📨 The Silicon Valley Weekly: Founders & Frontiers

As we are wrapping up April 2026, the Bay Area is buzzing with the energy of a hardware renaissance and the rapid shift toward agentic AI. From Supermicro’s massive new campus expansion in San Jose to the rise of autonomous coding agents, this week’s events are situated at the very heart of these breakthroughs.

Whether you're hunting for pre-seed funding, scaling global payments, or geeking out on AI infrastructure, we’ve got you covered for the final stretch of the month.

🚀 Startup Grind Global Conference 2026

📅 Date: Tuesday, April 28 – Wednesday, April 29, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
📍 Location: Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City, CA
📝 Description: Silicon Valley’s premier gathering for pre-seed to Series A teams to connect with world-class investors and product leaders.
🎟️ BuzzCode: Use “BUZZSGC26” to get $100 off.

👩🏽‍🚀 Agents and APIs Developer Meetup (by Postman)

📅 Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
📍 Location: Postman, Inc., 1 Market St Suite 0800, San Francisco, CA
📝 Description: A deep dive into why "AI will devour the UI" and how to build production-grade filesystems and test suites specifically for AI agents.

🤖 AI Infra & Open-Source Models Meetup

📅 Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
📍 Location: San Francisco, CA (Address provided upon RSVP)
📝 Description: A high-octane meetup hosted by Crusoe and dstack featuring lightning talks from GPU experts and AI researchers on the future of OSS models and training.
⚠️ Note: 21+ only; capacity is limited—first come, first served.

Let's make the final days of April count!!!