Upcoming Events
Founders Showcase Berkeley - Malaika Stripe Week
Malaika's Founders Showcase is back for an evening of bold ideas, sharp conversations, and great energy in Berkeley. Hosted by the African entrepreneurs club in Berkeley, in partnership with the Berkeley Gateway Accelerator, this gathering brings founders, builders, and investors into one room to meet the people behind some of the most exciting work happening across the local startup scene.
Date: April 30, 2026
Time: 4:30 - 7:00 PM
Register here
Beyond the Electron: Photonics at the Frontier
Light is becoming the medium of computation and the window to get ahead of it is now.
Photonics is moving fast across datacenters, AI hardware, and quantum systems. The breakthroughs are real. So are the hard problems still left to solve.
Berkeley Gateway Accelerator and Opticore are co-hosting a focused evening for founders, researchers, investors, and students to hear from those building at the frontier. Come to learn, connect, and talk.
Date: May 7, 2026
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 PM
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QUANTUM AI HACKATHON
The Quantum AI Hackathon is a weekend competition hosted by Berkeley Gateway Accelerator and partners, where teams of 2–3 tackle challenges across four tracks spanning quantum trading, risk, and AI using real quantum hardware and live financial data. Winners are announced at an awards dinner the following Wednesday.
2 Day In-person event:
Date/Time: May 30, 2026: 9 AM - 9PM
Date/Time: May 31, 2026: 9 AM - 12:30 PM
📌 How to Secure Your Spot Participation requires two steps, both are required to be considered:
1️⃣ Register on Luma to reserve your seat
2️⃣ Submit your application so we can match you to the right track and team
Register for event here
Apply for Hackathon participation here
Berkeley Robotics Community Showcase: Where Generations Meet
Berkeley is building the future of robotics.
Join high school innovators, university researchers, and deep tech founders for an afternoon showcase celebrating what's being built across the Berkeley robotics ecosystem, from first robots to funded companies.
Expect 6-8 live team presentations, a keynote from a leading robotics researcher, and grab-and-go lunch with the kind of mixed seating that puts a high schooler, a PhD student, and a founder at the same table.
Organized by Berkeley Gateway Accelerator, UC Berkeley Fung Institute, Berkeley Robotics, Berkeley Public Schools Fund, and Berkeley Startup Cluster.
Date: May 21, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Register here
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