Lee

Building in SF

[vigram📟 @vigram_void]

Robotics has a “two people in a garage” problem nobody talks about enough:

software builders can clone a repo at 2am and immediately have the same basic laboratory as a startup.

hardware builders need:

bench
tools
parts
test space
another person who knows why CAN randomly died
someone who has already fought the exact sim→real bug ruining their week

which is why I love that @MissionRobotBay + RallySF are literally running bring-your-own-robot working nights now.

not a conference. not panels.
bring the half-built arm, drone, gripper, teleop rig, broken URDF, half-trained policy.

sit beside other people building physical AI and debug for two hours.

I want WAY more of this.

the thing that made software explode wasn't just better computers.

it was giving millions of weirdos somewhere to build together.

robotics needs its version of the garage + hackerspace + open-source community fused into one.

@leecflannery @Scav

[Evelyn Mora @evelynmoraworld]

Yet another awesome event by @Scav @leecflannery @withprotegeai @MissionRobotBay 🤖🗺️

[Mission Robotics @MissionRobotBay]

Live demo from @makermodsai for their Maker Arm tonight for the inaugural Builders Night

[Mattie Fairchild @Scav]

I feel so lucky that my job is to invite smart people to create beautiful scenes while they teach me about all manner of the most technical things.

Tonight, with @withprotegeai and @leecflannery

[Mattie Fairchild @Scav]

Hanging out with some friendly Coco robots at the Niantic office and oh my god that view

[Mission Robotics @MissionRobotBay]

Tue 9/1: The Reality Gap, a monthly sim-to-real seminar with Rally SF (@leecflannery). Session one sets the baseline the series returns to in January. Room's capped at 40 – request a seat, tell us what you're working on. Dinner from Protégé. 6-9pm: https://t.co/1ZdidBU428

[Benyam Ephrem @bephrem]

SF filmmaking scene August ’26 (7 shorts, 3 features):

shorts
• @bephrem is executive producing 3 live-action shorts via https://t.co/5fiFRoJjFm (2 in development, 1 announced)
• @donaldjewkes is developing an animated short/series (recently backed by @osvllc)
• @anupamsidhant is in post-production on a satire featurette
• @brandonkachen is in development on the first part of a 3-part romance based in San Francisco
• @bephrem is writing a short film based in San Francisco w/ a Taiwanese-American founder protagonist (developing since April, finishing 2nd draft)

features
• “Again, Tomorrow” by @nikhilganesh001 has stopped development
• @jasonjoyride is in production on a book adaptation (w/ @InfiniteF8lms) and developing a sci-fi trilogy
• @GeffenAvraham is developing a sci-fi feature (3m trailer in post-production)

directors are quietly leaving, quitting, or getting absorbed into the industry. the solution is to fund them. I have moved $25k (allocated $80k) to tech interior & adjacent writer-directors creating cinema.

[Lee @leecflannery]

A four-hole robot mini golf tournament at the @MissionRobotBay hackathon has me wondering who’s collecting training data from whom. Brb, practicing my swing for next time @trossenrobotics

[Lee @leecflannery]

@uguryektabasak @Atharva__Atre @thesfcommons Thanks for joining, Ugur :)

[Uğur Yekta Başak @uguryektabasak]

A few steps down, you attend an event where @Atharva__Atre explains how VLA, WAM, JEPA, and world models work. Love the energy when small groups of focused people searching for what is next. What a time to be alive @thesfcommons @leecflannery

[Michelle Fang 🌁 @michelleefang]

Monday 4/13

‣ Brew & Backprop https://t.co/bKE13pIsBA

@ivanleomk

‣ Hire or Get Hired - AI Matching Your Next Role https://t.co/VziSmZRYGA

@Naamoney_

‣ Builders Night https://t.co/OhSxR40yRJ

@leecflannery

[Michelle Fang 🌁 @michelleefang]

Monday 2/23

‣ AI Dev Tool Demo Night @ AWS Builder Loft (#4th Edition)https://t.co/uqtb1qHBoy

@junliang214 @Marianebekker @MelGoesTech @Murraynewlands @theaievangelist @helloericsf @foundersbay

‣ Builders Night @ The Commons https://t.co/Zb4OiyH1wL

@leecflannery

‣ NEARCON 2026 https://t.co/1AVAOy29Ld

@NEARProtocol

‣ Builders Late Night Café https://t.co/3TRsB38WUM

@nicilevv @pebble_bed

[Dr Chad Okay @DrChadOkay]

really inspiring session today on AI @leecflannery . On the theory of thinking and reasoning in general. I think humans follow a similar approach when asked how we create certain thoughts. Generate a response first. Then trace back the reasoning.

[Michelle Fang 🌁 @michelleefang]

Monday 2/9

‣ WorkOS AI Night w/ The Pragmatic Engineer https://t.co/1ay7drn9by

@workos

‣ Canadian Space Day 2026: Dialogue with Leading Space Experts & Reception https://t.co/8f8ggNjibj

‣ AI Research Circle #5: Chain of Thought https://t.co/BeutsC05Qb

@leecflannery @robertirv1

‣ Builder Hour with Portal (SPC F25) @ South Park Commons SF: Vibe Trying Software in the Agentic Era https://t.co/bb0VA8mqfQ

@ZacharyGoldman_

‣ Vapi AI x Lovable x Hathora | Build & Deploy Your Voice Agent Workshop + Hackathon https://t.co/Dwb3SKzJsS

@Naamoney_ @MatheusPagani77 @vapi_ai

[Lee @leecflannery]

@honchodotdev 🔥

[Lee @leecflannery]

I write up the best SF shows every week → https://t.co/K53PXcPlSR

[Michelle Fang 🌁 @michelleefang]

Monday 2/2

‣ Builders Night @ The Commons https://t.co/SA66qjAHgQ

@thesfcommons

[Michelle Fang 🌁 @michelleefang]

If you're new or looking to get more connected to SF tech: bookmark these 35+ irl events 🗓️

A list of what's happening this week (Feb 2 - Feb 9) ⬇️

[Lee @leecflannery]

A survey of the state of the art: Claude Code. 2/17 @thecommons
https://t.co/VcrYgSfaGc

[Justin Angel @JustinAngel]

@denny_zhou @_jasonwei @xuezhiw @MaartenBosma @brian_ichter @xf1280 @edchi @quocleix Hi, we'll be discussing your CoT 2022 paper in our SF commons reading group. Any chance you'd want to show up and hang with us? https://t.co/MwXkbGuFqF