LA Tech Week 2026: the events worth your week

LA Tech Week 2026 runs Oct 12–18, 2026, across Los Angeles. It is one of the a16z-run Tech Weeks; SF Tech Week 2026 follows on Oct 5–11, 2026. There is no single venue — events are hosted independently across Santa Monica, Playa Vista and Culver City on the west side, with a Downtown cluster.

Mostly. 0 of the 0 events listed as of November 5, 2026 are free; the paid ones are typically full-day summits or pitch competitions. There is no wristband or pass for the week itself — each event has its own registration.

Every event is on Luma (https://luma.com/latw) and most use "apply to attend": you request a spot and the host approves. Approval rates are much higher when your Luma profile has your name, company and role filled in — hosts are screening for fit, not for fame. Apply early; popular events close their lists days before, and some events have waitlists.

The LA calendar opened on 8 September and is still filling in; the picks on this page are added as listings arrive. The largest rooms so far: none with public registration counts yet.

Clustered in Santa Monica, Playa Vista and Culver City on the west side, with a Downtown cluster. By listed neighbourhood as of November 5, 2026: not yet published for most events. Plan by neighbourhood rather than by event — crossing the city between two evening events usually means missing both.

A conference is one venue, one ticket, a published agenda. A Tech Week is hundreds of independent events in one city in one week, nearly all free, each with its own host and RSVP. You plan it by choosing events, and the value is in the rooms, not the stage. Our full calendar of AI and tech conferences for 2026–2027 is at activibe.ai/insights/conferences/.

The event list is pulled from the official LA Tech Week 2026 Luma calendar and was last refreshed on November 5, 2026. Hosts keep adding events until the week begins, so the count rises; the page updates daily through the week.