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Tech Week San Francisco 2026

Tech Week is a decentralized tech conference, presented by a16z, bringing together the top founders, funds, and technology companies from around the globe. In 2026, it returns to San Francisco, with hundreds of individually organized events, panels, meetups, hackathons, and more, hosted by startups, companies, and VCs. The event offers a unique opportunity f…

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13Speakers
15Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
21Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Tech, in alphabetical order.
Anish Acharya
General Partner · a16z
Arvind Krishna
CEO · IBM
Biz Stone
Co-founder · Twitter
Brian Halligan
Co-founder · HubSpot
Bryan Kim
Partner · a16z
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Co-CEO/Co-Founder · Runway
David Haber
GP · a16z
Jonathan Lai
General Partner · a16z speedrun
Jorge Conde
General Partner · a16z
Seema Amble
Partner · a16z
Shuo Wang
Co-founder · Deel
Steve Fredette
Co-founder · Toast
Will Ahmed
Founder & CEO · WHOOP
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
a16zPlatinum
FenwickPlatinum
HSBC Innovation BankingPlatinum
IBMPlatinum
AdobeGold
AtlassianGold
AWSGold
CloudflareGold
DeelGold
Fireworks AIGold
Google for StartupsGold
HyperagentGold
IntercomGold
PwCGold
VercelGold
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 21 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

21 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
12Sponsoringsponsor only
6Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

a16z·Deel·IBM

Speakers by seniority

92% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite323%
  • Founder / Owner969%
  • Other roles18%

Of 13 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01a16zSp·P5V
  2. 02DeelSp·G1V
  3. 03IBMSp·P1V
  4. 04AdobeSp·G
  5. 05AtlassianSp·G
  6. 06AWSSp·G
  7. 07CloudflareSp·G
  8. 08FenwickSp·P
  9. 09Fireworks AISp·G
  10. 10Google for StartupsSp·G
  11. 11HSBC Innovation BankingSp·P
  12. 12HyperagentSp·G
  13. 13IntercomSp·G
  14. 14PwCSp·G
Sponsors by tier
platinum4
27% of 15
gold11
73% of 15
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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