pitch Bootcamp #21 - Make Your Pitch Fundable
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-2m4teWKYPpOBxqI 🔥 GGW Pitch Bootcamp — Make Your Pitch Fundable You leave the meeting. They say “very interesting.” You never hear back. What just happened? Most founders never find out.
Sep
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Luxid & Valo.ai Present: The Ultimate Dreamforce Lunch Cruise
Sep
14
Coder executive forum: Building the agentic enterprise
Sep
15
Catalyst Breakfast at Dreamforce (Asana HQ)
Sep
15
Mission Founders Running Club
Sep
15
Zoom VIP Reception at Dreamforce 2026 (Bay Cruise)
Sep
15
V2Force Executive Exchange | Dreamforce 2026 (Private Rooftop)
Sep
15
Annual Speakeasy Night at Dreamforce (Uptima, Certinia, Youreka, Ladd Partners)
Sep
16
Genpact Executive Happy Hour | Dreamforce 2026
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