Working schedule · July 20 – August 1, 2026

Draft agenda for SOTI San Francisco.

A day-by-day working list of events, visits, meetups, hackathons, arrivals and group moments the SOTI cohort may attend while in San Francisco. This is not a mandatory schedule: some events overlap, some require approval, and some are still tentative.

Format

Potential group agenda

Base

SOTI San Francisco Agenda

Status

Draft / evolving

Day 1 · Arrivals

Completed

Monday, July 20

Airport arrivals, first hotel logistics, and getting the group into San Francisco.

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15:15–15:50· SFO → SuperHeroHotel

Early SFO arrival group

Aitor Florensa + José Saura arrive together around 15:15; Marcos Valera arrives around 15:50. Good group to wait and go to the hotel together.

19:20–19:50· SFO → SuperHeroHotel

Late arrival group 1

Donagh arrives around 19:20; Borja Soler around 19:50. They can join if Donagh waits around 30 minutes.

20:05–20:46· SFO → SuperHeroHotel

Late arrival groups 2 + ORD

Álvaro Fernández + Juan Pablo arrive together around 20:05. Edu Albelda + Marcos Rincón arrive around 20:46 via ORD.

00:59, July 21· SFO

Late-night arrival

Daniel Jiménez arrives after midnight. Keep separate from the main July 20 groups unless someone is willing to wait.

Day 2 · First ecosystem day

Completed

Tuesday, July 21

A dense first day with investor/community options and several overlapping AI/building events.

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15:00–17:30· 101 Mission St, Suite 1115

Exponential in SF: Base10 Partners

Talk with Adeyemi Ajao and Rexhi Dollaku at Base10 Partners about operators/investors between Europe and SF.

Approval required / building needs attendee list

17:30–20:30· AWS Builder Loft / address shown after registration

Last Mile Agent Hackathon

Novita AI / AWS Builder Loft hackathon for agents that complete real-world tasks. Bring laptop.

Approval required

18:00–20:00· Exact address after registration

OpenAI Build Week Community Meetup

Hands-on community meetup for developers building with Codex/coding agents; demos, workflows and networking.

Approval required; overlaps with Base10, vLLM and Last Mile

Day 3 · GTM + deep tech

Completed

Wednesday, July 22

Morning investor access, then afternoon tracks around GTM, deep tech, and AI media.

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08:00–09:30· Pear VC - Pear Studio SF, San Francisco

Exponential in SF: Pear VC

Talk with Mar Hershenson, Managing Partner at Pear VC; Stanford PhD, Forbes Midas List, early investor in DoorDash, Vanta and Gusto.

Updated time/date: Wednesday July 22, 08:00–09:30 PDT

12:00–15:00· Frontier Tower @ Human Flourishing Back Salon · 995 Market Street, San Francisco

Founder Juice Bar: Fresh Juice & GTM Hot Seats - Members +3

Fresh juice, founder collaboration and hands-on GTM hot seats. Bring 1–3 slides and a laptop for feedback on customer acquisition, partnerships, community, distribution, growth, messaging and positioning.

Live / we're in

17:00–19:30· SFJAZZ · 201 Franklin St, San Francisco

Dwarkesh Unplugged, presented by WorkOS

Special evening with Dwarkesh Patel in conversation with Dr. Fei-Fei Li, co-founder and CEO of World Labs, on technology, AI and the future. WorkOS founder Michael Grinich also interviews Dwarkesh about building the Dwarkesh Podcast.

Approval required / space limited

Day 4 · Builder events

Completed

Thursday, July 23

Morning AI GTM breakfast, a Mercury GTM fireside at Founders, Inc., then OpenAI / Parallel, CTO networking, and a hands-on creative-agent workshop overlap in the afternoon.

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09:00–11:00· Corgi Cafe, San Francisco

Daytona & ZeroClick AI GTM Breakfast - SF @Corgi Cafe

Casual breakfast for AI Developer Tools GTM roles: devrel, marketing, partnerships, community, growth and field marketing. Coffee, pastries and conversations; no formal agenda.

Free general admission / hosted by Daytona & ZeroClick

14:00–15:00· Founders, Inc. | San Francisco Lab · Fort Mason

Off Season II: Fireside with Jason Zhang (Mercury)

Founder Speaker Series with Jason Zhang, co-founder & COO of Mercury, on GTM, growth, trust in fintech, distribution from zero and scaling Mercury into a $5B+ financial platform.

Private Luma event / registered

17:00–20:00· Address shown after registration

OpenAI Builder Lounge SF with Parallel

Coworking + connections with OpenAI for Startups and Parallel; demo, AMA, build time, dinner and demos.

Approval required / limited space

17:30–20:30· Magnific SF Office · 1169 Howard St, San Francisco

Building Creative Agents for Brands [Magnific Hacks]

Hands-on Magnific session to build a brand creative agent combining MCP, Magnific Agents and Design Nodes. Led by David Gómez-Rosado; bring laptop and a hard creative problem.

Registered / bring laptop / venue not ADA compliant

Day 5 · Exponential + hackathon / office visits

Completed

Friday, July 24

Exponential sessions, possible office/demo visits, and hackathon options across the day and evening.

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Time TBC· TBC

PostHog office / demo day

Potential group visit or demo-day style moment. Details still to confirm.

TBC

09:30–11:00· San Francisco · exact address shown after registration

Exponential in SF: Martín Casado

Live Exponential session with Martín Casado, GP of Infra at a16z and co-founder of Nicira, on why the AI revolution moves at the speed of the compute infrastructure behind it.

Private event / overlaps with Self-Evolving Agents Hackathon

09:30–19:30· DG717 · address shown to guests

Self-Evolving Agents Hackathon

Full-day hackathon for self-evolving and multi-agent systems. Team of up to 4; bring a strong technical idea.

Accepted / waitlist enabled

12:30–14:00· ElevenLabs SF office · 28 2nd St, San Francisco

Exponential in SF: ElevenLabs visit + story

Marcos Valera shares the ElevenLabs story from the San Francisco office: early days, joining the team early, scaling past $600M ARR, lessons from building a high-performance AI company, Q&A, and office visit.

Private Google Calendar invite

15:00–17:00· San Francisco · exact address shown after registration

Exponential in SF: Krea AI

Private Exponential event with Carmen (GTM & Ops) and Diego (Product Engineer) on building a high-performance GenAI startup from San Francisco. Krea AI was founded by Spanish founders Víctor Pérez and Diego Rodríguez, has raised $83M from a16z and Bain Capital Ventures, and works across AI image, video and 3D content creation/editing.

Approval required / private event

18:30–00:30· Founders, Inc. campus, Fort Mason, SF · exact location after registration

Night Hack by Founders, Inc.

One-night Founders, Inc. lab hackathon: build hardware, software, or both and ship something real. Live demos only: no slides, no localhost.

Pending approval / Builder ticket / overlaps with Self-Evolving Agents Hackathon

19:00–21:00· San Francisco · register to see address

JacHacks Pre-Hackathon Party

Pre-hackathon party before YC Startup School and JacHacks SF with founders, builders and hackers across the Bay. Free food and drinks, networking, limited spots.

Approval required / limited spots / overlaps with Night Hack

Day 6 · YC weekend + outdoor plan

Completed

Saturday, July 25

YC Startup School context, PostHog after-party, optional launch logistics, and a group bike ride across the bridge and hill.

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Time TBC· San Francisco

YC Startup School starts

Relevant ecosystem moment for the group. Use as anchor for nearby events and spontaneous meetings.

Time TBC· TBC

PostHog After Party @ Startup School ’26

Potential evening option connected to the Startup School crowd.

Details pending

07:00–11:00 window· Vandenberg / Lompoc viewing area

Optional: Starlink / SpaceX launch from Vandenberg SLC-4E

Saturday morning alternative to the July 28 night launch. Easier because it is weekend, but less visually spectacular because it is daylight. Requires driving down the night before or very early from SF; launch can still scrub or shift.

Optional / no tickets needed / public viewing around Lompoc

11:00–16:00· San Francisco · bridge and hill route TBC

Bike ride: bridge + hill

Group bike ride across the bridge and up the hill. Informal outdoor Saturday plan; exact meeting point and route still TBC.

Internal plan / route TBC

Day 7 · Hackathon + European community

Completed

Sunday, July 26

JacHacks, European founders at e2vc, and nearby Startup School side events.

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08:00–22:00· Founders, Inc. SF Lab · 2 Marina Blvd B300

JacHacks San Francisco

One-day AI hackathon for builders, founders, engineers, designers and students; backed by Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, Lovable, Base44 and more.

Pending approval / not accepted yet

15:00–18:00· e2vc · 545 2nd St, San Francisco

European Sundays in SF #2

European founder gathering for Europeans building in SF, hosted by Hugo Amsellem (Babylon), Enis Hulli (e2vc) and Michelangelo Valtancoli (Chaotica) at e2vc's new office.

You're in / approval required / overlaps with JacHacks

18:00–20:00· Reducto HQ, San Francisco · exact address after registration

Startup School Afterparty | by Vercel, Warp, Reducto, and Browserbase

Afterparty following Day 2 of YC AI Startup School for interns, engineers and founders, hosted by Browserbase, Warp, Reducto and Vercel. Food, drinks, swag and dev tools / infra people hiring across the board.

Hosted by Browserbase, Warp, Reducto and Vercel

Day 8 · Office visit + international engineers

Completed

Monday, July 27

Arc Risk private office visit, Antigravity's international-engineer session, then a focused late-night workspace with other builders in San Francisco.

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16:30–18:00· San Francisco · calendar invite link

Arc Risk office visit (private)

Private office visit. Click the Google Calendar link to get the calendar invite.

Private invite / calendar link

17:00–21:00· San Francisco · exact venue not indicated

Antigravity: How to Make SF Work

Afternoon for international engineers visiting San Francisco for YC Startup School, hosted by Antigravity Capital / Puentes. Covers immigration, how to think about the next move, five company showcases from teams hiring engineers, and a huge barbecue with local SF engineers/founders.

Monday July 27 / sign up required / barbecue

19:30–00:00· San Francisco, California

Pebblebed's Builders Late Night Café

Monthly Monday late-night builders café hosted by Pebblebed VC / Pebblebed Events. Bring laptop and a project; free barista-made coffee, pastries, focused tables and casual breaks with other builders.

Approval required / limited spots

Day 9 · Vandenberg option

Completed

Tuesday, July 28

Morning founder run, afternoon Happyrobot session, and two evening options: a Vandenberg launch side trip or SF Social game night.

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07:30–09:30· San Francisco · South Beach · address shared after RSVP

Founder x Investor Run: San Francisco

Active morning run bringing together founders, investors and builders. 5 km at conversational pace; walkers welcome too. Coffee and mingling afterwards.

Luma / waitlist enabled

15:00–17:00· San Francisco · Dogpatch · address shared after RSVP

Exponential in SF: Happyrobot

Official Exponential Happyrobot session with Quili (Strategy & Ops) on what it takes to build a high-performance GenAI startup from San Francisco. Happyrobot builds agents for the real economy and has raised $60M+ from YC, a16z and Base10.

Official Exponential Luma / private event

19:00–23:00 window· Vandenberg / Lompoc viewing area · Ocean Park recommended

Starlink / SpaceX launch from Vandenberg SLC-4E

Possible group side trip from San Francisco to see a Falcon 9 Starlink launch. Leave SF around 12:00–13:00 to reach Lompoc/Vandenberg viewing points by 17:30–18:30. Best case is a twilight “jellyfish” effect if liftoff lands near sunset; exact launch time can still shift.

Conflicts with Tony & Thibaut's Game Night / ~4.5–5h drive each way

19:00–00:00· SF Social Clubhouse · SoMa, San Francisco · address shared after approval

Tony & Thibaut's Game Night - A better way to meet people

Social game night built around dinner, board games and optional poker; positioned as a better way to make friends rather than transactional networking.

Approval required / 53 spots left / optional $25 game pass

Day 10 · Mercury pop-up + European Founder Room

Completed

Wednesday, July 29

Daytime Mercury founder-community pop-up at SŌHN, then the SOTI European Founder Room in the evening.

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09:00–16:00· SŌHN · 2535 3rd St, San Francisco

on Mercury - SF

Spend the day with Mercury at SŌHN Cafe: food and drinks on Mercury, a live DJ, founder-community conversations, and limited-edition merch for eligible IO / Mercury card holders while supplies last.

Free / registration open / no approval required

17:30–21:00· Frontier Tower @ Human Flourishing Back Salon · 995 Market Street, San Francisco

The European Founder Room - Members +3

Curated SOTI gathering for European founders/operators from the SF residency with investors, builders and friends met during the week.

Hosted by SOTI / official Luma

Day 11 · Hotel block shift

Completed

Thursday, July 30

Main hotel block transition plus possible AI pitch night.

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Time TBC· SuperHeroHotel

End of main hotel block

Room logistics change here. Some rooms are shortened and some people may stay beyond the main block.

17:30–20:30· Address shown after registration

AI Builders Pitch Night @ Brex

Founders Bay / You.com / Brex AI-focused pitch night with startup pitches, feedback, networking, audience voting and winners.

Day 12 · Revenue + closing options

Completed

Friday, July 31

Open working space at European Startup Embassy, late-stage GTM/revenue learning, and a lighter closing-night option.

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TBC / daytime· European Startup Embassy · 461 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94107

Open office + coworking at European Startup Embassy

Open workspace and rooftop coffee networking hosted by Vladimira Cincurova. SOTI is in touch with Vladimira; event requests should go via team@europeanstartupembassy.com.

In touch with Vladimira Cincurova

19:30–21:00· Herbst Theatre · 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

Tech Roast SF: Comedians Roast Techies

Socially Inept comedy show / Tech Roast Pro Max: comedians roast SF techies live on stage. Doors open at 18:30; 1h30; all ages; in person. Refunds up to 7 days before the event.

From $32.25

Day 13 · Departures

Completed

Saturday, August 1

Main departure day and last logistics.

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Time TBC· SFO

Main departures

Marcos departs around 17:40. Adrián and Mireia depart around 20:10. Marcos Rincón stays until August 6.