Sponsor Oakland.

Technology built with communities — not on top of them.

4,200+

attendees in 2025

4M+

media impressions

40+

events across the town

★ MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION · 2025

L–R: Bosko Kante · Carrie Maultsby-Lute · Mayor Barbara Lee · Freada Kapor Klein · Mitch Kapor · Dr. Allison Scott

STEWARDED BY

Culture

Oakland produced some of the most important cultural and political movements in American history. That energy is still here.

Code

Anchor institutions in AI, research, and startup capital are already operating here — Kapor, Northeastern, Mozilla, Anthropic, Salesforce.

Community

30+ organizations and hundreds of leaders doing the work — historically in silos. OTW is the connective tissue.

The opportunity.

Narrative gap

Oakland's story is being told by outsiders.

The innovation story is under-told. Sponsors who show up now help define how this city is seen nationally.

Economic opportunity

Culture and tech drive activity.

Activations drive foot traffic, business visibility, and inbound investment into a $40B+ East Bay innovation economy.

Community trust

Led by credible local institutions.

OTW is convened by HiiiWAV, Kapor, Northeastern, and the City of Oakland — not imported from outside.

HiiiWAV can convene this table.

HiiiWAV is Oakland's creative tech incubator and the operating partner behind Oakland Tech Week.

Festivals & programs: Oakland Tech Week · Hiero Day · HiiiWAV Fest · Hella Juneteenth · AFRO AI · summer youth.

★ MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION · 2025

Mayor Barbara Lee with Mitch Kapor, Dr. Freada Kapor Klein, Dr. Allison Scott, Carrie Maultsby-Lute, and Bosko Kante.

★ Year 1 · 2025

We said it.
We did it.

Year 1 goals vs. actual results — in 6 weeks.

A genuine partnership

City of Oakland · Kapor Foundation · Northeastern University Oakland

Goal

Result

3,000 participants

→

25+ events

→

Build coalition of orgs

→

Launch Responsible AI programming

→

Showcase local founders

→

Launch new initiatives

→

The numbers, defined.

Full report on request

★ Who Showed Up

Mayor Barbara Lee · CMs Rowena Brown & Carroll Fife · East Bay EDA · Mitch & Freada Kapor · Dr. Allison Scott · Aniyia Williams (Omidyar) · Fred Blackwell (SF Foundation) · Anthropic · Mozilla · Salesforce · Northeastern · BLCKVC · New Media Ventures · Cordae · Baron Davis · Alphabet Rockers · 70+ speakers.

10,000 strong.

Sept 27 — Oct 3, 2026

10,000+

Attendees Target

Event week + year-round

80+

Events

Partner + OTW-produced

$100K

Pitch Prize Pool

20 founder teams

$100K

Media Campaign

Radio · Billboard · Social · Press

4 Tracks

How we scale to 10,000+

SEPT 27 — OCT 3

2026

OAKLAND · CA

Kickoff

Responsible AI

AccessTech

Title Sponsor Available

AI Infrastructure

Your Brand Here →

Free to Dream

Founders' Day

HiiiWAV Fest

Choose your segment.

Outcomes — not just logos.

Brand trust

Visible alignment with Oakland's most credible community-rooted innovation platform.

Talent access

Direct connection to AI, creative tech, student, and founder communities.

Founder pipeline

Meet Oakland-based startups, artists, and small businesses building with AI.

Civic leadership

Back a nationally relevant model for equitable technology development.

Market visibility

Reach attendees, media, partner networks, and a $100K+ paid media campaign.

Measurable impact

Post-event recap — attendance, media, leads, photo/video, founder outcomes.

Four ways to partner.

$100K Anchor = title billing on a major pillar

$15K

Supporter

$25K

Ally

$50K

Champion

$100K

Anchor

Event passes

4

6

10

25

Logo on website

Yes

Yes

Premium

Premium lockup

Social + email

Basic

Standard

Featured

Featured

Speaking

—

1 session

AI Summit / Founders Day

Keynote / major stage

Branded activation

—

Co-branded workshop

Premium activation

Day or venue naming

Media inclusion

—

Digital

Radio + social

Radio + billboard + press

Lead capture

—

Limited

Yes

Yes

Impact report

Yes

Yes

Custom

Custom + recap deck

Let's build together.

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