Build useful agents, explore AI infrastructure and meet the founders behind what comes next.
This week’s events focus on what makes AI useful beyond a demo: better data, reliable agents and tools people can put to work. Snowflake Expedition, Confluent Current, BoxWorks and Elastic{ON} bring technical and business perspectives, while Llama Lounge and startup demo nights make room for new connections.
Build with Mistral AI, explore open-source analytics, or join the weekend coding-agent hackathon with Meta and Google DeepMind among its partners. Choose the sessions that fit what you want to learn.
Details checked October 31. Prices and availability can change; confirm with the organizer before you go. All times are Pacific Standard Time (PST). Multi-day events appear under their opening day. Separately registered summit sessions are labeled.
San Francisco, CA; exact address shared through registration
Build and optimize an AI application with Fireworks, Microsoft and NVIDIA. Work on model deployment, evaluation, latency and cost, then demonstrate what your team built. Apply before making plans; attendance requires approval.
Plug and Play Tech Center, 440 N Wolfe Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA
Explore physical AI, manufacturing and startup collaboration at Mitsubishi Electric’s innovation day. Registration is currently sold out. Keep this on your radar, but do not attend without confirmation from the organizer.
AWS Builder Loft, 525 Market St, San Francisco; online option available
Technical talks on open-source analytics, AI agents and data infrastructure, with speakers from Google, IBM, Databricks and other teams. In-person guests must also register through AWS and bring a physical government-issued photo ID. Ages 18+; an online option is available.
Online, Americas edition
Explore AI agents, data pipelines and practical applications for technical and business teams. The virtual program offers keynotes, demos and hands-on labs, with speakers including Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Snowflake’s Sridhar Ramaswamy. Choose the Americas registration for November 3 to 5.
Snowflake Silicon Valley AI Hub, 135 Constitution Dr, 8th floor, Menlo Park; online livestream available
Four days of enterprise AI, data and agents, workforce applications, and healthcare. Choose a free individual day pass or the free livestream. Full-access membership is a separate paid option. The Company Brain Hackathon and Thursday reception below are separately listed summit sessions.
33 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Turn a San Francisco problem into a working prototype with Mistral AI and Elasticsearch. Bring a laptop; all experience levels are welcome. Build with mentors, then share a short demo. Hosted at Elastic’s office on the ninth floor.
Palo Alto, CA; exact address shared through registration
A panel with BDev Ventures and Haynes Boone on where AI works in practice and where it introduces risk. Hear perspectives on software, physical AI, ownership and liability, with time to meet founders and investors.
Humanmade, 655 Bryant St, San Francisco
Connect a Microsoft Foundry agent to Elasticsearch through MCP, then compare accuracy, latency and token use. Bring a charged laptop and basic coding skills. Microsoft and Elastic provide the lab environments; Python and AI/ML knowledge are helpful.
San Francisco, CA; exact address shared through registration
Liquid AI explores models that return structured decisions rather than generated text. Learn about routing, moderation and agent decisions, then see community demos. The separate application to showcase a project closes November 1.
San Francisco, CA; exact address shared through registration
Press Club shares a process for finding relevant journalists and pitching a startup launch or fundraise. A workshop and Q&A for founders, followed by networking.
The Grove Restaurant & Bar, 690 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Meet the data-streaming community before Current, with Conduktor, Aiven, StreamNative and Ververica. An informal evening for engineers and others working with real-time data. A Current conference ticket is not required.
SHACK15, San Francisco
A day of technical sessions on AI, search, observability and security. Meet the Elastic community and explore how search and data infrastructure support production AI applications.
Moscone West, San Francisco
Confluent’s conference connects real-time data with AI, with sessions on Apache Kafka, Flink and Iceberg, keynotes and networking. The organizer currently advertises complimentary passes, subject to capacity. Confirm your pass at registration; the separate Executive Summit is full.
Convene, 100 Stockton St, San Francisco
Two days on the data systems behind useful AI. Wednesday features workshops on data agents, context and tools; Thursday brings talks on memory, trust, observability and AI inside companies.
135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Build a company knowledge system from documents, notes and FAQs. Bring a laptop for a hands-on afternoon followed by demos and networking. This is a separately registered session within the TechEquity Ai Summit.
San Francisco, CA; exact address shared through registration
Join Snorkel AI and Stanford researchers for a reading group on how efficiently AI turns energy into useful work. Discuss local AI and the tradeoffs between model quality, energy use and deployment.
OneSpace Work, 2665 N First St #214, San Jose, CA 95134, USA
Practitioner talks on open data formats, catalogs and agent infrastructure. Compare interoperability with vendor lock-in, and hear where each approach succeeds or breaks in production.
AWS Builder Loft, First Market Tower, 525 Market St Entrance, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Meet ten Spanish startups exploring the US market, with pitches and founder-investor networking at AWS Builder Loft. Complete both the Luma RSVP and the separate AWS registration linked below.
Dublin, CA; exact address shared through registration
A Tri-Valley conversation about AI literacy, learning, privacy and critical thinking. For people thinking about how the next generation can use AI thoughtfully, including parents and educators.
San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 780 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Apply for a complimentary developer pass to BoxWorks. The program includes a keynote featuring Box, NVIDIA and Intel leaders, technical sessions, and Friday workshops with AI tooling. Free developer passes are limited and require approval.
Digital Jungle SF, 972 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
A full day on building voice agents for real use, including latency, turn-taking, reliability and handoffs. Talks, workshops and networking for teams designing conversational products. General admission is $400; the early-bird window has ended.
135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Short talks featuring Meta, IBM and AI4ALL, followed by structured networking and an open reception. This is a separately registered Thursday session within the TechEquity Ai Summit at the Snowflake Silicon Valley AI Hub.
Palo Alto, CA; exact address shared through registration
Meet AI founders, investors and corporate AI leaders at SAP. The evening combines startup pitches, a demo floor and networking. Approval and a government-issued ID are required; the exact venue is shared with approved guests.
Okta, 100 1st St 6th floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
See agent tooling demos and meet people making APIs, MCP servers and developer tools easier for agents to use. Hosted at Auth0/Okta. Bring a government-issued photo ID. The agenda ends at 8:30 PM, while the event header lists 9 PM.
House of AI, 40 Boardman Pl, San Francisco
Explore GPU programming with CUDA and Rust. The agenda features speakers from NVIDIA, OpenAI, AWS and Zed Industries, followed by closing discussion. A technical evening for developers interested in Rust and GPU computing; attendance is capped.
560 Davis St suite 250, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA
Braintrust CEO Ankur Goyal and Greylock partner Corinne Riley discuss agent evaluation, observability and model decisions. Currently full with a waitlist; admission is not guaranteed. The agenda wraps at 8 PM, while the event header lists 8:30 PM.
Entrepreneurs First, 501 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Dan Moroz joins Ledger at Entrepreneurs First to discuss how AI agents are changing search and its business model. A fireside chat for founders and engineers, followed by food and conversation.
Amplitude Analytics, 201 3rd St #200, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Build a creator or marketing tool using video data and AI, with Oriane, GMI Cloud and Lovable. Developers, marketers and creators are welcome. Bring a laptop. The header ends at 6 PM, but the agenda continues with awards and drinks until at least 6:30 PM.
San Francisco; confirm the venue with the organizer
Build coding agents that understand, complete and verify software. Cerebral Valley lists Meta, Google DeepMind, MongoDB, Subquadratic and Fetch.ai as partners. This is a one-day, in-person hackathon before the summit. Teams may have up to four people; every attendee must be approved.
