ChipVat
San Francisco, CA
SF Tech Week · Oct 5–11, 2026
Patent pending
Events

Come see a computer that pressurises itself.

ChipVat is hosting two events during San Francisco Tech Week. Both are free, both are small, and both are for people who build real hardware. RSVP by email and we'll send the address.

Event 01 · Demo + drinks

Inside the Vat: A Computer That Pressurises Itself

Processors sealed in carbon dioxide above its critical density, with no pump, compressor or chiller inside, and no network between the chips. We'll walk through the machine's engineering model live: change the vessel size, the pressure rating or the charge, and the whole machine re-solves on screen.

We'll cover the physics, the geometry that removes the network, and the parts that are still unsolved, including what it takes to site 1,100 kg of CO₂ safely. Drinks and conversation after.

When
Thursday, October 8 · 5:30–8:00 pm
Where
SoMa, San Francisco — exact address sent to guests
Who
Infrastructure engineers, hardware founders, fabricators, investors
Cost
Free
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Event 02 · Breakfast

Building Under Pressure: Hardware Founders Breakfast

A small breakfast for founders building physical products: pressure vessels, thermal systems, chips, robots. Bring the manufacturing problem that's blocking you. We'll bring ours, from ASME-coded vessels and copper-alloy brazing to single-crystal substrates with no second source.

No slides and no pitches. An honest table about what it costs to get a first article built. Coffee and food provided.

When
Thursday, October 8 · 8:30–10:00 am
Where
Dogpatch, San Francisco — exact address sent to guests
Who
Hardware founders, manufacturing engineers, early investors
Cost
Free · limited seats
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