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With TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 less than a week away, we’re thrilled to announce the complete list of companies behind the Side Events, set to amplify the excitement for thousands of attendees and Silicon Valley residents.

From casual happy hours to insightful discussions and energizing morning runs, Disrupt Week — spanning October 26 to November 1 — features an exciting mix of Side Events happening across San Francisco, organized by a diverse collection of innovative companies.

Side Event guidelines and disclaimers

  • Registering/RSVPing to a Side Event does not grant you access/ticket/badge to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place October 28-30.
  • Each event is organized and operated solely by a host (not Yahoo or any of its affiliates or brands, including TechCrunch).
  • Attendance is 18+ minimum and some venues are 21+ only.
  • Side Events are open to the public unless specified.
  • Please register/RSVP for any of the Side Events you want to attend.

Disrupt 2024 Side Events Schedule

Founders Running Club x Disrupt

Hosted By: Founders Running Club

Time: October 26, 2024, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Description: We host weekly runs in San Francisco and 20 other locations worldwide, and this time, we’re excited to be part of TechCrunch Disrupt! We offer two distances: 5K and 10K, with two pace groups. The focus is on community and connection, not pushing yourself too hard.  ​For this event, we’ll meet at the William McKinley Monument, take a group photo, and then run to Golden Gate Park and back. The 5K group will have an optional workout at the end, followed by a visit to a nearby coffee shop for more networking.

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Laughs for Jobs with KhwajaLabs

Hosted By: KhwajaLabs

Time: October 26, 7:00–8:30 p.m.

Description: A standup comedy show with bits relating to careers in tech, job search, AI, and more. The show includes an audience engagement segment – for the brave!

Unlock Your Investor Potential: How Tech Workers Can Become LPs Using Vested Stock Units

Hosted By: Musa Capital

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Time: October 26, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Description: Are you a technology professional with vested stock units from companies like Google, Amazon, or Apple? Curious about how you can leverage those assets to become a Limited Partner (LP) in a venture capital (VC) fund? Join us for an exclusive Office Hours event where we’ll guide you through the process of converting your vested stock units into investments in VC funds.

Early Bird AI Run: Network and Energize

Hosted By: techtrust.ai

Time: October 27, 8:30–9:30 a.m.

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Description: Kick off your TechCrunch Disrupt Days with some fresh air, energy, and networking! Join us for a relaxed 3.2-mile morning run through the iconic Crissy Field, heading towards Fort Point and back, set against the backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge. Whether you’re an AI founder, venture capitalist, or simply passionate about AI, this run offers a great opportunity to connect while maintaining a comfortable pace for conversation.at Disrupt.

Disrupt AI Hack Day

Hosted By: Weaviate

Time: October 27, 2024, 9:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m.

Description: Lightning Talks, Demo and Quick Start Challenges, Product Workshop, and prizes! ​If this sounds like a fun day to you, secure your spot and become part of the incredible tech community present!

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Ikigai Workshop: Discover Your Purpose

Hosted By: Quor

Time: October 27, 2024, 4:00–7:00 p.m.

Description: An enriching Ikigai workshop that promises to transform the way you approach your business and personal goals, and engage employees.

Personalized Purpose Mapping: Explore the Japanese concept of Ikigai by crafting a purpose map that aligns your business with your aspirations.

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Strategic Clarity: Gain insights into how aligning your purpose with your business strategies can lead to more effective decision-making and higher employee engagement.

Meaningful Connections: Engage with like-minded entrepreneurs in a reflective setting that encourages deep, meaningful interactions and collaborative growth.

Tech Crunch Founder Poker Tournament and Happy Hour

Hosted By: The Howard SF

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

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Description: Join us for an evening of great conversations, delicious drinks, and exciting poker action. Let’s make this a night to remember!

Announcing the 1st Annual Tech Crunch Founders Poker Tournament! This is a fantastic opportunity to network with other founders while testing your skills at the table.

Founders attending the conference are invited to sign up for the poker tournament in advance. Don’t miss your chance to win bragging rights and some great prizes!

Investing in Irish Technology – Pitch Night at Ireland House

Hosted By: Enterprise Ireland

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Time: October 29, 2024, 5:30–8:00 p.m.

Description: Join us for an exclusive evening of pitching and networking, featuring 8 cutting-edge startups from Ireland. These companies are driving innovation and are on the hunt for funding to accelerate their global growth. Connect with visionary founders and explore opportunities to be part of their journey, while having a few drinks in the infamous Ireland House on Post Street.

Human Approach to AI

Hosted By: Quor

Time: October 29, 2024, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

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Description: Get inspired and stay ahead with this dynamic AI event!

Expert Panel: Hear from leading minds on where AI is headed and what it means for your business.

Live AI Demo: See cutting-edge AI tools in action and discover how they boost human potential.

Real-World Case Studies: Learn from companies that are successfully implementing human-centered AI solutions.

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Engaging Roundtables: Join interactive discussions with AI experts and fellow innovators.

Don’t miss this chance to gain actionable insights and shape your AI strategy!

Embarkr Launch Party

Hosted By: Embarkr

Time: October 30, 2024, 6:30–9:00 p.m.

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Description: Join us for an unforgettable evening as we unveil Embarkr – the innovative event-hosting platform designed to elevate your social experience by connecting you with like-minded individuals in real time.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, creative, or social butterfly, our launch party is the perfect opportunity to expand your network and make meaningful connections.

NTT Ecosystem Partners: Powering Enterprise and CivTech/GovTech Innovation with GenAI

Hosted By: NTT

Time: October 30, 2024, 5:00–7:30 p.m.

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Description: Join us at NTT Experience Center where our Ecosystem Partners like Microsoft’s Carol Scott and BCG Senior Advisor Mickey McManus help us understand the transformative power of GenAI for rapid innovation and transformation. Engage in an interactive demo with Malcolm Gill, head of NTT DATA Launch West of the Dear Mayor app. This GenAI tool unlocks collective intelligence for San Francisco powered by real “ChatGPT style inputs” – or prompt engineering. Hear from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce President, Rodney Fong and Peter Hirshberg author of Maker City discuss how public and private partnerships can tackle urban and civic innovation challenges to support small businesses in San Francisco during this TechCrunch Disrupt side event.

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City of Ulsan Innovators Night: Meet & Connect

Hosted By: SID Partners US

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: Join us for a delightful evening of pitching and networking with innovative startups from Ulsan, South Korea, during TechCrunch Disrupt 2024.

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Connect with 7 pioneering companies and discover exciting ideas while enjoying Korean food and drinks. Please RSVP to secure your spot at this special gathering!

The Bay’s APAC Founders Connect!

Hosted By: January Capital

Time: October 30, 2024, 6:30–9:00 p.m.

Description: Join us for an exclusive gathering of APAC founders living in San Francisco at APAC Founders Connect!, a unique event that brings together the brightest entrepreneurial minds from Asia-Pacific who are making their mark in the Bay Area. This is not just another networking event; it’s a space where innovation, collaboration, and community come together, designed specifically for founders who have crossed borders to build the future in one of the world’s most dynamic startup ecosystems.

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Futurist Happy Hour

Hosted By: Future Factory

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Description: The Futurist Happy Hour at Future Factory SF returns for TechCrunch Disrupt Week, following a highly successful event last year where we hosted over 200 VCs, founders, and tech leaders. This year’s event will feature interactive AR/VR demos, cutting-edge tech showcases, and curated networking spaces designed to foster meaningful connections and collaboration. Held in a sleek, industrial-chic venue, this happy hour offers a unique opportunity to explore the future of technology in an immersive environment, with custom cocktails, fireside chats, and exclusive insights into the latest innovations.

Founders and Funders Wine tasting Happy Hour presented by SVB

Hosted By: Silicon Valley Bank

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Time: October 29, 2024, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Description: After the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, a B2B SaaS AI fireside chat hosted by SVB, GenAI Collective, Escalon Services, and Wilson Sonsini will feature a 30-minute discussion on cutting-edge trends and industry best practices, with expert panelists exploring the latest developments, sharing success stories, and providing actionable insights. The event will conclude with a networking happy hour, offering premium Napa Valley wines and craft beers, designed for institutionally-backed founders and investors within the B2B SaaS AI community.

Brex Social Club

Hosted By: Brex

Time: October 29, 2024, 6:00–9:00 p.m.

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Description: This isn’t your typical networking Event; our goal is to make space for meaningful connections, learn from each other and move each other forward.

This will be a highly curated group of founders and VCs, and there will be flowing 🥂, and conversation starters. You’ll leave with new friends, business connections, and new thoughts on how to hit that next level of personal or company growth.

Founders & Innovators Happy Hour with Mercury, Notion for Startups, & Gusto

Hosted By: Mercury

Time: October 28, 2024, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

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Description: Mercury, Notion for Startups, and Gusto invite you to their Founders & Innovators Happy Hour at SHACK15 on October 28, 2024, from 6:30–8:30pm. Close out day one of TechCrunch Disrupt by meeting fellow entrepreneurs and builders just steps away from Moscone. Take in the Bay views, have a nibble at the oyster bar, and forge new connections in San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building.

TechCrunch Meets Cyber Security

Hosted By: c/side, FireTail and Socket

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: Client-side attacks, particularly those targeting 3rd party scripts, are on the rise. Meanwhile, APls are the key drivers of your digital innovation but also a top target for attackers. And then there’s code and dependencies to check for any vulnerabilities…

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​Let’s talk about how to navigate all of that!

HIIT.VC Sweatworking

Hosted By: OMERS Ventures

Time: October 28, 2024, 7:30–9:30 p.m.

Description: Sweatworking offers a refreshing alternative to the typical late-night, drinking-focused networking events. This unique workout session provides founders and investors with the opportunity to forge meaningful connections while engaging in a healthy activity.

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Private VC / AI Startup Mixer #TechCrunch #Disrupt2024

Hosted By: micro1

Time: October 30, 2024, 5:30–9:00 p.m.

Description: Hosted by Open Future Forum, micro1, and Newmark to bring together a community of leaders, investors, founders, and engineers based in the Bay Area, CA. Join us for a VC’s and Founders Mixer, an exclusive evening of networking for AI startup founders looking to hire engineers and explore office space in SF. If this sounds like you, we’d love to have you join! To apply, your startup must have over $240K ARR or have raised $1M+ in funding within the last two years. Enjoy meaningful connections while indulging in wine, cheese, and hors d’oeuvres.

The AI Growth and Differentiation Playbook – Happy Hour & Fireside Chat

Hosted By: Descope & you.com

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Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: We are living in the AI gold rush era. True value may be just around the corner, but only if you manage to dodge the snake oil salesmen along the way.  In such a crowded market, how do you prioritize, focus, and execute while setting your company apart from its competitors? Saurabh Sharma, CPO of You.com, knows a thing or ten about that. Join our exclusive fireside chat.

Mixer for AI Startup Founders and Investors, 10 AI Startups on Demo Floor

Hosted By: Llama Lounge: The AI Startup Event Series

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–9:00 p.m.

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Description: Llama Lounge is one of the longest-running AI startup event series in San Francisco. Ten AI startups will be on the demo floor, where you’ll hear remarks from the hosts. Hundreds of AI founders and VCs will be present. Come network with the long-running SF AI community at this exclusive event partnered with Disrupt. Organized by Jeremiah Owyang, speaker at Disrupt.

Accelerate Product Delivery Using Generative AI and Smart Contracts

Hosted By: Rezoomex

Time: October 28, 2024, 6:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: What’s one of the biggest hurdles for visionary organizations aiming to bring their ideas to market? It’s turning those big ideas into something INVEST’able — Independent, Valuable, Estimable, Small, and Testable. Successful organizations delight users, clients, and stakeholders by embracing Agile values, principles, and practices. They align their teams to transform visions into reality. This innovative workshop is designed for anyone eager to turn their ideas into reality. Attendees will engage in hands-on exercises with Rezoomex’s AI assistants. Learn to break down big ideas into smaller, manageable pieces for your teams to understand, deliver, and validate.

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Happy Hour with Women Founders Bay!

Hosted By: Women Founders Bay

Time: October 30, 2024, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Description: Join us for Women Founders Bay Happy Hour at Novela! We will have a selection of food and drinks as well as activities for the group! Some fun surprises and giveaways as well.

Women Tech Meetup w/Brex & Puzzle Growing from Seed to Success

Hosted By: Women Tech Meetup

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Time: October 28, 2024, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Description: Join our Women Tech Meetup w/Brex & Puzzle on October 28th as an official side event of TechCrunch Disrupt — an incredible gathering of women in technology, female founders, entrepreneurs, community builders, and other professionals!  The topic of the panel discussion – Growing from Seed to Success! We’ll talk about fundraising, venture capital, and the challenges that female founders face on their journey to building successful companies, along with strategies to overcome them.

USF Downtown TechCrunch Tech Brunch

Hosted By: USF Startup Club

Time: October 26, 2024, 3:30-6:30 pm

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Description: USF Startup Club + MS Entrepreneurship & Innovation program will be hosting a brunch on campus, including our graduate students, alumni, Silicon Valley operators, and investors.

Opening Disrupt with Sweat & Sparks: BeActive SF

Hosted By: Flamme AI — The Couples App

Time: October 27, 2024, 12:00–1:30 p.m.

Description: Kick off TechCrunch Disrupt with a healthy start — a fun social workout! Come connect with some of the best founders and investors while sweating out the weekend’s indulgences. Hosted by Ankit Nayal (ex-bodybuilder, founder of Flamme.app). Difficulty level: Beginner/Intermediate

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Hack the Climate with Climate Quest

Hosted By: Climate Quest

Time: October 27, 2024, 12:00–6:00 p.m.

Description: An afternoon of collaborative climate action — addressing carbon capture storage, circular economy, clean energy transition, and climate finance. Hosted by a climate founder and angel investor.

Founders & Investors Run

Hosted By: AQ22

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Time: October 29, 2024, 7:30–8:30 a.m.

Description: Start your morning off right with a fun networking run designed for founders, investors, and innovators. Whether you’re looking to talk about your next big idea, secure an investment, or simply get some fresh air with like-minded professionals, this is your sign to register. Expect a casual, friendly atmosphere — no pitch decks required! But have your elevator pitch ready (in case of an interested investor).

Making Money in the Energy Transition

Hosted By: DNV Ventures

Time: October 28, 2024, 4:00–7:30 p.m.

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Description: Join us for the launch of DNV Ventures’ Energy Transition Outlook, an invite-only networking event tailored to corporate venture capitalists and VCs. This event will showcase DNV ventures and its portfolio companies around a dynamic panel on the business opportunity that the energy transition represents. Connect with industry leaders and gain insights into the future of the energy transition. 

HardTech After Party @Studio 55

Hosted By: Andrews Cooper

Time: October 29, 2024, 5:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: Come connect with other attendees from TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 at the HardTech After Party hosted by Studio 45, Andrews Cooper, and informal! We will have food, drinks, and music.

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Speak Easy Happy Hour

Hosted By: BrainCloud

Time: October 29, 2024, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Description: Speak Easy with BrainCloud at our Hosted Happy Hour. In addition to talent services, BrainCloud supports startups with all kinds of free resources and the free resources of the day are bar bites and drinks! The Pawn Shop is — wait for it — a pawnshop up front, but it’s a swanky speakeasy and tapas bar in the back. So come speak easy with fellow startup folks on Tuesday — just down the street from where Disrupt 2024 will be at Moscone West!

Pop Up Bubbl Lounge — The Future of Smart Startup Travel. Connecting Entrepreneurs to Build Authentic Networks on the Road

Hosted By: Bubbl

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Time: October 29, 2024, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Description: Shared Travel, Shared Success: Connecting Entrepreneurs Through Smart Accommodation! Join us for a Happy Hour and short panel discussion on how shared travel experiences foster connections, optimize costs, and create business opportunities. Hear from travel tech innovators and entrepreneurs on leveraging platforms like Bubbl to simplify group travel, reduce expenses, and enhance networking at events. Expect insightful stories, practical tips, an audience Q&A, and exclusive offers for group stays at future conferences. Plus, one attendee will win a free Bubbl experience for a future tech conference within our portfolio! Transform how you travel and connect.

Semiconductors and AI for Climate Startup Cup — Finalists Announcement and Reception

Hosted By: Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC)

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

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Description: Join us for an exclusive gathering as we propel climate tech innovation forward. This event is dedicated to promoting technologies that reduce emissions, enhance energy efficiency, and minimize waste, all while fostering clean energy and sustainable practices. The event will feature remarks from XTC co-founders Young Sohn and Bill Tai, rapid pitches from the Top 30 XTC Startup Cup Semifinalist, and a networking reception with 200+ corporates, VCs, founders, ecosystem builders, and public sector stakeholders. 

Gaming, Film & Interactive Media Tech Terrace Investors & Networking Party Overlooking San Francisco Bay

Hosted By: Love Soul AI

Time: October 29, 2024, 5:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: Gaming, Film & Interactive Media Tech Terrace Investors & Networking Party Overlooking San Francisco Bay

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Happy Hour with McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Hosted By: McDermott Will & Emery

Time: October 29, 2024, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Description: Join us for an exclusive cocktail reception designed to bring together dynamic startup players, venture capitalists, and lawyers from McDermott’s capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, and venture capital practices. You’ll enjoy a relaxed atmosphere and invaluable networking opportunities against the beautiful backdrop of San Francisco Bay.

『MELT』150+ Founders x Investors Dynamic Network

Hosted By: MELT

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Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Description: We’re bringing together 150 top 1% of founders, from pre-seed to Series D, along with active VCs and angel investors.

Pitch&Drink with P2S.VC

Hosted By: Pre-seed to Succeed (AltaIR Capital, Yellow Rocks!, Smart Partnership Capital, I2BF Global Ventures)

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–9:00 p.m.

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Description: Calling all founders looking for investment opportunities to Pitch&Drink with P2S.vc! Connect with a community of like-minded individuals and VCs and gain insights into your next fundraising venture in a relaxed and fun environment.

Event Format: Venture (founders and investors) speed dating. Founders will have 2 to 3 minutes to present their elevator pitch (no presentation) directly to the investors, followed by a 6- to 7-minute Q&A session. After 10 minutes, the gong sounds and the founders change their places.

Startup Grind Happy Hour with Microsoft for Startups & DuploCloud

Hosted By: Startup Grind

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

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Description: Startup Grind understands how exciting the first day of a big startup conference is. Just a breezy 5-minute walk from TechCrunch in the heart of SF, our stunning happy hour venue awaits. Unwind, mingle with fellow founders, and enjoy a well-earned beer or glass of wine, plus some tasty finger food. See you there!

Meetup with『Shinhan Square Bridge』(S²Bridge) Startups

Hosted By: SWITH

Time: October 29, 2024, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Description: Beyond the main stage of TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, join us for a night of pitching and networking with deep tech Korean startups. Connect and discover where ideas spark! Meet and mingle with 8 startups of the event. Food and drinks on SWITH. RSVP only.

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Investor Talks by w.tech

Hosted By: w.tech

Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Description: We are planning to dive deep into the world of tech funding, featuring leading voices in the industry. Hosted by the dynamic Wtech team, this is more than just a meetup — it’s a rare opportunity to connect with top women in tech. Expect insightful panel discussions, inspiring success stories, and invaluable networking opportunities with key players in the tech world.

A Well Tech Terrace Party! Hosted by Well Now! & Love Soul AI

Hosted By: Well Now! & Love Soul AI

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Time: October 28, 2024, 5:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: Health tech and wellness tech, investors, and networking party on the terrace overlooking the San Francisco Bay.  

Scaling Smart: Leading Tech Companies to Success (Panel & Happy Hour)

Hosted By: Presence

Time: October 29, 2024, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

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Description: Join us for “Scaling Smart,” a panel and happy hour focused on actionable strategies for scaling your company’s success. Hear from top women executives sharing real-world stories of turning startup and mid-level company challenges into sustainable growth. Explore how they’ve overcome obstacles, aligned teams, and leveraged digital innovation to capture new markets. Enjoy an open bar and hors d’oeuvres, and network with a curated guest list of tech leaders. Expect no-fluff insights, meaningful takeaways, and the opportunity to build connections that will drive your business forward. RSVP for a beautiful evening designed to inspire growth and foster valuable industry relationships, all in a relaxed, collaborative setting.

Happy Hour Launch Party with Vently

Hosted By: Vently

Time: October 29, 2024, 5:30–8:30 p.m.

Description: Wine tasting happy hour with the Vently team! Join us as we gear up to launch our social network for events app for an evening full of networking, socializing, and getting exclusive previews of our app! Raffles and giveaways are included. 

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Immigrant Founders Networking

Hosted By: OpenSphere

Time: October 29, 2024, 6:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: Get ready to network and meet vetted immigrant founders, investors, and operators at Immigrant Founders Networking hosted by Young Entrepreneurs Hub, OpenSphere, and Qlay. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, a fellow founder, or just curious about the future of the Immigrant Founder ecosystem, this is the place to be. Immigrant Founder? Apply to pitch.

SF Founders-Investors Social

Hosted By: Pilot

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Time: October 29, 2024, 6:00–9:30 p.m.

Description: Come socialize with fellow founders and investors for a casual event to bring tech founders and investors together. No overt pitching or selling allowed — just fun conversation and genuine connection. Why come? ​Find your next investment or investor, ​make friends and future referrers or partners, ​and have fun and enjoy a night off.

Meet the Media

Hosted By: Zebra Public Relations

Time: October 29, 2024, 6:00–9:00 p.m.

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Description: Begin your evening with a private networking session for reporters and VIP guests. Enjoy the intimate atmosphere and make meaningful connections. Engage in our interactive “Business Card Bingo” during the general networking session, making it fun and easy to meet potential collaborators. Panel discussion — “What the Media Wants”: Gain insider knowledge from our esteemed panel of journalists, including a leading business magazine journalist, a top online tech publication reporter, a prominent lifestyle editor, and a freelance writer specializing in entrepreneurial stories.

Privacy and Social Media Happy Hour with Germ Network x Citizens

Hosted By: Germ Network

Time: October 28, 2024, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Description: Conferences get packed, but connecting stays hard. Meet other founders, funders, and conference attendees at Germ Network x Citizens’ evening of mingling. Come join us if you’re working on privacy, security, the future of communications, or healthier social media–we’re looking for our people too! Beers are on us.

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SignalFire’s Disrupt Penthouse After-Party

Hosted By: SignalFire

Time: October 29, 2024, 8:00–11:00 p.m.

Description: ​After TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, join top-ranked founders and builders for a private, official after-party at one of San Francisco’s premier penthouses. Hosted by former TechCrunch editor-at-large and current SignalFire VC, Josh Constine. Come meet fellow founders, AI researchers, and investors while enjoying live musical performances, craft cocktails, delicious food, and special activations in a multistory penthouse and heated rooftop decorated by Restoration Hardware.

Construction Tech Happy Hour

Hosted By: Brick & Mortar Ventures

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Time: October 30, 2024, 5:30–7:00 p.m.

Description: ​Calling all founders, investors, operators, and individuals interested in construction tech! Join us for a happy hour to mingle with peers in the construction tech space. ​​This event is hosted by Brick & Mortar Ventures, the first sector-focused venture capital firm focusing on the construction industry. Our portfolio exits include PlanGrid, Building Connected, Fieldwire and Levelset.

Founder Friends SF

Hosted By: Hustle Fund

Time: October 30, 2024, 6:00–8:30 p.m.

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Description:
Founder Friends is a fireside chat & networking event where we gather 100-400 founders to connect over pizza & non-alcoholic beverages to hear from a notable founder who has been through the wringer and come out on the other side. This event will feature Eric Bahn, GP and co-founder at Hustle Fund, and Yin Wu, CEO and Founder of Pulley. Founder Friends does a great job of promoting an intimate gathering focused on honest conversations, with a mainly founder & VC audience, including enthusiasts & experienced entrepreneurs. 

Slovak PRO Happy Hour

Hosted By: Slovak PRO

Time: October 30, 2024, 6:00–9:00 p.m.

Description: Silicon Valley meeting the most interesting startups from Slovakia and Europe.

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Founders Fright Fest

Hosted By: Fondo

Time: October 31, 2024, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Description: Calling all brave founders and startups! Join Fondo for a ghoulishly good time at TechCrunch Disrupt’s spookiest side event — Founders Fright Fest. Sip, snack, and swap “frightening” stories that will send shivers down your spine: from the terror of missing tax deadlines to haunting missed tax credits, and the bone-chilling horror of inaccurate books. No need to face these nightmares alone! The Fondo team will be there to share how to turn those fears into distant memories. Costumes are optional, but getting your financials in order? Absolutely necessary! Don’t miss this chance to mix, mingle, and banish your startup’s accounting and bookkeeping nightmares!

AI & Robotics Beekeeping Class + Sustainability Mixer with Beewise

Hosted By: Beewise

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Time: October 31, 2024, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Description: Join Beewise for an in-person beekeeping class featuring our AI and robotics-powered beehive, the BeeHome™. Attendees will meet the bees up close in an urban garden and learn how technology can help reduce colony losses by more than 70%. Connect with other sustainability and green tech leaders over light refreshments and a tasting featuring BeeHome™ honey. 

Bootstrappers Breakfast: TechCrunch Disrupt Special Edition

Hosted By: Bootstrappers Breakfast

Time: October 31, 2024, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

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Description: Come join entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast®. At a Bootstrappers Breakfast®, we have serious conversations about growing a business based on internal cashflow and organic profit. This is for founders who are actively bootstrapping a startup. The other attendees will all be in startups. It will be a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. Now in our 14th year in Silicon Valley.

Creative Tech for Future Products: Panel & Happy Hour

Hosted By: JETRO, in collaboration with Japan Innovation Campus, AlchemistX, and Digital Garage

Time: October 30, 2024, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

Description: Explore the intersection of technology, art, and innovation with industry leaders. Meet our panel of experts in design thinking, food engineering, space tech, sustainable materials, museum tech, AI, and more. 

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Key discussion topics:

  • Emerging technologies driving future products
  • The role of creativity in tech-driven innovation
  • How companies are leveraging tech to create more sustainable, user-centric products

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HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open

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HONOR announced the world’s slimmest and lightest book-style foldable smartphone a couple of months ago, the HONOR Magic V3. That phone went global in September, and in this article, we’ll compare it with a device that is considered to be one of the best, if not the best foldable smartphones out there still. In this article, we’ll be comparing the HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open.

Both of these smartphones are truly compelling, but they’re also quite different. That goes for both their designs, their internals, and so on. As we usually do, we will first list the spec sheets of both smartphones. Following that, we will compare them across a number of categories, including design, display, performance, battery, cameras, and audio, With that being said, let’s get to it.

Specs

HONOR Magic V3 & OnePlus Open, respectively

Screen size (main):
7.92-inch Foldable LTPO AMOLED (120Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 1,800 nits)
7.82-inch LTPO 3 AMOLED (120Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 2,800 nits)
Screen Size (cover):
6.43-inch LTPO OLED (120Hz, 5,000 nits)
6.31-inch LTPO3 OLED (120Hz, 2,800 nits)
Display resolution (main):
2156 x 2344
2268 x 2440
Display resolution (cover):
2376 x 1060
2484 x 1116
SoC:
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
RAM:
12GB/16GB (LPDDR5X)
16GB (LPDDR5X)
Storage:
256GB/512GB/1TB (UFS 4.0)
512GB (UFS 4.0)
Rear cameras:
50MP (wide, f/1.6 aperture, 1/1.56-inch sensor size, OIS, PDAF), 40MP (ultrawide, f/2.2 aperture, 112-degree FoV), 50MP (periscope telephoto, 1/2.51-inch sensor size, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom)
48MP (wide, f/1.7 aperture, multi-directional PDAF, OIS), 48MP (ultrawide, 114-degree FoV), 64MP (periscope telephoto, 3x optical zoom, 6x “in-sensor” zoom, macro)
Front cameras:
20MP (main display, f/2.2 aperture), 32MP (cover display, f/2.4 aperture)
20MP (main display, f/2.2 aperture), 32MP (cover display, f/2.4 aperture)
Battery:
5,150mAh
4,805mAh
Charging:
66W wired, 50W wireless, 5W reverse wired (charger included)
67W wired, 5W reverse wired (charger included)
Dimensions (unfolded):
156.6 x 145.3 x 4.35 mm or 4.4 mm
153.4 x 143.1 x 5.8 mm
Dimensions (folded):
156.6 x 74.0 x 9.2 mm or 9.3 mm
153.4 x 73.3 x 11.7 mm
Weight:
226/230 grams
239/245 grams
Connectivity:
5G, LTE, NFC, Wi-Fi, USB Type-C, Bluetooth 5.3
Security:
Side-facing fingerprint scanner
OS:
Android 14 with MagicOS 8.0.1
Android 13 with OxygenOS (upgradable)
Price:
€1,999
$1,699
Buy:
HONOR Magic V3 (HONOR)
OnePlus Open (Best Buy)

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HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Design

Both of these phones are book-style foldables, but they do both look and feel different in the hand. The HONOR Magic V3 comes in both glass and vegan leather models, while the same goes for the OnePlus Open. Both phones also use aluminum and some other materials in their build, though. The back side of the OnePlus Open is flat, as are its sides. The same cannot be said for the HONOR Magic V3. Its back side does have a bit more of a curve towards the edges, while its sides are definitely not flat.

Both devices do have a flat cover display with a centered display camera hole on it. The bezels are quite thin on both of their displays, actually. You will also spot a display camera hole on their main displays, but they’re located in different spots. The HONOR Magic V3’s display camera hole is centered on the right side of the main display, so it’s about three-quarters to the right. On the OnePlus Open, it’s in the top-right corner.

There is a camera oreo located on the back of both phones. The one on the OnePlus Open does protrude a bit more, though, and it’s also physically larger. It is a good anchor for your finger when you’re holding the phone, though, so I definitely appreciated it being there during my use. The in-hand feel with these two phones is considerably different. Depending on the variant you get, they can be slippery.

The HONOR Magic V3 is the lighter device of the two, that much is obvious. It is also thinner, and it feels as much in the hand. The HONOR Magic V3 is IPX8 rated for water resistance. The OnePlus Open, on the flip side, comes with an IPX4 rating, which means it’s splash resistant.

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HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Display

The main display on the HONOR Magic V3 is a 7.92-inch Foldable LTPO AMOLED panel with a resolution of 2156 x 2344. That panel can project up to 1 billion colors and supports HDR10+ content. It also supports Dolby Vision, and its refresh rate goes up to 120Hz. The peak brightness of this panel is 1,800 nits, and the screen-to-body ratio is at around 88%. The cover display measures 6.43 inches, and it’s an LTPO OLED display. It can project up to 1 billion colors, and Dolby Vision is supported. Its refresh rate goes up to 120Hz, while the peak brightness here is 5,000 nits, on paper. The resolution is 2376 x 1080.

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HONOR Magic V3

The OnePlus Open, on the other hand, has a 7.82-inch Foldable LTPO3 Flexi-fluid main display. That is an AMOLED panel that can project up to 1 billion colors. Dolby Vision is supported too. The refresh rate here goes up to 120Hz, while the peak brightness is 2,800 nits. This display has a resolution of 2268 x 2440 and a screen-to-body ratio of 89%. The cover display measures 6.31 inches, and it’s an LTPO3 Super Fluid OLED display. Its resolution is 2484 x 1116, and it can project up to 1 billion colors. Dolby Vision is supported here too.

All four of these displays are very good. They do look a bit different out of the box, but both phones allow you to tweak their displays. They’re both more than sharp enough, and they’re well-optimized for a high refresh rate. The touch response is good, and the colors are vivid. The viewing angles are great on all displays. All four displays do get bright enough for all conditions, even though there is some difference in that regard too. The bottom line is, you’ll be happy with all of these displays. Both companies used quality panels and did a great job balancing them.

HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Performance

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC fuels the HONOR Magic V3. That is Qualcomm’s 4nm processor, which is, at this moment in time, still the company’s flagship SoC. HONOR paired that with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and UFS 4.0 flash storage. The OnePlus Open is fueled by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, which is also a 4nm chip, but a year older than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. This phone comes with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 flash storage. Neither device offers storage expansion, by the way.

The performance that both phones offer is outstanding, though. You’ll be hard-pressed to notice the difference between these two chips in day-to-day use. Both phones offer snappy performance without any lag, even though their software implementations are notably different. They open apps really fast, and they’re also great for multitasking of any kind. Both companies also have rather snappy and well-executed animations thrown into the mix.

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What about gaming? Well, despite the fact the OnePlus Open has an older chip, it still holds up in the gaming department, even when the most demanding games are concerned. Both of these phones can run anything the Google Play Store has to offer, and they can do a great job of running those games, even at the highest graphical settings. The bottom line is, the performance is not an issue on either of these two smartphones.

HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Battery

A 5,150mAh silicon-carbon battery sits inside the HONOR Magic V3. The OnePlus Open, on the flip side, offers a 4,805mAh battery pack. A larger battery doesn’t always mean better battery life, but in this case, it does. The HONOR Magic V3 did manage to offer better battery life for us, even though the OnePlus Open’s battery life is not bad at all. You can cross the 6-hour screen-on-time threshold on the OnePlus Open, and even go beyond that, depending on what you’re doing on the phone during your use.

The HONOR Magic V3, however, goes above and beyond that, usually. It can go over the 7-hour screen-on-time mark, once again, depending on your usage. The point is, it does offer better battery life, though the mileage may vary in your case. The battery life depends on a ton of factors, so… it will vary from one person to the next, of course. Both of these phones will offer more than enough juice for most people, but if you want a phone with better battery life, the HONOR Magic V3 is the one to get.

The HONOR Magic V3 is more versatile when it comes to charging. However, both phones charge similarly fast, at least in terms of wired charging, as that’s the only charging OnePlus’ foldable offers. The Magic V3 supports 66W wired, 50W wireless, and 5W reverse wired charging. The OnePlus Open only supports 67W wired charging. Both smartphones do come with a charger in the box.

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HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Cameras

The two devices have considerably different camera hardware on the back. Still, both are quite compelling and amongst the best camera smartphones in the foldable world. The HONOR Magic V3 includes a 50-megapixel main camera (1/1.56-inch sensor), a 40-megapixel ultrawide unit (112-degree FoV), and a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto unit (1/2.51-inch sensor, 3.5x optical zoom). The OnePlus Open has a 48-megapixel main camera (1/1.43-inch sensor), a 48-megapixel ultrawide camera (114-degree FoV), and a 64-megapixel periscope telephoto unit (3x optical zoom, 1/2.0-inch sensor size).

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OnePlus Open

Both devices are rather capable in the camera department, but the results are different. The HONOR Magic V3 offers well-saturated images, but they’re usually less contrasty than the shots from the OnePlus Open. We preferred the color science of the OnePlus Open most of the time. Their ultrawide cameras do a good job of keeping the color profile of the main cameras, while both telephoto cameras are quite capable. Both of them have a periscope telephoto camera, though the OnePlus Open has a larger camera sensor. Both cameras do a good job, but we preferred telephoto shots from the OnePlus Open, as it balanced them out a bit better.

What about low light? Well, both do a good job in such situations too, it’s also a matter of preference. The Magic V3 tends to brighten up such scenes more than the OnePlus Open, for better or worse. The styles are entirely different, but quite compelling on both sides. The Magic V3 is a major improvement over the Magic V2, that’s for sure. The HONOR Magic V2’s camera was not all that impressive.

Audio

You will find stereo speakers on both of these smartphones. The thing is, the volume that both sets of speakers provide is average at best. It’ll be enough for most people, but don’t expect them to be as loud as you may be used to. The sound quality output is good, though.

There is no audio jack on either one of these two phones. You can use their Type-C ports to hook up your wired headphones, though, if you want. Bluetooth 5.3 is supported on both smartphones.

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Meta is bringing back facial recognition with new safety features for Facebook and Instagram

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Meta is bringing facial recognition tech back to its apps more than three years after it shut down Facebook’s “face recognition” system amid a broader backlash against the technology. Now, the social network will begin to deploy facial recognition tools on Facebook and Instagram to fight scams and help users who have lost access to their accounts, the company said in an update.

The first test will use facial recognition to detect scam ads that use the faces of celebrities and other public figures. “If our systems suspect that an ad may be a scam that contains the image of a public figure at risk for celeb-bait, we will try to use facial recognition technology to compare faces in the ad against the public figure’s Facebook and Instagram profile pictures,” Meta explained in a blog post. “If we confirm a match and that the ad is a scam, we’ll block it.”

The company said that it’s already begun to roll the feature out to a small group of celebs and public figures and that it will begin automatically enrolling more people into the feature “in the coming weeks,” though individuals have the ability to opt out of the protection. While Meta already has systems in place to review ads for potential scams, the company isn’t always able to catch “celeb-bait” ads as many legitimate companies use celebrities and public figures to market their products, Monika Bickert, VP of content policy at Meta, said in a briefing. “This is a real time process,” she said of the new facial recognition feature. “It’s faster and it’s more accurate than manual review.”

Separately, Meta is also testing facial recognition tools to address another long-running issue on Facebook and Instagram: account recovery. The company is experimenting with a new “video selfie” option that allows users to upload a clip of themselves, which Meta will then match to their profile photos, when users have been locked out of their accounts. The company will also use it in cases of a suspected account compromise to prevent hackers from accessing accounts using stolen credentials.

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The tool won’t be able to help everyone who loses access to a Facebook or Instagram account. Many business pages, for example, don’t include a profile photo of a person, so those users would need to use Meta’s existing account recovery options. But Bickert says the new process will make it much more difficult for bad actors to game the company’s support tools “It will be a much higher level of difficulty for them in trying to bypass our systems,” Bickert said.

With both new features, Meta says it will “immediately delete” facial data that’s used for comparisons and that the scans won’t be used for another purpose. The company is also making the features optional, though celebrities will need to opt-out of the scam ad protection rather than opt-ion.

That could draw criticism from privacy advocates, particularly given Meta’s messy history with facial recognition. The company previously used the technology to power automatic photo-tagging, which allowed the company to automatically recognize the faces of users in photos and videos. The feature was discontinued in 2021, with Meta deleting the facial data of more than 1 billion people, citing “growing societal concerns.” The company also faces lawsuits, notably from the Texas and Illinois, over its use of the tech. Meta paid $650 million to settle a lawsuit related to the Illinois law and $1.4 billion to resolve a similar suit in Texas.

It’s notable, then, that the new tools won’t be available in either Illinois or Texas to start. It also won’t roll out to users in the United Kingdom or European Union as the company is “continuing to have conversations there with regulators” in the region, according to Bickert. But the company is “hoping to scale this technology globally sometime in 2025,” according to a Meta spokesperson.

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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite as world’s fastest mobile CPU

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Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite, which it claimed is the world’s fastest mobile centralized processing unit (CPU).

The CPU features Qualcomm’s second-generation custom Qualcomm Oryon CPU, which the company said will power new era of on-device generative AI. It’s built to handle the complexities of multi-modal AI seamlessly while prioritizing privacy. This means you’ll soon see amazing Unreal Engine 5 visuals in your mobile games.

Speaking at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui this week, Qualcomm said leading manufacturers and smartphone brands including Asus, Honor, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, RealMe, Samsung, Vivo, Xiaomi, and more, are poised to launch devices powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, in the coming weeks.

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Cisco Cheng, senior director of product marketing at Qualcomm, said in a press briefing that the new system-on-chip product is slated for mobile devices coming later this year where the priority is to balance efficiency and performance.

Cheng said that the Hexagon NPU has 12 times the performance of the previous generation. The Oryon CPU has three times the performance. And the Adreno GPU has three times the performance.

Overall, the device has more than 40 components embedded in a system-on-chip design, where customers can mix and match the features they want in their final designs.

Cheng also said the Oryon’s Prime core is a brand new microarchitecture that is 46% more efficient than the prior version. It runs at 4.32GHz.

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“This ground-up approach and our well-established understanding of mobile experiences allow us to optimize every aspect of the CPU and all that it is attached to it,” Cheng said.

It also fetches data faster than in the past, allowing the core to execute the next instruction faster. Along side two Prime cores are six performance cores. Over the years, Qualcomm has reduced its number of “efficiency” cores and it has now replaced them altogether with the performance cores. The performance cores offer a balance of performance and efficiency, reaching higher speeds of 3.53GHz. It has a 24MB cache.

Qualcomm has also optimized for in-app experiences, multitasking, generative AI, video rendering and streaming, as well as gaming.

“No other use case will benefit more than gaming,” he said.

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It will provide smoother gameplay with higher framerates and extend gaming time as much as 2.5 hours with 40% better battery efficiency and 40% better GPU performance. It supports Unreal Engine’s Chaos Physics system, running the game physics simulations on device in real time.

There can be as many as 9,000 objects on screen at once. The chip can store 12 megabytes of data directly on GPU. The result is longer sustained gameplay sessions, as well as better ray-tracing benchmark performance.

The Snapdragon mobile team has been working with Feral Interactive on the Grid Legends mobile racing game. It will launch exclusively with Qualcomm Adaptive Performance Engine 4.0 for Snapdragon 8 Elite users.

And for the first time ever, Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite solution will run on the Snapdragon 8 Elite. It enables a massive increase in film-quality environments in mobile games.

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The details on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Elite 8 CPU.

This platform debuts industry technologies such as the latest Qualcomm Adreno graphics processing unit (GPU) and enhanced Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, all of which deliver game changing performance improvements.

These new components empower the Snapdragon 8 Elite to transform user experiences with their devices – making on-device multi-modal generative AI applications a reality on smartphones powered by Snapdragon.

These technologies also fuel many other experiences across camera capabilities, with our most powerful AI-ISP, as well as next level gaming, super-fast web browsing and more.

Gen AI applications that have emerged in the past two years will run on Snapdragon 8 Elite. It is integrating multimodal gen AI applications and delivering these experiences directly on device, swiftly and with ultra-low latency.

Cheng said the new Qualcomm AI Engine will tap the Oryon CPU for latency-critical AI tasks. The Hexagon NPU has higher throughput across accelerators for faster inferencing performance. It lets AI and computer vision workloads to coexist in the memory. AI assistant experiences can run entirely on the device.

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AI assistants running on your smartphone can also be tailored to you, running on the device itself to ensure privacy, Cheng said. AI expansion will expand a photo beyond your device’s borders, AI super resolution boosts clarity, and AI segmentations enhances and identifies individual objects in each scene.

The AI ISP (image signal processing) works with the Hexagon NPU for tasks like auto white balance. The ISP used to process an image and pass it to the NPU. Now the NPU can access the native raw sensor data and implement real-time AI enhancements at 4K and 60 frames per second. This results in more accurate results and flexibility for device makers to implement their own algorithms at any stage.

It also brings AI features previously only available on the cloud right into the device.

“We call this Insight AI” to elevate photography to new heights, Cheng said. You can capture natural skintones in the toughest lighting conditions, like when you’re heavily backlit, Cheng said. You can eliminate objects in a video using an “eraser” feature. You highlight the object and you can erase it without ever having to send video to the cloud.

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It has a second-generation 5G AI processor, as well as AI-enhanced WiFi 7, for better connectivity at lower power consumption.

“We are so excited to bring the power of Qualcomm Oryon to our Snapdragon mobile platforms for the first time. Earlier this year we debuted it in PCs, delivering remarkable experiences and unparallel battery life to PC users, energizing the industry and getting the attention of consumers,” said Chris Patrick, senior vice president and general manager of mobile handsets, Qualcomm, in a statement. “Today, our second generation of the Qualcomm Oryon CPU debuts in our flagship mobile platform – it’s a major leap forward and we expect consumers to be thrilled with the new experiences enabled by our CPU technology.”

He added, “With leading CPU, GPU and NPU capabilities, the Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers dramatic performance enhancements and power efficiency. In addition, it revolutionizes mobile experiences by offering personalized, multi-modal generative AI directly on the device enabling the understanding of speech, context, and images to enhance everything from productivity to creativity tasks while prioritizing user privacy.”


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Nevoya wants to break the EV truck adoption logjam

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Los Angeles is known for glitz, but there’s also a lot of grit in the air — literally. Thousands of containers are moved off and on ships at the area’s two major ports every day, almost always transferred via pollution-spewing diesel trucks. This has made Los Angeles a hotbed for all kinds of new electric vehicle and charging infrastructure projects.

A new startup called Nevoya is pouncing on the opportunity.

“It’s the best place in the country” for electric trucks, founder Sami Khan told TechCrunch in a recent interview. “The incentives are the strongest,” he remarked, “and there’s just a huge market here.”

It appears Nevoya is already making some headway. The startup’s carrying goods on electric trucks in the LA area for Fortune 500 companies that Khan declined to disclose. Nevoya also revealed to TechCrunch that it raised $3 million in a seed round led by Third Sphere and RedBlue Capital, with Necessary Ventures, Ciri Ventures, and Never Lift coming aboard as well.

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Nevoya is billing itself as the “first zero-emissions technology and trucking platform” in the U.S. The startup is exclusively buying electric trucks — all Freightliner eCascadias, so far — to offer to shippers who want to move goods cleanly. It’s also using artificial intelligence software to optimize the usage, routing, and charging of its trucks, which Nevoya says allows it to keep its prices lower than diesel.

Khan and his co-founders make up a triumvirate of complementary expertise that seems appropriate for such an endeavor. Khan spent a few years at McLaren Applied, the British automaker’s innovation arm, but he also spent a half-decade working in private equity. John Verdon led business development and commercial partnerships at Waymo. And Tom Atwood built a predictive analytics startup that sold to supply chain company Project44, where he spent the last two years working on route optimization and infrastructure planning software.

The funding will go toward growing operations, but not to acquiring trucks. Khan said those purchases will be made with debt — a strategy he’s comfortable with following his experiences in private equity. Khan believes this approach also makes Nevoya more attractive to investors in an environment where there’s still a lot of hesitance around hard tech. While he said his team “kissed a lot of frogs,” that process led them to investors like RedBlue — which is run by the former founding partner of transportation startup fund Maniv Mobility, Olaf Sakkers.

“Those guys were people that we had a first conversation with, and within a week it was at a term sheet, because they got it, and they understood,” he said. “The size of the pie, and the opportunity, is so, so huge.”

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Khan stressed that competing with diesel trucks on cost will be hard. But that pressure is mitigated by how easy it has been to strike up conversations with companies that ship goods through the LA area.

“All of these Fortune 500 brands are looking to reduce their Scope 3 emissions (indirect emissions) and effectively have no solutions,” he said. With Nevoya, the promise Khan makes to these companies is: “There is no difference to your business, because we take care of the charging. We have the drivers. We have the trucks.”

Even as Nevoya is still working to get to cost parity with diesel, Khan said these big companies almost don’t care. “They want to decarbonize so badly that they are willing to pay a premium, and so for those [customers], we are actually going out at a rate that is higher than diesel.”

“What is so exciting about building this business is that you will get through the door at any shipper in the United States,” Khan said. “We have not failed there once — as soon as you say you have electric vehicles, they pick up the phone. They escalate.”

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As it signs on more companies, Nevoya’s software can efficiently piggyback shipments from different customers to get the most out of the electric trucks in its fleet. That helps it lower costs.

Khan said Nevoya is currently hopping around different charging locations — this is another place where the optimization software will really have to shine — but eventually wants to build its own charging infrastructure. At that point, Khan said he could see Nevoya moving into smaller-class trucks, too.

Nevoya is also eyeing geographic expansion in the United States. It’s starting that push with a market that is about as different as its home base as one can find: Texas.

Despite the myriad social and political differences, Khan views Texas as a similarly well-suited state to drum up business. It may not have the pot-of-gold incentives like California, but Khan said Texas’ looser regulatory framework and cheaper electricity put it on par with the financial modeling his team has done for operating in Nevoya’s home state.

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Disney Plus and Hulu won’t let you sign up through Apple anymore

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If you want to subscribe to Disney Plus or Hulu on your iPhone, you can’t do that anymore. Support documents for Disney Plus and Hulu now say that new and returning subscribers to those streaming services can’t sign up through Apple, as reported by MacRumors.

I’m not currently paying for Disney Plus, so out of curiosity, I tried logging into my account through the iOS app to see what would happen. After entering my email and password, I was greeted by a message that says: “Unfortunately, this app doesn’t support in-app sign up. Finish setting up your account on the website. Create and manage your account at disneyplus.com/next.” Hulu’s iOS app also pushes you to the Hulu website if you try to log in without an active subscription.

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Presumably, the company is making this change to stop Apple from taking a cut of new subscription revenues for Disney Plus and Hulu. However, if you already subscribe to those services through Apple, Disney says you’ll still be billed through Apple.

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Disney didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.

Disney is just the latest company to stop new subscriptions through its iOS apps. Netflix stopped letting users subscribe through its iOS app in 2018 and cut off Apple billing for legacy subscribers earlier this year. Spotify also doesn’t let people subscribe through the iOS app — in the app, it includes the cheeky message that “we know, it’s not ideal.”

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We might now know the full specs for the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU thanks to a new manufacturer leak

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Tons of reports and rumors have gone flying around concerning the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, including release dates, clock speeds, and more. But thanks to a new leak from the motherboard manufacturer, we may now have a good idea of the specs it’s packing.

Maxsun, which manufactures the motherboard for the processor, has seemed to reveal some juicy information regarding the chip. Interestingly enough, it’s referred to as the AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D in the leak but most likely it’s the Ryzen 7. According to the listing, it has a TDP of 120W and 96MB of cache, including 32MB of L3 cache and 64MB of 3D V-Cache. This means the cache size is still the same as in previous models, which honestly isn’t great.

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