Communities in San Francisco

The largest and founding chapter of TiE, the global South-Asian-rooted entrepreneurship nonprofit. Runs year-round mentoring, angel investing (TiE Angels), charter-member networking, and pitch programs, and has empowered ~25,000 entrepre...

A technical community and VC firm founded in 2016 by ex-Facebook/Dropbox execs Ruchi Sanghvi and Aditya Agarwal, focused on the 'minus one to zero' pre-idea stage. Described as an 'anti-incubator'; over 1,000 technologists have joined to...

A 42,000 sq ft startup campus and first-check fund founded in 2020 by Furqan Rydhan, at Fort Mason in the Marina. Backs founders in AI, hardware, robotics, AR/VR, and content creation, with a CNC/3D-print hardware lab, media studio, and ...

The umbrella brand/community for SF's AI builder scene (the nickname coined for Hayes Valley's dense AI cluster). Runs co-working sessions in startup offices, a curated events newsletter, hackathons, and connects ML engineers, researcher...

A prominent AI hacker house / residency in the Bay Area (AGI House Hillsborough opened late 2022, AGI House SF late 2023). Hosts frequent hackathons drawing ~150 Bay Area techies, plus demo nights, workshops, and residencies for AI found...

The world's largest community of South Asian professional women (3,200+ members across 14+ countries), founded 2020 by Mythili Sankaran, Chitra Nayak, and Sruthi Ramaswami; membership is concentrated in the Bay Area. Programming spans le...

A nonprofit network of global Indian-diaspora leaders founded in 2012 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur M.R. Rangaswami (co-founder of Sand Hill Group). Convenes founders, investors, philanthropists, and policy leaders through forums and a ...

SF-based founder community (founded 2017) whose flagship ODF Founder Fellowship is a ~10-week program pairing early-stage founders with community, speakers, and support to find co-founders and conviction. Has helped 1,000+ companies rais...

An SF-based accelerator/residency (est. 2023, led by Dave Fontenot) offering a focused 12-week live-in residency for repeat and high-performing (often AI-heavy) founders, with up to $1M uncapped for ~5% equity, culminating in a Demo Day ...

UC Berkeley's flagship startup accelerator, a ~6-month program offering ~$200K for 7.5% with 900+ advisors and a Demo Day to 600+ investors. Anchors the East Bay founder community alongside UC Berkeley's research pipeline. Format: cohort...

The local chapter of the global Startup Grind community, running frequent fireside chats, founder panels, and networking (e.g., recurring 'Funded Female Founders' events) across the Bay Area. Also the host org for the annual Startup Grin...