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join us between 20th and 21st street, where liberty street hits valencia for some chalking and some bubbles. not the kind that float, but the ones that pair well with 🍊🥭🍓. 

bring some thing to drink and some to share with a neighbor. we have some chalk, music, and some bubbles. 

or don't that's okay. please do bring a cup though. we're just a couple of people in trying to make the streets better for connection post pandemic, so we don't have extra stuff. 

chalk art in the street (byob + cup!)

streets are closed for the next month and we're going to make the most of it w/ neighbors! 

✏️ hangout with neighbors and chalk sf's largest street mural (or at least that's the dream) 

valencia st art pop up

Join us for an evening of friends and food with cooking provided by two Alum of the GSC Boston Hub 

We have limited capacity for this event. Attendees will be given space on a first come basis. 

Please direct any questions about the event to 

WEF GSC Boston Community Dinner: Hosted by Nadia Khan, Michael Raspuzzi, and Millie Liu

come to connect with interesting builders across hardware and biotech, and some at the intersection. founders, investors, builders, tinkerers, researchers, and students all invited. 

limited tickets: first come, first serve. all are welcome. 

Studio 45 is a clubhouse dedicated to people and businesses building physical products. From consumer devices to industrial robots and electric vehicles, Studio 45 has the space, resources, and community to ship real, physical products, not just code.

recently reaching a meaningful milestone, the Trilo Bio team is celebrating as they build end-to-end automated synthetic biology. 

hardtech x biotech mixer

bring your boots 👢, belt buckle 🪙, and beer 🍻 (or bourbon) for some line dancing in the street. 

we host events for neighbors, with neighbors, by neighbors. 

line dancing in the streets

Super Extra Fancy presents a holiday art show! Come see my drawings, shop holiday gifts, and meet family, friends & neighbors. Reception is @7:30, there will be drinks and snacks.

SF Born and Raised, been creating art in San Francisco for almost 30 years (I turn 30 in February). During the 2020 pandemic I created SXF as a means to share my creative endeavors with others. This will be one of my first public exhibitions and am very excited to showcase my 'wood series' 🪵 as well as some brand new pieces that have never been exhibited before. 🌲 

Studio 45 is dedicated to artists, makers, and technically industrious creatives alike. It is a maker-space dedicated to people and businesses that need to get their hands dirty. From consumer devices to industrial robots and electric vehicles, Studio 45 has the space, resources, and community to ship real, physical products— not just code.

SXF ART SHOW

join for an info session for season 1 of climate founder dojo. 

it's 3 months of training and community sessions for early stage founders building in different areas of climate tech.  

can't make this one during lunch? then sign up for evening one here: 

more info and early application by 01/15 at 

climate founder dojo, info session

join for a zero proof happy hour to mix and meet builders, researchers, and investors in the battery and biotech space.

sf climate tech mixer: battery + bio tech

join for our first panel event of the year discussing the intersection of nuclear fusion and applications of different machine learning models. 

we’re excited to bring together different perspectives to discuss upcoming challenges to solve. 

we have a great group of guest speakers::

6:30-7:00pm: arrive, mingle, grab some food and a beverage

7:00-8:00pm: guest speakers and q+a with the audience

8:00-8:45pm: 2min pitches, anyone can stand up and share what they are working on 

8:45-9:30pm: mix, mingle, and close out the night

thank you to our partners for helping make this event!

 helps innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. svb provides targeted financial services and expertise to the technology and private equity community through its offices in innovation centers around the world. with commercial, international and private banking services, svb helps address the unique needs of innovators from the latest startups to the largest corporations.     

 is a hardware co-working and fabrication space that doubles as a community clubhouse for meaningful experiences. helping the people and businesses that need to build physical things, from consumer devices to industrial robots and electric vehicles, studio 45 has the space, resources, and community to ship. 

 is a gym like program for early stage founders building in climate. with a community of other founders, the founder dojo uses open sessions with series a founders, investors, and technical mentors to help founders accelerate progress on their road map. 

sf climate tech meetup: fusion x ai panel

Super Extra Fancy presents a Birthday Art Show! Come see my new drawings, shop fun gifts, and celebrate with family, friends & neighbors. Reception is @7:30, there will be drinks and snacks.

I'm turning 30! SXF will be exhibiting a small retrospective to celebrate 30 years of creating art in San Francisco. New works will include wood, trees, and something really really special that hasn't been exhibited before 😊🪑

Hope to see you there on this special evening— 

join us for our first event with guest speakers with areeb, co-founder of glacier and alex co-founder of urban machine! 

our host will be studio 45, a clubhouse for the hardware community.

 is a coworking and event space located in Bernal Heights that provides the workspace, tools, resources, and community to build a business making physical products.

 is a freelance collective for the best independent professionals in hardware and manufacturing. whether a client is looking for a single contractor, a full time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market, informal has the right collection of people for the job. with projects as varied as 3D printers to electric vehicles, informal members work with companies at every scale to design, manufacture, and ship physical products.

 is a coworking and event space located in bernal heights that provides the workspace, tools, resources, and community to build a business making physical products.

sf hardware + climate meetup

, will share the journey of building the first prototype in a garage in Brooklyn to become a leader in premium electric motorcycle.  

, a clubhouse for hardware startups in Bernal Heights. 

Exclusive Tarform Demo @ Studio45

Come join us for an informal member and client happy hour in San Francisco! 

As a distributed community this will be the first time we come together this quarter to discuss projects, share ideas, and connect. 

We'll have drinks and light bites at Studio 45. 

informal happy hour @ Studio 45

join us for the sf climate hardware hack, 24 hours to build with other hardware enthusiasts to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing our planet. 

you can apply as a team or individually and make your team on the weekend.

we welcome all skill levels and can support 100+ builders. 

thank you to our partners for helping make it happen

if you want to help sponsor or lend a hand, 

sf climate hardware hack (24hr) 

join us after 24 hours of building hardware projects for different areas in climate for a demo and showcase of projects made as well as a pitch competition. 

thank you to our sponsors for helping make this happen

climate hardware hack showcase

Catch up and connect with the TKS alumni community over some food and interesting conversations! It'll be a fun and casual evening - a chance to reconnect with old friends and to make some new ones. 

We'll order tacos, hang out, and have some great discussions (drop your topic suggestions in Slack).

TKS Alumni Meetup - SF

, in an evening demo showcasing the latest samples from engineered algae. 

6:30p-7:00p - welcome with algae-based food + drink

7:00p-7:30p - elliot live demo + audience q+a

, a clubhouse for hardware and climate based startups, for hosting. 

spira inc's biomanufacturing demo

join us during sf tech week to hear about leading companies using ai + robotics to innovate in healthcare. we'll be hosted by 

, a hardware clubhouse for those building physical things. 

 - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem

ai, robotics, and healthcare @ studio45 | sf #techweek

Join us for LA Tech Week, Hardware Meetup edition! Come meet other hardware professionals and get a chance to share what’s on your desk in the community open mic time. We’ll be hosted by 

, a cloud native PLM, in their space in Echo Park.

6:30-7:30 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments

7:30-8:00 - Welcome Intro and Community Open Mic Night

8:00 - 8:30 - Rahul talk and audience Q+A

8:30 - 8:50 - Karthik talk and audience Q+A

 is a talent collective helping builders connect with freelancers for design, engineering, and physical prototyping tasks. Working with top teams like Neurosity, Aduri, and Makerbot in the past, Informal will help recruit and match a team to meet any of your prototyping needs.

 helps disruptive hardware teams design and build products faster. We offer an intuitive PLM for everyone involved with the hardware development process to make timely decisions and move with agility

If you want to help support the next meetup, please reach out to 

Space Tech LA Hardware Meetup #Techweek

Join us for a tasting of design in all its physical forms, with hardware, physical products, furniture, architecture, and art on display at Studio 45. 

Different members who build at Studio 45 will be sharing work.This is paired with an open showcase for the professional creative community to demo physical objects. If you're in hardware, product, art, architecture, furniture or robotics and have something to share, 

🎁 Those selected to showcase will be offered a discounted membership at Studio 45. We'll have a standup and pitch portion where one finalist will be offered a 6 month free membership. 

6:30p-7:30p - Studio45 member open house. Walk and tour the space and hear from architects, designers, and founders to see what’s being built. 

7:30p-8:30p - Community showcase, we’ll have top 15 creative professionals share 2 minute pitches about their work. Finalist will be selected by vote for winning a 6 month membership to work at Studio 45. 

 for helping bring the community together. 

Design Soup: A Multidisciplinary Design Showcase | SF Design Week Event

come join for a 1hr workshop style session for undergrads discussing latest developments in fusion energy. 

this session is free to attend and designed for anyone aged 18-24 curious about climate tech or the future of energy. 

 a program supporting ambitious college students who want to learn about the latest innovations in climate tech. 

future of fusion energy

at Studio 45 on Tuesday, August 29th to talk about the hardware scene in France. Learn about their global network of mini factories.

Thank you to informal for helping organize!

, f ounded in 2016, is a high-tech product industrialization agency. From start-ups to major corporations, Kickmaker helps companies with their projects at different stages, from prototype to mass manufacturing : innovation, manufacturing and product lifecycle management. 

Kickmaker currently employs over 270 engineers in its seven branches: Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Grenoble, Shenzhen, Boston and Montreal. Today, more than 150 products have been industrialized with Kickmaker's help in the fields of drones and robots, connected objects, new mobility and medical equipment. 

 is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job.

Hardware Happy Hour @ Studio 45

Come connect with other attendees from TechCrunch Disrupt at Kickstarter's After Party! We will have food, drinks, and music.

🤖 All live demos - hardware, software, products, etc - welcome. 

Thanks for our partnering organizers for setting this up! 

helps creative projects come to life. Backers have pledged over $6B to projects on our platform, helping artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators make their ideas a reality.

Kickstarter After Party @ Studio 45

embodied llms! or whatever latest ml model you want to play with. 

24hrs to give ai legs, arms, or some kind of movement. our goal is to bring together two communities that don't often get to built together: hardware + machine learning. 

limited spots. will go on a rolling basis. 

everyone joining will ship something by end of the weekend. the only theme is doing something in 3d space. you can explore: 

apply as a team or as an individual. you can bring your own hardware. we'll have a bit (parts list coming soon), but all things welcome. 

**you must be able to stay through demo on sunday to participate. 

​if you want to help sponsor or lend a hand, 

ai in motion 24hr hack

join us after 24 hours of building! teams have spent their weekend applying the latest machine learning models to different hardware to solve spatial challenges. 

each team will showcase their project as well as pitch to win best build. 

ai in motion hack showcase

Come join the SOLIDWORKS Startup Program and 3DEXPERIENCE Lab at the Studio for a drink and bite after work to meet other like minded people building with CAD software! 

Thank you to our partners for help sponsoring!

is a brand within Dassault Systèmes that develops solid modeling computer-aided design, computer-aided engineering, 3D CAD design and collaboration, analysis, and product data management software. 

is for any startup who needs access to SOLIDWORKS 3D Design tools. 

is for startups who are bringing disruptive innovations to life for a more sustainable tomorrow, and need access to the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform (including SOLIDWORKS).

Happy Hour with SOLIDWORKS & 3DEXPERIENCE @ Studio 45

come join nyc hardware meetup during #techweek to celebrate design and hardware. 

, a multi-disciplinary space for deep tech builders. 

thank you to our partners for helping make this possible

 - a week of events hosted to bring together the tech ecosystem

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