Workshops, talks, and gatherings to get you out into San Francisco.
Builders, researchers, founders, and investors will team up to create working products that reason across images, video, audio, documents, and real-world data. The build-first hackathon will feature application, agent, and infrastructure tracks, with technical credits, cash prizes, and Beta Fund Fellowship opportunities for standout teams.
Explore eventOn Oct 24–25, 175 hand-picked founders and professionals with 2+ years of experience will use AI and Emergent’s tools to turn ambitious ideas into working products, with YC judges awarding up to $10,000 and a direct interview for an upcoming YC batch. The weekend will welcome pre-seed and pre-company builders across engineering, product, design, operations, sales, and finance, even those new to coding.
Explore eventNewKid will bring families, researchers, educators, and startup founders together for conversations and hands-on experiences exploring AI, child development, and the future of education. Highlights will include product showcases, expert panels, a brain-development exhibition, and a philosophy workshop on whether a robot can be a friend.
Explore eventAI Valley and developer-tool company Flox will host an interactive Halloween murder mystery, where attendees investigate a broken build, uncover clues about dependencies and environment drift, and see how Flox creates reproducible software environments across laptops, CI, and production. The evening will also feature real developer horror stories and a Halloween mixer.
Explore eventFDE Conference III will bring together forward-deployed engineers, founders, and operators for tactical breakouts, fireside chats, company spotlights, and a hiring fair connecting technical talent with teams scaling AI deployments. Hosted by Nixo, which helps FDE teams increase deployment capacity, the event will focus on sharing practical insights and career opportunities in this rapidly developing field.
Explore eventElastic{ON} AI will deliver a free, one-day technical conference for developers, SREs, security analysts, and technical leaders, featuring expert-led demos and real-world sessions on Search, Security, Observability, and AI. Highlights will include the Elasticsearch Platform, ES|QL, AI integrations for real-time agents, and a three-month Elastic Certification extension for in-person attendees.
Explore eventBoxWorks Dev Summit will feature keynotes from Box CEO Aaron Levie, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, alongside developer sessions, interactive demos, and community networking. Hands-on workshops and technical deep dives will explore building with Box, AI, and leading AI tools.
Explore eventA dynamic gathering will bring together AI enthusiasts, builders, and thinkers to dive into reasoning models, ethics, business implications, and real-world AI impact—with Berkeley's AI War Room energy and community driving candid discussions on what's reshaping the field right now.
Explore eventTeams of 3–5 will spend 48 hours building AI research systems that can run experiments, improve themselves, and collaborate as agent swarms, using partner models, tools, and benchmarks. Participants will receive GPU and API credits, lab mentorship, and prizes, then pitch their work to judges, investors, and leading researchers.
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