# AI events in San Francisco Curated events for startup founders and investors, from Mimetic Events. Updated October 31, 2026. The next 30 days, soonest first, in local time. - Web page: https://events.trymimetic.com/events/ai/sf - Weekly email of this list: sign up on the web page above. - Just this week: https://events.trymimetic.com/events/ai/sf/this-week.md ## Monday, November 2 - [Fireworks: Deploy Buildathon with Microsoft & NVIDIA](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/fireworks-deploy-with-microsoft-nvidia-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Fireworks Make your own frontier November 2 | San Francisco Fireworks, Microsoft, and NVIDIA are handing you one challenge: take open models and make your own frontier, on a task you define. Train a specialized model, build a smar... Register: https://lu.ma/fireworks-8kmc?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [OSA Con 2026 - The Anti-Hype Conference for Open Source Analytics and AI](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/osa-con-2026-the-anti-hype-conference-for-open-source-analytics-and-ai-nov-2026) 9:30 AM PT · AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, Courtyard Entrance, 525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Hosted by Altinity Inc, Open Source Analytics Community, AWS Builder Loft · 1035 going IMPORTANT: For in-person attendees: Because this event takes place in the AWS Builder Loft, please register here: https://events.builder.aws.com/ReRbol All guests must be 18+ and present a valid government-issued physica... Register: https://lu.ma/eis7567t?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Leading finance in the AI era](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/leading-finance-in-the-ai-era-nov-2026) 2:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA, USA · Free · Sold out · Approval required · Hosted by Stripe Startups, Vishal Vinod, Pranav Ashok An a16z and Stripe summit for finance leaders navigating AI hypergrowth Join CFOs and strategic finance leaders from fast-scaling companies for an afternoon of conversation on the decisions that shape how businesses oper... Register: https://lu.ma/stripe-a16z-finance-event?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [The SF Table: Founders Dinner 11.02.2026](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/the-sf-table-founders-dinner-11022026-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Hosted by Hand of God Wines Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sf-table-founders-dinner-11022026-tickets-2001640179660?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [ClawCamp Campfire: Sovereign AI - Own Your Stack](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/clawcamp-campfire-sovereign-ai-own-your-stack-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · Temple San Francisco - Private Event Venue, 540 Howard St 1st floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Hosted by ClawCamp, ClawCamp Community, Steven Echtman · 75 going Join this special ClawCamp Campfire to dive deeper into Sovereign AI, and owning more of your agentic AI Stack. In a fast evolving agentic world where privacy is becoming harder and harder to maintain, and questions cont... Register: https://lu.ma/hx7ywmxp?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Builders Night](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/builders-night-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Rally SF, Lee Flannery, Cody Feda · 3 going Builders Night is a weekly space where people show up with a project, work side by side, and leave with more momentum than they could have generated alone. It exists because building can be lonely, and the hardest part i... Register: https://lu.ma/meig3jm6?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SF Lean Meetup](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sf-lean-meetup-nov-2026) 7:00 PM PT · Mox, 1680 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Hosted by SF Lean Meetup, Rado Kirov, Adi Baradwaj · 23 going Talks: Ben and Gracelyn from Archway Labs The SF Lean meetup: Weekly presentations and discussions about formal methods, software verification, AI, and math. Beginners welcome! Website: https://sflean.group/ Join our Dis... Register: https://lu.ma/l83qdr0z?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Tuesday, November 3 - [FC SF • Founders Run & Coffee!](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/fc-sf-founders-run-coffee-dec-2025) 7:00 AM PT · Blue Bottle Coffee, 1 Ferry Building #7, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA · Free · Hosted by Founders Common, Nikki Heyder, Chris Ashley 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. This event is free... Register: https://lu.ma/2opylbqn?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [d_model Tuesday Social](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/d_model-tuesday-social-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Hosted by Alexana Dubois · 6 going Come hang with the dmodel team at our social hour! We’ll have snacks, drinks, and board games. Register: https://lu.ma/ycna88dc?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Make SF Better: A Hack Night with Mistral AI](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/make-sf-better-a-hack-night-with-mistral-ai-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · 33 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Hosted by You Know, for Search, JD Armada, Elastic · 253 going What’s one thing you’d make better about life in San Francisco? Join us the evening before Elastic{ON} SF for a night of building with Mistral. Pick something you care about, like your commute, your neighborhood, or your... Register: https://lu.ma/mistral-elastic?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [angels & alumni demo day](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/angels-alumni-demo-day-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by The Residency - Bay Area, sunday ajak, Neftalí Vélez · 101 going welcome to the residency f26 demo day 🪽 impressive work needs to be shared the residency is the leading global founders residency network that is inspiring other companies in the category through it’s playbook, design, a... Register: https://lu.ma/the-yzip?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [How to get press without a PR agency](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/how-to-get-press-without-a-pr-agency-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Hosted by Press Club, Kathy Wang, Sarina · 74 going Product launch coming up? Want to announce your $5m seed round so you can attract customers, partners, and early hires? We got you 🤝 We're Press Club, and we help founders land press. Weida didn't want to pay $20k for a... Register: https://lu.ma/e304hj28?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Decision Models SF | Demo Night](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/decision-models-sf-demo-night-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Liquid AI, Viviana Márquez · 133 going Join Liquid AI and the San Francisco AI community for an evening dedicated to decision models: purpose-built models that make fast, structured decisions without generating tokens. Unlike language models that produce free... Register: https://lu.ma/ejl2hloq?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Off Topic & On Tap: The Night Before Current](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/off-topic-on-tap-the-night-before-current-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · The Grove Restaurant & Bar, 690 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Hosted by Conduktor, Katrina deLyra, Kundan Vyas Off Topic & On Tap The Night Before Current November 3 | 5:30–8:30 PM | San Francisco There will be plenty of time to talk Kafka, data streaming, and infrastructure over the next two days. The night before, let’s talk ab... Register: https://lu.ma/rnivrjsx?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [The Machine That Builds Failproof: an engineering session](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/the-machine-that-builds-failproof-an-engineering-session-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Hosted by Failproof AI, Nivedit Jain, Nikita Agarwal Most of the code in Failproof is written by agents. A spec goes in, several coding agents work on it in parallel, and what comes out gets shipped. The agents building Failproof run under Failproof: every tool call they m... Register: https://lu.ma/d4rjk2cb?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [The SF Table: Investors Dinner 11.03.2026](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/the-sf-table-investors-dinner-11032026-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Hosted by Hand of God Wines Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sf-table-investors-dinner-11032026-tickets-2001247102957?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SF CogSci #34: Tapes Together Strong](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sf-cogsci-34-nov-2026) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Frontier Tower SF, Frontier Tower, Tom Hume · 24 going Note: this session has been moved from November 17 to November 3 — same time, same place. Sorry for the shuffle. The vote is in: we'll be reading Tapes Together Strong: The Co-evolution of Computation and Cooperation, by... Register: https://lu.ma/san-francisco-cognitive-science-reading--9b7e?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Wednesday, November 4 - [Reading Group (+🧋): How Efficiently does AI Turn Energy into Useful Work?](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/reading-group-how-efficiently-does-ai-turn-energy-into-useful-work-nov-2026) 4:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Snorkel AI Community Events, Francesca Vera, Snorkel AI Join the Snorkel AI Reading Group, a recurring forum to explore the latest frontier developments in AI while building meaningful connections within the community. As AI workloads grow, data center infrastructure is strai... Register: https://lu.ma/41dbkzu4?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Robot Learning #02 — World Models & Dexterous Manipulation](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/robot-learning-02-world-models-dexterous-manipulation-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · 625 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Bright Data, Adam Chan, HackerSquad How does a model's understanding of the physical world translate into reliable manipulation? Learning to predict what happens next and learning to act both depend on the training data, representations, and feedback avail... Register: https://lu.ma/robot-learning-world-models-nov4-2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Bay Area Frontier Research Club #30 | Worlds for Agents (dinner + paper discussion @ SignalFire)](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/title-bay-area-frontier-research-club-30-worlds-for-agents-dinner-paper) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by the frontier syndicate, Kristopher Floyd, Mitchell Yee Worlds for Agents: World Models and the Agents That Learn Inside Them A Frontier Research Club session hosted at SignalFire. If a model can generate a world, an agent can practice in it. This session asks how far that lo... Register: https://lu.ma/2m4q3u8b?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Venue Placeholder - Startup Valley Pitch Night - Members Only](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/venue-placeholder-startup-valley-pitch-night-members-only-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Frontier Tower SF, Frontier Tower, Xenofon · 8 going More info TBA This event is hosted at the Frontier Tower: We are transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs prese... Register: https://lu.ma/venue-placeholder-startup-valley-pitch-n?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Women Behind the Win](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/women-behind-the-win-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Fireworks, Miranda Ma, Soumya Srinagesh Tulloss Women Behind the Win Join Fireworks’ SVP of Sales, Soumya Tulloss, alongside Anoushka Vaswani from Lightspeed Ventures, and Brenna Shubin, Kat McCormick Sweeney, Grace Kim, and Julianna Ziliotto from Fireworks for an int... Register: https://lu.ma/jhwq44s8?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Women in AI Executive Dinner: CFOs, Founders & Investors](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/women-in-ai-executive-dinner-cfos-founders-investors-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Women in AI, Claire Xie, Jane Wang Join us for a private evening at one of the most intimate, women-owned fine-dining spots in Hayes Valley. This is a closed-door, multi-course dinner for a curated group of women founders, ops leaders, and investors who a... Register: https://lu.ma/99kdemfa?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AI monetization salon](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ai-monetization-salon-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Stripe Startups Open-weight and decision models are changing the economics of building and monetizing AI products. As inference costs fall, companies must rethink what customers will pay for—and how to capture the value they create. Joi... Register: https://lu.ma/ai-monetization-salon-nov26?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Desafia SF Fall 2026 Demo Day](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/desafia-sf-fall-2026-demo-day-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · AWS Builder Loft, First Market Tower, 525 Market St Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by SOSA, AWS Builder Loft · 85 going *REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY* Join us for the Desafía San Francisco Fall 2026 Demo Day, featuring 10 high-growth Spanish startups expanding into the U.S. market across AI, Fintech, HealthTech, Climate Tech, Smart Cities, F... Register: https://lu.ma/sz9z0pea?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [📚 Short Story Symposium](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/short-story-symposium-public-jan-2026) 6:30 PM PT · 540 Laguna St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · Free · Hosted by The Commons, Mendel Liu, The SF Commons · 1081 going Note: while there are many guests listed in the RSVP, most of these are carried over from previous events in this series. We don't expect much more than 30 to attend. I'm interested in having some laid-back yet stimulati... Register: https://lu.ma/shortstories?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Driverless: What Waymo Can Teach Voice AI About Going to Production | Founder Dinner with Coval & Rho](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/driverless-what-waymo-can-teach-voice-ai-about-going-to-production-founder) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Rho Community Calendar, Francesca Malayeri, Coval Events · 4 going Rho and Coval are hosting an intimate dinner for founders building voice and agentic AI. A small group around one table — no panels, no pitches, no name tags. Just a few hours with people shipping agents into production,... Register: https://lu.ma/1f2s8gaq?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Market Price](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/market-price-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · The Anchovy Bar, 1740 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Nikta Khani, Nick Dorsey · 11 going Market Price brings together a small group of operators, investors, and traders working on and around compute markets - how compute gets priced, financed, and moved. Seats are limited; RSVP to hold yours. SF Compute San... Register: https://lu.ma/yc9j4e16?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Startup Pitch & Networking in San Francisco](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/startup-pitch-networking-in-san-francisco-nov-2026) 7:00 PM PT · Frontier Tower 🧑‍🚀, 995 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · $22 to $1000 · Approval required · Hosted by Startup Valley, Frontier Tower · 91 going 🚀 Join our event in San Francisco! We design Pitch and Networking nights to help founders sharpen their thinking through direct, candid feedback and to give strong investors access to serious teams. Our pitch night is co... Register: https://lu.ma/szlyhbqc?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Thursday, November 5 - [BoxWorks Dev Summit 2026](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/boxworks-dev-summit-2026-nov-2026) 8:00 AM PT · San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 780 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Box Devs, Box Developers, Browserbase · 451 going Join us in San Francisco for BoxWorks Dev Summit, a two-day experience for developers, technical leaders, and builders shaping the future of intelligent content management. Thursday, Nov 5 Things kick-off on with the Box... Register: https://lu.ma/box-dev-summit-2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AIAS+ 2026 — AI for Scientific Discovery](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/aias-2026-ai-for-scientific-discovery-nov-2026) 8:00 AM PT · The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, 600 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Chen Institute · 31 going 🎟 Please note: Registering on Luma does NOT register you for AIAS+ 2026 or give you access to the conference. All official tickets are sold only at https://www.aiasplus.org/. Anyone not registered through our official we... Register: https://lu.ma/kt4joasn?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AIAS+ (Chen Institute Symposium for AI Advancing Science and Society)](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/aias-chen-institute-symposium-for-ai-advancing-science-and-society-nov-2026) 8:00 AM PT · The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, 600 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA Register: https://www.aiasplus.org/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Voice Agents Forum](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/voice-agents-forum-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · Digital Jungle SF, 972 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · $400 · Hosted by AAIF Community San Francisco, Agentic AI Foundation, Sahar Mor (Bond AI) About the event Voice systems combine speech, models, orchestration, infrastructure, and user experience in ways that make failures difficult to isolate and evaluate. Decisions in one part of the stack can affect latency... Register: https://lu.ma/voiceagentssf?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [ALD 🌁 SF: The Enterprise AI Builders Conference](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ald-sf-genai-and-intelligent-agents-in-the-enterprise-nov-2026-2) 9:30 AM PT · AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · $25 · Hosted by AI Loves Data, AWS Builder Loft, Yuliya Thorne AI Loves Data San Francisco is a one-day conference bringing together enterprise AI practitioners, machine learning engineers, architects, and technology leaders who are building the next generation of intelligent system... Register: https://lu.ma/aldsf26?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Foresight Open Coworking](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/foresight-open-coworking-nov-2026) 11:00 AM PT · The Fold, 3359 26th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA · Free · Hosted by Foresight Institute Calendar, Rachel · 6 going We are hosting a Foresight open co-working day at The Fold. Hope to see you there! Drop in and work from 11a- 5pm Happy hour 5 - 6:30pm Feel free to invite people, just have them RVSP here Register: https://lu.ma/foresight-hnwz?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Korean AI Startup Demo Day - Open Registration](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/korean-ai-startup-demo-day-open-registration-nov-2026) 2:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Frontier Tower, Xenofon, Jiye Kim TBA This event is hosted at the Frontier Tower: We are transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI,... Register: https://lu.ma/korean-ai-startup-demo-day?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Mixpanel x Replit - Ship It: The Product Builders' Hackathon](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/mixpanel-x-replit-ship-it-the-product-builders-hackathon-nov-2026) 3:00 PM PT · Pier 1, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Mixpanel, Kristi Gamboni, Replit Events · 52 going An invite-only afternoon at Mixpanel HQ where 50 product professionals collaborate, create, and connect Why Join This Build Walk away with tangible skills, connections, and credentials that elevate your product career. B... Register: https://lu.ma/hkl88ogt?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [NVIDIA x Lawrence Harvey | CUDA Rust](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/nvidia-x-lawrence-harvey-rust-cuda-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · House of AI, 40 Boardman Pl, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Hosted by Sean Urbain, JoAnn Peach (NVIDIA), Ross Townsend · 116 going The Rust community is proud and excited to invite you to join us 11/5 for an amazing night to learn from some of the best minds in the Rust community with one of the most forward-thinking companies in the world, NVIDIA!... Register: https://lu.ma/iqe7wng1?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AIAS⁺: Beyond the Sessions](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/aias-beyond-the-sessions-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, 600 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA · Free · Sold out · Approval required · Hosted by Chen Institute · 65 going Free to attend · Light bites & drinks provided The talks end. The ideas keep moving. After Day 1 of AIAS⁺ 2026, we’re opening the conversation beyond the conference stage. Join researchers, builders, founders, and curiou... Register: https://lu.ma/wxhy8ja8?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Braintrust CEO Ankur and Greylock Partner Corinne on how agents are changing evals](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/braintrust-ceo-ankur-and-greylock-partner-corinne-on-how-agents-are-changing) 6:00 PM PT · 560 Davis St suite 250, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA · Free · Sold out · Approval required · Hosted by Baseten · 354 going Baseten is proud to present Heavyweights, a series of talks where AI founders learn from the greats. Today, agents generate huge amounts of data, run their own queries, and take multi-step actions in production. So what... Register: https://lu.ma/baseten-g3n4?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Fireside Dinner with Patreon CEO Jack Conte](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/fireside-dinner-with-patreon-ceo-jack-conte-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Hosted by Astronomic · 98 going Join a curated gathering of founders for an evening with Jack Conte, Founder & CEO of Patreon, and Adam Katz, Partner & Head of Entrepreneurs and Founders at Corient and author of Making the Zeros Count, featuring a fire... Register: https://lu.ma/jackconte?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Cypherpunk Society Inaugural Meeting - Members +3](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cypherpunk-society-inaugural-meeting-members-3-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Frontier Tower SF, Frontier Tower, Morgan Hough Join us for the inaugural gathering of the Cypherpunk Society at Frontier Tower—a practitioner community for open-source digital self-defense, privacy tools, investigative literacy, and freedom bandwidth. Agenda (6:30 PM... Register: https://lu.ma/cypherpunk-society-inaugral-meeting?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Founders, Operators & Investors: Rooftop Social](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/founders-operators-investors-rooftop-social-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Stephan Rihs, NYC Founders & Operators, Sahar Mor (Bond AI) Join us for a curated mixer bringing together local founders, operators and investors at one of SF's most iconic rooftops. Whether you're building your first product, scaling your team, or figuring out go-to-market, this... Register: https://lu.ma/uy7rhoiy?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Tech Leader Premium Series - San Francisco (Miami Heat @ Golden State Warriors)](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/tech-leader-premium-series-san-francisco-miami-heat-golden-state-warriors-nov) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Cooper Dadami Join other engineering executives, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of AI, and senior technical leaders for an invite-only night out in San Francisco as we catch the Golden State Warriors take on the Miami Heat. It's a smal... Register: https://lu.ma/revelo-premium-san-francisco-110526?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Building and Monetizing Agents: Fireside with Dan Moroz](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/building-and-monetizing-agents-fireside-with-dan-moroz-nov-2026) 7:00 PM PT · Entrepreneurs First, 501 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Djahit Gench, Sahar Mor (Bond AI) · 30 going A fireside chat with the Chief Economist of Exa focused on building and monetizing AI agents. Exa is the search engine for AI agents. Ledger is the credit ledger powering real time billing for AI companies. Join us if yo... Register: https://lu.ma/hriid69d?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Friday, November 6 - [Hack the Feed: Creator Tools Hackathon with Oriane, GMI Cloud & Lovable at Amplitude HQ!](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/hack-the-feed-creator-tools-hackathon-with-oriane-gmi-cloud-lovable-at) 1:00 PM PT · Amplitude Analytics, 201 3rd St #200, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Oriane.xyz Video Intelligence, GMI Cloud, Yuqi Hou · 62 going Build a product for creators. Ship it by sunset. 🚀 Free stack, real data, live demos, and a jury of leading tech entrepreneurs, investors and content creators! Every attendee gets credits to build their hackathon stack a... Register: https://lu.ma/92iq2a12?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Built at the Frontier: AIAS⁺ Startup & Builder Night](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/built-at-the-frontier-aias-startup-builder-night-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, 600 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA · Free · Sold out · Approval required · Hosted by Chen Institute · 67 going Free to attend · Light bites & drinks provided What happens when frontier ideas meet people ready to build them? Following a day of science, AI, and startup showcases at AIAS⁺ 2026, we’re opening the doors for an evening... Register: https://lu.ma/9gbayglh?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Saturday, November 7 - [AIE Code Summit 2026 Hackathon](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/aie-code-summit-2026-hackathon-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA, USA Register: https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/aie-code-2026-hackathon?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Ship Happens: A Seldon Hackathon](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ship-happens-a-seldon-hackathon-nov-2026) 10:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Tom Charman, Bobby Glasco, Dom Kennedy Pick a subscription and build its replacement. That software subscription you keep complaining about? You’ve got one day to build something better. Join us at the Seldon Speakeasy in SoMa. Pick a paid product, rethink a... Register: https://lu.ma/seldon-4b3d?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Founders Paintball - Shor x Corgi x Rho](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/founders-paintball-shor-x-corgi-x-rho-nov-2026) 10:30 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Paulina Laba, Daivik Goel, Avi Konduru It's time to have fun 🫟 Take a day off from the grind and come enjoy a sunny afternoon with other founders 😌 We will pick you up from Corgi Cafe on Claude lane, and take Corgi busses to a paintball arena. Event prepared... Register: https://lu.ma/va9gkpbb?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Zero To Demo By: NemulAI X Hack District](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/zero-to-demo-by-nemulai-x-hack-district-nov-2026) 10:30 AM PT · 1885 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Hosted by Kevin Mello, Sri kamarthapu, Shing Li · 115 going Zero to Demo Start at zero. Leave with a demo. Zero to Demo is a free, beginner-friendly Bay Area hackathon where you’ll turn an idea into a working project using AI. First-time builders, creatives, developers, and engin... Register: https://lu.ma/6vb82jnj?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Venue Block - Spaceship Fashion Show - Open Registration](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/venue-block-spaceship-fashion-show-open-registration-nov-2026) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Frontier Tower, Anto · 12 going TBA This event is hosted at the Frontier Tower: We are transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI,... Register: https://lu.ma/venue-block-spaceship-fashion-show?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Monday, November 9 - [Cloud Native Hackathon with Kelsey Hightower Win $10K in Prizes -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-cloud-native-hackathon-with-kelsey-hightower-win-10k-in-prizes-kubecon26) 8:00 AM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/cnh?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [GitOps Workshop with Kargo and Argo CD Sign Up Now](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-gitops-workshop-with-kargo-and-argo-cd-sign-up-now-kubecon26) 8:30 AM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/0xbiv9zy?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Win $20K at the Cloud Native Hackathon with Kelsey Hightower - Sign Up Now](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-win-20k-at-the-cloud-native-hackathon-with-kelsey-hightower-sign-up-now-kubecon26) 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/cnh?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Hands-On with Apple Open Source Tooling](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-hands-on-with-apple-open-source-tooling-kubecon26) 10:00 AM PT · San Francisco Register: https://events.apple.com/content/events/pst/us/en/default.html?token=JYaFmm-2K6PkPMp9tUmrkoqdIyEDdNKi2m5krqm5i3vzB9qdhpOFx1f8FV1uUnRHyOsPbzi7JMBj5EVMB6E-GT3UpZUnk7RciMhMFFEerlsOgFHWp_zlGSSqhGuoExyNwhENJ5c0gRl77MugbQ&a=1&Locale=en_US&l=e&utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Kubernetes Automation Day with Kelsey Hightower & Liz Rice -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubernetes-automation-day-with-kelsey-hightower-liz-rice-kubecon26) 10:30 AM PT · San Francisco Register: https://kubeauto.day/north-america?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Lunchtime Rave at DSS Day: Distributed SQL Summit SLC -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-lunchtime-rave-at-dss-day-distributed-sql-summit-slc-kubecon26) 12:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://events.ringcentral.com/events/distributed-sql-summit-salt-lake-city-2026/registration?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Observability with ClickStack Fundamentals Kubecon Training -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-observability-with-clickstack-fundamentals-kubecon-training-kubecon26) 1:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/clickh-migc?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [LearnKube Day](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-learnkube-day-kubecon26) 3:30 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://learnkube.com/learnkube-day-salt-lake-city-2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AgentCore Workshop: Build Agents on AgentCore. Scale Them with Confidence.](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-agentcore-workshop-build-agents-on-agentcore-scale-them-with-confidence-kubecon26) 4:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://sonraisecurity.com/kubecon-agentcore-workshop/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [5K Run with Apify](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/5k-run-with-apify-nov-2026) 4:45 PM PT · Fort Point National Historic Site, 201 Marine Dr, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Apify · 21 going Get your legs moving the evening before Run by Apify 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Join Apify and fellow builders for a 5K (3.1 miles) run at sunset through San Francisco, then wind down with refreshments and good conversation. The route is... Register: https://lu.ma/run-with-apify?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AI Builders Night](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ai-builders-night-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · AWS Builder Loft, First Market Tower, 525 Market St Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Hosted by Zoe Steinkamp, ClickHouse Events, Chalk Because this event takes place and the AWS builders loft, please also register here. ID REQUIRED FOR ENTRY! Join us in San Francisco at the AWS Gen AI Loft for an evening dedicated to the builders behind modern AI. From... Register: https://lu.ma/clickh-z8rr?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Akuity Happy Hour with the Creators of Argo CD & Kargo](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-akuity-happy-hour-with-the-creators-of-argo-cd-kargo-kubecon26) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://landing.akuity.io/akuity-happy-hour-salt-lake-city-2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AI SRE Meet Up](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-ai-sre-meet-up-kubecon26) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/bdp85cso?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Build Day: OpenRouter x Meta](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/build-day-openrouter-x-meta-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Dasha Shunina Build Day: OpenRouter × Meta Something we've never done before... On November 9, OpenRouter x Meta Superintelligence Labs are teaming up for our first-ever Build Day in San Francisco. One evening. A room full of builders... Register: https://lu.ma/openro-lu9g?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [House of Kube Salt Lake City](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-house-of-kube-salt-lake-city-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/9p2oc1k5?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [IaCConf Connect Salt Lake City](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-iacconf-connect-salt-lake-city-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/jemjhh0k?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [eBee Quest Workshop & Dinner](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-ebee-quest-workshop-dinner-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://isovalent.com/events/20261109-ev-kubecon-ebeequest-slc/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [The Premier Speakeasy Experience](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-the-premier-speakeasy-experience-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/yzr365me?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [KubeCon Welcome Crew: AI for On-Call Happy Hour -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubecon-welcome-crew-ai-for-on-call-happy-hour-kubecon26) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/v2gm4k3q?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Builders Night](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/builders-night-nov-2026-2) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Lee Flannery · 1 going Builders Night is a weekly space where people show up with a project, work side by side, and leave with more momentum than they could have generated alone. It exists because building can be lonely, and the hardest part i... Register: https://lu.ma/uxgeq9db?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SF Lean Meetup](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sf-lean-meetup-nov-2026-2) 7:00 PM PT · Mox, 1680 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Hosted by Rado Kirov, Adi Baradwaj · 5 going The SF Lean meetup: Weekly presentation and discussion about Lean, the programming language and theorem prover. Math, CS, AI and their mix all welcome. Beginners welcome! Discord Server Register: https://lu.ma/ojuor138?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [KubeAuto Day with Kelsey Hightower](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubeauto-day-with-kelsey-hightower-kubecon26) 10:30 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://kubeauto.day/north-america?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Tuesday, November 10 - [After Tokens](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/after-tokens-nov-2026) 8:00 AM PT · TERRA, 511 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Gabriel Manor, Dor Sasson After Tokens The AI Economy Infrastructure Conference What happens after the model call? Tokens tell you what the model consumed. They don't tell you what a customer can use, when an agent should stop, or how a contract... Register: https://lu.ma/after-tokens?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AI Engineer Code Summit](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ai-engineer-code-summit-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA, USA · Hosted by Software 3.0 Register: https://ai.engineer/code/2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Run by Apify](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/run-by-apify-nov-2026) 10:00 AM PT · The Pearl, 601 19th St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · $199 · Approval required · Hosted by Apify, Jan Curn, Petros Hong Everything runs on Apify One day. San Francisco. The builders and teams already winning on Apify, in one room. Run by Apify brings together the founders, developers, and teams building with Actors to show what they've bu... Register: https://lu.ma/run-by-apify?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Akamai AI Summit](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/akamai-ai-summit-nov-2026) 12:00 PM PT · Oracle Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Yuka Kaneko, Mario portillo, Sahar Mor (Bond AI) Register: https://lu.ma/iuq2p3fy?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [partner demo day](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/partner-demo-day-nov-2026) 3:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by sunday ajak, Neftalí Vélez, tobi Oyebade · 350 going welcome to the residency f26 demo day 🪽 impressive work needs to be shared the residency is the leading global founders residency network that is inspiring other companies in the category through it’s playbook, design, a... Register: https://lu.ma/w0vmh85c?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Venue Placeholder - Vistara Ventures Evening Event - Members Only](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/venue-placeholder-vistara-ventures-evening-event-members-only-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Frontier Tower SF, Frontier Tower, Xenofon Venue placeholder for a paid Spaceship rental by Vistara Ventures (host: Hansa Wijayasundara). Setup from 5:30 PM, event 6:00–9:00 PM, then caterer teardown. About 40 guests, with canapés, wine and beer. This event is ho... Register: https://lu.ma/venue-placeholder-vistara-ventures-eveni?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Code & Cocktails in SF with Fireworks & MiniMax](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/code-cocktails-in-sf-with-fireworks-minimax-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Fireworks, MiniMax Join Fireworks and MiniMax for an evening of great drinks, builder networking, and a fireside chat about what it takes to build open models for agents that run long, multi-step work. MiniMax M3.1 Flash is live on Firewor... Register: https://lu.ma/gmhodha7?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [First Look: Multimodal Research with Cartesia](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/speech-to-speech-a-first-look-with-cartesia-in-sf-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Cartesia Events Please join Cartesia for an intimate evening of great food, good conversations, and a first look at what's next in voice AI: Speech-to-Speech! We're bringing together an intimate group of builders, founders, and leaders... Register: https://lu.ma/xrj6gzm2?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Agent Substrate Party -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-agent-substrate-party-kubecon26) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/re1kzz80?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [The After-Deploy Party](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-the-after-deploy-party-kubecon26) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/gc2v5gus?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [8-Bit After Party in Salt Lake City!](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-8-bit-after-party-in-salt-lake-city-kubecon26) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://www.prosperops.com/event/kubecon-2026-8-bit-after-party/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Escape Room Party - Save Phippy](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-escape-room-party-save-phippy-kubecon26) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://www.savephippy.com/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [vCluster After Party & Fireside Chat](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-vcluster-after-party-fireside-chat-kubecon26) 7:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/vcluster-3xm2?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Splunk OTel Graduation Celebration](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-splunk-otel-graduation-celebration-kubecon26) 7:30 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://splunk.swoogo.com/SplunkOTelGraduation?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [KubeCon Debrief Dinner Day 1: Eng Leadership Chats -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubecon-debrief-dinner-day-1-eng-leadership-chats-kubecon26) 7:45 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/7hwm4pj8?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Overtime with Red Hat @ KubeCon: AI & OpenShift at Flanker -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-overtime-with-red-hat-kubecon-ai-openshift-at-flanker-kubecon26) 7:45 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://reg.experiences.redhat.com/flow/redhat/5117900/rhexpressregistrationapp/page/expressregistration?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Tuesday Nightcap: Last Call for On-Call](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-tuesday-nightcap-last-call-for-on-call-kubecon26) 10:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/gk2q6p7u?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Wednesday, November 11 - [Breakfast Roundtable for Engineering Leaders: Lessons Learned Running Autonomous Agents in Production -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-breakfast-roundtable-for-engineering-leaders-lessons-learned-running-autonomous-agents-in-) 7:45 AM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/celi63zx?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [VapiCon 2026](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/vapicon-2026-nov-2026) 8:00 AM PT · Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Boulevard #260 Suite, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Vapi Events The Frontier Voice AI Summit 📅 November 11 & 12, 2026 📍 San Francisco The community that held the first ever voice AI summit, back for two days on what's working and what's next. Builders, product leaders, business leade... Register: https://lu.ma/vapi-9sdp?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Stripe Startups Build Day San Francisco](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/stripe-startups-build-day-san-francisco-nov-2026) 9:30 AM PT · South San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Stripe Startups, Michelle Fang Meet and cowork with Stripe experts and the founder community Join the Stripe founder community for a day of hands-on building and coworking with the Stripe team. Whether you’re looking for a chance to connect with other... Register: https://lu.ma/r1d48cpq?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [INFERENCE: NOVEMBER // Cowork & Chill 🧑‍💻☕️](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/inference-november-cowork-chill-nov-2026) 2:00 PM PT · 8 California St floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA · Free · Hosted by Victoria Liao, Sam Hogan Every second Wednesday, we’re opening up the Inference office for an afternoon of coworking, hanging out, and meeting new people. 2:00–6:00 PM — come whenever, stay as long as you want. There are already plenty of events... Register: https://lu.ma/tofw0bz4?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [KubeNight Out](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubenight-out-kubecon26) 4:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/wfsb4o4c?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Notion Presents: The Software Factory Debate](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/notion-presents-the-software-factory-debate-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Sold out · Approval required · Hosted by Notion Events, Notion Events · 156 going Register: https://lu.ma/gb4qi4co?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Bay Area Frontier Research Club #31 | Intelligence Meets Matter: Imitation, Curiosity & Touch (dinner + paper discussion @ Mission Robotics)](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/bay-area-frontier-research-club-31-intelligence-meets-matter-imitation) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Kristopher Floyd, Mattie Fairchild The robotics research crowd is back at Mission Robotics. The Embodied AI track is a monthly research forum co-hosted with New Theory at Mission Robotics, an 8,500 sq ft brick-and-timber robotics facility in the heart of... Register: https://lu.ma/jb2wtbvn?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SGLang x NVIDIA Meetup](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sglang-summit-nvidia-meetup-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Tina Wisdom, Lingyan Hao · 25 going Overview Join NVIDIA and SGLang for an evening of developer conversations, demos, and community the night before the inaugural SGLang Summit. Whether you’re in town early for the Summit or just want to connect with the o... Register: https://lu.ma/SGLSummitNVMeet?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Meet OVHcloud at KubeConAn Evening of Kubernetes Talk -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-meet-ovhcloud-at-kubeconan-evening-of-kubernetes-talk-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/kubecon-2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Night at the Museum of Illusions](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-night-at-the-museum-of-illusions-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2003479747858?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [NeuBird & FluidCloud Happy Hour at KubeCon](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-neubird-fluidcloud-happy-hour-at-kubecon-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08xBgQ0?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Utah Jazz vs Orlando Magic - Exclusive Skybox](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-utah-jazz-vs-orlando-magic-exclusive-skybox-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://243699589.hs-sites-na2.com/en/infros-kubecon-nba-event-waitlist-2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [KubeJam](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubejam-kubecon26) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://kubejam.com?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [KubeCon After Party @ Clark Planetarium](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubecon-after-party-clark-planetarium-kubecon26) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://mazehq.com/event/kubecon-after-party-clark-planetarium/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_term=kubecon&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Isovalent Hive Mind Mingle](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-isovalent-hive-mind-mingle-kubecon26) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://isovalent.com/events/20261111-ev-kubecon-hive-mind-mingle/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [NMC2 Networking Drinks -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-nmc2-networking-drinks-kubecon26) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/KubeCon26?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [KubeCon Happy Hour -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubecon-happy-hour-kubecon26) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/xgycuabn?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Your Move: What Ukrainian Drone Operators Taught NATO](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/your-move-what-ukrainian-drone-operators-taught-nato-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Tom Charman, Dom Kennedy, Bobby Glasco The battlefield is changing. During Exercise Hedgehog 2025 in Estonia, Ukrainian drone teams exposed vulnerabilities that left two NATO battalions unable to continue fighting within a day under exercise conditions. Join... Register: https://lu.ma/seldon-3yvu?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [The Ultimate Cloud Native Escape Room Party](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-the-ultimate-cloud-native-escape-room-party-kubecon26) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco Register: https://www.savephippy.com/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [KubeCon Debrief Dinner Day 2: Eng Leadership Chats -](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-kubecon-debrief-dinner-day-2-eng-leadership-chats-kubecon26) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/6m47f698?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Dinner with North.cloud at Repeal](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-dinner-with-north-cloud-at-repeal-kubecon26) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/north-ahgt?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AprèsKube SLC: Keyboards & Keys](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cp-apr-skube-slc-keyboards-keys-kubecon26) 7:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free Register: https://luma.com/apreskube-slc?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Thursday, November 12 - [Cerebral Valley AI Summit 2026](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cerebral-valley-ai-summit-2026-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Hosted by Cerebral Valley / Newcomer Eric Newcomer's invite-only summit of AI founders, researchers and investors: the room the SF AI scene plans around. Register: https://www.cerebralvalley.com/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SGLang Summit 2026 by LMSYS](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sglang-summit-2026-by-lmsys-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA · $219 to $369 · Hosted by LMSYS Org EVENT PAGE: sglang.io/summit Two days with the people shaping frontier AI. SGLang Summit 2026 brings the whole AI stack to one stage: the teams building next-generation chips, the labs training open and frontier models,... Register: https://lu.ma/sglang-summit?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [The Founder Game ARG - Realm 1](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/the-founder-game-arg-realm-1-nov-2026) 4:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Michael Liu, Mike Morris, John Whaley · 5 going 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 your very first billion dollar business.... Register: https://lu.ma/bos35tdy?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Keeping Pace With AI: The Skills and Workflows Teams Need Now](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/keeping-pace-with-ai-the-skills-and-workflows-teams-need-now-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by VentureBeat Join a small room of AI and data leaders for drinks, candid conversation, and an evening agenda built for after-work networking. Employees are moving faster with AI, but speeding up individual tasks without rebuilding ho... Register: https://lu.ma/f0lufgmr?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SGLang Summit Opening Reception by Crusoe & Women in AI](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sglang-summit-opening-reception-by-crusoe-women-in-ai-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Women in AI Club, Carrie, Michael YenChi Ho Unwind After Day 1 of SGLang Summit As the first day of SGLang Summit comes to a close, Crusoe and Women in AI invite you to the official Day 1 reception. It’s an intimate evening for the engineers and technical leaders... Register: https://lu.ma/389n0l1e?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Antler SF After Dark V2](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/antler-sf-after-dark-v2-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · Antler, 144 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Alina Knobloch, Ryan Green An open workspace for operators, builders, and future founders tinkering with what’s next. Have an idea you can’t stop thinking about? Looking for a coffee source open late? Have a side project you’ve been meaning to sta... Register: https://lu.ma/antlerus-prgd?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [RL & data meetup: SkyRL x Mercor x Harbor](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/rl-data-meetup-skyrl-x-mercor-x-harbor-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Hosted by Julian Forero, Colette Tay, Harbor Framework · 31 going Pretraining gives models basic knowledge. Post-training turns that knowledge into unique differentiation. Teams are combining proprietary datasets and user activity with models to scale RL runs. That means orchestrating... Register: https://lu.ma/rl-data?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Tech Leader Dinner Series - San Francisco](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/tech-leader-dinner-series-san-francisco-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Cooper Dadami Join us for an invite-only dinner bringing together a small group of Engineering Executives for an evening of easy conversation and peer connection. No selling—just a chance to share perspectives and connect with others... Register: https://lu.ma/revelo-dinner-san-francisco-111226?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Cerebras at SGLang Summit](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/cerebras-at-sglang-summit-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Hosted by Cerebras Register: https://lu.ma/cerebras-lxmt?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [merge(happy_hour) → self_improving_agents @ SGLang Summit](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/mergehappy_hour-self_improving_agents-sglang-summit-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by DigitalOcean Community Events, DigitalOcean, LMSYS Org Celebrate SGLang Summit and AI Engineer Code Summit Together Your agents improve every run. Your night improves every round. Most agents ship once and stay the same. The best ones keep getting better. They learn from eve... Register: https://lu.ma/digita-uj0i?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [The Agent's Table with Cartesia](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/the-agents-table-with-cartesia-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · ROOH SF, 333 Brannan St #150, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Cartesia Events An Evening of Voice Conversations Join Cartesia for an intimate evening celebrating the launch of Cartesia Managed Agents during San Francisco's India Restaurant Week. We're bringing together a select group of leaders sh... Register: https://lu.ma/srbdv0c2?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SpaceX AI x Byteport Executive Dinner](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/spacex-ai-x-byteport-executive-dinner-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · Hayes Valley, San Francisco, CA, USA · Free · Sold out · Approval required · Hosted by Alex Newiger, Sahar Mor (Bond AI) · 27 going San Francisco, let’s get together. Byteport is partnering with SpaceX AI to bring a small group of engineering leaders and founders together for dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Good food, good company, and an in... Register: https://lu.ma/cvo8uqwi?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [VapiCon 2026 After Party](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/vapicon-2026-after-party-nov-2026) 7:00 PM PT · Thriller Social Club, 508 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Vapi Unwind, Connect & Amplify: The Official VapiCon After Party Keep the momentum going after the final keynote and head over to Thriller Social Club at 7:00 PM for the VapiCon after party. After two intense days of explorin... Register: https://lu.ma/vapicon26-afterparty?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Friday, November 13 - [On-Device AI Hackathon: Cleared for Takeoff ✈️](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/on-device-ai-hackathon-cleared-for-takeoff-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Viviana Márquez, Heath On-Device AI Hackathon: Cleared for Takeoff ✈️ What if you could build an AI application that works, even when the Wi-Fi doesn't? Your flight is preparing for takeoff. Once the cabin doors close, your connection to the c... Register: https://lu.ma/0nsdnkoa?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AI Software Factories in the Enterprise: Panel Discussion with BAND](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ai-software-factories-in-the-enterprise-panel-discussion-with-band-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Adam Chan, Ofer Mendelevitch, AWS Builder Loft A professional panel discussion on AI Software Factories and their role in enterprise software delivery. Join BAND and HackerSquad at AWS Builder Loft for an evening focused on how engineering organizations can move from... Register: https://lu.ma/band-buildathon-happy-hour-nov13?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [community dinner](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/community-dinner-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · 2209 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by sunday ajak, tobi Oyebade the most important thing within the residency is community, and this tradition is where we build it every friday evening we welcome alumni, friends and family to come enjoy the food & the vibes with the f26 cohort 🪽 disc... Register: https://lu.ma/the-mkxp?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Decode & Mingle by Walnut AI: Founder & Researcher Afterparty@SGLang Summit, Meet the People Your Agent Picked for You](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/decode-mingle-by-walnut-ai-founder-researcher-afterpartysglang-summit-meet-the) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Walnut AI, David Shao, Nicole Two days of keynotes, panels, and deep dives into LLM serving have sparked a lot of great conversations. Let’s keep them going. Decode & Mingle is an afterparty for the SGLang community, hosted by Walnut AI as an SGLang... Register: https://lu.ma/walnut-yk9k?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Saturday, November 14 - [AI Research Hackathon](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ai-research-hackathon-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Elsa Ibos, Yoan Di Cosmo, Darijan Ducic SF AI Research Hackathon November 14-15, 2026 · San Francisco Over 48 hours, teams will push AI to do research on its own: systems that improve themselves, run their own experiments, and work together as swarms of resear... Register: https://lu.ma/sht6n8du?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [She Builds: A Women in AI × Lovable Hackathon](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/she-builds-a-women-in-ai-lovable-hackathon-nov-2026) 10:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Women in AI Club, Claire Xie, Sean Chiu · 148 going Build a real app in a day — no coding experience required 🚀 Join Women in AI for a full-day, beginner-friendly hackathon where you'll build and ship a real, working app using Lovable. Whether you're a PM, designer, found... Register: https://lu.ma/lw202zjx?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Biohackathon: Haus F26 - Members +3](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/biohackathon-haus-f26-members-3-nov-2026) 12:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Frontier Tower, Elliot Roth · 26 going Biopunk Lab throws open the lab doors. Wet-lab hackathons where builders, hackers, artists, and scientists walk into a real lab, run an experiment, and win prizes. No VC buzzwords. No gatekeeping. No PhD. No entry fee. J... Register: https://lu.ma/biohackathon-haus-f26?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Monday, November 16 - [Agentic Web #02 — The Browser as an Agent Runtime](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/agentic-web-02-the-browser-as-an-agent-runtime-nov-2026) 5:30 PM PT · 625 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Adam Chan, Bright Data, HackerSquad Register: https://lu.ma/agentic-web-browser-runtime-nov11-2026?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Find Your First Customer: Start With One](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/find-your-first-customer-start-with-one-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · $10 to $15 · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Founders on Tap Start With One with Daniel Ahmadizadeh 🍻 Before you build for a million people, can you solve a real problem for one? It’s easy to describe your ideal customer in a pitch deck. It’s harder to name a specific person, unde... Register: https://lu.ma/wjl89kxn?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Builders Night](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/builders-night-nov-2026-3) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Hosted by Lee Flannery, Cody Feda Builders Night is a weekly space where people show up with a project, work side by side, and leave with more momentum than they could have generated alone. It exists because building can be lonely, and the hardest part i... Register: https://lu.ma/69z9dhcc?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SF Lean Meetup](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sf-lean-meetup-nov-2026-3) 7:00 PM PT · Mox, 1680 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Hosted by Rado Kirov, Adi Baradwaj · 6 going The SF Lean meetup: Weekly presentation and discussion about Lean, the programming language and theorem prover. Math, CS, AI and their mix all welcome. Beginners welcome! Discord Server Register: https://lu.ma/8mbawndk?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Tuesday, November 17 - [Microsoft Ignite 2026](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/microsoft-ignite-2026-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · Moscone Center, San Francisco · Hosted by Microsoft Microsoft's flagship for IT and AI decision makers: Copilot, Azure and security roadmap over four days at Moscone. Register: https://ignite.microsoft.com/?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Backprop Summit](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/backprop-summit-nov-2026) 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by tokens&, Alessandro Amenta, Simon Tiu A summit on AI security and agent runtimes. backprop by tokens& brings together security and AI engineers for a day of conversation and learning about securing agents and the runtimes they run on. Join the teams building... Register: https://lu.ma/backprop?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [PortCon 2026 | The AI Software Factory Summit](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/portcon-2026-the-ai-software-factory-summit-nov-2026) 12:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · $99 to $150 · Hosted by Port.io -, Sahar Mor (Bond AI) PortCon 2026 | The AI Software Factory Summit 📅 November 17–18, 2026 📍 SHACK15, Ferry Building, San Francisco What Does It Take to Ship a Scalable AI Software Factory? AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built... Register: https://lu.ma/Portcon.port.io?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [d_model Tuesday Social](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/d_model-tuesday-social-nov-2026-2) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Hosted by Alexana Dubois Come hang with the dmodel team at our social hour! We’ll have snacks, drinks, and board games. Register: https://lu.ma/21386d9b?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [San Francisco Data Engineering Meetup with ClickHouse](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/san-francisco-data-engineering-meetup-with-clickhouse-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · CANOPY Jackson Square, 595 Pacific Ave 4th floor, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA · Free · Hosted by Zoe Steinkamp, ClickHouse Events We are excited to be doing another meetup at the canopy office! You'll have an opportunity to connect with your peers, share industry insights, and learn more about ClickHouse and how folks are using us to solve their bi... Register: https://lu.ma/clickh-z0ty?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [🚀 GTM Breakthrough Summit | $25K Founder Opportunity](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/gtm-breakthrough-summit-25k-founder-opportunity-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · 201 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA · $25 to $40 · Approval required · Hosted by Funding Breakthrough Lab, Natalie Pan, Ruby nahal · 44 going FBL × Loop8 Partnership Launch | Expert Speakers | Rooftop Startup Demos | Dinner & Drinks From Design Partners to 100+ Customers. From Early Traction to Market Leadership. What separates startups that gain early tractio... Register: https://lu.ma/fblgtm?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [ElevenCreative After Hours: San Francisco](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/elevencreative-after-hours-san-francisco-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · Financial District, San Francisco, CA, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Eleven Creative · 8 going Join the ElevenCreative community in San Francisco on November 17 for an evening of drinks and bites, good music, and a room full of fellow creatives. Meet the team, swap ideas, and talk about what you're building with E... Register: https://lu.ma/sfafterhours?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AI Infrastructure Night](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ai-infrastructure-night-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Sharone Ofer, Alex Newiger, Byteport · 72 going AI Infrastructure Nights in SF! Join founders, engineers, and FDEs building the systems behind production AI for three technical talks exploring AI infrastructure, agentic AI, and enterprise data security—from real-world... Register: https://lu.ma/1ihtxydc?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Build Your First Phone Voice Agent — Deepgram × Vapi Workshop](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/build-your-first-phone-voice-agent-deepgram-vapi-workshop-oct-2026) 6:00 PM PT · 505 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Hosted by Deepgram Events, dana, Vapi Events · 137 going Build your very first phone voice agent — in one evening. Developer advocates from Deepgram and Vapi will walk you through your first build: a voice agent that picks up the phone and takes calls for you and your business... Register: https://lu.ma/deepgram-2jm5?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Ignite & Unwind: An Executive Wine Tasting Reception Hosted by Everpure and Commvault with Microsoft](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ignite-unwind-an-executive-wine-tasting-reception-hosted-by-everpure-and) 6:00 PM PT · 326 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Yvonne Newlands, Erin Brimmer, Murray Join Everpure, Commvault, and Microsoft for an evening of relaxation and connection during Microsoft Ignite. Unwind at the Jax Vineyards SF Tasting Room with a curated wine tasting, gourmet bites, and brief perspectives... Register: https://lu.ma/tech-6mxi?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [🧠 AI Founders Roundtable with The AI Collective SF x Avahi](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ai-founders-roundtable-with-the-ai-collective-sf-x-avahi-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Sold out · Approval required · Hosted by The AI Collective, AJ Green, Avahi AI AI Founders Roundtable with The AI Collective SF x Avahi The AI Collective is bringing together a small group of San Francisco founders and operators with Avahi and AWS for an evening roundtable. Selected participants ar... Register: https://lu.ma/avahi-sf-1126?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Robotics Researcher Night](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/robotics-researcher-night-nov-2026) 7:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Joshua Jerin, Nicole Levin a casual evening at pebblebed for robotics researchers and engineers to meet, share what they’re working on, and exchange ideas. we’ll talk robot learning, world models, hardware, and the challenges of getting robots to... Register: https://lu.ma/64hul499?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Wednesday, November 18 - [Reading Group (+🍕): Reimagining Research Papers As Interactive and Reliable AI Agents](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/reading-group-reimagining-research-papers-as-interactive-and-reliable-ai-agents) 4:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Francesca Vera, Snorkel AI Join the Snorkel AI Reading Group, a recurring forum to explore the latest frontier developments in AI while building meaningful connections within the community. Research papers are how science spreads, but for centurie... Register: https://lu.ma/d7u92w1l?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [ClawMax.ai Build Night San Francisco](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/clawmaxai-build-night-san-francisco-nov-2026) 5:00 PM PT · Digital Jungle SF, 972 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Adam Chan, Michael Maximilien, HackerSquad · 97 going Register: https://lu.ma/clawmax-build-night-1?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Bay Area Frontier Research Club #32 | Models vs Markets (dinner + paper discussion)](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/bay-area-frontier-research-club-32-models-vs-markets-dinner-paper-discussion) 5:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Kristopher Floyd Can AI find an edge in financial markets—and how would we know? Markets put learning systems under pressure: noisy data, shifting conditions, competing participants, and decisions whose consequences unfold over time. A s... Register: https://lu.ma/6ljj804y?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Best Move Club: Chess Community Event Series](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/best-move-club-chess-community-event-series-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by OpenRouter Best Move Club by OpenRouter♟️ An evening of chess, conversation, and thoughtful decision-making. Every great company is built on a series of decisions. Every move - whether on a chessboard or while building a company -... Register: https://lu.ma/uq9xqfaf?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Women in AI: Thanksgiving Founders Table](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/women-in-ai-thanksgiving-founders-table-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, California · $45 · Approval required · Hosted by Women in AI Club, Claire Xie Hosted by Women in AI A closed monthly gathering for women founders building in AI. 15-20 founders sharing what they're working on and what they're stuck on. Each month we do something a little different, sometimes dinne... Register: https://lu.ma/kenlmgt2?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [SF AI Startup Showcase in Nov](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/sf-ai-startup-showcase-in-nov-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · $20 · Hosted by Anna Hong, Lenka Huang 🚀 SF AI Startup Showcase Join us for an energizing evening spotlighting SF’s rising AI founders — and helping bold ideas find the talent, teammates, and momentum they need. Building something? Apply to pitch here： https:... Register: https://lu.ma/zome6moq?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Personal Computing 2.0 Night: From Dream Machines to Reality](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/personal-computing-20-night-from-dream-machines-to-reality-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Maja Wilbrink, Vincent Li, Spencer Chang · 1 going In 1974, they imagined dream machines. In 2026, let's build some. In 1974, Ted Nelson published Computer Lib / Dream Machines, a radical vision of personal computing that imagined computers as tools for human creativity... Register: https://lu.ma/9i1eor0j?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [On-Device Agents with Liquid AI x AI Socratic](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/on-device-agents-with-liquid-ai-x-ai-socratic-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Federico Ulfo, Viviana Márquez Get ready for a fun, nerdy evening all about on-device AI agents! 🚀 We're bringing together engineers and researchers to explore what it really takes to run powerful AI on tiny devices. We'll kick things off with food, d... Register: https://lu.ma/on-device-agents?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [GTM Workflows in Practice: Roundtable Discussion & Dinner](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/gtm-workflows-in-practice-roundtable-discussion-dinner-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free Register: https://lu.ma/29i0mwzf?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Founder Dinner](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/founder-dinner-nov-2026-3) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Amy Quan, Brderless Join us for an intimate evening with a highly curated group of Series A/B founders that are scaling at the most beautiful venue in SF Who Should Attend? Founders who have raised Series A Founders at $2M ARR Why Attend? H... Register: https://lu.ma/p7cplh9c?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Thursday, November 19 - [Founder Breakfast](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/founder-breakfast-nov-2026) 6:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Amy Quan, Brderless Join us for a highly curated breakfast for VC-backed founders, ideally have raised a Seed & Series A round. We bring together a carefully selected group of founders at similar stages and intentionally seat the room to en... Register: https://lu.ma/3ycs20lb?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Founder Breakfast](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/founder-breakfast-nov-2026-2) 9:00 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Amy Quan, Brderless Join us for a highly curated breakfast for VC-backed founders, ideally have raised a Seed & Series A round. We bring together a carefully selected group of founders at similar stages and intentionally seat the room to en... Register: https://lu.ma/wvksdpa9?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Agentic + AI Night: AI Agents Across the App Stack](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/agentic-ai-night-ai-agents-across-the-app-stack-nov-2026) 4:00 PM PT · Terra Gallery & Event Venue, 511 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Brooke Contreras, Lizzie S, Yufa Li Join us for another Agentic + AI Night on Thursday, November 19 from 4:00pm - 9:30pm PT in SF for a multi-track deep dive into agentic web application development and the systems that power it. This meetup is built for s... Register: https://lu.ma/Agentic_AI_Night-11-19?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AI’s Missing Layer: Building the Data Foundation for Secure, Reliable AI](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ais-missing-layer-building-the-data-foundation-for-secure-reliable-ai-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Hosted by Astronomic · 11 going As AI reshapes the enterprise technology stack, organizations are racing to build AI-native security, cloud, and infrastructure operations. Yet a critical challenge remains: AI-driven security analytics, threat detection... Register: https://lu.ma/firesidewithgigamon?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [AI Infra for Physical AI: Mind Robotics x Anyscale](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/ai-infra-for-physical-ai-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · Anyscale, 600 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · Free · Hosted by Julian Forero Building foundation models for the physical world, whether VLAs or world models, means wrangling massive video and sensor datasets, running large-scale training and simulation, and iterating fast. The more data these mod... Register: https://lu.ma/anyscale-gbln?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Growth-Stage Finance Leaders Dinner](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/growth-stage-finance-leaders-dinner-nov-2026) 6:30 PM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Waitlist · Approval required · Hosted by Amy Quan, Brderless, Rohan Taneja Join us for an intimate evening with a highly curated group of finance leaders at companies that are scaling, at the most beautiful venue in San Francisco. Who Should Attend? CFOs, VPs of Finance, and Heads of Finance at... Register: https://lu.ma/4jhsx25s?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Friday, November 20 - [[Seattle] Build with Akamai Inference Cloud at GitHub Bellevue](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/seattle-build-with-akamai-cloud-at-github-bellevue-nov-2026) 9:30 AM PT · San Francisco · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Adam Chan, Sheilah Kirui, Akamai Inference Cloud Build with Akamai Cloud: Seattle — AI Workshop & Buildathon Learn in the morning. Build in the afternoon. Demo for prizes. Join Akamai at GitHub Bellevue on Friday, November 20 for a hands-on AI workshop and buildathon.... Register: https://lu.ma/akamai-build-nov20?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [LLM Engineering Lab at GitHub: Build with Open Models](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/llm-engineering-lab-at-github-build-with-open-models-nov-2026) 10:00 AM PT · San Francisco · Free · Approval required · Hosted by [SF] HackerSquad, Adam Chan, Sheilah Kirui Friday, November 20, 2026 · 10 AM–5 PM PT GitHub Bellevue A workshop and build day with HackerSquad and Akamai Inference Cloud What changes when you're the one running the model? Join HackerSquad and Akamai Inference Clo... Register: https://lu.ma/llm-eng-lab-seattle?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Lynkable: The Partnership Pipeline - Members +3](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/lynkable-the-partnership-pipeline-members-3-sep-2026) 5:00 PM PT · San Francisco · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Frontier Tower, Lynkable . · 69 going Lynkable: City as a Platform is a pre-launch gathering introducing the next phase of Lynkable’s Fall and Winter work in San Francisco. Startups and founders based out of Frontier Tower will be prioritized for partnership... Register: https://lu.ma/voice-ai-for-real-life?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [♠️ Private Poker Night // Researcher's Table No. 01](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/private-poker-night-researchers-table-no-01-nov-2026) 6:00 PM PT · 8 California St floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA · Free · Hosted by Victoria Liao, Amar Singh Join us for a private evening at the Inference office for AI researchers. Poker, drinks, and conversation around the table in a small, curated setting. If you’re working in AI research, request to join us for Researcher’... Register: https://lu.ma/h001i2xo?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Monday, November 23 - [Festiverse 2026: Diwali Hackathon](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/festiverse-2026-diwali-hackathon-nov-2026) 9:30 AM PT · AWS Builder Loft, First Market Tower, 525 Market St Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · Free Register: https://lu.ma/8z6smxkc?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events - [Martin Allen at the SF Lean Meetup](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/martin-allen-at-the-sf-lean-meetup-nov-2026) 7:00 PM PT · Mox, 1680 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · Free · Hosted by Rado Kirov, Adi Baradwaj · 2 going The SF Lean meetup: Weekly presentation and discussion about Lean, the programming language and theorem prover. Math, CS, AI and their mix all welcome. Beginners welcome! Discord Server Register: https://lu.ma/zc0quhtf?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events ## Saturday, November 28 - [Physical AI Hack](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/sf/physical-ai-hack-nov-2026) 9:30 AM PT · San Francisco, CA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by tokens&, Alessandro Amenta, Jacopo Piazza Across the galaxy, a new generation of machines is emerging. Systems that can perceive, navigate, manipulate, learn, adapt, and work alongside humans. On November 27, a new fleet of builders will assemble with Google Dee... Register: https://lu.ma/physicalhack?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events