👋 I’m Justin. I run The SF Grind, The LA Grind, and scout for Headline. I live in LA but spend a lot of time in San Francisco meeting founders, hosting gatherings, and enjoying the wonderful city. If I’m not writing this, I’m probably out on a run.
Welcome to the first edition of The SF Grind!
About six months ago, I launched The LA Grind and it has grown to more than 7,000 subscribers. I’m excited to expand into San Francisco and start sharing the best local startup news, events, and opportunities each week.
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I’ll be hosting SF events soon! In the meantime, here are the best events I could find happening around the city this week.
👋 This Week in SF 👋
🗓️ December 1: SF Crawl. South Beach. 6 - 10 pm.
🗓️ December 1: River Computer Salon. Dolores Heights. 7:30 - 9:30 pm.
🗓️ December 1: AI Innovators Forum. SF. 3 - 6 pm.
🗓️ December 2: Building for the Real World Hackathon. Mission District. 4 - 10 pm.
🗓️ December 2: IDT x BioPioneers Networking Event. North Beach. 5:30 - 8 pm.
🗓️ December 2: Board Game Cafe. Mission. 6 - 9 pm.
🗓️ December 3: SF Systems Club: Deterministic Computing On Real Hardware. SOMA. 5:30 - 8:30 pm.
🗓️ December 3: Get YC Ready! Palo Alto. 6 - 8 pm.
🗓️ December 3: Stablecon Salon vol 11. North Beach. 6:30 - 9:30 pm.
🗓️ December 4: Stanford Founders Pitch Night – Fall 2025. Stanford. 5 - 7:30 pm.
🗓️ December 4: Breaking In: How Startups Win Enterprise Deals. Palo Alto. 5:30 - 8:30 pm.
🗓️ December 4: In The Lab (SPC Demo Night). South Beach. 6 - 9 pm.
🗓️ December 4: Replit HQ Community Meetup. Foster City. 6 - 9 pm.
🗓️ December 5: Deep Tech Connections Networking Breakfast. Palo Alto. 8:30 - 10:30 am.
🗓️ December 5: SEASONS: RISING. Mission District. 5 - 7:30 pm.
🗓️ December 5: Creative Futures Counterstructures Exhibition Opening. Union Square. 7 - 9 pm.
🗓️ December 6: Early Stage Summit. Union Square. 9 am - 6 pm.
🗓️ December 6: Dynamism Holiday Mixer with a16z and friends. SF. 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
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Top 5 SF Startup & VC Firm Jobs
Research Engineer - AI Infrastructure @ Applied Intuition
Founding Account Executive @ Wispr Flow
Startups Ambassador @ Brex
Community / Growth Lead @ Array VC
Investor @ First Round Capital
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Other Opportunities
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Evidium, a healthcare AI company, raised $22M in Funding in a round led by Health2047.
Harmonic, an artificial intelligence lab developing a mathematical superintelligence (MSI), raised $120M in Series C funding, at $1.45 Billion valuation, led by Ribbit Capital.
The Intelligent Search Company (TISC), a technology company developing an intelligent retrieval engine, raised US$2.1M in Pre-Seed funding led by OVO Fund and n49p.
CoPlane, a company building AI-native software to streamline the back office, raised $14M in Seed funding in a round led by Ribbit.
SubImage, a company bringing an open-core cloud security graph to the enterprise, raised $4.2M in seed funding from FundersClub, Y Combinator, Phosphor Capital, and Transpose Platform.
Numerai, a fintech startup running a decentralized hedge fund, raised $30m in Series C funding round at a $500m post-money valuation led by three undisclosed university endowments.
Parallax Worlds, a company building hyper-realistic simulations to stress-test robots before deployment, raised $4m in seed funding in a round led by Pear VC.
Maritime Fusion, a fusion energy company developing reactors for maritime and off-grid applications, raised $5.5M in Seed funding led by Trucks VC.
Interface, a provider of an AI powered industrial safety platform for critical industries, raised $3.5M in Seed funding. Backers included defy.vc, Precursor Ventures, and Rock Yard Ventures.
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See you next week,
Justin
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