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23 gatherings upcoming ·across 12 cities

Nothing coming up in New York yet, so here's what's happening across the network.

This week

165 RSVPs

8 gatherings · 4 cities

  1. THU 27 AUG Ahmedabad AI Cafe : Ahmedabad edition 5 pm - 8 pm · House of Starts Jatin ChaudharyEkta ShahRuhi SalhotraAbhay Kushwaha 35 going Book your slot
  2. THU 27 AUG Ahmedabad Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm · Nehrunagar Vyas YuktiRuhi SalhotraBrijal KansaraDhara Pandya 8 going Apply to join
  3. SAT 29 AUG Pune FailCode Pune: Failure lessons from startups and operators 11 am - 1 pm · DevX ABZ Piyush Adwani 3 going Book your slot
  4. SAT 29 AUG Pune eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune 4 pm - 6 pm · Ideas To Impacts Baner Aakash DilliwarAbhijeet AdhavAry DaundChaitanya Badave 24 going Book your slot
  5. SAT 29 AUG Bengaluru eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru 6 pm - 8 pm · Founder Startup House Koramangala Abhijeet TomarAbhishek GuptaArun PAshraf Ali 63 going Book your slot
  6. SUN 30 AUG Hyderabad eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad 11 am - 1 pm · DraperU India Avinash BhukyaBhuvnesh SharmaGaddam ThrinathKunaal Sahu 18 going Book your slot
  7. SUN 30 AUG Bengaluru eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru 11 am - 1 pm · Founder Startup House Koramangala Abrar AslamAmar YahiyaMd RashidNidhi Yashwanth 14 going Book your slot
  8. SUN 30 AUG Bengaluru Partner event Startup & Investors Summit 2026: Bengaluru Edition 11 am - 5:30 pm · Scaler School of Technology · via allevents.in Register →
Next week

1 gathering

  1. SAT 5 SEP Hyderabad Hyderabad Startup Day 5:30 pm - 8 pm · DraperU India Book your slot
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