# Founder and investor events in Phoenix

Curated events for startup founders and investors, from Mimetic Events. Updated October 18, 2026. The next 30 days, soonest first, in local time.

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## Tuesday, October 20

- [6th Phoenix Hardware Meetup](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/phoenix/6th-phoenix-hardware-meetup-oct-2026)
  6:00 PM America/Phoenix · Los Dos Molinos, 260 S Alma School Rd #137, Mesa, AZ 85210, USA · Free · Hosted by Phoenix Hardware Meetup, Aaron Moncur · 61 going
  This Hardware Meetup will be a little different 🤖 We’re skipping the formal presentations this time and getting together at Los Dos Molinos in Mesa for a relaxed evening of good Mexican food, conversation, and time with...
  Register: https://lu.ma/zcmyniop?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events

## Saturday, October 24

- [Nucleate Arizona BioChallenge](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/phoenix/nucleate-arizona-biochallenge-oct-2026)
  9:00 AM America/Phoenix · ASU Life Sciences Building E Wing, 400 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA · Free · Approval required · Hosted by Nucleate HQ, Nucleate Arizona
  🚀 From Patent to Pitch: Join the 2026 Arizona BioChallenge and Build Your Next Startup Idea! Curious how biomedical discoveries and life-science patents become real-world innovations? Interested in science, entrepreneurs...
  Register: https://lu.ma/jyc61gvh?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events

## Thursday, November 5

- [Inside Phoenix MCP: remote MCP, SQL, and code mode let agents query traces](https://events.trymimetic.com/events/phoenix/inside-phoenix-mcp-remote-mcp-sql-and-code-mode-let-agents-query-traces-nov-2026)
  2:00 PM Europe/London · Phoenix · Free · Hosted by Arize AI
  You ask a coding agent a simple observability question: how many spans failed yesterday, which tool was called most, where latency spiked. Without the right tool shape, the agent starts paging through spans one by one, r...
  Register: https://lu.ma/arizeai-query-phoenix-traces-with-sql-emea?utm_source=trymimetic&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=ai_events