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🌴 The Power of Community: 2023 Recap of Emerging LA

#002: Highlights of 2023. Top events, news, posts, rankings, and deals. PledgeLA, LA Tech Week, NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH, LAVA, Business Insider Rising Stars, Forbes 30 Under 30, 2023 Venture report, SpaceX $180B, Scopely acquired for $5B, SPILL’s pre-seed

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 Gaming Meetup - Event Recap

#001 Biggest Emerging LA event ever! We had 124 sign up for our gaming tech meetup at an arcade. It was 4X over capacity and took over the venue, packing The One Up in Sherman Oaks

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 Recap: LA Founders & Investors event with Honey & Mucker Capital

#005: Our biggest event ever, guest speakers Honey co-founder (George Ruan) & Mucker Capital founding GP (William Hsu)

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 NVIDIA-backed GenAI startup that raised $77M joins us at Tech Week

#031: Twelve Labs has raised $77M from NVIDIA, NEA, & Index and executive joins our Mediatech AI Panel! New LA chapter launch for GenAI Collective with kickoff event, Space NASA Tour waitlist open for November

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 Tech Week 2024 Recap

#034: Emerging LA hosts 7 events, 18 speakers, 2700 signups during Tech Week! New event tonight at Chief, talking about the "Power of Coaching" for founders

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

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🌴 Tech Week 2024 Recap

#034: Emerging LA hosts 7 events, 18 speakers, 2700 signups during Tech Week! New event tonight at Chief, talking about the "Power of Coaching" for founders

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 Tech Week begins - 2 speakers added & 1 new event!

#033: New AI Cybersecurity event announced with Kindo & Riot Ventures, Executives from TikTok, Spotify, Scopely, and Patreon join Twelve Labs in Mediatech AI Panel, Consumer AI meetup with GenAI Collective

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 193 attending GenAI Media Panel, grab one of the last spots!

#032: Consumer AI meetup with GenAI Collective LA chapter launch, Mediatech Mixer with Twelve Labs, commerce & culture at VISIONS Summit

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 NVIDIA-backed GenAI startup that raised $77M joins us at Tech Week

#031: Twelve Labs has raised $77M from NVIDIA, NEA, & Index and executive joins our Mediatech AI Panel! New LA chapter launch for GenAI Collective with kickoff event, Space NASA Tour waitlist open for November

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 Cyberattacks as a weapon in space

#030: Hear our panel talk space & security at the Hard Tech AI Mixer on Friday. Speakers are from SpaceX, Air Force, Defense Innovation Unit, and a satellite hacker!

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 Upcoming Events (Sept - Oct)

#029: Hard Tech Mixer, NASA Space Tour, Mediatech AI Mixer & Dinner, LA Founders & Investors monthly series

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 New Events: LA Tech Week events announced, sign up early!

#028: Space Tour at NASA, Mediatech Mixer & Panel, VIP Dinner, Hard Tech Mixer

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 New Events (8/22): LA Tech Week plans & chance to become an event host

#027: Hustle Fund is hosting a pitch event tonight in LA! NASA Space Tour is full (waitlist open), build your MVP with Slauson & Co.

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 Last day for NASA Space Tour signups, LA Founders & Investors returns, and meeting Gary Vee!

#026: If you have interest in the space tour at NASA you must signup by end of today, LA Founders & Investors returns with fireside chat, we got to meet Gary Vee at VeeCon

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 New Event Tonight! AI Mediatech Mixer at Gary Vee's #VeeCon

#025: VeeCon Conference for creator communities, media leaders, and emerging tech builders, AI Mediatech Mixer, LA Crypto Summer with Lightspeed Faction & Orange DAO, Space Tour at NASA

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman

🌴 See you at AI tonight + Web3 tomorrow!

#024: Amazing line ups of speakers from Kindo, Riot Ventures, Hashed, Xsolla, Republic Crypto, Spaceport

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Esteban Alvarado

Brandon Hoffman, +1

🌴 Future of XR Insights from AWE 2024 Recap

#023: Recap from AWE 2024 conference, XR events with Samsung, VR's history, XR's future, fun down in Long Beach

Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman