Austin Tech Week runs October 26 through 30, 2026, anchored at Capital Factory, right after the city just hosted a festival and a Grand Prix. If you did the work during ACL and F1, this is the week the relationships you planted actually get harvested. Tech Week draws founders, operators, and investors who are already in decision mode, not vacation mode.
That distinction matters because External API only works if you plug into the right kind of room, and this room is built for business, not just proximity. Larry’s advice to sell it first, then go make it applies directly at Capital Factory, where half the conversations in the hallway are pitches still being built in real time. If you offered someone a deal structured as LCRRM back in October, where they pay up front and the money rebates once they complete the agreed steps, Tech Week is where you check in on that progress.
Bring your PQRST notes from ACL and F1 into every Tech Week conversation so you’re not starting from zero with people you already met. Karma matters here too: if someone helped you get into a room during the earlier weeks, this is the week you thank them in person, not by text.
Capital Factory sits at 701 Brazos St, Austin, walking distance from most of the downtown hotels that hosted the F1 crowd just a day earlier. Treat the week as a closing week, not a networking week, because the groundwork should already be behind you.
The founders who show up prepared with a one-page ask outperform the founders who show up hoping to be discovered. By the time Tech Week ends October 30, you should know which relationships from the whole month are worth a follow-up call in November.
Details: See Austin Tech Week’s schedule · 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701
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