It's Malibu's moment 🌊

Thursday, October 15. LA Tech Week. Malibu.

Introduction.com presents a Private Reception at Privé Malibu during LA Tech Week

Introduction.com x LA Tech Week x Privé Malibu.

An invitation-only reception above the Pacific, for executives, founders and investors only.

Cocktails, cuisine and a first look at Privé Malibu, a set of luxury residences. Presented with Arcadia.

We’ve spent two weeks headlining rooms around the world. Finally looking forward to ocean air, good company, Malibu mindset.

Access is earned.

Three rooms. Two cities. One recap, coming soon.

Seoul and Singapore. October 1, 7 and 10.
In 10 days, we hosted three rooms across two of crypto’s biggest weeks: Korea Blockchain Week and TOKEN2049.

KBW2026 Official Closing Reception, Seoul

Thursday, October 1.
KBW2026 Official Closing Reception.

With FactBlock and Arcadia. The closing night of Korea Blockchain Week in Seoul.

The VIP Penthouse, Singapore

Wednesday, October 7.
The VIP Penthouse.

With Diamante. Above the circuit, as TOKEN2049 began.

The Penthouse: Trackside, Singapore

Saturday, October 10.
The Penthouse: Trackside.

With CoinRabbit. A private brunch over Marina Bay as the Grand Prix built.

We’re grateful to every founder, investor and executive who walked through the door, and to the partners who built these nights with us.

This is what we do. We find the people moving this industry and put them in one room.

The guest list stays with the guests. The deal flow and the debrief go to members.

If you weren’t there, the recap is the closest you’ll get.

The full download drops soon. Stay tuned.

Where You’ll Find Us

Featured: Assets & Access, New York

Tue Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET at Pubkey.

Also on the calendar

Los Angeles: Privé Malibu x Introduction.com, Thu Oct 15

The Industry

AI Engineer New York

New York

AI · AI Engineer New York, Oct 12-14
Starts today. 1,000+ engineers and 100+ speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Citadel Securities and Bridgewater. (Times Square)

AI · AI in Finance Summit, Oct 21-22
AI leads from JPMorgan, BlackRock and Vanguard on agentic AI, fraud and trading. (Hoboken)

Crypto · The Bridge, Oct 27
1,000+ executives from banks, asset managers, funds and exchanges on where TradFi meets digital assets. (Brookfield Place)

Crypto · Swell 2026, Oct 27-29
Ripple's flagship, 1,500+ attendees and 100+ speakers at The Shed. (Hudson Yards)

TechCrunch Disrupt

San Francisco

Venture · TechCrunch Disrupt, Oct 13-15
10,000+ founders and VCs and 250+ speakers at Moscone West, home of the Startup Battlefield.

AI · PyTorch Conference North America, Oct 20-21
3,500+ attendees and 400+ speakers on the open-source AI stack. (San Jose)

Product · GitHub Universe, Oct 28-29
GitHub's developer conference, focused on AI agents that write code. (Fort Mason)

a16z Tech Week LA

Los Angeles

Venture · a16z Tech Week LA, Oct 12-18
Starts today. 100+ events across the city: summits, pitch competitions, fintech and AI tracks. Ours is Thursday.

AI · Music Tectonics, Oct 27-29
Music tech founders and investors on AI and licensing, plus a pitch competition. (Santa Monica)

DC Fintech Week

Washington DC

Fintech · DC Fintech Week, Oct 13-16
Founders, regulators and investors, co-hosted with AWS, Visa, Citi and the World Bank Group.

Fintech · SIFMA Annual Meeting, Oct 19-20
Invite-only. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig and Robinhood's Matt Billings among the speakers.

SOCAP26

Chicago

Venture · SOCAP26, Oct 12-14
Starts today. Impact investing's big room: 1,500 attendees and 3,600 onsite meetings. (Willis Tower)

Fintech · MBA Annual Convention & Expo, Oct 11-14
The Mortgage Bankers Association's yearly gathering of real estate finance leaders.

Fintech · Small Business Banking, Oct 26-28
Small business heads from U.S. Bank, Citizens, Live Oak and Truist on AI, lending and payments.

Money20/20 USA

Las Vegas

Fintech · Money20/20 USA, Oct 18-21
11,000+ attendees and 630+ speakers, with keynotes from Kalshi's Tarek Mansour and PNC's Bill Demchak.

Open Banking Expo

Europe

Fintech · Open Banking Expo, Oct 13-14
Speakers from Monzo, BBVA, Deutsche Bank and the BIS on open banking and payments. (London)

AI · AI & Big Data Expo Europe, Oct 19-20
8,000+ attendees and 250+ speakers, including data chiefs from BNP Paribas and Santander. (Amsterdam)

Crypto · Plan B Forum, Oct 23-24
Bitcoin conference with Tether's Paolo Ardoino and Blockstream's Adam Back. (Lugano)

Fintech · MoneyLIVE Nordic Banking, Oct 27-28
800+ senior banking leaders, including Swedbank's deputy CEO. (Copenhagen)

FII10

Middle East & Asia

Venture · FII10, Oct 26-29
Saudi Arabia's flagship investment summit, with Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink and Ray Dalio confirmed. (Riyadh)

Fintech · IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, Oct 12-18
Starts today. Finance ministers and central bankers gather, with Thailand hosting. (Bangkok)

THE MARQUEE SCORECARD

LAST WEEK’S VERDICT

Room of the week
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 TOKEN2049 Singapore (100%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Money20/20 USA (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ TechCrunch Disrupt (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ DC Fintech Week (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ None of the above (0%)

Where you were
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Singapore (50%)
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Somewhere else (50%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ New York (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ San Francisco (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Las Vegas (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Heads down this week (0%)

What you went to TOKEN2049 for
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 Meeting LPs and investors (100%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Deals (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Hiring (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ The parties (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Not going (0%)

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