EPIC Connector Afterparty — SF Tech Week Closing Night #SFTechWeek

Friday, Oct 9

6:30pm – 8:30pm

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Meet Founders. Meet Investors. See What They’re Building. 📅 October 9, 2026 · 6:30–8:30 PM 📍 San Francisco This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com Spent the day exploring what’s next in tech? Spend the evening with the people building it. This evening explores the path from model capabilities to useful applications, from early experiments to customer adoption, and from promising demos to growing companies. For founders, it’s a chance to show your work and discuss what comes next. For investors, it’s an opportunity to look beyond a pitch and understand the product, the problem, and the team behind it. 🔭 Featured Areas - Physical AI & Robotics - AI Infrastructure & Compute - Consumer AI & AI Applications - B2B SaaS & Enterprise AI - Fintech - Creative Tech & Media - Biotech - Deep Tech ... ✨ What to Expect 🎤 Meet the Founders Meet selected founders and hear directly from the people turning emerging technologies into real products and companies. 🤝 Meet the Investors Connect with venture investors, corporate venture teams, and investment professionals looking for the next generation of technology companies. 🚀 Live Product Demos See emerging products in action and understand the technology, problem, and team behind each company. 🥂 Afterparty & Networking Continue the conversation over drinks and light refreshments with founders, investors, builders, and technology leaders. 🗓 Agenda 6:30–6:50 PM · Arrival & Welcome Drinks 6:50–7:00 PM · Opening Remarks 7:00–7:50 PM · Founder Demo Showcase 7:50–8:30 PM · Open Networking 🎟 How to Join Demo Pitch Apply to showcase your product live and connect with investors, potential customers, partners, and fellow founders. VC Pass For active venture investors, corporate venture teams, family offices, and investment professionals interested in emerging technology companies. Standard For founders, builders, operators, researchers, product leaders, and ecosystem partners interested in discovering new technologies and meeting the people behind them. 🌎 About EPIC Connector EPIC Connector is a global innovation community connecting founders, builders, investors, and industry partners across AI-native and frontier technologies. - 80,000+ founders and builders - Presence across 10+ countries and regions - 2,000+ global technology events hosted - 200+ Product Hunt launches supported - 200+ global ecosystem partners - 10+ incubated products reaching significant recurring-revenue milestones website: evol.epicconnector.ai our community has connected with representatives from: CAS Venture Capital · RedNote · Dash VC · Argo Venture Partners · Chemonics Capital · Counter Culture Ventures · Quadri Ventures · ARTIS Ventures · Ajinomoto Group Ventures · MSA Capital · Ant Group · Yamaha Motor Ventures · Xora Innovation · Scale Asia Ventures · Crosspoint Capital · EnvisionX Capital · Omni Venture · Nexus Venture Partners · Tribe Capital · Future Energy Ventures · Sixty Degree Capital · NYX Ventures The best conversations of Tech Week start after the lights go down. This event is a part of #SF TechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.