Thursday opens with Agent Builders Breakfast - Founders & Builders in SOMA, SF. Hosted by Michael Ducker and Jamu Kakar, this event runs from 8 AM to 9:30 AM PDT in San Francisco. It is an early gathering for founders and builders around agents in SOMA. Look it up on Luma if you want to start Thursday with an agent-focused room. Next is DevGuild: Write-Only Code Summit. Presented by Heavybit Events and hosted by Heavybit, Dana Oshiro, Joseph Ruscio, and Amir Zohrenejad, this event runs from 9:30 AM to 6 PM PDT in San Francisco. This is a full-day developer-focused summit with “write-only code” as the central framing. Check it out on Luma if software development and code-generation conversations are in your lane. Agentic + AI Coding Night SF follows in the afternoon. Presented by Agentic + AI Observability and hosted by Lizzie S, Denny Lee, Yufa Li, Jules Damji, Daniel Liden, and Brooke, this runs from 3:30 PM to 9 PM PDT in San Francisco. The event combines agentic AI, observability, and a coding night format. Go find it on Luma if you want an active builder event rather than a standard talk. Also on Thursday is AI Agent Memory: XTrace Demo Day, co-hosted with Carta and Cooley. Presented by Stanford Blockchain Builders and hosted by Austin Cai, Ivana Kuchan, and tristan, this event runs from 4 PM to 7 PM PDT in San Francisco. The focus is AI agent memory, with XTrace Demo Day named in the title and Carta and Cooley listed as co-hosts. Look it up on Luma if agent memory is a topic you are tracking. Startup Party Up for First Thursday is next. Presented by LlamaIndex Community and hosted by LlamaIndex, this event runs from 4:30 PM to 6 PM PDT in San Francisco. It is a First Thursday startup gathering with the LlamaIndex Community listed as presenter. Check it out on Luma if you want a shorter early evening community stop. In Berkeley, there is Daytona AI Researchers - Berkeley, May 2026. Hosted by Daytona, this runs from 5 PM to 7 PM PDT in Berkeley. The event is framed around AI researchers in Berkeley, with Daytona listed as host. Find it on Luma if you are looking for a Berkeley-based AI research gathering. Mahjong Party for AI Builders brings a different format to Thursday. Presented by Workato Developer Events and hosted by Emily, Workato, Leila Rishniw, and Workato, this runs from 5 PM to 8 PM PDT in San Francisco. The combination of mahjong and AI builders makes the format stand out. Look it up on Luma if you want a more social builder event. AWS Builder Loft is also on Thursday evening. Presented by TiDB, powered by PingCAP, and hosted by TiDB, powered by PingCAP, this event runs from 5 PM to 8:30 PM PDT in San Francisco. The listing is presented and hosted by TiDB, powered by PingCAP, at AWS Builder Loft. Check it out on Luma if that combination is relevant to what you are building. Camp AI: Agents at Work //San Francisco// starts at 5:30 PM. Presented by Auth0 Events - San Francisco and hosted by Calah Vargas, Shreya, and Eli Rabek, this event runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM PDT in San Francisco. The event is focused on agents at work, which puts it squarely in this week’s AI agents theme. Go find it on Luma if workplace AI agents are on your mind. Catan & AI at Sphere featuring the 2026 Americas Catan Champion is another Thursday option. Presented by Sphere and hosted by Sol Silbenberg, Gonz, Sarah Mason, and Chiara Libertini, this runs from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM PDT in San Francisco. This is one of the more playful formats of the week, combining Catan and AI with the 2026 Americas Catan Champion named in the title. Look it up on Luma if strategy games and AI sound like your kind of room. Shuck It, Ship It, from Resolve AI, Baseten, and Hog Island Oyster, is also on the calendar. Presented by Baseten Events and hosted by Baseten and Resolve AI, this event runs from 5:30 PM to 8 PM PDT in San Francisco. The title gives it a food-and-builders feel, while the presenters and hosts connect it to the AI builder community. Check it out on Luma if you want a Thursday evening event with a lighter format. Hard Tech BBQ & Hang starts at 6 PM. Hosted by Zachary Laberge, jacky, Caitlin Bolnick, and Lucas Quan, this runs from 6 PM to 8:30 PM PDT in San Francisco. This is a hard tech community gathering with a BBQ format. Find it on Luma if hard tech is part of your work or curiosity. AI Agent Founder Dinner: 7th May - Startup Legal with Mission Law is next. Presented by Agents and the Future and hosted by John Bohlmann, Ted Nyman, Mikhil Raja, and Vivian Lei, this event runs from 6:30 PM to 9 PM PDT in San Francisco. The title points to a founder dinner focused on startup legal topics for AI agent founders, with Mission Law named in the event title. Look it up on Luma if legal questions around AI agent startups are relevant to you. The 133rd SF Hardware Meetup at WHIPSAW is also Thursday evening. Presented by SF Hardware Meetup and hosted by Nate Padgett, Miguel A Villafuerte, Garvin Meyers, and Michael Raspuzzi, this runs from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM PDT in San Francisco. This edition is focused on Robotics and Physical AI, and the post specifically calls the SF Hardware Meetup a long-running institution. Check it out on Luma if you want to see where hardware, robotics, and physical AI are being discussed this week. Thursday closes in Palo Alto with AI Dinner, hosted by Bagel Labs. Presented by Bagel Labs and hosted by Bidhan Roy and Bagel Labs, this event runs from 7 PM to 9 PM PDT in Palo Alto. It is a dinner format with AI as the clear focus. Go find it on Luma if Palo Alto is a better fit for you on Thursday night.