Updated October 3, 2026 · All times Pacific
SF in October 2026: 76 events for B2B AI founders
SF Tech Week runs Monday Oct 5 to Sunday Oct 11, and October keeps going after it: TechCrunch Disrupt (Oct 13 to 15), Cloudflare Connect (Oct 19 to 21) and the One Way Summit (Oct 28 to 29).
We went through all 1,599 Tech Week events and about 1,100 Bay Area Luma events for the month, and kept the 76 that matter if you build B2B AI software and need three things at once: investors, operators (COOs, chiefs of staff, ops and RevOps leads, department heads running AI), and GTM leaders.
Many rooms are approval-only and hosts approve in order, so apply early. Seat counts are from October 2 and move fast.
Oytun, founder of Runwork
I will be at a lot of these. If you see me, say hi, or grab time before the week fills up.
Apply first
Approval-only or nearly full.
- Claude Founder House + Founder Salon (Anthropic), Oct 6 to 8. House, Salon, plus the Lovable brunch on Oct 8.
- Hustle Fund Founder Friends, Oct 13, 6pm. Luma
- Good vs. Great AI Transformation (Gralio breakfast for COOs, CFOs, chiefs of staff), Oct 8, 8am. Tech Week
- Meet SF's Early Stage Founders and Investors (Bling, Costanoa, Defy, NextView), Oct 6, 4pm. Tech Week
- The Revenue Table dinner, Oct 6, 6:30pm, 18 seats. Tech Week
- a16z speedrun AI Faire, Oct 9 (application). Tech Week
- Small founder dinners: Junto Oct 14, Extraordinary Founders Oct 15, X26 Oct 22 (ex-McKinsey founders only), Sales leaders roundtable Oct 22.
Already closed or sold out: AGI House Game Night with SCB 10X (Oct 6), the Precursor/Stripe/BCV lunch, Entrepreneurs First Demo Day, Hustle Fund's Oct 5 and Oct 6 events, and the Claude Community workshops on Oct 7 and Oct 10.
Top picks
14 events, by date
| When | Event | Host | Area | Who | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 to 8 11 to 5 (Salon Oct 8 1:45) | Claude Founder House + Founder Salon Claude-building founders, the Anthropic team, and an investor panel (Lightspeed, Sequoia, ICONIQ) | Anthropic | Rincon Hill | OperatorsInvestors | Free, approval |
| Oct 6 4 to 7 | Meet SF's Early Stage Founders and Investors Four early-stage funds, pre-seed and seed only | Bling, Costanoa, Defy, NextView | Downtown | Investors | Free, approval |
| Oct 6 5pm | Brave New World of Startup Fundraising Pre-seed AI funds on stage | Foundersuite, Nixon Peabody | Downtown | Investors | Free |
| Oct 6 5:30 to 7:30 | The Top Floor, evening for GTM leaders Senior GTM executives, curated | Dust | FiDi | OperatorsGTM leaders | Free (curated) |
| Oct 6 6:30 to 9:30 | The Revenue Table B2B founders, GTM leaders and VC operating partners at one table | 3rd + Taylor | Embarcadero | OperatorsInvestorsGTM leaders | Free, 18 seats |
| Oct 7 9 to 11 | Fireside w/ Charly Kevers, CFO of Carta Finance and ops leaders moving AI from experiments into daily work | Dust, Operators Guild | SOMA | Operators | Free |
| Oct 7 12:30 to 3 | Immigrant Founder Pitch Three immigrant-thesis seed funds in one room | Startup Grind w/ Unshackled, One Way, Geek, Dnipro | FiDi | Investors | Free |
| Oct 7 6 to 8:30 | Turkish Founders Paving the Way in AI Revo Capital's SF launch, with Turkish founders building in AI | Revo Capital, BridgeX, Global Turks AI Lab | Dogpatch | Investors | Free |
| Oct 8 8 to 9:30 | Good vs. Great AI Transformation A small table of COOs, CFOs and chiefs of staff running AI programs | Gralio | Fisherman's Wharf | Operators | Free breakfast, approval |
| Oct 8 2:30 to 4:30 | Inside the First Round w/ Khosla, Antler, Floodgate Pre-seed AMA with three active funds | Startup Grind, Antler | Antler, SOMA | Investors | Free |
| Oct 8 4:30 to 7 | Future of Work Startup Showcase Future-of-work investors and operators; 3-minute demos | Indeed Investment Team, SHRM Labs | Downtown | InvestorsOperators | Free |
| Oct 8 7 to 11 | e2vc x Point Nine European Founders Night European and diaspora founders with two active seed funds | e2vc, Point Nine | SOMA | Investors | Free |
| Oct 13 to 15 all day | TechCrunch Disrupt The month's biggest investor room; Deal Flow Cafe does 1:1 matching | TechCrunch | Moscone West | InvestorsOperators | Founder Pass |
| Oct 13 6pm | Hustle Fund Founder Friends A pre-seed fund's founder community; fills fast | Hustle Fund | FiDi | Investors | Free, nearly full |
Strong, pick by day
37 events, by date
| When | Event | Host | Area | Who | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 4pm | Pre-Tech Week Yacht Party, International Founders International founders, the weekend before Tech Week | Jumpstart, SF Startup Labs | China Basin | Investors | Free, approval, 25 left |
| Oct 5 9am | Welcome Breakfast w/ Deel, Ramp, AWS, Soma Capital Soma Capital and friends | Deel, Ramp | SOMA | Investors | Free |
| Oct 5 3 to 5 | Chief of Staff Mindset to AI Transformation Chiefs of staff on leading AI programs | Ask a Chief of Staff | FiDi | Operators | Free, waitlist |
| Oct 5 6 to 10 | Fireworks x a16z Official Kickoff The official Tech Week kickoff | Fireworks, a16z, Vercel, Stripe | Mission Bay | Investors | Free (curated) |
| Oct 6 5 to 8 | NachoTuesday SaaS & AI Founder + Investor HH SaaS and AI founders with angels; screened | NachoNacho, Bay Angels | Downtown | Investors | Free, screened, "min seed funded" |
| Oct 6 5:30 to 8 | Founders & Friends: EQT + Lovable European fund, pre-seed to growth | EQT Ventures | FiDi | Investors | Free, approved individually |
| Oct 6 6 to 8 | Sushi-Making with Kindred Ventures Small, hands-on, seed fund | Kindred Ventures, Fearn | Mission | Investors | Free |
| Oct 6 7pm | DraperDragon / Sequoia One Founders HH Small founders' happy hour | Draper Dragon | Union Sq | Investors | Free, apply |
| Oct 7 12 to 2 | Multiplayer AI at Work Shared context and team workflows with AI | PromptQL (swyx, Chris Messina) | SOMA | OperatorsInvestors | Free |
| Oct 7 12 to 5 | MATCH HOUSE Founder-investor matching; 2pm Match Hour | MATCH HOUSE | Downtown | Investors | Free, matching |
| Oct 7 3 to 5 | Applied AI Asks & Offers: Chiefs of Staff CoS bring real ops problems (knowledge, coordination) | Ask a Chief of Staff, Microsoft | FiDi | Operators | Free |
| Oct 7 4pm | Closing the AI Adoption Gap Governance, cost and ROI of AI adoption | VizCo, Ooda | Union Sq | Operators | Free |
| Oct 8 9 to 11:30 | CxO Roundtable: How Enterprise Really Buys AI How enterprises actually buy AI, from the buyer side | a16z speedrun | Jackson Sq | OperatorsInvestors | Free |
| Oct 8 5 to 8:30 | Agent Economy After Party Agent-economy founders and investors (moved from Oct 6 to Oct 8) | Beta University, Rippling | Downtown | Investors | Free, approval |
| Oct 8 5 to 7 | Closed-door Q&A: exited founders + Seed/A VCs Small groups work a live GTM problem | ADHD Ventures, Founder Institute | SOMA | InvestorsGTM leaders | Free, approval |
| Oct 9 10:30 to 5 | a16z speedrun AI Faire Executives adopting AI meet the startups selling to them | a16z speedrun | Jackson Sq | OperatorsInvestors | Free, application |
| Oct 9 6:30 to 11:45 | ESE First Birthday rooftop European founders and investors | European Startup Embassy | SOMA | Investors | Free |
| Oct 9 8pm | a16z x Unicorner x Notion Afterparty Official closing party | Unicorner, a16z, Notion | Lower Nob Hill | Investors | Free, Partiful approval |
| Oct 10 2pm | Claude Community Impact Lab Hands-on session for heavy Claude users | Claude Community / Build with AI Club | SF | Operators | Free, approval |
| Oct 12 11:45 | SV AI/Tech Investing Summit, attend or pitch Angel-heavy; attend or pitch | Angel Launch | Palo Alto | Investors | Free (pitch tiers extra) |
| Oct 13 5pm | Disrupt After Hours: Founders & Investors | Grant Simon, Alyssa Torkelsen | Novela | Investors | Free, approval, 22 left |
| Oct 14 6:30 | Junto Founder Dinner | Andrew Yeung | Japantown | Investors | Free, approval, 12 left |
| Oct 14 7pm | SignalFire Disrupt Arthaus after-party | SignalFire | SOMA | Investors | Free, approval |
| Oct 15 5pm | NachoThursday Disrupt | NachoNacho, Angel Launch | Hayes Valley | Investors | Free, approval, 49 left |
| Oct 15 6pm | Revolt Panel & Happy Hour RevOps and GTM community | RevGenius | FiDi | OperatorsGTM leaders | Free, open |
| Oct 15 6:30 | Extraordinary Founders Dinner | Andrew Yeung | Chinatown | Investors | Free, approval, 8 left |
| Oct 15 / Oct 20 7pm | GTM10 San Francisco Dinner Senior GTM dinners, two dates | GTM10 (Cello) | Ozumo / The Cavalier | GTM leadersOperators | Free, approval |
| Oct 16 10am | Founder/VC Breakfast | Founders Bay | FiDi | Investors | $20 |
| Oct 16 4pm | Funded founders @ Alchemy Springs | Press Club | Lower Nob Hill | Investors | Free, approval, 35 left |
| Oct 20 5:30 | GTM Hackathon by Granola x Anthropic GTM people who build with Claude | Granola | Yerba Buena | OperatorsGTM leaders | Free, approval, 80 left |
| Oct 21 9am | RAISE Breakfast, Canonical x AngelList Seed investors | Canonical, AngelList | Jackson Sq | Investors | Free, approval, 128 left |
| Oct 21 5pm | Funders & Founders: State of the Venture Market | Pilot, Five Star Bank | SOMA | Investors | Free, approval |
| Oct 22 5:30 | Sales leaders roundtable | Unifold | Palo Alto | GTM leadersOperators | Free, approval, 10 left |
| Oct 22 6pm | Off the Record: Operators Q&A | Kahlil Dumas, Tiffany Hicks | The Battery | GTM leadersOperators | Free, open |
| Oct 22 7pm | SF Founder Dinner Ex-McKinsey founders only | X26 (xMcKinsey) | Union Sq | Investors | Free, approval, 3 left |
| Oct 23 1:30 | Investors on the Bay Fall Mixer Family offices + angels | Family Office Events | South Beach | Investors | Free, approval |
| Oct 27 4pm | GTM AI Paradox, One Way Summit side event Side event of the One Way Summit | Lydia Flocchini, Tim Hillison | Yerba Buena | OperatorsGTM leadersInvestors | Free, approval, 60 left |
Worth it if the day is free
25 events, by date
| When | Event | Host | Area | Who | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 to 6 all day | OpsStars ("Power Your AI GTM") RevOps leaders; paid conference | LeanData | OperatorsGTM leaders | Paid conference, InterContinental | |
| Oct 5 4 to 7 | Architecting AI-Native GTM GTM engineers and leaders | Amdahl | GTM leadersOperators | Open | |
| Oct 5 5:30 | VIP Enterprise Sales Dinner Sales leaders from AI companies | Assenteo | GTM leaders | Application | |
| Oct 6 10 to 12 | From Marketing Innovation to Enterprise Impact Marketing leaders adopting AI | Dust, Amplitude, Upside | Operators | Open | |
| Oct 6 6pm | Founders & Funders: VC Reverse Pitch VCs pitch theses to pre-seed founders | Founders & Funders | Investors | Open | |
| Oct 6 6pm | International Founders HH Cross-border investors | Deel, J.P. Morgan, Orrick | Investors | Open | |
| Oct 7 8:45 to 4:45 | Pioneer: summit for CX leaders CX leaders; speakers include Aaron Levie | Fin | Operators | Open | |
| Oct 7 10:30 | Here to Stay? Immigrant Founders Brunch O-1/EB-1 crowd + investors | Extraordinary.com | Investors | Open, 60 seats | |
| Oct 7 5pm | Forward-Deployed AI Forum: Enterprise Edition Forward-deployed AI, enterprise edition | House of 434 | OperatorsInvestors | Open | |
| Oct 7 5:30 | How GTM Teams are Deploying AI About 40 VP and C-level GTM leaders | Pavilion Gold, WestCap, Winning by Design | OperatorsGTM leaders | Approval, ~40 VP/C GTM | |
| Oct 7 5:30 | AI Tool Evaluations: purchasing frameworks for AI adoption Purchasing frameworks for AI adoption | Workato, ScaleKit | Operators | Open | |
| Oct 7 6pm | Stripe and a16z B2B AI Supper Club B2B AI founders, by invitation | Stripe, a16z | Investors | By invitation | |
| Oct 7 6pm | Fight On, SF (HubSpot for Startups) Founders and investors | USC, Salmon, Pebl | Investors | Open | |
| Oct 8 all day | Clay Sculpt The GTM ops crowd | Clay | OperatorsGTM leaders | $600 | |
| Oct 8 2:45 to 6 | Aaron Levie + Tanay Kothari @ AGI House Hillsborough; "agents and how organizations work" | Turing Frontier Fellows | OperatorsInvestors | Approval | |
| Oct 8 5:30 | GTM Unlocked: Marketing in the AI Era CMOs, COOs, growth leaders | AScaleX | GTM leadersOperators | Invitation | |
| Oct 9 3 to 5 | GTM Engineering + Whisky & Cigars Unstructured; GTM operators | The GTM Engineering Company | GTM leaders | Open | |
| Oct 9 4pm | Venture Vibes SF Growth-stage tilt | Kamp | Investors | Open | |
| Oct 10 5pm | Raisable Founders & Investors Night Founders and investors | Raisable | Investors | Open | |
| Oct 13 6pm | EdgeM8: B2B Partnership Mixer Agencies and partners | Twill | Operators | Approval, 122 left | |
| Oct 19 6:30 | AI agents to scale your startup Founders using AI agents to scale | Founders on Tap | Operators | Approval | |
| Oct 20 12pm | FIF Collective Growth Table Growth leaders lunch | Meghan McKenna | GTM leaders | Approval, 29 left | |
| Oct 22 5:30 | Executive Connect at Tesla | Founders Bay | Operators | Approval, 41 left | |
| Oct 28 5:30 | What's Keeping Growth Leaders Up in the Age of AI Growth leaders on AI | Nomon Bat et al. | GTM leaders | Approval | |
| Oct 29 6pm | Poker Night: AI-Native GTM AI-native GTM, poker night | Bluejay | GTM leaders | Approval |
How we built this
Every SF event on the official Tech Week calendar (1,599 events), the Bay Area Luma feed and the main SF community calendars for October 3 to 31 (about 1,100 events), and the big conferences. Filtered by keyword, then read by hand. We skipped hackathons, investor-only rooms, and events outside B2B software (physical AI, health, crypto, consumer).