Signal Showcase 2026 x Women in STEM Comedy | #SFTechWeek
Signal Showcase "SF TechWeek" is merging with the Women in STEM Comedy Show — featuring founders and comedians on stage, in a room built for real audience energy. Same proof-forward format you know from Signal Showcase, staged with a whole lot more wit.
Agenda:
1:00 PM — Lunch + Door opens *Chef Billy Alabsi · Falafel Land
1:30 PM — Founder Showcase · Centring, AllNutrition
1:50 PM — Comedy Set #1 · Priya Shekar
2:00 PM — Founder Showcase · EliVive
2:10 PM — Comedy Set #2 · Ilana Arbisser
2:20 PM — Founder Showcase · Eddie AI
2:30 PM — Comedy Set #3 · Cassidy McDonnell
3:00 PM — Closing
If you're looking to spice up your tech week with some founder-focused laughter, this is an event you won't want to miss.
Open to all SF Tech Week attendees, with a focus on Frontier Technologies (AI, fintech, deep tech, bio, robotics).
Lineup:
Priya Shekar is a Bay Area comedian, showrunner, and host of Comedy Oakland. She's a Kiwi-Indian storyteller who jokes about divorce, dating apps, and life in tech. Her comedy is 90% charm, 10% "I need subtitles." She has performed at Punch Line Comedy Club and Cobb's Comedy Club.
Ilana Arbisser is a musical comedian and former member of the SF based band, Lentil. With a PhD studying theoretical statistics from Stanford, she previously worked on self-driving cars and now works on AI safety at Google.
Cassidy McDonnell is the founder, host and producer of Women in STEM, a stand up comedy show where all of the comics are women with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math. After starting her career as a traffic engineer, she switched lanes into the world of software product management. Her comedy has been described (by her) as “dumb jokes for smart people.”
TICKETS (Sales open Sep 14)
Early: $15 · One week out: $30 · Day of: $40
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→ Join as a member — runtechclub.co/membership
Partners
Frontier Tower · Wildwood Ventures · Polsinelli LLP · Fabrik · Moss · Darkmatter
About Run Tech Club
Run Tech Club is a founder community and operating system for stealth to seed stage builders across frontier technologies. We help founders build on proof, and compound conviction into signal that venture investors trust.
Learn more: runtechclub.co
About Frontier Tower
Frontier Tower is transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, makerspace, human flourishing, and arts & music. These floors will house innovators and creators pushing the boundaries of human potential in a post-AI-singularity world.
Apply here for founding citizenship: https://frontiertower.io/apply