SF Tech Week 2026: the events worth your week
SF Tech Week 2026 runs Oct 5–11, 2026 across San Francisco — 2 events on the official a16z calendar as of November 5, 2026, 2 of them free. Below: our 1 picks for AI founders and go-to-market people, the biggest rooms, and the full day-by-day schedule with a link to every RSVP.
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Chosen for who is in the room, not for the stage. One reason each, and the reason is about the listing as published — not a promise about what will happen there.
Saturday, Dec 12 · fringe
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A sales-copilot hackathon with one of the largest registrations of the week. Builders and go-to-market people in the same room for once.
By registrations on the official calendar, as of November 5, 2026
- 1 AI Hackathon: Sales Copilot AI · Sat, Dec 12 626
- 2 Launch Party: Unveiling the World’s First AI Agent for Families & Friends · Tue, Dec 1 565
Every listed event, by day
Topics are inferred from the listing title and hosts. Times are local. Everything links to its Luma page — RSVP there, not here.
Tuesday, Dec 1fringe · outside the official week
- 5:30pm–9pm Launch Party: Unveiling the World’s First AI Agent for Families & FriendsDavid Mumuni, Colton Kaplan Mission District AI & agentsSocial
Saturday, Dec 12fringe · outside the official week
- 11am–7pm AI Hackathon: Sales Copilot AI pickTatianaSF com, Yar Doroshenko waitlist AI & agentsGTM & growthHackathon
Nothing matches.
Source: the official SF Tech Week 2026 Luma calendar, pulled November 5, 2026. Listings change daily; the RSVP page is authoritative for time, venue and approval.
SF Tech Week 2026, answered from the calendar
When is SF Tech Week 2026?
SF Tech Week 2026 runs Oct 5–11, 2026, across San Francisco. It is one of the a16z-run Tech Weeks; LA Tech Week 2026 follows on Oct 12–18, 2026. There is no single venue — events are hosted independently across SoMa, the Financial District, South Beach and Union Square, with a second cluster around the Mission and Dogpatch.
Is SF Tech Week 2026 free?
Mostly. 2 of the 2 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.
How do you get into SF Tech Week 2026 events?
Every event is on Luma (https://luma.com/sftw) 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.
Which SF Tech Week 2026 events are best for AI founders?
Our picks are on this page, with a reason for each. The largest AI-focused rooms on the calendar right now are AI Hackathon: Sales Copilot AI (626 registered); Launch Party: Unveiling the World’s First AI Agent for Families & Friends (565 registered).
Where in San Francisco are the events?
Clustered in SoMa, the Financial District, South Beach and Union Square, with a second cluster around the Mission and Dogpatch. By listed neighbourhood as of November 5, 2026: Mission District (1). Plan by neighbourhood rather than by event — crossing the city between two evening events usually means missing both.
How is a Tech Week different from a conference?
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/.
How current is this page?
The event list is pulled from the official SF 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.
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