What we’re about
The Silicon Valley Startup Incubation And Acceleration is a non-profit organization for startup entrepreneurs to attend networking sessions, seminars, workshops, coaching and mentoring programs organized by incubators and investors.
Entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, executives, startup founders and business owners, please join us if you want to get help with business basics, participate in networking activities and cofounder mixers, find marketing resources and strategic partners, seek investors and venture capital, get access to advisory boards and mentors, as well as improve entrepreneurship skills in various training programs.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Toastmasters Career SessionLink visible for attendees
Career Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Job Seekers:
Career Sessions: Tuesdays 6:00-7:30 PM Pacific Time
Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98937546543
-Improve Communications and Presentation Skills to Colleagues, Stakeholders and Management.
-Become "Interview-Ready" by responding to practice Interview questions with constructive feedback from the attendees in a safe and non-judgmental environment.- Career-focused speeches/presentations
- Weekly Interview Practice with instant feedback
- Guest Speakers, Career Coaches, Human Resource Professionals, Hiring Managers and other Subject Matter Experts
-Tips and Tricks on maximizing your job search
-Monthly Pitch Practice-How to and when to pitch during a job interview or management, investors or others (coming soon)- Guests are always welcome (FREE)
If you want any more information about this club and/or
Toastmasters, please send me an e-mail to svetcareer@gmail.com
Guests welcome! Interview Practice open to all. - Mastering GenAI and RAG with GoogleGoogle San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
** Important**: Due to building security and capacity, It's REQUIRED to register on the AICamp event website for admission.
Description:
Join us for an exclusive meetup at the Google campus in San Francisco, where Google Cloud experts will cover what’s new in the Gen AI world and advancements relevant for startups and developers. They will discuss best practices toward designing RAG architectures for storage, retrieval, & ranking and how to use managed solutions like Vertex AI Search that make it easy to build and deploy RAG models.Expect insightful talks, live demos, and the opportunity to network with fellow AI professionals.
Agenda:
- 1:30PM-2:00PM: Check-in & Registration
- 2:00PM-4:00PM: Startup School: Gen AI session
- 4:00PM-4:30PM: Open Discussion and Q&A
- 4:30PM-5:00PM: Networking
Speakers:
- Luis Sala (Customer Engineer at Google Cloud)
- Abraham Gomez (Customer Engineer at Google Cloud)
- Adarsh Sivadas (Cloud Architect at Google Cloud)
Tech talk: What is new in Google Cloud Gen AI
Abstract: Discover the latest Google Cloud Generative AI functionalities tailored for startup innovation. Experts will demonstrate how these advancements integrate seamlessly into your existing AI/ML ecosystem, empowering you to build cutting-edge solutions.Tech talk: Design RAG architectures
Abstract: This session provides a comprehensive overview of RAG, from core concepts to practical design strategies for storage, retrieval, and ranking. Discover how Google Cloud's managed solutions empower you to build and deploy robust RAG models with ease.Venue:
Google Francisco – One Market 1 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105Local and Global AI Community on Discord
Join us on discord for local and global AI tech community:
- Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
- Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
- Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
- Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managersNot open - AI Developers Meetup for RAG and Agentic Apps (SF)Needs location
** Important**: Due to building security and capacity, It's REQUIRED to register on the event website for admission. )
Description:
The current prevalence of GenAI has led to a seismic shift in app development. Now app users expect a fast engaging conversational experience, so developers are embracing AI and learning new techniques like prompt engineering to build it. The paradigms are changing, but one thing remains constant: to be effective, agentic apps require reliable, timely, secure data, so you need a database designed for AI to deliver them.Join us for an exclusive meetup for AI developers, where speakers will discuss building RAG and agentic apps powered by fast, secure and accurate data.
Expect deep dive tech talks, live demos, and hands-on walk through, also the opportunity to network with fellow AI professionals.
Agenda:
- 5:30pm~6:00pm: Checkin, food and networking
- 6:00pm~6:10pm: Welcome, Community update
- 6:10pm~8:00pm: Tech talks and Q&A
- 8:00pm~8:30pm: Open discussion, Mixer and Closing.Speakers:
- Kevin Farley (Couchbase)
- Tim Wong (Couchbase)
- Jeff Morris (Couchbase)Venue:
AWS Loft | San Francisco, 525 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules.
If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit TopicsSponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 40,000+ AI developers in San Francisco or 500K+ in global.Not open
