SF Social Club - Nov 9th, 2025

Your backstage pass to SF's top tech & startup events this week

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Matthew Taksa
November 09, 2025

Hey SF Social Club, we’ve curated a list of over a dozen fantastic events coming up in SF!

SF Social Club is brought to you by Matthew Taksa (Investor at Cold Start Ventures). Since late 2022, I’ve hosted over 100 tech events in San Francisco and built a community of 10,000+ people along the way. Why? Because I’ve seen firsthand that the city feels most alive when founders, engineers, and dreamers come together in person.

Interested in getting involved?

Event Lineup 🍾

Nov 10th, 2025 - SF Awesome AI Dev Tools

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Hosted by Open Source for AI in San Francisco

​​​​You probably already know that AI is changing the world. Come learn about some of the awesome AI dev tools being worked on.

Nov 11th, 2025 - SF Experimentation Meetup

Time: 6pm - 9pm

Hosted by Statsig in San Francisco

​​✨ Experimentation can sometimes feel like pulling answers out of thin air — but when done right, it’s less sleight of hand and more science.

​​Join us for an engaging session that brings product builders together to uncover the experiments every team should know — and the stories behind how real companies use them to unlock growth.

Time: 4:30pm - 6pm

Hosted by South Park Commons in San Francisco

​Edwin Chen is the founder and CEO of Surge AI, the post-training and data lab that powers the frontier. Since 2020, Surge has grown to $1B+ in revenue by providing the human intelligence, rigorous evaluations, and high-quality data that ensure AI systems are safe, aligned, and world-class. Edwin studied math, computer science, and linguistics at MIT, and previously built large-scale systems at Google and Facebook.

Nov 12th, 2025 - Overnight Success: Vanta

Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Hosted by FPV Ventures in San Francisco

​​​Christina Cacioppo taught herself to code after leaving venture capital at USV because she realized the future belonged to people who build.

​The security compliance space in 2018? Nobody cared. Startups didn't need SOC 2. VCs told her the market was too small.

Now Vanta is worth $4.15 billion and serves 12,000+ companies.

Time: 5:30pm - 8pm

Hosted by Notion for Startups in San Francisco

​​​Harvey AI is rewriting the rules of law - and just hit a $5 billion valuation along the way. Join Notion’s co-founder Akshay Kothari in conversation with Harvey's co-founder & president Gabe Pereyra to unpack how they scaled Harvey to $100M+ ARR while redefining what AI can do in one of the world’s most regulated industries.

Time: 5:30pm - 8pm

Hosted by Jackson Square Ventures in San Francisco

Join the Jackson Square Ventures Book Club for an evening with Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, and author of That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea.

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Hosted by Baseten in San Francisco

​Cache Me Outside is a happy hour for the AI crowd that likes their inference fast and their cocktails strong. 🍸

​Baseten, Minimax, and CodeRabbit are bringing together engineers and AI leaders for an evening of great drinks, delicious food, and conversation—all with a stunning view of the Bay. 🌉

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Hosted by TechGames.xyz in San Francisco

​You're invited to a game of Tech Catan with a crowd of high signal founders, operators, & investors, presented by Techgames.xyz, Mailmodo & Wefunder.

  • If you're a statistically literate techy who also finds beauty in abstraction, you probably LOVE games. 🧠

  • Perhaps you also worked very hard this week and now you're looking to relax. 🔥

Nov 13th, 2025 - ElevenLabs | Networking Night in San Francisco

Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Hosted by ElevenLabs in San Francisco

​​Join us for an evening in our San Francisco office, just days after the excitement of our inaugural ElevenLabs Summit.

​This event offers a behind-the-scenes look at how ElevenLabs is redefining enterprise AI adoption - from the groundbreaking technology built by our engineers to the strategies driving our rapid global growth. You’ll hear real stories of innovation, impact, and scale directly from the teams making it happen, and see how our voice technology is transforming customer experiences worldwide.

Time: 6pm - 9pm

Hosted by Hardware FYI in San Francisco

​​​Join Hardware FYI and Onshape for an evening in San Francisco with engineers, industry leaders, and product developers – people who live and breathe building in the physical world.

​This is your chance to connect with some of the Bay Area’s most forward-thinking teams and enjoy great conversations over food and drinks.

Nov 14th, 2025 - The Rejection Challenge

Time: 1pm - 5pm

Hosted by Kathy Wang in San Francisco

​​The Rejection Challenge is a mini-hackathon for founders who want to build the muscle of bold action. The theme is “Failing is Passing.” You’ll go head to head with other founders in a live cold-email competition, reaching out to people you once assumed were out of reach. The goal is not to be perfect. The goal is to take high-leverage shots, learn fast, and prove to yourself that access is a skill you can train.

Time: 5:30pm - 8pm

Hosted by Elastic in San Francisco

​​​Join us for a hands-on evening exploring the intersection of AI and hardware, from coffee sensors to snarky LLMs.

​We’ll have live demos(you'll be able to try!) including:

  • ☕ Espresso Telemetry: an espresso machine that logs every shot in real time to Elasticsearch & Kibana. Watch your caffeine habits turn into insightful data visualizations.

  • 🖨️ Bad AI In A Box: a thermal printer powered by an LLM trained to generate objectively terrible advice. Print them. Collect them.

Nov 18th, 2025 - LiveKit DevDay

Time: 2pm - 7pm

Hosted by Frontier Tower in San Francisco

​​Join us for the first LiveKit Developer Day — a gathering for builders, developers, and partners who are shaping the future of voice AI.

​This event is an opportunity to connect with the LiveKit team, see what we’ve been working on, and explore how our community is using LiveKit in real-world applications.

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Hosted by Encord in San Francisco

​Calling All Developers: Join Us at GitHub HQ!​ Connect with fellow developers and AI enthusiasts, dive into lightning talks from industry experts, and swap insights over pizza 🍕.

Nov 20th, 2025 - CrewAI Signal 2025

Time: 8:30am - 7:30pm

Hosted by CrewAI in San Francisco

​​We are excited to announce CrewAI's second summit, CrewAI Signal, on November 20th in San Francisco, CA! 🚀

Join us for a day of deep dives into real-world AI Agent use cases, live demos, workshops, and networking with AI leaders. Learn how to leverage our open source and Enterprise platform to implement AI Agents into your business.

That’s it for this week!

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