🔦 Spotlight
LA Tech Week 2026 reaches its midpoint Wednesday with events spanning AI, venture capital, entertainment, deep tech and more. Explore the day’s lineup by neighborhood below and decide which corner of the city deserves a place on your calendar.
BEL AIR
5:30 PM
- The NOVUS Garden Society: See Details Here
NOVUS
6:00 PM
- Founder Happy Hour with ElevenLabs, Koah Labs, Rho, and Verci: See Details Here
Verci
BEVELRY HILLS
12:30 PM
- Wellness Mansion: Reboot + Rejuvenate: See Details Here
ZeroToIP, Kinetic Bridge
5:00 PM
- The Art of Being Supported AF: Sound Bath + convo w/ Amanda Frances & HatDay - It’s handled: See Details Here
HatDay, Amanda Frances
- The Capital Stack for SoCal Enterprise Tech: See Details Here
Ritual Ads®
6:00 PM
- MUSA Capital x L4L :: Circular Economies Meet-up: See Details Here
Looks For Lease Technologies inc., Musa Capital
7:00 PM
- Series B and beyond Mansion Party: See Details Here
Motive Workforce, ZeroToIP, Kinetic Bridge
- The Human Side of AI - Umbrella @Gravitas: See Details Here
Umbrella.live
BURBANK
5:30 PM
- Burbank Tech Talks: See Details Here
Rising Tide Partners
7:00 PM
- Ugly Talk: AI, Entertainment, and Content Creators: See Details Here
Ugly Talk
CULVER CITY
11:00 AM
- AI-Native Services Summit with Fika and Emergence: See Details Here
Fika Ventures
2:00 PM
- AI Media Career Fair: See Details Here
AI on the Lot
- Pitch4Capital.com Funding Day Founder–Investor Mixer: See Details Here
Pitch4Capital.com
5:00 PM
- Techstars Aerospace & Defense Happy Hour w/ US Space Force and NASA JPL: See Details Here
Techstars Space
- Mexico Meetup: Building, Funding, & Scaling Cross-Border: See Details Here
Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles
- From Culture to Commerce: Building Brands for a Global Consumer: See Details Here
Afro Diaspora Connect
6:00 PM
- speedrun Insiders VIP Dinner - Invite Only: See Details Here
a16z speedrun
- The Agency Intelligence Era What Happens When AI Becomes Infrastructure?: See Details Here
COR
- L.A. MADE @ Native Foreign: See Details Here
Native Foreign
6:30 PM
- Digital Discipleship: Navigating AI with Wisdom: See Details Here
Pauline Books & Media
8:00 PM
- The Creator Table: See Details Here
SKYDEAS, Sanctuary LA, The Basic Host
DOWNTOWN
10:00 AM
- How Women Invest x WMNfintech by BMO & 1871: Operator, Corporate & CVC Lunch: See Details Here
How Women Invest, 1871
12:00 PM
- Robots Above LA: See Details Here
Rovex Technologies Corporation
2:00 PM
- [The Future of Sports AI: Building Toward LA28]: See Details Here
Sunstone Management, Inc, Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School
4:00 PM
- Consumer tech creative lounge: See Details Here
trmnl4, Flyer One Ventures
- Build Anywhere, Scale Everywhere: Global Founders Picnic: See Details Here
Afro Adventurer
5:00 PM
- STAN LA: Pitch & Connect: See Details Here
STAN - Science & Technology Angel Network, Triple S Ventures
5:30 PM
- Health Tech Panel: See Details Here
Stri Health
- TCSI's Headshot Happy Hour: See Details Here
The Cyber Security Intellects
6:00 PM
- Pitch and Startup Networking by Startup Valley: See Details Here
Startup Valley
7:00 PM
- THE 1,000 STRANGERS EXPERIMENT. 5 scoops of ice cream, 5 introductions and human connection: See Details Here
Zee Labs
7:30 PM
- Prediction Markets for Clinical Trials: See Details Here
Endpoint Arena
EL SEGUNDO
10:30 AM
- Building at the Speed of Defense - A PwC Space & Defense Tech Executive Roundtable: See Details Here
PwC
3:00 PM
- Mission Critical: AI Meets Aerospace & Defense at The BR-DGE x DTI: See Details Here
AI LA, Goodfin, SpaceWerx
4:00 PM
- The New Map of Global Investment: See Details Here
Arizona Commerce Authority, KPMG
5:30 PM
- An Evening at Love.Life Longevity Club: See Details Here
Love.Life
7:00 PM
- Gundo Meetup!: See Details Here
Strelitzia Entertainment
- Agentic AI Design & 3D Metal Printing - Precixion Dinner: See Details Here
Precixion Inc.
7:30 PM
- The Real Founders Dilemma: Building vs Joining: See Details Here
General Matter
8:00 PM
- Gundo Bonfire: See Details Here
Discipulus Ventures
INGLEWOOD
6:00 PM
- Built Fast. Secured Smart. Cybersecurity for the Vibe-Coded Era: See Details Here
Genfinity Cyber
MALIBU
11:30 AM
- Scaling Long-Form AI Video with MCP: See Details Here
GMI Cloud
7:00 PM
- Founder & Creator Dinner: See Details Here
The Collective
MARINA DEL REY
10:00 AM
- Quantum: From Research to Real-World Impact ⚛️: See Details Here
USC Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California (USC)
4:30 PM
- LA's Deep Tech Ecosystem: Aerospace, Robotics, and Defense Startups: See Details Here
Unlock Venture Partners, Mandala Space Ventures, Serve Robotics, SoCal Deep Tech
6:00 PM
- LA Biotech Community Rooftop Social hosted by Nucleate LA: See Details Here
Nucleate LA
- PROOF L.A.™ — Build It. Prove It. Deploy It.: See Details Here
HTCJ Venture Studio Inc
7:00 PM
- Ugly Talk: Tech Founders and Builder Open Mic and Mixer: See Details Here
Ugly Talk
MID CITY
8:00 AM
- Coworking @ Intersections LA: See Details Here
Intersections LA
5:30 PM
- Penthouse Investor Soiree: See Details Here
The Cap Table Co.
OTHER
8:00 AM
- FATHOMWERX Summit - Port Hueneme: See Details Here
Matter Labs
11:00 AM
- From Noise to Knowledge: A Free Generative AI Deep Dive: See Details Here
Variational media
2:45 PM
- AI x Science: See Details Here
Mensch AI
5:00 PM
- GO Scout Hackathon: Your Production Cheat Code to Reduce Costs and Maximize Efficiency: See Details Here
Global Objects, ISS Studios, Microsoft
5:30 PM
- Orbital Edge Accelerator Networking Reception: See Details Here
International Space Station National Laboratory - Orbital Edge Accelerator, Fenwick
6:00 PM
- Untapped Ventures LP Dinner - Los Angeles: See Details Here
Untapped Ventures
7:00 PM
- Israel’s Business Ecosystem: Innovation, Growth & Global Impact: See Details Here
TAMID Group
8:00 PM
- Unlocking Cognitive Performance: See Details Here
Soma
PACIFIC PALISADES
6:00 PM
- Inside Planhat : An Evening on the Pacific for Post-Sales Leaders: See Details Here
Planhat Inc
PASADENA
1:00 PM
- The Future of Family Building: Tech, Fertility & Equality: See Details Here
Hera Family Planning
6:00 PM
- Climate Commons: The Water-Energy Nexus & Startup Showcase: See Details Here
Innovate Pasadena, Climate Commons
PLAYA VISTA
9:00 AM
- The Human Edge: AI, Nature, & Intel: See Details Here
Mark Mitchell
10:00 AM
- The Future of Autonomous Retail: AI & Robotics Modernization: See Details Here
National Autonomous Retail Initiative (NARI), Manna Smart Retail Inc
3:00 PM
- J.P. Morgan -The Intersection of Technology and Wellness: See Details Here
JPMorgan
4:00 PM
- Highways in Space: See Details Here
Inversion
5:00 PM
- Freeze Your Timeline: Fertility Meets Personalized Data: See Details Here
Sunfish
SANTA MONICA
6:00 AM
- Don't Be a Frango Lifting Club - Midweek Pump: See Details Here
Oxus Finance
7:00 AM
- Dawn Patrol Surf Meetup: See Details Here
Next Wave Marketing
- Founder Soccer: See Details Here
Honor Mention
8:00 AM
- Run & Raise 5k: See Details Here
DealMaker, Deel
- The Scaling Transition: Consumer Tech & SaaS — Founders Breakfast: See Details Here
The Growin Lab
8:30 AM
- AI for Housing: Tech to End the Crisis: See Details Here
TurboPermit, HomeRES, Verustruct
9:00 AM
- Trustbridge x Vulcury: An Investor Breakfast: See Details Here
Vulcury Venture Studio and Advisors
- Brex + Puppy Sphere Yoga: See Details Here
Brex
- Coffee, Cards & Commerce in an Agentic World with Visa: See Details Here
Visa
10:00 AM
- Bridgertech Brunch - where hollywood courts innovation: See Details Here
Nuleep and Global Partners
- The Rise of AI Security Agents: Defend at Machine Speed: See Details Here
Amazon Web Services
10:30 AM
- founders walk: See Details Here
true
11:00 AM
- Founder meets Marketing: See Details Here
Aim-Hi
12:00 PM
- LA Tech Week Life Sciences Lunch: See Details Here
Reitler Law
- The CPG Accelerator Map: The Right Program for Your Next Milestone: See Details Here
AcceleratorCON, SHOPLINE
1:00 PM
- World Models: The Next Frontier for Media & Entertainment: See Details Here
Amazon Web Services, Reactor, Elorian
2:00 PM
- Startup Founder Stories: Live & Uncut: See Details Here
Mucker Capital
3:00 PM
- surprise it's a speedrun pop up @: See Details Here
speedrun
- From Search to Answers: The Future of Entertainment Discovery: See Details Here
Emberos
4:00 PM
- Accountability That Actually Works: A Playbook for First-Time Founders: See Details Here
LeadrPro
- APIs & Aperol: A Rooftop Social Hour w/ Vonaget: See Details Here
Vonage
- Beyond the Deck: AI Storytelling for Studios & Audiences: See Details Here
Giant Leap Media Ventures
- The Non-Diluted Stack: Funding Growth with SBA Debt, CDFIs, and Grants: See Details Here
California Bank & Trust, PACE-LA
- Experience The Best of AI filmmaking Network #Neu Wave AI Film Fest: See Details Here
Neu Wave AI films
- Preparing for your Raise: See Details Here
Qapita
4:30 PM
- AI-Native Value Creation: A PE Operating-Partner Fireside: See Details Here
Sunrise AI, Archetype
5:00 PM
- Executive Roundtable: Future of Work: See Details Here
All Good HR / Founders Foundry
5:30 PM
- Future Legacies Series: Beauty Tech at Scale: See Details Here
Well Network, Helios & Partners
- Building for Government: LA Govtech Happy Hour: See Details Here
Edwin
- Marketplace Meetup: See Details Here
Everything Marketplaces
6:00 PM
- AI Agents Speakeasy with LiveKit & Modal: See Details Here
LiveKit, Modal
- Advertising & Marketing Mixert: See Details Here
Technology Founders of America
- Pitch Roast: Young Founders Edition: See Details Here
Newgen Venture Partners
- Internet Icon Awards™: Women Who Define Tech & Culture See Details Here
OFNDS Corp.
- Build and Deploy an App in Minutes!: See Details Here
St. Monica Preparatory
- Unpacked 2.0: A Midweek Happy Hour for Creative Women in Tech: See Details Here
PRISM Carry
- Lowenstein Sandler and Qapita/Punch Financial Dinner During LA Tech Week: See Details Here
Lowenstein Sandler LLP, Punch Financial (a Qapita Inc Company)
- Claude Lawyer v. Real Lawyer: See Details Here
The Sege Law Practice
6:30 PM
- Antler Operator and Future Founder Dinner: See Details Here
Antler
- Rho x Grit Capital x FIC Founder Dinner: See Details Here
Rho, Grit VC
7:00 PM
- [Photo Disco - Play The Room] - A Real World Camera Game Night: See Details Here
Photo Disco Games
- THE AI-NATIVE INFLUENCER AGENCY - How AI agents are changing the way creator campaigns run: See Details Here
Dubme GmbH
- Regenerative Impact for Founders & Investors: See Details Here
Armah Ventures
- The Operators Table: Scaling Series A - C Startups — The Decisions That Matter Most: See Details Here
Leaf International Corp
SOUTH LA
9:00 AM
- Surf Sessions @ Furl Beach Club: See Details Here
furl.ai
6:00 PM
- GENERATIVE VS. AGENTIC AI What's the Difference & How Builders Are Using Them Today: See Details Here
TutorD LLC, Stripe, The Kinn
6:00 PM
- Testify & Pitch: Faith, Sacrifice & The Courage to Build: See Details Here
Testify & Pitch, AcceleratorCON
7:30 PM
- Match Makers: WMNfintech by 1871 x BMO LAFC Soccer Game: See Details Here
1871, BMO Harris Bank
TORRANCE
4:30 PM
- Building AI for the Physical World: See Details Here
Orrick, Bessemer Venture Partners, Harmoni, JPMorgan
6:00 PM
- From Wakeboats to Workboats: Inside Arc's Commercial Program: See Details Here
Arc
VENICE
9:00 AM
- HIIT & Hustle: Rally Beachside Workout See Details Here
Rally Group Limited
- Coworking @ Day One: See Details Here
Day One Partners
- Google Codelabs at: See Details Here
Google for Developers
9:30 AM
- LA Mornings: Investor Breakfast: See Details Here
Trustbridge
- The Visionary Edge: 10x Thinking and Agentic Architecturek: See Details Here
Google for Startups
10:00 AM
- Demo Day - Second Time Founder Edition: See Details Here
Nerdstage, SimpleClosure
- 2nd Annual Health & Wellness Innovation Summit: See Details Here
ionava
11:00 AM
- Pickleball, Sports Tech, and Recovery In Venice Beach: See Details Here
Rally Pickleball Association
12:00 PM
- Sushi Night Vol.2: Japanese Beauty, Culture & AI: See Details Here
SILK THE RICH USA Inc.
12:15 PM
- From Efficiency to Expansion: Optimizing Models, GTM, and Growth: See Details Here
Google for Startups
3:00 PM
- Canada Reception: See Details Here
Consulate General of Canada – Los Angeles, AI LA
- Beyond Borders: Scaling Consumer Brands in the U.S.: See Details Here
Plug and Play
4:00 PM
- Successfully Scaling in the AI Era: Capital & Growth: See Details Here
Kranz Consulting
5:00 PM
- BAM Octoberfest: See Details Here
BAM Ventures
5:45 PM
- J.P. Morgan Software Leaders & Investors Forum: See Details Here
J.P. Morgan
6:00 PM
- A New Creative Stack: How AI Is Reshaping Content: See Details Here
CreatorTech.ai
- Drinks & Data: An AI Happy Hour: See Details Here
March Capital, Databricks, Fenwick
- Founder Golden Hour w/ Fin, Fireworks, Vanta: See Details Here
Fin, Fireworks, Vanta
7:00 PM
- AI in Commerce by Kinect: See Details Here
Kinect
- Investing in 2026: Dinner with Founders & Investors: See Details Here
Fundrise
VIRTUAL
7:30 AM
- Mobility & Mingle [virtual]: See Details Here
mobius
9:30 AM
- Your company adopted AI. What data is it attached to and what can it do?: See Details Here
Outhora AI
10:00 AM
- Hard Earned Lessons from Building Hardware: See Details Here
Hardware Velocity
11:00 AM
- AI visibility is every agency's goal. But getting cited by AI is only half of the win.: See Details Here
DragonflyAI
- Don't Give Your Agent the Keys: Put a Check-Blocker Between Your Apps and the LLM: See Details Here
Outhora AI
11:30 AM
- Growth Teardown LA: 5 Companies in 60 Minutes: See Details Here
Juliet AI, Inc.
1:00 PM
- Funding Readiness: Seed & Series A for Founders: See Details Here
Luvira Consulting, NanoGC
2:00 PM
- Translate Your BA Into a Tech Career: See Details Here
Translating Your BA
- PRE-INCORPORATION TRAINING DAY: CREATE THE NEXT OPENAI FOUNDATION: See Details Here
WHO MENTORS YOU INC.
5:00 PM
- AI for Solo Founders: Virtual Coffee Chat & Networking: See Details Here
Leago AI, Inc.
WESTSIDE
10:30 AM
- From AI Experimentation to AI Adoption: See Details Here
Paradigm Systems
1:00 PM
- Building Better Trading Strategies with AI: See Details Here
AI Velocity Trading
4:00 PM
- AI Unscripted: See Details Here
Momentum Impact, AI LA
5:00 PM
- Premier Creator Economy Event by Pioneer Square Labs & Yamaha Music Innovations Fund: See Details Here
Yamaha Music Innovations Fund, Pioneer Square Labs
6:30 PM
- AI WRITES A MOVIE (WITH ADULT SUPERVISION): See Details Here
Storybrain Corp
WESTWOOD
12:00 PM
- An Intimate Lunch for the Defense Industry: See Details Here
Braav
5:00 PM
- Legendary Ventures: See Details Here
Legendary Ventures
Each session provides unique opportunities to gain insights, network, and explore various fields of tech innovation. For updates or more event information, visit the official Tech Week calendar.
