\ud83d\udd26 Spotlight<\/p>\n
The workweek may be winding down, but LA Tech Week 2026<\/a> is not finished yet. Friday\u2019s events are organized by neighborhood below, making it easier to choose where to spend the day before the week shifts into its weekend programming.<\/p>\n ARTS DISTRICT<\/p>\n 9:00 AM <\/p>\n 7:00 PM <\/p>\n BEL AIR<\/p>\n 10:30 AM <\/p>\n Bel Air Mansion Creative Brunch: Investors, & Artists: See Details Here BEVERLY HILLS<\/p>\n 8:00 AM <\/p>\n Founders & Builders: Morning Walk\/Run + Coffee Meetup: See Details Here 8:00 PM <\/p>\n CULVER CITY<\/p>\n 8:30 AM <\/p>\n Where, not How: a Roundtable on Scaling AI Adoption: See Details Here 11:30 AM <\/p>\n 4:00 PM<\/p>\n DOWNTOWN<\/p>\n 12:30 PM <\/p>\n Rocket Launch: A USC Builders Night by TroyLabs: See Details Here 1:00 PM <\/p>\n 2:00 PM<\/p>\n Inner Alignment: Experience Self-trust in Navigating Complexity: See Details Here 2:30 PM <\/p>\n From Story to Revenue: How AI Is Reshaping Microdrama: See Details Here 3:00 PM <\/p>\n Reinventing AI Infrastructure: See Details Here 5:00 PM<\/p>\n Built Different: Outliers, Underdogs and the Next Breakout: See Details Here 5:30 PM<\/p>\n 6:00 PM<\/p>\n The Music AI Can’t Hear: What’s Actually Missing from the Future of Sound: See Details Here 6:30 PM<\/p>\n HR & PEOPLE LEADERS ROOFTOP HAPPY HOUR . Leadership Signals: See Details Here HOLLYWOOD HILLS<\/p>\n 12:00 PM <\/p>\n Early stage co-founder matching: Virtual Speed Networking: See Details Here<\/a> MARINA DEL RAY<\/p>\n 3:00 PM <\/p>\n South Asians Shaping Digital Media: See Details Here<\/a> 7:00 PM <\/p>\n Tech Industry Speed Networking Marina Del Rey: See Details Here<\/a> OTHER<\/p>\n 8:30 AM <\/p>\n Wedbush Ventures x Women in Product Breakfast: See Details Here<\/a> 10:00 AM <\/p>\n 12:00 PM <\/p>\n 2:30 PM <\/p>\n 5:00 PM <\/p>\n Get Wired with Senra Systems!: See Details Here<\/a> 6:00 PM <\/p>\n 6:30 PM<\/p>\n 7:00 PM <\/p>\n PASADENA<\/p>\n 12:00 PM <\/p>\n 4:00 PM <\/p>\n Pasadena Ascends: VIP Closing Reception, Hosted by Wedbush: See Details Here<\/a> PLAYA VISTA<\/p>\n 10:00 AM <\/p>\n AI LAX Summit – Culture meets AI: See Details Here<\/a> 6:00 PM <\/p>\n SANTA MONICA<\/p>\n 8:15 AM <\/p>\n 8:30 AM <\/p>\n Silicon Beach Volleyball Social: See Details Here<\/a> 10:00 AM <\/p>\n Gen AI Observability for Engineering Leaders: See Details Here<\/a> 11:00 AM <\/p>\n 1:00 PM <\/p>\n Future of Photography : Discussing the future of image capture and IP protection. Cigar Lounge: See Details Here<\/a> 3:00 PM <\/p>\n 5:00 PM <\/p>\n Gold House x Speedrun Investors Social: See Details Here<\/a> 5:30 PM <\/p>\n The Autonomous Playbook: Scaling Revenue faster with AI.: See Details Here<\/a> 6:00 PM <\/p>\n 7:00 PM <\/p>\n 8:00 PM <\/p>\n UCLA<\/p>\n 6:00 PM <\/p>\n The Builder’s Lounge – Jazz Bar Demo Night with VEST x Cognition: See Details Here<\/a> USC<\/p>\n Fri, Oct 16 \u00b7 5:00pm \u2014 Sun, Oct 18 \u00b7 5:00pm<\/p>\n Fri, Oct 16 \u00b7 5:00pm \u2014 Sat, Oct 17 \u00b7 5:00pm<\/p>\n VENICE<\/p>\n 7:30 AM <\/p>\n 9:00 AM <\/p>\n Content in Tech: Coffee & Creators: See Details Here<\/a> 11:00 AM <\/p>\n 12:00 PM <\/p>\n What REALLY Happens After You Raise (But No One Talks About) – Funded Founder Lunch @: See Details Here<\/a> 2:00 PM <\/p>\n 4:00 PM <\/p>\n 5:00 PM <\/p>\n Sell before you build: See Details Here<\/a> 6:00 PM <\/p>\n A16Z | ElevenLabs – Official Afterparty: See Details Here<\/a> 7:00 PM <\/p>\n VIRTUAL<\/p>\n 9:00 AM <\/p>\n Ask a VP of Sales: Live GTM Office Hours for Early-Stage B2B Founders: See Details Here<\/a> 11:00 AM <\/p>\n Vibe Marketing in the Age of AI Agents: Live Workshop: See Details Here<\/a> 1:00 PM <\/p>\n 2:00 PM <\/p>\n WEST HOLLYWOOD<\/p>\n 11:00 AM <\/p>\n 7:00 PM <\/p>\n NO HUMAN, NO CREATIVITY? Who Creates Culture Now?: See Details Here<\/a> WESTWOOD<\/p>\n 9:00 AM <\/p>\n UCLA Tech + Society Conference: See Details Here<\/a> 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Amino Capital<\/p>\n
<\/a>FitMatchLAMusic-Tech : Move with the Global Ikon & Lululemon: See Details Here
<\/a>The Global Ikon<\/p>\n
<\/a>Mellonhead, Gamma<\/p>\n
<\/a>TroyLabs – USC’s premier startup accelerator<\/p>\n
<\/a>Meridian Collective<\/p>\n
<\/a>Storyverse, Soulscape<\/p>\n
<\/a>Karmel Capital, The University of Michigan Ross School of Business<\/p>\n
<\/a>Forty.5 Capital Ventures<\/p>\n
<\/a>Motif<\/p>\n
<\/a>Speech & Mind<\/p>\n
Kept<\/p>\n
american south asian network<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Fun EventsThe New Wave: The Future of Hollywood In the Age of AI: See Details Here<\/a>
american south asian network<\/p>\n
Wedbush Ventures<\/p>\n
Senra Systems, Lowercarbon, Stifel<\/p>\n
Innovate Pasadena<\/p>\n
Governlayer.AI, AILAXSUMMIT.com, Google<\/p>\n
Holland & Knight, JP Morgan, Mucker Capital<\/p>\n
Amazon Web Services<\/p>\n
VICEVERSA EDITIONSSelf-Host Frontier AI: Running Open-Weight Models on AWS: See Details Here<\/a>
Amazon Web Services<\/p>\n
Gold House Ventures, a16z Speedrun<\/p>\n
GrupaAI<\/p>\n
VEST at UCLA<\/p>\n
Narrative Content Studio, YT Jobs<\/p>\n
Grow Through Story<\/p>\n
USC Entrepreneurship and Venture Management Association<\/p>\n
ElevenLabs, a16z Speedrun<\/p>\n
Kat Rucker Consulting Group<\/p>\n
Juliet AI, Inc.<\/p>\n
xVibe AI, HFE Events<\/p>\n
Easton Technology Management Center<\/p>\n