on Her Own Terms
Sandra Velasquez
CEO & Founder · Nopalera
Year 11 · Sept 28 – Oct 2, 2026
Thank you, San Antonio.
Founders, builders, students and first-timers, sharing the same five blocks for five days. You kept showing up, rain and all.
Get involved.
Sponsor, host or partner on year 12.
● The Model
The Model
Mission Pitch
● Startup + Tech Week
Behind the Build
College Night
1 Million Cups
Access Granted
● The Readiness Gap
Texas Public Radio
Texas Public Radio
● The Long Haul
The LEGO session
AWS User Group
LISC San Antonio
● Pre-Seed in the Age of AI
Texas Public Radio
Texas Public Radio
● Give-a-LOT
Give-a-LOT
PySanAntonio II
● Startup + Tech Week
● The Model
The Model
Mission Pitch
● Startup + Tech Week
Behind the Build
College Night
1 Million Cups
Access Granted
● The Readiness Gap
Texas Public Radio
Texas Public Radio
● The Long Haul
The LEGO session
AWS User Group
LISC San Antonio
● Pre-Seed in the Age of AI
Texas Public Radio
Texas Public Radio
● Give-a-LOT
Give-a-LOT
PySanAntonio II
● Startup + Tech Week
Still to come
The final three.
The last of San Antonio Startup + Tech Week, moved for the weather and still on. Same welcome, new dates.
Sept 28 – Oct 2
Five days. Five circuits.
Keynotes and pitch nights, workshops and community meetups, and the socials after — every room running its own week, and every session free.
All week
Sep 28 – Oct 1·Central LibraryMon
Sep 28The Model1 PM · The RandLeverage Your Follow Ups: How I Solidified 56 Client Leads10 AM · Central Library
+4 more
Tue
Sep 29+17 more
Wed
Sep 30+12 more
Thu
Oct 1+12 more
Fri
Oct 2+6 more
The lineup
Who carries the current.
Founders and operators, engineers and security researchers, the people running the rooms and the ones who fund what happens in them — five circuits, and a stage in each.
Meet the full lineupJanie Martinez Gonzalez
CEO · Webhead
Wes Etheredge
Director, AI Engineering
Cat Dizon
Co-Founder · Active Capital
Bill Gonzalez
CIO · Webhead, Quantum Realm Computing
Kelsey Waters
Co-Founder · Openlane
San Antonio · Sept 28 – Oct 2
Where the current lands.
Every room has its own host and its own week. Open one to see everything running there, start to finish.
Trace the schedule
San Antonio Startup + Tech Week
Texas Public Radio
All five circuits
The anchor, and the room with money on the table. Mission Pitch funds five San Antonio nonprofits on the night, Latin Tech Pitch puts $110k behind Latino-led startups, and founders take the stage in between.
25 sessions confirmed
Geekdom · DEVSA Community
The Rand
Tech & Builders
Geekdom's third floor, and the busiest room of the week. .NET and Google Developer Groups, AITX and Datanauts, AWS and Linux San Antonio run back to back — the groups DEVSA hosts all year, in one place for five days.
14 sessions confirmed
Launch SA · Small Business
Central Library
Small Business & Solopreneur
Launch SA HQ — the City of San Antonio and Geekdom's no-cost resource center for small business. 1 Million Cups brings its weekly founder format here on Wednesday, and the Give-a-LOT donation drive runs all five days.
21 sessions confirmed
The Rand · Tech & Builders
Access Granted
Every other room this week is people talking about technology.
This one is people taking it apart.
- Date
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 – 6:00 PM
- Where
- Geekdom, 3rd Floor
Sponsorships are open · Sept 28 – Oct 2
Put your brand on the grid.
Reach founders, builders, and the capital behind them — five circuits, one current.