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Tuesday, August 25, 2026 · San Francisco

Sam's guide — San Francisco tech events, curated daily

“You can see the future first in San Francisco.”

— Leopold Aschenbrenner, June 2024

Today in SF

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  • On now

    Solana Startup Terminal 2.0

    Approval required

  • On now

    Solana Startup Terminal 2.0

    Free · Approval required

  • On now

    AI Summer School: The 2-Week AI Catch-Up Crash Course

    $54.61

  • On now

    Startup IDEATHON

    Free

  • On now

    FounderX Silicon Valley 2026: VIP Gathering of the World's Largest Startup Network

    STAK Space - 1950 Franklin, Oakland · $999

  • 11:00 PM

    [VESSL AI 웨비나] 2027년 GPU 예산, 품의서를 통과하는 TCO 설계법

    Free

This Week in Tech

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  • Tomorrow · 8:30 AM

    TailscaleUp - The flagship conference for engineering, security, and IT leaders

    👉 👉 👉 Registration is handled at www.tailscaleup.com! Register here and use code BONDAI25 for 25% off tickets. Join us at TailscaleUp 2026, the flagship conference for engineering, security, and IT leaders shaping the future of secure connectivity across all teams,…

    SFJAZZ · Free

  • Tomorrow · 9:00 AM

    Do AI Agents Need a Semantic Layer?

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-l3zFM91daX2eAAt Everyone in data has an opinion about semantic layers right now. Half the industry says AI agents are useless without one. The other half is shipping agents that work fine on a pile of markdown files.

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 9:00 AM

    August Gazebo Community Meeting: Gym-Gazebo-Sim, a basic toolkit for using Gymnasium API in Gazebo

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-kRFMv1CzY34bCFc Join us for our August Gazebo Community Meeting! Our guest speaker will be Taiga Joshua Momose and Miti Isbasescu from the Boye Ahlborn Engineering Physics Project Lab at the University of British Columbia.

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 9:00 AM

    Browserbase + Box: Unlock your agent’s full capabilities

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-uROGGbe6jDF1Ubo Real-world agent workflows need access to the internet, yet an estimated 85% of the web is unavailable through APIs, leaving critical knowledge trapped behind login portals and user interfaces.

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 10:00 AM

    Build from Dock: The Impact of Physical AI on Workforce Transformation

    About Event AI is no longer just something you prompt. It's something you message. The most natural interface for AI agents is the one billions of people already use every day, their messaging apps.

    Venture Dock, Palo Alto · Approval required

  • Tomorrow · 10:00 AM

    What's New Wednesdays: From robot dreams to faster AI iteration

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-tJTl3H7vtY7T76y AI is moving beyond models that simply understand the world toward systems that can predict what happens next and act on it.

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 12:00 PM

    Serving Kimi K3 at scale: An inference deep dive with Together AI

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-SW1RqCY8h6iQZmL Join Kevin Cui and Austin Silveria from the Together AI inference team for the next session in Inference Hours, moderated by Zain Hasan. This one's about serving Kimi K3 in production.

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 12:00 PM

    Practical AI at Work: Turn Your Brand Guide Into an AI-Ready Skill

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-v723MdysupYfbA0 Is your brand guidance scattered across PDFs, shared drives, slide decks, logo folders, templates, and the knowledge held by a few people who know how everything should look?

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 12:00 PM

    Hello, AI - Job Search & AI

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-B2eRwBYwp6nt3v9 Learn how to use AI as a practical assistant throughout your job search. In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll walk through ways ChatGPT can help you find stronger opportunities, understand job descriptions, improve your…

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 12:00 PM

    Amplitude Code Mode & Global Agent Office Hours

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-oNX2OFgH1ZamFEx Join us for a special edition of Community Office Hours focused on Global Agent's latest capability, Code Mode. Code Mode is like having a data scientist on call.

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 2:00 PM

    Building Smarter Startup Financial Models with Claude

    Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-rTDASqnivoFJLxM Financial models shouldn't just help you understand your business—they should help you make better decisions. In this practical session, you'll learn how to use Claude to build, refine, and stress-test startup financial…

    Free

  • Tomorrow · 5:00 PM

    Conversational AI Agents in Messaging

    Agenda AI is no longer just something you prompt. It is something you message. The most natural interface for AI agents is the one billions of people already use every day: their messaging apps.

    555 University Ave, Palo Alto · Free

The Weekend

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  • Aug

    28

    Better Days: A Hackathon — San Francisco

    9:00 AM · KOHO Co-Creative Hub, Japantown · Free

  • Aug

    28

    Ontology of Value® Certification Training: Demo Day (San Francisco, Invite only)

    10:00 AM · 425 Market St suite 1800, Financial District

  • Aug

    28

    Open Source AI Summit SF

    3:00 PM · Free

  • Aug

    28

    Design Hackathon: The Vibe Coding Night for Designers!

    5:30 PM · SoMA · Free

  • Aug

    28

    ™ goes west - Tech Drinks + Pitching SF Edition

    5:30 PM · Free

  • Aug

    28

    Book Signing for One Skein Knitting

    6:00 PM · The Love Potion Library - Books, Te… · Free

Plan Ahead

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  • Sep

    1

    DevNetwork: API World + CloudX + AI TechWorld

    11:00 AM · 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara · Free

  • Sep

    1

    Agentic + AI Night: Multi-Agent Governance and Security

    3:30 PM · Terra Gallery & Event Venue · Free

  • Sep

    1

    SuccessLab Executive Roundtable: The New Architecture of AI-Powered Support

    4:00 PM · Boston Consulting Group, Mountain View · Free

  • Sep

    1

    AI Creative Lab: Create Beautiful Reports, Slides, Posters & Videos

    5:00 PM · Japan Innovation Campus, Palo Alto · Free

  • Sep

    1

    Together Table | AI Natives

    6:00 PM · Sorrel · Free

  • Sep

    2

    Fireside Chat: Navigating Physical AI

    5:00 PM · Silicon Valley Bank, SoMa · Free

  • Sep

    2

    AI x Hardware Engineering Dinner

    5:30 PM · Il Fornaio | Mountain View, Mountain View · Free

  • Sep

    24

    AI Applied in Cybersecurity Lightning Talks

    5:00 PM · Nutanix, San Jose · Free

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