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Europeans in SF · July 2026
A private house for people building what comes next.
SOTI hosts one-week-plus residencies where founders, builders, operators, researchers, and creators live together, work on their own projects, and connect offline with a high-trust community.
Format
12-night residency
Location
San Francisco
Dates
July 20 – August 1, 2026
Capacity
20 selected residents
What it is
A residency, not a conference.
SOTI is built around a simple idea: the best online people should meet offline. Residents share accommodation, work side-by-side during the day, and use the city as a platform for dinners, office visits, informal talks, walks, and collaborations.
The San Francisco edition brings a European builder cohort into the Bay Area for focused time around startups, AI, product, distribution, and the local founder ecosystem. The goal is not a polished event funnel; it is a dense, trusted room where useful people actually spend time together.
Accommodation & pricing
Hotel block economics
Current working numbers for partners and sponsors. Final resident pricing can move if sponsorship covers part of the stay or programming.
Hotel
SuperHeroHotel, San Francisco
Block
July 20 – August 1, 2026 · 12 nights · 10 rooms
Shared room
€995/person total for the 12-night stay
People in the room
The profile is intentionally specific.
Early-stage founders building software, AI, consumer, infrastructure, and community-led products.
Technical builders: engineers, researchers, product-minded hackers, and people shipping their own projects.
Operators and GTM profiles working around growth, distribution, partnerships, and ecosystem-building.
Creators and community builders with strong taste, internet-native culture, and a bias toward making things happen.
European talent visiting SF to connect with the Bay Area startup ecosystem, founders, investors, and local communities.
Individual names are intentionally omitted from this public brief. The page is designed for external sharing without exposing private attendee details.
For investors, companies & collaborators
Useful ways to participate
Office visits & founder sessions
Bring residents into an investor, startup, lab, or partner office for a focused session with people who are actively building.
Demo nights & build sprints
Collaborative formats where residents can show what they are working on, get feedback, and meet relevant operators or investors.
Sponsored access
Sponsors can reduce individual costs, cover specific moments such as meals or programming, or support selected residents.
Why SF
The Bay Area is the right density for this cohort.
The residency sits close to the startup, AI, investing, and technical communities that residents want to learn from and contribute to. It creates a soft landing for European builders while giving local partners access to a tight group that is already motivated, skilled, and in motion.
Programming style
Lightweight and high-trust: dinners, talks, visits, working sessions, demo moments, and spontaneous collaborations.
Sponsor fit
Best for investors, AI/devtool companies, founder communities, local ecosystem builders, and teams looking for high-signal European talent.