October is when it gets serious. Q4 planning is underway, budgets are being set, and every leader is deciding what next year looks like, so the conversations worth having are happening now.
This month, we're wrapping up our founder pickleball series in New York, sitting down to dinner with some of the city's brightest early-stage AI founders, and heading to Las Vegas for the biggest week of the year in HR technology.
Coffee on Us: Celebrating Our New SF Office
We have a new office in San Francisco's Financial District, and we're celebrating with free espresso cold foam floats at Corgi Cafe during SF Tech Week.
Stop by in the middle of your workday, meet the Niural team, and grab a drink on us. RSVP first, pick up your coupon at the Niural AI truck, and redeem it inside Corgi Cafe.
📅 Tuesday, October 6 · ⏰ 11:30 AM–5:00 PM · 📍 Corgi Cafe, FiDi, San Francisco
RSVP here
Net Gains: A Founder Pickleball Social (Final Session)
We've spent the past few months bringing founders together on the pickleball court, and we're closing out the series with one more evening of amazing rallies, sharp conversations, and a few people discovering a competitive streak they didn't know they had.
We're challenging 20 founders to a match. If you've played with us before, come back and defend your record. If you've never picked up a paddle, we'll have paddles and coaches ready. Bring a water bottle and comfortable clothes.
Attendance is limited, so games stay competitive and the conversations stay real.
📅 Wednesday, October 7 · ⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM EDT · 📍 Upper East Side, NYC
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Fireside Chat with Gokul Rajaram
Gokul Rajaram grew Google AdSense from zero to more than $1B in revenue, then led the ads product at Facebook as revenue went from $750M to $6.5B. He has since written more than 300 angel checks, including Figma, Airtable, Coinbase, and Vercel, and in 2025 launched Marathon Management Partners. He sits on the boards of Niural AI, Pinterest, Coinbase, and The Trade Desk.
Gokul joins Nami Baral, CEO and Co-Founder of Niural AI, to talk about product-led investing, building with small, fast teams, and playing the long game. Stick around afterward for drinks, appetizers, and a chance to win one of three pairs of Meta glasses.
📅 Thursday, October 8 · ⏰ 5:00 PM PT · 📍 San Francisco
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The Founder's Table
We're closing out SF Tech Week with a dinner for founders and finance leaders, co-hosted with M13.
After a week of back-to-back events, this is a relaxed evening with people building ambitious companies, a chance to swap ideas and talk through the decisions in front of you. Bring a question you've been working through or a story from the week.
Seats are limited.
📅 Thursday, October 8 · ⏰ 7:30–10:00 PM · 📍 San Francisco
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AI Founders Supper Club
We're partnering with The AI Furnace, NYC's largest AI founder community, alongside Fidelity Private Shares and PwC's Emerging Company Solutions practice, for a dinner built for early-stage AI founders. Expect 15 to 20 founders, a three-course meal, and conversations with people working through the same hiring, fundraising, and scaling decisions you are.
There are no pitches or panels. Apply directly, or get referred by an existing founder member.
📅 Wednesday, October 28 · ⏰ 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT · 📍 Midtown Manhattan
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HR Tech 2026
HR Tech is where People leaders go to compare what's actually working, and this year we'll be on the expo floor.
More than 7,200 HR and business leaders will spend three days in Las Vegas looking at how AI is changing payroll, compliance, and workforce operations. If you're one of them, come find us. We'd like to hear what's slowing your team down and show you how Niural runs payroll, benefits, compliance, and workforce payments on one AI-native platform.
Stop by for a demo, a conversation, or just a break from the keynote crowds.
📅 October 20–22 · 📍 Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas · Booth 1920
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Spots at our New York events are limited and approval-only, so request early.
