Hello, BFC Fam! Get ready for an exciting week ahead with the most comprehensive summary of Bay Area events! This week, we have a total of 59 events lined up. Don’t miss out on these fantastic opportunities to connect, learn, and grow.
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Featured Event
AI Vibe Coding Workshop
- Hosted by: Bay Area Founders Club
- Sponsored by: HeyBoss AI
- Location: Online + Stanford University
- Time:
- In Person: SAT 24 MAY 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
- Online (Zoom): SAT 24 MAY 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
- Coupon Code: BFC15 (15% Off)
The AI for Good Institute
- Hosted by: AI for Good Institute
- Location: Online + Stanford University
- Time: 06/09/2025 – 06/29/2025
- Apply: Scholarships are available for a limited time. Use code BFC if accepted.
Bay Area Events for the Week of May 12
Monday, May 12
[CalibrateAI] Hack Day Micro-Conference
Presented by: [SF] Bay Area Builders
Hosted by: Adam Chan, Weaviate, Comet, AWS GenAI Loft, Megan Radney
Location: AWS GenAI Loft, 525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Time: 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM PDT
Brews & Big Ideas: SaaStr Pre-Party
Hosted by: Sprinto HQ
Location: San Mateo, California
Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
MCPs Meetup: unlocking the potential of AIs, APIs and agentic workflows
Presented by: All Things API
Hosted by: Sid Maestre
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 4:30 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
Rethinking Go-To-Market in the Age of AI
Presented by: SaaSBoomi
Hosted by: Sandeep Todi, Avinash Raghava, Sawyer Levy, Vikram Sivaraman
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
90/30 Club #2: ML Reading Group
Presented by: 90/30 Club
Hosted by: Lydia Nottingham
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT
Pre-SaaStr – Building the Intelligent Revenue Engine: AI agents Automating Recruiting, RevOps, Implementation & Growth
Presented by: Qlay
Hosted by: Toku Yamashita, Tom Nakata, Akshay Panse, Aseem Asthana, Archit Anand
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
AI Builders Social Night @ WhiteFiber
Presented by: AI Infra Social
Hosted by: Sihan Zhou
Location: Palo Alto, California
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
SemiAnalysis at MLSys
Presented by: SemiAnalysis
Hosted by: Michelle Shen, Dylan Patel
Location: Santa Clara, California
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
LMSYS Happy Hour at MLSYS
Hosted by: Yusi Chen, Yineng Zhang, Chenyang Zhao, Lianmin Zheng, Ying Sheng
Location: Sunnyvale, California
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM PDT
Tuesday, May 13
FC SF • Founders Run & Coffee!
Presented by: Founders Common
Hosted by: Founders Common, Nikki Heyder, Chris Ashley
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
AWS Startups | GenAI in FinTech: Unlocking Innovation in Disputes, Risk, and Payments Operations
Hosted by: Exequiel Barrirero, Emi, binbash LLC, Caetano, AWS GenAI Loft, Ignacio Gomez
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
GGW Pitch Bootcamp #8: Master Your Pitch
Hosted by: Go Global World
Location: zoom
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
AI X GTM SaaStr 25′ Happy House
Presented by: SignalFire Events
Hosted by: Tofu, Livia Han, Mitchell Yee, Elaine Zelby
Location: San Mateo, California
Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
From Apps to Agents: The Agentic AI Revolution hosted by Adopt AI, AWS & Elevation Capital
Presented by: Adopt AI
Hosted by: Deepak Anchala, Raman Agarwal, Krishna Mehra
Location: San Mateo, California
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Private VC / Startup Wine Tasting Mixer
Presented by: Murray – Open Future Forum and Friends
Hosted by: Murray
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT
SaaStr – AI Talks at Qlay with Qdrant and SambaNova: AI in Search and Code
Presented by: Qlay
Hosted by: Toku Yamashita, Tom Nakata, SambaNova Systems
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Built on Bedrock Demo Nights
Presented by: AWS GenAI Loft Events
Hosted by: AWS GenAI Loft, Arte Merritt
Location: San Francisco, California
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
🚀 SaaStr: AI Frontier–Scaling Agents & Driving Innovation with Unicorn Founders
Presented by: EntreConnect
Hosted by: EntreConnect, Mona Li
Location: Sunnyvale, California
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT