Sac Tech Week Folsom: What Happened at Granite City
At Granite City Workspaces in Folsom, Sac Tech Week included free coworking Monday through Friday, October 19–23, free AI sessions during the week, and Thursday’s Build Day. The program covered business workflow automation, company knowledge, sales, AI governance, product demos, real estate applications, and go-to-market work. Sac Tech Week ran October 19–24 as a decentralized, community-hosted celebration across the Sacramento region, with Granite City hosting its own Folsom programming at The Commons and The Nook. Here’s a look back at the sessions, the speakers, and the other programming at Granite City.
What did Granite City host during Sac Tech Week in Folsom?
Granite City’s program combined weekday coworking with sessions on practical uses of AI. The schedule included a concentrated Thursday program at The Commons, plus a Tuesday session at The Nook and other programming during the week.
The citywide week brought together more than 20 events across more than 10 venues, without a central venue or badge system. Each host contributed its own program. For context on why Granite City took part, read the preview explaining why we opened our doors for Sac Tech Week.
The schedule below describes some of the events that took place at The Commons during the week.
What sessions were on the Granite City schedule?
The sessions ranged from business workflow automation to governance, sales, and product demonstrations. These were a few of the events that took place at The Commons during the week.
| Session | Day | What it covered | Led by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Grok Bots: Automate a Real Workflow in Your Business | Tuesday, Oct. 20 | Automating a real business workflow with Grok bots | Sedale Turbovsky |
| Folsom AI Meet Up | Wednesday, Oct. 21 | A meetup and session on startup programs | Robby Gill, hosted by Startup Folsom |
| Building a Company Brain (w/AI) | Thursday, Oct. 22 | Using AI to make company knowledge a useful, shared resource | Justin Fortier |
| AI in the Sales Process | Thursday, Oct. 22 | Applying AI across the sales process | Chris Warren |
| AI Governance & the Law | Thursday, Oct. 22 | Governance and legal considerations around AI | George Usi |
| Simply Lovable | Thursday, Oct. 22 | A product demonstration session | Matthew Loughran |
| After Party at The Commons | Thursday, Oct. 22 | The closing social event at Granite City | Open to attendees |
What did speakers cover across the program?
The sessions focused on specific business questions: which workflows may be suitable for automation, how a company might make its knowledge more accessible, and where AI fits into sales. Each topic was grounded in the day-to-day work of the person leading it, which kept the sessions practical rather than abstract.
The governance session addressed a different concern: the legal and policy considerations that can arise as businesses adopt AI.
The scheduled product demonstration added a practical, product-focused topic. The listed subjects covered a range of working perspectives, without suggesting that one approach suits every business.
The speakers came from different corners of the regional tech community, and each brought a working perspective rather than a general one. Sedale Turbovsky spoke from hands-on automation work, Justin Fortier from building internal knowledge systems, Chris Warren from the sales floor, George Usi from governance and compliance, and Matthew Loughran from product building. That mix gave attendees a range of viewpoints on the same underlying question: what AI should actually do inside a working business.
The schedule also included wider programming on real estate AI and go-to-market work. Those topics broadened the week's business focus beyond the Thursday sessions.
One of the aims of a week like this is practical rather than celebratory: give people a reason to try something concrete with the tools in front of them. The session topics pointed that way, from automating a single workflow to rethinking how a company stores what it knows.
The week also gave Granite City’s everyday members and visitors a chance to see the venue in a different mode. A workspace that usually runs on focus became, for a few days, a venue with a full schedule, and the rooms handled the shift. That dual use is part of what a host venue offers a regional tech community, a place to work on ordinary days, and a place to gather on the ones that call for it.
Build Day gave that idea its clearest expression. A full day set aside for listening about what a tech week is for, and the rooms were configured to support it, open work areas for people building alongside each other, with sessions running through the day for those who wanted structure. It was the part of the week that most directly reflected what Granite City is built for.
What else was part of Granite City’s week in Folsom?
Free coworking ran from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday, October 19–23. That gave people a weekday option to work from Granite City alongside the scheduled programming, making the week accessible to anyone in the Folsom area who wanted to drop in without committing to a full-day visit.
Thursday’s Build Day extended beyond the daytime talks, running from mid-morning into the evening. The program included the afternoon sessions, the evening “Simply Lovable” product demonstration, and the After Party at The Commons. The week’s schedule also placed a Folsom AI Meet Up with Robby Gill during the week, hosted by Startup Folsom.
Granite City’s role was specific: a community host with its own Folsom program within a decentralized regional week. This recap covers the Granite City program rather than every Sac Tech Week event.
What comes after the October program?
The next date on the local calendar is Folsom-Cordova Tech Week, returning March 1–5, 2027. It is a separate upcoming event, not an extension of Sac Tech Week, and it gives the Folsom and Rancho Cordova communities their own point on the calendar to work toward. For the confirmed date and context, see what’s next after Sac Tech Week and when Folsom-Cordova Tech Week returns.
Sac Tech Week gave Granite City a chance to host programming in Folsom as part of a wider regional calendar, and the week showed how much practical ground a single venue program can cover when the topics stay concrete. If you’d like to learn about everyday coworking and workspace options in Folsom, including the short 10-minute visit that sets up a new member, visit Granite City’s workspace information page.
What should you know about the week?
The key details are that Granite City hosted its own local program in Historic Downtown Folsom, the sessions covered practical AI topics with named speakers throughout, and the schedule included both weekday coworking and Build Day.
What is Sac Tech Week?
Sac Tech Week is a decentralized, community-hosted celebration of the Sacramento region’s tech scene, held October 19–24, 2026 across multiple venues.
What was Build Day?
Build Day ran on Thursday, October 22 at Granite City. Its program included AI sessions, an evening product demonstration, and a closing social event.
When is the next Folsom-Cordova Tech Week?
Folsom-Cordova Tech Week is scheduled to return March 1–5, 2027, giving the Folsom and Rancho Cordova communities their own annual week on the calendar.