Every second Thursday · San Francisco

Where SF’s space industry
gets a drink.

A monthly after-work gathering for San Francisco’s space people. No panels. No pitches. Just drinks and conversation.

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6–9 PM · Standard Deviant Brewing · 280 14th St

2026 presenting partners

The companies making each gathering possible.
Factory OS

Why people come

A bar full of space people.

Founders, engineers, operators, researchers, investors, and creatives come together around a shared interest in building the space ecosystem. There’s a brief welcome. After that, it’s drinks and conversation.

  1. 01
    Arrive after work

    Doors open at 6. Grab a drink, settle in, and say hello to someone new.

  2. 02
    Talk to whoever’s there

    Founders, engineers, operators, researchers, investors, and creatives share one room.

  3. 03
    Stay awhile

    Catch up, follow a conversation, or meet someone you’ll want to talk to again.

2026 season

A season built by the companies inside it.

Each month has its own point of view, presenting company, and place in the story of the Bay Area space community.

Presenting partnerships are programmed one gathering at a time.Venue photography: Lisa Frare / Standard Deviant Brewing.

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Presenting partnerships

Put your company at the center of the room.

ETC Space, Factory OS, Invariant, Samara Space, and Ripline are bringing the 2026 season together. The final presenting slot is open for a company that wants to host the room, meet the community, and close the year with us.

Next availableDecember 10, 2026One presenting company. One gathering.
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Gathering archive

A record of the ecosystem coming together.

Each gathering adds a new chapter: the company that made it possible, the community it brought together, and the relationships that continue afterward.

2026August
The industrial taproom inside Standard Deviant Brewing at Pier 70
August venue · Pier 70Photo: Lisa Frare / Standard Deviant Brewing
Standard Deviant Brewing · Pier 70

ETC Space

Space Social SF’s August gathering brought the community together at Pier 70, presented with the San Francisco team building spacecraft payloads and missions.

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Between gatherings

Keep the conversation going.

Follow Space Social SF for gathering announcements, room notes, partner recognition, and the next reason to get everyone back together.

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From the room · August 2026The Bay Area space community was ready for a standing room.

Before the first gathering, 34 companies were already represented across the RSVP list. Engineers, founders, recruiters, and investors all raised their hands for the same kind of room.

Read the gathering note on LinkedIn

Why Space Social SF

Space is closer when we build it together.

The Bay Area has extraordinary space talent, companies, capital, and ideas. Space Social SF exists to make that ecosystem feel less fragmented and more human.

The setting is relaxed. The intent is serious. We’re here to help the right people find one another.

Hosted byEvan Grey

Bringing the Bay Area space community into the same room each month.

Enter the orbit

Find your next conversation.

See the full gathering details, add the date to your calendar, and RSVP from one place.

Interested in presenting partnership?
Next gatheringThursday, September 10 · 6–9 PM

Standard Deviant Brewing, 280 14th St
Presented with Factory OS × Invariant.

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