This Week in SF AI — August 9, 2026
SF Bay Area AI and tech events for the week of August 9, 2026 through August 15.
Your weekly guide to AI and tech events happening in San Francisco this week.
Sunday, August 9
Designing Motherhood: Michelle Millar Fisher in Conversation with
1:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/designmom A
TDSF #17
3:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/tdsf17 Addr
Monday, August 10
AI Roundtable #26: AI, Identity, & the Future of Expertise (w/ AI
10:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-kc-roundta
Tuesday, August 11
Speculative Everything | Speculative Everything book club
7:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/se9 Address
TIAT Basement Beat Battle
7:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/q3zhwexn
Governing AI in the Enterprise: Risk, Security & Trust
12:30 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/hm3545ys
Office Hours (w/ The AI Collective)
2:00 PM · TolHouse, 1447 N Summit St, Toledo, OH 43604, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/tol-office-hou
Work in the GenAI Era: From AI Pilots to AI-Native Organizations (
2:30 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ha-8-4
ATL Tech Week Buckhead Happy Hour (w/ The AI Collective)
3:00 PM · Bucket Shop Cafe, 3475 Lenox Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-at-8-11-1
Founder & Investor Coffee Chat
3:30 PM · Build Club
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/1y6jw3qm
Wednesday, August 12
Got an AI Business Idea? Pitch It
5:00 PM · The House by Edge & Node, Building 103, 103 Montgomery St, San Fr · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/kw0izstx
Techno Retro Poetics w/ Ana María Caballero & Halim Madi
6:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/technoretropoe
Founders 5k Sunset Run with Lore and LlamaIndex
6:00 PM · Sue Bierman Park, Washington St &, Drumm St, San Francisco, CA 94 · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/4iiiprxj
Slash X Temporal After Hours ☕
7:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/slash-a5ml
Build Your Second Brain & Automate Your Marketing with Agentic AI
9:30 PM · Build Club
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/4tacwmsx
Next Horizon: Mastering Skills for Building AI ready data foundati
1:30 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-skills-ai-
Practical AI at Work: Build an Automated Inbox Hero
12:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/81m5s002 Ho
Founders Build Day: An afternoon of building for Early-Stage Found
1:00 PM · Pendo, 140 2nd St #600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · AI Events SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/kfouoxdq
Frontier Day: Building an AGI-Pilled Company
1:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/frontier-day-s
Building With AI: Hackathon Office Hours (w/ The AI Collective)
3:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-st-8-12
Startup Founders | Chicago x Marketing Partner: Build Club
4:00 PM · Midwest Coast Brewing Company, 2137 W Walnut St, Chicago, IL 6061 · Build Club
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/crhdlrvb
AI Tech & Startup Night x Marketing Partner: Build Club — Chicag
4:00 PM · Midwest Coast Brewing Company, 2137 W Walnut St, Chicago, IL 6061 · Build Club
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/vzwjygyc
Thursday, August 13
Recursively Self-Improving AI & AI Neofactories
5:00 PM · JJ Lake Business Center, 340 E Middlefield Rd, Mountain View, CA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/0dyai815
Voice AI Workshop - SF Bay Area
5:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/agoraio-cbba
Fundraising Launchpad SF: Early-Stage AI Startups
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/jmic35nz
Artificial Analysis: Inference, Measured
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/0ukamlad
Build Your First AI Sales Agent
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/simular-23ua
AIC SF Chapter Team & Volunteer Get-Together (w/ The AI Collective
6:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-sf-team-ge
AI and the future of Work - The AI Collective
6:00 PM · Beaverton, OR, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-po-7-31
Matrescence: How Motherhood Rewires the Brain
7:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/10c3r68g
VCN #49: The Swarm
7:00 PM · Frontier Tower 🧑🚀, 995 Market St, San Francisco, CA 9410 · AI Events SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/vcn-49-the-swa
PDX AI Expo Extended Edition
7:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-kul-202608
Vibin’ Out | AI Collective - Stamford | (w/ The AI Collective)
7:00 AM · Shippan Landing, 262 Harbor Dr 1st Floor, Stamford, CT 06902 · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-st-8-13
MongoDB.local Build Fest: San Francisco
9:00 AM · Pier 48 - Lot #39, Pier 48, Shed A, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/30zl4ix9
Biopharma Hack Day at AWS
9:30 AM · SF Builders Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/pharma-hack-da
Lunch & Hack Online Series: Decision-Making & Guardrails. Building
10:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-gl-8-13
The Persistent Context Sprint Hackathon | Live at MongoDB .Local B
12:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/3ck0cd9g
Vibe Night Midtown (w/ The AI Collective and #ATLTechWeek)
3:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-at-8-13-1
Scrappy AI Founders Play Pickleball (seed to series A)
4:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/gq1avl28
From AI User to AI Builder - Base44 x AI Collective (Chicago)
4:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/hqwe2s7q
Friday, August 14
Ditch the Deck SF- AI Show not Tell
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/secf21bn
Founder Dinner
6:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/vxq5depn
AI for Science Demo Night @ Edison Scientific
6:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/worldwide-1i1a
touchdesigner
7:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/touchdesigneri
Command Line Music - Auwen Workshop
7:00 PM · 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/oi8alqcu
Founder Fridays: The AI Collective x Unstuck Labs
10:30 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-dc-8-14
Open-Source Music Generation: Text-to-Music & Lyrics-to-Song - AI
12:00 PM · AI Builders SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/2emw9rxu Ho
Saturday, August 15
Saturday AI cafe at Burnside library (w/ The AI Collective)
7:30 PM · Burnside Library, 401 Greenhill Rd, Tusmore SA 5065, Australia · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ad-8-15
The Invisible Hand: How AI is Quietly Shifting Power in Pakistan (
4:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-is-8-15
Next Stop: Antigravity Games [Indonesian]
5:30 AM · Build Club
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/vvvcffk2 Ho
Learn to build AI Agents using Hermes (w/ The AI Collective)
7:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-de-8-15
SUMMER BREAK - ENJOY AI-FREE TIME IN THE COTTAGE!
8:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-fi-summer-
Zero-Human Company Hackathon by Terac
9:00 AM · San Francisco, CA, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/d7vavxhk
VCN #50: Own the Stack
10:00 AM · Frontier Tower 🧑🚀, 995 Market St, San Francisco, CA 9410 · AI Events SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/vcn-50-own-the
The Rise, Fall, And Rise of AI (w/ The AI Collective)
10:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ch-8-15
Little Lifeform Model: Baby Yoga Led by a One-Year-Old
1:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/babyyoga
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