Build IRL

Build a real club. with your people. 🛠️✨
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[Build IRL @build_irl]

BIG NEWS: Our app just dropped!
You can now start your own club → https://t.co/hzaTfK69eS

✨ Make a vibey club page
👯‍♀️ Rally your crew & collect dues
🧰 Manage members with ease

Ready to roll? Build! Build! Build!

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

SF Joiners Week is here — 7 days of clubs, connection, and IRL community📷

We’ve teamed up with @thesfcommons on: SF Joiners Week | April 21–25 | https://t.co/cDi8SQ1vBU

And wrapping it up with a legendary club fair at Shack15 on April 30. https://t.co/RVLFGyOiy6

@build_irl

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

Because when we come together, we know—
It’s magic. It’s real.
It’s world-shifting.

SF, this love letter is just getting started.

We are 30 clubs of SF, here we come. 🔥

[Build IRL @build_irl]

@Saumyagupta I am soooo rad .....

[Build IRL @build_irl]

Oh my god! I am soooooo rad ....

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

This isn’t just a list of clubs—it’s a love letter to SF🌉

Welcoming 30 clubs into Build IRL the only way SF knows how— With heart. With soul. With a little magic✨

If you love SF, share this with a fellow builder. Let’s make this city magic again🚀

Full list below— thread 🧵

[Build IRL @build_irl]

What are you doingggg?! Go apply already, bestie! Time’s ticking! ⏳✨

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

🚨 Final Call for IRL Community Builders in SF!

Know someone leading a social club, meetup, or IRL community in SF?
👉 This is your sign to tag them and tell them to apply at https://t.co/aKSwbysFRm

Applications for our Spring '25 Cohort close TOMORROW, Jan 24th! ⏳

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

🔥 7 Days Left to Apply for Build IRL Cohort! 🔥

Know someone who's leading a social club, meetup, or IRL community in SF? 👀 This is your sign to tell them to apply!

⏳ Final Deadline: Jan 24
📅 Cohort Dates: March–April 2025 (Saturdays)
🔗 Apply: https://t.co/aKSwbysFRm

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

🔥Big news from Build IRL as we gear up for an exciting 2025.🔥

TL;DR:
🚀 Spring 2025 Cohort Applications Open!
🎁 Club Microgrants →  Big thanks to Hinge!
💰Club Crowdfunding Platform → We're building!
Full blog: https://t.co/PoJf6ANNyI

DM us — let’s build together. 🙌

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

Build IRL Newsletter #25
🌍 The Magic of Immigrant Clubs
🤖 IRL in an AI world
🔮 1 week to go until our next big announcement! 🚀
Read here: https://t.co/Je2IrNm1A7

Only a week to go until our next BIG update! Stay tuned 👀.

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

Build IRL Newsletter #24
🌟A Convening of Clubs by One More Hour (Hinge)
🌐Relationality by David Jay
🐟 Tinned Fish (the future is culture?)
🎥 Join or Die Film on Netflix!
🔮 What’s next: 2 weeks to go until our next big announcement! 🚀

Read here: https://t.co/iAvNR7Yc3a

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

✨ Build IRL Newsletter #23 ✨🐘📚
🏙️ A gathering hub in Tribeca
📖 What’s your “belongingness biography”
📚 A social reading party
🎙️IRL podcasting, wait what
🐘 Elephants taking over NY!

👉 Read it here: https://t.co/P5EqJwJsVQ

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

🔥 Build IRL Newsletter #22 🔥
🤔 Make joining harder
💭 Find your personal “why”
👖 Denim soirée

👉 Read it here: https://t.co/uLOn8Iuc8P

By popular demand, I'll be sharing our weekly newsletter here. We’ve always believed in building openly & building with others💪

[Build IRL @build_irl]

Our first cohort is making news!
https://t.co/6zXxgO3noF

Join the waitlist for the next one! Dm is you'd like to support.

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

🎉 Let's rebuild IRL together! Join us at our first Capstone Showcase in SF. [event link @ https://t.co/lH77h1Yscg]

Three months ago, Colton and I launched @build_irl 🛠in search of a handful co-conspirators who shared our vision: to create more vibrant, in-person social clubs and communities.

✨ Fast forward to today, and we’re thrilled to introduce our founding cohort of 25 amazing Bay Area social groups and builders! Plus, an incredible team of experts, sponsors, mentors, and supporters [more here: https://t.co/lH77h1Yscg]🚀

🎟️ RSVP to Our IRL Events:
Jun 22 at Manny's - Join or Die Movie Screening 🎬 https://t.co/wLfvfAEpCP
Jun 27 at MindsDB - Build IRL Capstone Showcase 🛠 https://t.co/ZX28m6Bu0P

📬 Follow our journey and stay updated by subscribing to our newsletter: [https://t.co/4a09LpZW84]

We can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🎊

Super grateful to all our mentors and supporters -
@baileyelaine
Laís de Oliveira
@DavidSpinks
@MotwaniSuhas
@KatVellos
@J_R_Schroeder
@manny_yekutiel
@neonworkspace
@thesfcommons
Wave Collective
@TarlonKhoubyari
@mindshub

[Build IRL @build_irl]

RT @Saumyagupta: 🚀 Launched Build IRL Accelerator this week with 25 SF clubs & 29 builders. Pinch me - is this real?

Sticking to our ‘bu…

[Build IRL @build_irl]

Build IRL Newsletter #4 is out! https://t.co/ZJISeokx4q
🥁Drum roll …. announcing communities joining our founding cohort!

@noisebridge,
@sfcontemplarium  
Bunny House by Design Buddies, 
SF intellectuals
Life pods 

Still thinking of applying? https://t.co/J0HPj0hLKY

[Saumya Gupta @Saumyagupta]

Build IRL Newsletter #4 is out! https://t.co/TUtZroZdWG

🥁Drum roll please…. announcing more communities joining our founding cohort! We're blown away by these rockstars.

🎉 Joining the club

Welcome @noisebridge , @sfcontemplarium, Bunny House by Design Buddies, SF intellectuals & Life pods to our summer cohort.

Still thinking of applying? Hurry! Final application deadline is this week - https://t.co/lH77h1Yscg

🏡 IRL Builder Spaces

Get hands-on in SF Japantown with KOHO. RSVP to volunteer! Want to open your space for community gatherings? https://t.co/6uigrayj8z

✨Let’s celebrate!
Build IRL Accelerator Pre-reception @neonworkspace on May 15

🦉We thank @KatVellos for sharing her advice and experience!

🤔Thought bubble: Got ideas on financing social infrastructure? Hit us up!

[Build IRL @build_irl]

Build IRL newsletter #2 https://t.co/309zUpUQrb

Pumped to drop the freshest initiative in the Build IRL movement (revolution?) - IRL Builder Spaces.

One thing we need to build IRL: physical spaces! Lets go!

[Build IRL @build_irl]

Build IRL newsletter #1
sneak peek into our cohort + shout out to Manny's, The Commons and Neon + meet our wise owls + inspo this week.
https://t.co/G1rlqCKmSn

[Build IRL @build_irl]

Have you applied yet? Let's go!