Startup Events in Seattle

​"There's no such thing as a good decision. Just make a decision and make it good." - Charna Halpern, co-creator of longform improv (literally said this to Kelly, your host) ​No audience. No stage. Everybody plays. Even you! ​This is a real Chicago-style improv jam. The kind that happens at iO, the Annoyance, and Playground Theater. We'll warm up together, break into groups, and get into scenes. And perform!! Learn by doing. ​All levels welcome. ​ ​Never done improv? ​Great. ​ ​Been performing for years? ​Even better. ​ ​The only requirement is showing up ready to jump in. ​Arrive as early as 3:30 pm to co-work (free wifi + amazing views), hang out, and/or settle in before we start.... cause the doors close at 6pm!!! ​Led by Kelly Kirk: studied improv acting at iO, the Annoyance, and Playground Theater in Chicago (plus other theaters around the world). She has trained under Charna Halpern, Bill Arnett, and many others. She's been an International touring improviser, professional actress (on stage, film, and voice), she's a team performer, jam host, and educator with 12+ years of experience (and a 4.9/5 teacher rating). She has taught over 10,000+ students so far. ​When: Mondays, 5:30–7:00pm Where: SURF Incubator, 999 3rd Ave, Suite 700, Downtown Seattle ​Cost: Pick your price: $5 to $25/week. ​Free for current SURF and Swell members. ​ ​No commitment. No prerequisites. Just show up and get ready to perform!! ​ ​Let's have some fun, grow communication skills, self-worth, creativity, and community.

# Seattle EdTech Monthly Unconference What should Seattle’s education and technology community be discussing—and building together? On the first Tuesday of every month, educators, founders, technologists, designers, researchers, creators, parents, students, and education advocates gather at SURF Incubator for an open, participant-led evening. There is no predetermined speaker lineup. The people in the room create the agenda. Bring: A problem you’re trying to solve A question you want to explore Something you’re building A perspective others should hear Or simply your curiosity We’ll begin with quick introductions, propose topics, and choose the conversations together. Depending on attendance, we may hold one shared roundtable or divide into smaller groups. You don’t need to be an expert—or arrive with a topic—to participate. ## Schedule 5:00–5:30 PM: Optional arrival, refreshments, and conversation 5:30–5:45 PM: Introductions and topic selection 5:45–6:35 PM: Unconference discussions 6:35–6:50 PM: Takeaways and requests 6:50–7:00 PM: Connections and next steps Come once, come occasionally, or make it part of your monthly routine. Bring a question, problem, project, or perspective. Leave with clearer thinking—and at least one person you’re glad you met. ## Admission Pay what you can: $0–$15 suggested Contributions support refreshments, supplies, event administration, and the continued growth of Seattle’s EdTech community. ## Location SURF Incubator 999 Third Avenue, Suite 700 Seattle, WA 98104 SURF is located near Symphony light-rail station and several major bus routes. Please arrive before 6:00 PM, when the building’s exterior doors lock. Contact the host in advance if you expect to arrive later. A parking garage is located in the building. Guests arriving before 6:00 PM can receive a flat $10 parking rate. ## About the Host Kelly Kirk is the organizer of Seattle EdTech and founder of Kelly Tutors, an education company creating learning experiences,

Join us on November 3 for the Stripe Seattle developer meetup. This is an in-person event for anyone building with Stripe (or curious to start). An evening focused on Stripe user experiences, product insights, best practices, and community. 🍕🍺 Perks Food and drinks provided! And this time, we'll be giving out Stripe Press books to the first 50 attendees! 🎫 Tickets There is a hard limit for RSVP, with a waitlist operating on Luma 📍Location The event is hosted at Stripe's Seattle offices, 920 5th Avenue, Floor 19, Seattle, WA 98104 📣 Talks Vikram Singh (Stripe) - A new grad’s guide to becoming effective at Stripe (and similar companies) Vincenzo Chianese (Stripe) - Making Stripe APIs Work for Agents Mark Miller (RevTurbine) - AI & SaaS monetization in the AI-era 🕚 Rough timings 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Doors open with refreshments 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Talks and Q&A 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm: Drinks, food, and networking

# Children’s Media Creators Coworking Are you creating a children’s book, show, game, video, curriculum, animation, podcast, product, or other form of media for children and youth? Come work alongside other people building in the same world. Children’s Media Creators Coworking is a casual, focused coworking and accountability community for writers, illustrators, animators, educators, filmmakers, game designers, musicians, curriculum developers, founders, and other people creating media and edutainment for children. This gathering is primarily for adult creators making things for children. (It is not a children’s activity or class.) # What happens? We’ll begin with a brief check-in: What are you creating? What do you want to accomplish during this session? Are you looking for feedback or collaboration—or uninterrupted focus? Then, we work. Bring your laptop, manuscript, notebook, sketchbook, storyboard, curriculum, headphones, or whatever else you need to move your project forward. You are welcome to: Work independently Meet other children’s-media creators Exchange ideas and useful resources Ask for feedback Find potential collaborators Continue an existing project Finally begin the idea you keep postponing You do not need to have a finished product, established company, or formal creative title. You only need something you care about creating for children—and a willingness to give it focused time. Near the end, we’ll briefly regroup to share what we accomplished, identify our next steps, and ask for feedback, information, or collaborators when useful. This is primarily coworking—not a workshop, presentation, or high-pressure networking event. Come make progress while gradually getting to know the other people in Seattle who care about making better things for children. # What can I work on? Anything related to creating for children, including: 📚 Books and stories 🎬 Film, television, video, and animation 🎮 Games and interactive media 🎵 Music

Join us for an evening at Stoup Brewing. We'll welcome back old faces and welcome new ones. This is an informal format -- feel free to bring a laptop if you want and work on projects or use this event as an opportunity to catch up and meet new people. Stoup serves mainly beer and some cider, hard seltzer, slushies and a selection of non-alcoholic beverages including coffee. They also welcome you to bring in your own food if you want. All attendees are required to abide by the PuPPy Code of Conduct, you can read the Code of Conduct here: https://www.pspython.com/code-of-conduct/ Join our slack channel: http://slack.pspython.com

Fangchang Ma and Edward Zhang, co-founders of Nuance Labs, just announced a $50 million Series A round last month. Now they're joining us at AI House for a conversation about building a Seattle research lab and taking it to market. What we'll cover: Building Nuance Labs: the founding story, product development, and what the team is learning along the way. From research to GTM: how a research-first team is shifting toward go-to-market. The tech: a high-level look at how Nuance builds one model for real-time audiovisual conversation. Who should come: Seattle founders, builders and technical talent. Capacity is limited, and approval is based on your registration answers. We track no-shows, and it affects approval for future events. If you can't make it, please cancel your registration in Luma. Agenda: 1130am - 12pm: Networking and pizza 12pm-1245pm: Fireside chat + Q&A 1245pm-130pm: Networking About the speakers: Fangchang Ma (CEO) and Edward Zhang (CTO) worked side by side on applied research at Apple, building core technology and prototyping new experiences across iPhone, Vision Pro and Apple Intelligence. Fangchang holds a PhD in robotics from MIT. Edward holds a PhD in graphics and vision from the University of Washington. They started Nuance on a simple premise: the next leap in AI won't come from what models say, but from how they say it. About Nuance Labs: Nuance Labs is a Seattle-based research lab building a foundation model for audiovisual conversation: AI you can see and hear, that listens, reacts and responds in real time. Rather than putting a face on top of a text exchange, Nuance models the full dynamics of human interaction, including timing, backchannels, facial expression and gaze. In September the company raised a $50 million Series A round led by Lightspeed, with participation from Accel, South Park Commons, NVIDIA and Define Ventures.

RSVP is closed on Meetup and please register on Bevy: [https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-seattle-presents-devfest-seattle-2026/.] This is a cross-post of an event organized by Google Developer Group (GDG) Seattle. Get ready for a full day of innovation! Join DevFest Seattle - a community-driven tech conference, igniting connections and knowledge right in your city. Annually hosted by Google Developer Groups, DevFest brings together professional developers and tech leaders for an unparalleled opportunity to dive into hands-on workshops, talks, and demos led by experts from Google and the community. It's the ultimate experience for learning, sharing, and networking! Agenda (Pacific Time) 9:00AM - 9:30AM Check-in and breakfast 9:30AM - 12:30PM Talks 12:30PM - 1:30PM Lunch break 1:30PM - 3:30PM Talks 3:30PM - 3:45PM Hands-on workshops 3:45PM - 4:00PM Closing remarks

[RSVP is closed on Meetup and please register on Bevy: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-seattle-presents-devfest-seattle-2026/.] Get ready for a full day of innovation! Join DevFest Seattle - a community-driven tech conference, igniting connections and knowledge right in your city. Annually hosted by Google Developer Groups, DevFest brings together professional developers and tech leaders for an unparalleled opportunity to dive into hands-on workshops, talks, and demos led by experts from Google and the community. It's the ultimate experience for learning, sharing, and networking! Agenda (Pacific Time) 9:00AM - 9:30AM Check-in and breakfast 9:30AM - 12:30PM Talks 12:30PM - 1:30PM Lunch break 1:30PM - 3:30PM Talks 3:30PM - 3:45PM Hands-on workshops 3:45PM - 4:00PM Closing remarks Hosted By Margaret Maynard-Reid, GDG Organizer Yenchi Lin, GDG Organizer Clive Boulton, GDG Organizer Vishal Pallerla, GDG Organizer Petra Dúbravcová, GDG Organizer Cristina Rodriguez, GDG Organizer

​"There's no such thing as a good decision. Just make a decision and make it good." - Charna Halpern, co-creator of longform improv (literally said this to Kelly, your host) ​No audience. No stage. Everybody plays. Even you! ​This is a real Chicago-style improv jam. The kind that happens at iO, the Annoyance, and Playground Theater. We'll warm up together, break into groups, and get into scenes. And perform!! Learn by doing. ​All levels welcome. ​ ​Never done improv? ​Great. ​ ​Been performing for years? ​Even better. ​ ​The only requirement is showing up ready to jump in. ​Arrive as early as 3:30 pm to co-work (free wifi + amazing views), hang out, and/or settle in before we start.... cause the doors close at 6pm!!! ​Led by Kelly Kirk: studied improv acting at iO, the Annoyance, and Playground Theater in Chicago (plus other theaters around the world). She has trained under Charna Halpern, Bill Arnett, and many others. She's been an International touring improviser, professional actress (on stage, film, and voice), she's a team performer, jam host, and educator with 12+ years of experience (and a 4.9/5 teacher rating). She has taught over 10,000+ students so far. ​When: Mondays, 5:30–7:00pm Where: SURF Incubator, 999 3rd Ave, Suite 700, Downtown Seattle ​Cost: Pick your price: $5 to $25/week. ​Free for current SURF and Swell members. ​ ​No commitment. No prerequisites. Just show up and get ready to perform!! ​ ​Let's have some fun, grow communication skills, self-worth, creativity, and community.

This month we are hosting one of our favorite speakers Jim Bennett (Arize AI) with a terrific talk on self improving agent loop. But that's not all, we are also stoked that our attendees Madhu Gurramkonda and Shipra Sonal (both from Amazon) got inspired by previous AI Agents meetups and are going to share their experience moving an analytics team from ad-hoc SQL to agentic AI! Self-improving agentic loops by Jim Bennett Developers are embracing AI coding tools, and AI code review tools. AI engineers are also embracing AI observability and evaluations to discover issues in their agents. Putting this all together, means the next logical step is self improving AI agents that can discover bugs and automatically fix them. This session covers just that. We will take an AI app, add observability and evals to detect issues, then show how that can be connected up to a coding agent to build the full cycle, raising PRs to fix these issues as they are discovered. Bio Jim is the worlds most energetic dev rel and a highly-experienced AI engineer. He’s British, so sounds way smarter than he actually is, and lives in the Pacific North West of the USA. In the past he’s lived in 4 continents working as a developer in the mobile, desktop, and scientific space. He's spoken at conferences and events all around the globe, organised meetup groups and communities, and written books on mobile development and IoT. He is currently a Microsoft MVP for AI and Developer Tools. He also hates and is allergic to cats, but has a 13-year-old who loves cats, so he has 2 cats. How to Move a Data Team to Agentic AI by Madhu Gurramkonda and Shipra Sonal Most data teams still answer questions one ad-hoc SQL request at a time. This talk walks through how an analytics team can move from ad-hoc SQL to agentic AI, in the order that worked for us: The platform in infrastructure as code, with a curated document beside every table, so agents and engineers read the same source of truth. One command-line path to t

# Children’s Media Creators Coworking Are you creating a children’s book, show, game, video, curriculum, animation, podcast, product, or other form of media for children and youth? Come work alongside other people building in the same world. Children’s Media Creators Coworking is a casual, focused coworking and accountability community for writers, illustrators, animators, educators, filmmakers, game designers, musicians, curriculum developers, founders, and other people creating media and edutainment for children. This gathering is primarily for adult creators making things for children. (It is not a children’s activity or class.) # What happens? We’ll begin with a brief check-in: What are you creating? What do you want to accomplish during this session? Are you looking for feedback or collaboration—or uninterrupted focus? Then, we work. Bring your laptop, manuscript, notebook, sketchbook, storyboard, curriculum, headphones, or whatever else you need to move your project forward. You are welcome to: Work independently Meet other children’s-media creators Exchange ideas and useful resources Ask for feedback Find potential collaborators Continue an existing project Finally begin the idea you keep postponing You do not need to have a finished product, established company, or formal creative title. You only need something you care about creating for children—and a willingness to give it focused time. Near the end, we’ll briefly regroup to share what we accomplished, identify our next steps, and ask for feedback, information, or collaborators when useful. This is primarily coworking—not a workshop, presentation, or high-pressure networking event. Come make progress while gradually getting to know the other people in Seattle who care about making better things for children. # What can I work on? Anything related to creating for children, including: 📚 Books and stories 🎬 Film, television, video, and animation 🎮 Games and interactive media 🎵 Music

Join us for an exciting Talk Night at F5 Network's Downtown Seattle office! Agenda: 5:30-6pm: Doors open/networking 6-6:10pm: Opening remarks 6:10-6:25pm: Lightning talk 6:25-6:50pm: Talk #1 6:50-7:05pm: Intermission 7:05-7:30pm: Talk #2 7:30-7:40pm: Closing remarks After party to follow at Owl N' Thistle (808 Post Ave, Seattle, WA 98104) What we'll do: This event will feature the following presentations: Lightning talk: Transformation Bias in Machine Learning Speaker: Brandon Sherman Description: We’ve all been there - you fit a model to predict log(y), but you want the predictions on the original untransformed scale. Unfortunately, exponentiating the prediction will systematically underestimate the expected value of Y! This is transformation bias. In this talk, I’ll discuss why transformation bias is a mathematical guarantee in this setting, and will walk through several approaches for correcting it. Talk #1: Beyond the Prompt: The Frontier of AI Coding Speaker: Tyrell Towle Description: AI is transforming software development, but generating code is only the beginning. Modern coding agents can navigate repositories, write and execute programs, test their work, and tackle increasingly complex projects. Yet significant challenges remain in reliability, context management, autonomous execution, and verifying the correctness of AI-generated software. This presentation explores the current state of AI-assisted programming, recent research into coding agents and their supporting harnesses, and emerging approaches to overcoming their limitations. We'll examine challenges in long-running development tasks, agent orchestration, and the evaluation of coding performance. We'll also discuss practical tools and techniques for improving AI-assisted development, including structured coding workflows, independent verification, and running local language models with llama.cpp. Examples will illustrate how these technologies can be applied to real-world software development a

Join us for the first-ever LangChain Seattle Meetup, hosted by our friends at Expedia Group at their HQ campus in Seattle. We'll kick things off with Mani Najmabadi, Director of Applied Science at Expedia Group, as he shares the latest on the state of agents at Expedia. Next, LangChain CEO and Co-Founder Harrison Chase will present on the topic of continuously improving agents. And finally, Harrison will sit down with Xavi Amatriain, Expedia Group's Chief AI and Data Officer, to talk about what it takes to build and run agents in production at scale. A short Q&A session will follow. Agenda: 5:45 PM: Welcome | Food & Drinks 6:20 PM: Agent Trends and Trajectory in Travel; Expedia's Agentic Journey (Mani) 6:35 PM: Building Agents that Improve Over Time (Harrison) 7:00 PM: Conversation between Harrison & Xavi 7:25 PM: Q&A Session with Harrison & Xavi 7:45 PM: Networking 8:30 PM: Event Ends Event info: 🎤 Please note this event is fully in-person and will not be live-streamed or recorded. 📍 Location: Interbay neighborhood — address provided upon approval. 🎟️ We can only admit guests with approved registrations. About LangChain: LangChain enables every company to own their intelligence. LangChain's open, model-agnostic harnesses give teams choice and control over how they build their agent architecture. LangSmith brings testing, deployment, and monitoring together so teams can continuously improve their agents, compound intelligence, and govern them at scale. More than 7,000 customers, including Nvidia, Bridgewater, LinkedIn, Workday, Harvey, and Rippling trust LangSmith to improve their agents across the Agent Development Lifecycle. Learn more: www.langchain.com

Join us for an evening at Stoup Brewing. We'll welcome back old faces and welcome new ones. This is an informal format -- feel free to bring a laptop if you want and work on projects or use this event as an opportunity to catch up and meet new people. Stoup serves mainly beer and some cider, hard seltzer, slushies and a selection of non-alcoholic beverages including coffee. They also welcome you to bring in your own food if you want. All attendees are required to abide by the PuPPy Code of Conduct, you can read the Code of Conduct here: https://www.pspython.com/code-of-conduct/ Join our slack channel: http://slack.pspython.com

Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people bring projects to work on, and many other people socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! 👋 The Introduction Circle Around 30 minutes into the event (12:30 pm), we will do a standup in a circle. Round 1: Your name Your occupation/professional interests What would you like help with? Round 2: Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If not, that's cool. Community events you wanna plug After the intro circle, everything is self-organized! 🛠️ Tech Workshops We offer opportunities to host workshops after the intro circle. These are free for all and hosted by friends/volunteers at C&C! If you have specialty knowledge you'd like to share, or wish to find an audience for your tech talk, please reach out to any of our volunteers or @ us on discord! ☕ Free coffee! Please RSVP to secure your spot and help us get an accurate count on coffee. 🅿️ Parking advisory Unfortunately, no parking will be provided for this event. Plenty street parking options are available near pike place market. ↪ Detailed location Find us on... Discord LinkedIn Website We will be looking to take photos during the meetup. 📸 Let one of the organizers know if you would rather we not include you in the photos! Find out more about Internet Development Studio's history, mission, and vision!

Seattle Ed Tech Monthly Unconference What should Seattle’s education and technology community be discussing—and building together? On the first Tuesday of every month, educators, founders, technologists, designers, researchers, creators, students, and education advocates will gather at SURF Incubator for an open, participant-led evening of conversation, ideas, and collaboration. This is an unconference, which means there is no predetermined speaker lineup or rigid agenda. The people in the room create the agenda. How Does It Work? We’ll begin by asking attendees to propose topics, questions, challenges, and ideas they would like to discuss. Topics might include: AI in education Educational games and interactive learning Children’s media and edutainment Building and funding ed-tech companies Classroom challenges Homeschooling and alternative education Accessibility and inclusive design Student privacy and technology ethics Curriculum and educational content Product testing and educator feedback Emerging technologies and learning models Problems in education that need practical solutions We’ll select the most popular topics and divide into small discussion groups. Join the conversation that interests you most, switch groups between rounds, propose your own topic, or simply listen and meet people working across Seattle’s education and technology ecosystem. Schedule 5:00–5:20 PM: Arrival, introductions, and topic submissions 5:20–5:30 PM: Topic voting and group formation 5:30–6:05 PM: Discussion round one 6:05–6:15 PM: Break and group switching 6:15–6:50 PM: Discussion round two 6:50–7:00 PM: Takeaways, requests, and next steps You do not need to be a founder, educator, or technical expert to participate. Come with: A topic you want to explore A problem you are trying to solve Something you are building A perspective others may not have considered A desire to meet thoughtful people working in education and technology You may also come withou

New Tech is the Northwest’s largest tech community with 60,000+ members. We’re the un-networking place where you’re a neighbor, not just a business contact. Join us on the second Tuesday of every month to experience the magic. ​Come make meaningful connections to help you create luck and opportunities, learn from the industry’s best, and have a fun night out. Most importantly, you’ll join an engaging group of developers, founders, professionals, potential partners, organizations, and resources to help you build the career or company of your dreams. ​Enjoy hosted light tasty bites, refreshing beverages, a cash bar, and connections with new friends and peers. \\YOU MUST ALSO REGISTER ON OUR LUMA EVENT PAGE & PURCHASE A TICKET - RSVPING ON MEETUP ALONE WILL NOT GET YOU REGISTERED. Click here OR GO TO https://www.newtechnorthwest.com/new-tech-events/new-tech-seattle-september-2026-meetup/ TO COMPLETE\\ Presenters: ​Founders, leaders & innovators share their passion & new tech through 8-minute presentations & 3 minutes of your Q&A. Stay tuned for presenter announcements. Presenters: Founders, leaders & innovators share their passion & new tech through 8-minute presentations & 3 minutes of your Q&A. ​Jordan Friedman, Founder Ambeince \- next generation in indoor environmental quality that leverages our patented technologies with artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things\. Dave Parker, President, Trajectory Startup Playbook \- A Smarter\, Human and AI\-Powered Startup Platform supporting founders to reach their goals\. Brian Raushenbach, Cofounder / Curator, Seattle Interactive Conference \- Celebrating the work at the intersection of technology\, creativity and digital marketing\. ​The Venue: ​The Collective 400 Dexter Ave N ste 100, Seattle, WA 98109 ​The Crowd: ​The Northwest’s smart, fun, creative, innovative tech community – software and application developers, company owners, startup founders, recruiters, hackers, job seekers, executives, investors