This Week in SF AI — August 23, 2026
SF Bay Area AI and tech events for the week of August 23, 2026 through August 29.
Your weekly guide to AI and tech events happening in San Francisco this week.
Sunday, August 23
Build a Dataset, Fine-Tune a Model: One Night on Nebius - Open Reg
6:00 PM · Frontier Tower 🧑🚀, 995 Market St, San Francisco, CA 9410 · AI Events SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/build-a-datase
Monday, August 24
Womb Wetware Closing & De-install Party
5:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/wombwetware
The impact of AI on creation (The AI Collective x /interface)
3:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ta-8-24
Cumming AI + Coffee (w/ The AI Collective)
5:00 AM · First Watch, 355 Peachtree Pkwy Ste 200, Cumming, GA 30041, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-at-8-24
AI HR Forum #02: AI & Compensation (w/ AI Collective KC)
10:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/AIHR-02 Hos
speculative everything buildout
12:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/se-build
Tuesday, August 25
WeAreDevelopers Day - Chili con Coding
5:00 PM · 135 Main St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · SF Builders Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/weared-ek8q
Building the Physical Economy
5:00 PM · GenAI SF
Find more information on https://luma.com/genai-sf
How Top Startups Build Lean, AI-Powered GTM Stacks
5:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/sghq-73rn A
Live from SF : AI infra Startup Showcase
5:00 PM · San Francisco, CA, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/dt6233ym
Cash Pay to Covered: Agentic Insurance Ops for GLP-1s w/ Neon, Moc
5:30 PM · 435 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/h6kko30n
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/pjstsfhm
AI Book Club: Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch)
1:00 PM · AI Builders SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/j0l3hy2z Ho
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
AI Collective Macon Mixer (w/ The AI Collective)
3:00 PM · Churchills on Cherry, 557 Cherry St, Macon, GA 31201, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ma-8-25
Cherokee Co. Chapter Kickoff! (w/ The AI Collective)
3:00 PM · The Circuit, 1 Innovation Way, Woodstock, GA 30188, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ch-8-25
Wednesday, August 26
Agents & Bagels: Weekly meet up for agent builders
5:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/9c3mtnvj
Corey Quinn x Philip Kiely @ Natoma Cabana
5:00 PM · Natoma Cabana, 90 Natoma St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/gexguvs5
Trust3 AI + Snowflake: A Practitioner Session on Securing Agents A
5:00 PM · 135 Constitution Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/trust3ai-snowf
Mercor Enterprise AI Happy Hour
5:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/q95xewv9
Information Governance - The Foundation for Trusted and Effective
5:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-cr-8-25
Parenting with AI (w/ The AI Collective Kansas City)
5:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/ParentingWithA
AI Infra Sellers Meetup #6
5:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/ne02bctm
AI-pilled teams: Multiplayer demos ⭐️
5:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aipilled3 A
{AI} in Production with Inngest, Nebius Token Factory, Flox, & Min
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/inngest-77ls
San Francisco n8n Community Meetup with n8n Founder & CEO Jan Ober
6:00 PM · Digital Jungle SF, 972 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/n8n-9sxo
Turning Your Build Process Into a Content Engine by Obvious, Ordin
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/obvious-ordina
Creative Intelligent Machines Continuum: Luma maker night #1
6:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/cimc1 Addre
Hard Negatives Meetup | Engineers Debate Night with Qdrant & Neo4j
6:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/sf-meetup-aug2
We can’t control the rain, but we can bring an umbrella
2:30 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-kul-202608
TailscaleUp - The flagship conference for engineering, security, a
8:30 AM · SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/h576kwhi
Practical AI at Work: Turn Your Brand Guide Into an AI-Ready Skill
12:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/0egsw9cf Ho
How To Do More with AI Agents (AI Collective)
3:00 PM · South Tryon Street, S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ch-8-27
AI Tasting Room -(w/ The AI Collective Fayetteville, GA)
3:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-fa-8-26
Thursday, August 27
ROAST MY PR - Win a Mac Mini!
5:00 PM · GitHub, 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/roastpr Add
Demystifying Local AI: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get
5:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-sl-aug2026
Surreal Dinner Series: AI & Religion- Does AI Bring us closer to o
5:15 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/surreal-q3p7
Slack Agents Night | WorkOS x CopilotKit
5:30 PM · WorkOS, 660 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/copilo-x812
Daytona AI Builders - SF, August 2026
5:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/ai-builders-sf
How to get press without a PR agency
5:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/mftr5vet
Durable AI: Agent Context is Everything
5:30 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/durable-ai-aug
Fundraising Launchpad SF: Early-Stage AI Startups
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/jmic35nz
merge(happy_hour) -> open_inference
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/fufg0bg5
A Closed Door GTM Session: Channels, Budgets & Pricing for AI Prod
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/0d1zhcpg
Up After Dark - TailscaleUp’s Official Afterparty
7:00 PM · The Hibernia, 1 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/gkhrxqkw
Speculative Everything | Exhibition Showcase, Opening Night
7:00 PM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/speculative
PDX AI Expo 3rd Webinar
7:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-kul-202608
IA en Venezuela: del hype a la adopción real (w/ The AI Collectiv
6:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ca-8-27
Vibe Coding for Leaders: what it means for you and your teams (w/
7:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-sweden-bas
AI Game Plan for Micro & Small Businesses
9:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aibiz Addre
Step SF 2026: The AI & Tech Startup Festival
9:00 AM · The Midway, 900 Marin St, San Francisco, CA 94124, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/StepSF26
The Future of Work: The New Builder Role (w/ The AI Collective)
11:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-8-27 Ho
Automatizaciones + IA: el futuro del trabajo manual (w/ The AI Col
12:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/automatizacion
NJ AI Collective Kickoff
3:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-nj-8-27
From Tokenmaxxing to Valuemaxxing - Santana Row
4:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/ifswcdvd
From AI User to AI Builder - Base44 x AI Collective x UT McCombs M
4:00 PM · Robert B. Rowling Hall, 300 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Austin, · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/1hxal81p
Agentic AI series: Multi Agent Orchestration - Phinite x AI Collec
4:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-dallas-7-1
Friday, August 28
Coffeehouse by Ode with Anthropic
5:30 PM · Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/coffeehouse-sf
Platforms for the AI Era
5:30 PM · 1740 Technology Dr (Room: 120-Cranium) · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/eavisvo3
AI Loops in Action
5:30 PM · ERGO NEXT (NEXT Insurance), 975 California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 943 · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/inttvz2u
Demo Night SF: Ship AI Apps with Anthropic + Postman + Supabase +
5:30 PM · CANOPY Jackson Square, 595 Pacific Ave 4th floor, San Francisco, · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/august-SF-supa
Moving From Stuck to What’s Next (w/ The AI Collective)
5:30 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-sf-8-27
AI Nerd Meet Up
6:00 PM · SF Builders Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/vfrkoljv
Private Dinner: Scaling Demand Gen for B2B Tech Companies in 2026
6:00 PM · San Francisco, CA, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/rfbs2nka
Agent Context Without the Round Trip
6:00 PM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/n5ozj6uv
The New Cybersecurity Frontier: What Comes Next
6:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/genai-4kcx
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/d6624qrn
Build Your Application Vibe Coding with Claude (CoWork & Code)
9:00 PM · Build Club
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/z0zhy4ir
Beyond the AI Demo w/ Harry Uglow (w/ The AI Collective)
8:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-gl-8-28
Should we stop improving AI? (w/ The AI Collective)
8:30 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-la-8-28
Better Days: A Hackathon — San Francisco
9:00 AM · KOHO Co-Creative Hub, 1675 Post St 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 9 · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/clickh-sie8
The AI Collective Abidjan | Demo Night #2 — Des idées aux solut
11:00 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-ab-8-28
Robotics Simulation with NVIDIA Isaac Sim - AI Build & Learn
12:00 PM · AI Builders SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/8nf6v63n Ho
Beer, Pretzels & AI (w/ The AI Collective)
2:30 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-sp-8-28
RESONATE → A 757 music, art, tech, business, & community collisi
3:00 PM · Assembly, 400 Granby St, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aii0pwlm
Saturday, August 29
HeyGen is coming to Islamabad!!! | AI Avatar Pop-Up (w/ The AI Col
11:00 PM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/78_657 Addr
HerTech: Women in Engineering (Women-first, open to all)
2:30 AM · GenAI Collective
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/aic-women-in-e
Himalaya Robotics Hack
9:00 AM · San Francisco, CA, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/qa11srwr
Agent Harness Hackathon | Win an NVIDIA DGX Spark AI Supercomputer
9:00 AM · Bright Data, 625 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/agent-harness
Scrappy AI Founders Go Mountain Biking (seed to series A)
9:30 AM · GenAI SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/7v9dgfch
ACTIVATED SCULPTURE — Cardboard Construction & Projection Mappin
11:00 AM · tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA · AI Tinkerers SF
Get up-to-date information at: https://luma.com/projection
See all events on the full calendar.