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Startup IDEATHON
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RocketRide × SCU Buildathon: Build It. Scale It. Get Paid.
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-B8PjJv64VNq3OCs RocketRide × SCU Buildathon: Build It. Scale It. Get Paid. A collaboration between AI Collaborate at SCU and RocketRide Most student projects die in a GitHub repo. This week, that changes.
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[Online] Rote Playoffs Hackathon - Win a MacBook Pro + iPhone 17
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YC Fellows 2026
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smart ai 100 2026
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Board Game Night @ Dusty Robotics
Board game night for people who build robots! This month we're at Dusty Robotics in Mountain View. We'll have Costco pizza, soft drinks, and board games on hand. Feel free to bring more of your favorite games!
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Founders Inc: Open Campus (Blueprint Edition)
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SFC × Abaka.ai Spatial Intelligence Night
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From Signed to Paid: The Messy Middle of Enterprise Deals
Winning the deal is only half the fight. Every early-stage founder learns this the hard way: the contract is signed, the champagne is opened, and then come the security questionnaires, procurement portals, redlines, and net-90 payment terms that quietly eat your runway.
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Corgi Cafe: Hello, Dogpatch Party
Corgi Cafe is open for you! The first people in get a special gift from us! The Hello, Dogpatch Party is a chance to bring the neighborhood together around our new space: meet other founders, builders, and friends; connect with the Corgi community; explore the cafe; and…
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Rust Meetup
Meet and collaborate with other people using and learning the Rust programming language! Rustaceans of all interests and skill levels are welcome. Bring a laptop and something to hack on in person, whether it's a long-term OSS project or Rust learning exercises…
Tomorrow · 12:00 AM
Superteam TH Monthly Call Sept
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-jYx7rjQMToa8L2s Superteam Thailand Monthly Community Call The monthly gathering for everyone building with Superteam Thailand. Join founders, developers, creators, designers, operators, investors, and ecosystem contributors from across…
Tomorrow · 9:00 AM
Genesis Pre-Accelerator Demo Day
The time has come. After weeks of building. Prepping. Responding to feedback. These future billionaires want to meet you. 13 venture-backed founders are ready to show you what’s been going on behind closed doors. Projects to venture-scale companies.
Tomorrow · 9:00 AM
Snack Club "Book" Club - A Discussion on AI Ethics
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-Ll2orUdVwvf0aVU Downstream Discussion Club A discussion group for thinking about what AI means to society and what it’s doing to the world it's been released into - to the way we work, learn, connect, and the texture of everyday life.
Tomorrow · 9:00 AM
Cafe Cowork: Temporal x Corgi
Temporal x Corgi are partnering up for our next coffee and coworking session in SF, hosted at Corgi Cafe.
Tomorrow · 9:30 AM
Breakfast with Builders
Coffee, bites, and good conversations with fellow builders, engineers, and tech leaders to break up a busy workday. Meet us at Plug and Play Silicon Valley for some tasty snacks, coffee (or matcha) and an open networking experience.
Tomorrow · 11:00 AM
AI Safety Career Pivot Coaching Office Hours + Transition Connection Group
Office Hours: Care about AI Safety going well for humanity, but don't know how to navigate the ecosystem? Let's chat! Sign-up sheet here. You can drop in but last time there was a queue. Connection Group: Lack people in your life who really understand what you're doing?
Tomorrow · 11:00 AM
Hello, AI - Getting Started with AI for Nonprofits
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-opYLwaq1mOqPHAQ Nonprofit teams often have to juggle responsibilities with limited staff. Between program planning, grant writing, volunteer coordination, donor communication, reporting, and administrative work, there's never enough time.…
Tomorrow · 12:00 PM
World Models with DreamerV3 - AI Build & Learn
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-jOByVAC7VHU90F7 Welcome to AI Build & Learn, a weekly AI engineering stream where we pick a new topic and learn by building together.
Tomorrow · 12:00 PM
Hello, AI - Parenting Made Easier
Click to join: https://luma.com/join/g-fi8N7Kow7Bjo2DI Parenting comes with a steady stream of information, decisions, schedules, and things to keep track of. It can be a lot.
Sep
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Biotech Coffee Meetup with Lexi Ventures
Sep
10
Twin Atlas RDC 2026 Developer Mixer Ft. Gamebeast
Sep
10
GTM 201: Strategy’s Set. Now Go Get Revenue.
Sep
10
The AI Factory: Reinventing How the World Builds
Sep
10
THE SF DATABASE MEETUP: September
Sep
10
Funders & Founders Happy Hour @ ERIA
Sep
10
Private Fireside with Leigh Marie Braswell - First Product Manager at Scale AI to now leading investments at the frontier of AI
Sep
10
Networking Cocktail Party for Devtool Founders & Marketers
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