📝 Editor's Note

When did Eventbrite get so bad? It’s amazing how it’s fallen to being basically spam, daily clones of ‘online education’ events, ‘general networking’ events that are clearly spammed across cities and industries, odd webinar events. What a fall from grace. AI is taking over the event topics - AI everywhere!

🗓️ Upcoming OC tech events

  • Executive Dinner: Leveraging AI Agents, Hosted by Stack AI (link)

    • Wednesday Apr 8 @ 7:00 - 9:00 pm

    • Register for Address, Costa Mesa

  • The Context Engineering Required For a Killer Marketing Agent (link)

    • Thursday Apr 9 @ 5:30 - 7:00 pm

    • EvoNexus, Irvine

  • Founder Beach Walk ☀️ - Newport Beach (link)

    • Friday Apr 10 @ 9:30 - 11:00 am

    • Newport Beach Pier

  • Shark Tank Casting Call (yes, for real!) (link)

    • Friday Apr 10 @ 1:00 - 5:00 pm

    • Chapman, Orange

  • Southern California Agentics Meetup (link)

    • Tuesday Apr 14 @ 5:30 - 7:30 pm

    • Irvine

  • AI in Production: $1B Founder, Enterprise Agents & Computer Vision (link)

    • Wednesday Apr 15 @ 6:00 - 8:00 pm

    • Merage JCC

🚗 Worth the drive

  • Startup Cafe: Breakfast With Eric Salwan (Co-Founder of Firefly, $6B IPO) (link)

    • Wednesday, Apr 8 @ 8:45 - 10:30 am

    • The KINN, Venice

  • Circular Impact in Action: Homeboy Recycling Tour + Mixer (link)

    • Thursday, Apr 9 @ 3:00 - 5:00 pm

    • South Gate, LA

  • Founders Dinner & Poker 2.0 (link)

    • Thursday, Apr 9 @ 5:30 – 9:00 pm

    • San Diego

📡 OC Tech News

  • Nguyễn Opened a Restaurant to Prove His Software Worked (link)

  • Rivian-Backed Mind Robotics Startup Raises $500 Million (link)

  • Rivian Spinoff, ALSO, Partners with DoorDash (link)

  • Lake Forest-based iBase-t Gets Investment from TA Associates (link)

💡 Please reply and send me event or news tips that should be included in future editions.

Until next week,

Taylor Trusty @ Tech:OC

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