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21 gatherings upcoming ·across 11 cities

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

This week

110 RSVPs

8 gatherings · 4 cities

  1. THU 27 AUG Ahmedabad Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm · Nehrunagar Ruhi SalhotraHumera ShaikhKomal PrajapatiPuja Patel 4 going Apply to join
  2. FRI 28 AUG Ahmedabad AI Cafe : Ahmedabad edition 4 pm - 7 pm · House of Starts Jatin ChaudharyEkta ShahRuhi SalhotraAditya Diwan 15 going Book your slot
  3. SAT 29 AUG Pune FailCode Pune: Failure lessons from startups and operators 11 am - 1 pm · DevX ABZ Piyush Adwani 2 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 DaundAzlan Kaniyanpuram 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 GuptaAshraf AliAwanish Vishwakarma 50 going Book your slot
  6. SUN 30 AUG Hyderabad eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad 11 am - 1 pm · DraperU India Lenin kVeera Shankara Ravindra Reddy Kakarla 7 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 RashidSumanth 8 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 →
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eChai SF: AI Builders Forum San Francisco · Aug 2026 eChai SF : International Women's Day - Bring Your +1 San Francisco · Mar 2026 eChai: AI Founder's Circle in SF/Bay Area San Francisco · Feb 2026 eChai Women in Tech Mixer in San Francisco San Francisco · Dec 2025 eChai's San Francisco Startup Mixer San Francisco · Dec 2025 eChai SF : AI x Healthcare Meetup San Francisco · Nov 2025 eChai SF: Founder’s Food Truck Fest San Francisco · Oct 2025 eChai SF: Fund Raising for Startups - VCs Panel San Francisco · Oct 2025 San Francisco Startup Mixer San Francisco · Sep 2025 eChai SF: The AI Shift — Reinventing CX & GTM San Francisco · Sep 2025 eChai SF: Founder’s Food Truck Fest San Francisco · Aug 2025 eChai: Founder’s Food Truck Fest in Bay Area San Francisco · Aug 2025
  1. 18 Aug '26 San Francisco eChai SF: AI Builders Forum
  2. 8 Mar '26 San Francisco eChai SF : International Women's Day - Bring Your +1
  3. 12 Feb '26 San Francisco eChai: AI Founder's Circle in SF/Bay Area
  4. 18 Dec '25 San Francisco eChai Women in Tech Mixer in San Francisco
  5. 1 Dec '25 San Francisco eChai's San Francisco Startup Mixer
  6. 12 Nov '25 San Francisco eChai SF : AI x Healthcare Meetup Simran Suri
  7. 9 Oct '25 San Francisco eChai SF: Founder’s Food Truck Fest
  8. 2 Oct '25 San Francisco eChai SF: Fund Raising for Startups - VCs Panel
  9. 18 Sep '25 San Francisco San Francisco Startup Mixer
  10. 11 Sep '25 San Francisco eChai SF: The AI Shift — Reinventing CX & GTM
  11. 28 Aug '25 San Francisco eChai SF: Founder’s Food Truck Fest
  12. 7 Aug '25 San Francisco eChai: Founder’s Food Truck Fest in Bay Area
  13. 24 Jul '25 San Francisco VCs,Product Leaders & the 2025 Blueprint: Bay Area Edition
  14. 26 Jun '25 San Francisco eChai's AI x Product Dinner in Bay Area
  15. 12 Jun '25 San Francisco eChai: Women in AI SF Edition Manoj AdwaniHarsha BhuraniKoumal KalantryKumar Manish
  16. 5 Jun '25 San Francisco eChai: The Agentic Night - Live AI Agent Building Workshop with ZAMS
  17. 28 May '25 San Francisco eChai: The AI Gold Rush - Behind The Bets SF Akash Zalavadiya
  18. 12 May '25 San Francisco eChai: ScaleUp Social - SF Edition
  19. 6 May '25 San Francisco eChai: Startup Touchdown SF
  20. 30 Apr '25 San Francisco eChai: Startup Touchdown - SF
  21. 24 Apr '25 San Francisco eChai: AI Founders Circle in Bay Area Manoj AdwaniHarsha BhuraniKoumal KalantryMegha Verma
  22. 15 Apr '25 San Francisco San Francisco Startup Mixer
  23. 13 Sep '24 San Francisco Bay Area Startup Meetup
  24. 22 Jul '24 San Francisco Fundraising for Startups: Bay Area Edition
  25. 16 Nov '23 San Francisco Bay Area Startup Meetup
  26. 29 Sep '23 San Francisco Bay Area Startup Meetup
  27. 15 Sep '23 San Francisco Bay Area Startup Meetup
  28. 5 Sep '23 San Francisco SaaS Founders Meetup in San Francisco
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