Build IRL Newsletter #33

Hi Besties! 💌

Saum & Colt from Build IRL here 🛠️.

This isn’t just any newsletter—it’s a love letter.

Our second cohort of 30 clubs is here and instead of simply dropping the list, we’re doing it the way SF does best—with heart, soul, and a little bit of magic✨..

So here it is: a love letter to SF, from the 30 clubs that call it home.

SF—you are warmth. Love. Awe. Imagination.
You are fog-kissed mornings, golden-hour dreams, murals that speak.
You are jazz in North Beach, late-night ideas, fresh sourdough at dawn.
You are protest, progress, reimagination, a city that never stops.

We are the 30 clubs of SF.
We gather.
For play. For art. For wild ideas. For deep conversations.

For Painting by the Bay 🎨
Vibing with vinyl 🎵
Tennis & chill 🎾
Silent reading 📚
Hard convos🔥
Dancing under stars 💃

We are old. We are new.

Because when we gather magic happens.

We play together.
Tennis, Go, Improv, Chess, Poker, Dancing—
Play keeps us alive. Play keeps us human.

We create together.
From cells to perfumes, paintings to dishes—
We don’t just live in culture. We make it.

We learn together.
Hard topics, tough convos—
We don’t shy away. We lean in. We love it.

We vibe together.
Long walks, TV nights, easy hangs—
Friendship is an art, too.

We thrive together.
We lift each other higher—
we know the whole is so much greater than the sum.

We see you struggle sometimes.
Loneliness. Empty Downtown.
But — you are the city that makes the impossible possible.

SF, we are here.
We care. We exist.
We see you evolving. We see you thriving.
We see you leading the world into this new era.

Culture change is never easy.
It’s not predictable.
But it’s possible.
One builder. One club. One gathering at a time.

And we need more of us.
More builders. More hosts. More spaces where people gather.
In SF. Beyond SF.
Thousands of gatherings.
Millions of connections.

Because when we come together, we know—
It’s magic. It’s real.
It’s world-shifting.

SF, this love letter is just getting started.
We are 30 clubs of SF, here we come. 🔥

With love,
IRL builders of SF