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AI Rabbit Hole 2026 gathers frontier AI leaders in SF
More than 600 founders, investors and researchers gathered on Treasure Island on June 5 for the fourth annual AI Rabbit Hole conference, where speakers from Anthropic, Perplexity, Inception Labs and Future Ventures debated AI infrastructure, agentic applications and whether the industry is in a bubble.
Food & Beverage Leaders Gather at SF's Taste of Asia Summit
The eighth annual Taste of Asia North American Food & Beverage Industry Summit drew restaurant operators, brand founders, investors and industry partners to Shenzhen Bay Innovation Center in San Francisco on June 15 for an evening of networking and deal-making. The event, part of a 2026 multi-city tour organized by NAAFIA and Asia Creative, featured a VIP mixer and programming on market trends, brand growth and cross-border business opportunities in the Asian food industry.
Apple opens WWDC 2026 with the release of Siri AI
Apple unveiled Siri AI, a rebuilt voice assistant powered in part by Google Gemini, at WWDC 2026 on June 8 in Cupertino. The company also announced iOS 27, expanded parental controls and new child safety features in what marked Tim Cook's final keynote as chief executive.
Lifeline AI Beats 135,000 Startups to Take the Red Bull Basement 2026 World Title
San Francisco's Darnell Adler wins the Red Bull Basement 2026 World Final with Lifeline AI — a discreet emergency SOS system that beat 135,000 global applicants to claim $100,000 in equity-free funding.
Crescendo Live 2026
An invitation-only AI conference for customer experience leaders, landing in San Francisco on October 28. The event brings together executives and operators shaping the future of AI-native CX, with sessions on agentic AI, voice agents, and live support.
Musk v. Altman: The Trial That Hinged on a Calendar
Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI ended in Oakland after three weeks of testimony. A nine-person jury took under two hours to decide.
Everything announced at GDC 2026
Developers from around the world gathered in San Francisco for GDC 2026, the gaming industry’s largest conference, featuring keynotes, demos, and discussions on AI, game design, and the future of interactive entertainment.
Tech backlash grows as OpenAI faces protest over military AI ties
A small protest outside OpenAI’s HQ used chalk messages to question its involvement in military AI projects and their ethical implications.
Business leaders meet in SF for Charter’s AI leadership summit
Business and technology leaders gathered in San Francisco on February 24, 2026, for Charter’s Leading with AI Summit, exploring how companies are moving from experimentation to real transformation with artificial intelligence in the workplace.
NEARCON 2026 puts AI front and center for the next wave of the open web
NEARCON brought together tech leaders to focus on AI adoption, open infrastructure, and user-controlled data. Discussions centered on how AI products, decentralized systems, and new developer tools can reshape digital ownership and scale globally.