This is what a penthouse series looks like.
October 7 and October 10. Singapore.
Industry-leading founders, investors, and executives, spanning PayPal, Western Alliance Bank, Bybit, Coinbase, and more.
Wednesday, October 7.
The VIP Penthouse.
With Diamante. Above the circuit, as TOKEN2049 begins.
Saturday, October 10.
The Penthouse: Trackside.
With CoinRabbit. A private brunch over Marina Bay as the Grand Prix builds.
By invitation only. The address goes only to approved guests.
Where You’ll Find Us
Featured: NEAR Happy Hour, San Francisco
Tue Oct 6, during SF Tech Week.
Coming soon: Los Angeles
An Introduction.com dinner in LA, coming up in the next couple of weeks. Details and invites soon.
Also on the calendar
Singapore: The VIP Penthouse Experience, Wed Oct 7
Miami: Assets & Access @ Better Days, Thu Oct 8
San Francisco: Assets & Access @ Rickhouse Bar, Thu Oct 8
Singapore: The Penthouse: Trackside, Sat Oct 10
New York: Assets & Access @ Pubkey, Tue Oct 20
The Industry
New York
AI · AI Engineer New York, Oct 12-14
1,000+ AI engineers and 100+ speakers on putting AI to work in banks and funds. (Midtown)
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)
San Francisco
Venture · a16z SF Tech Week, Oct 5-11
Starts today. Hundreds of founder and fund events across the city. Our NEAR happy hour is one of them.
Venture · TechCrunch Disrupt, Oct 13-15
Founders and VCs 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)
Los Angeles
Venture · a16z Tech Week LA, Oct 12-18
100+ events across the city: summits, pitch competitions, fintech and AI tracks.
AI · Music Tectonics, Oct 27-29
Music tech founders and investors on AI and licensing, plus a pitch competition. (Santa Monica)
Washington DC
Fintech · DC Fintech Week, Oct 13-16
Founders, regulators and investors at the World Bank, Amazon HQ2, Milken and FINRA. Free and open to the public.
Fintech · SIFMA Annual Meeting, Oct 19-20
Invite-only gathering of Wall Street leaders and policymakers on the biggest market issues.
Chicago
Product · Mind the Product Chicago, Oct 6-7
The Midwest's largest product leadership conference, at Harris Theater. (Loop)
Fintech · MBA Annual Convention & Expo, Oct 11-14
The Mortgage Bankers Association's yearly gathering of real estate finance leaders.
Venture · SOCAP26, Oct 12-14
Impact investing's big room: 1,500 attendees and 3,600 onsite meetings. (Willis Tower)
Fintech · Small Business Banking, Oct 26-28
Banks and credit unions on AI, lending and payments for small business clients.
Las Vegas
Fintech · Money20/20 USA, Oct 18-21
Billed as the USA's top fintech event: 11,000+ attendees, 630+ speakers, one in three C-suite.
Europe
Fintech · Fintech Meetup Europe, Oct 6-8
First European edition, 12,500+ pre-booked meetings and 70% C-suite. (Lisbon)
AI · World Summit AI, Oct 7-8
10,000 attendees and 300 speakers at the tenth edition. (Amsterdam)
Fintech · Open Banking Expo, Oct 13-14
1,800+ attendees and 200+ speakers on open banking and payments. (London)
Crypto · Plan B Forum, Oct 23-24
Bitcoin conference with Tether's Paolo Ardoino and Blockstream's Adam Back. (Lugano)
Middle East & Asia
Crypto · TOKEN2049 Singapore, Oct 7-8
Starts Wednesday. Billed as the world's largest crypto event. (Singapore)
AI · AI Everything Abu Dhabi, Oct 6-7
Government-hosted AI expo and summit, 350+ companies from 60+ countries. (Abu Dhabi)
Crypto · Network State Conference, Oct 9
Vitalik Buterin and Binance's Richard Teng, the day after TOKEN2049. (Singapore)
Fintech · IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, Oct 12-18
Finance ministers and central bankers gather, with Thailand hosting. (Bangkok)
Venture · FII10, Oct 26-29
The tenth edition of Saudi Arabia's flagship investment summit. (Riyadh)
THE MARQUEE SCORECARD
LAST WEEK’S VERDICT
Room of the week
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 AI Everything Abu Dhabi (40%)
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 None of the above (40%)
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ World Summit AI (20%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ TOKEN2049 Singapore (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ a16z SF Tech Week (0%)
Where you were
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 San Francisco (33%)
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 Singapore (33%)
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 Somewhere else (33%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ New York (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Seoul (0%)
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Heads down this week (0%)
ROOM OF THE WEEK
Which room will everyone be talking about next week?
ROLL CALL
Which city are you working this week?
YOUR TAKE
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