AgTech Alchemy started off like most things in life! It was a serendipitous accident.
Patrick Honcoop, who lives in New Jersey was visiting the SF Bay Area and he reached out to Rhishi to see if they could organize something to get a few folks working in AgTech together for a social evening. Patrick and Rhishi put up a LinkedIn post, mentioned the name of the establishment and 50 people showed up at the event, even though everyone had to pay for their own food and drink!
Rhishi then got-together with Walt Duflock and Sachi Desai, and stated an IRL community called the AgTech Alchemy!
Please do not forget to join the AgTech Alchemy community with a few hundred members on Slack, and do follow our LinkedIn page to make sure you don't miss any announcements of future events. You can also join our fairly active Slack channel to engage in real, no-BS conversations with other community members.
Next event: AgTech Alchemy in Des Moines, Iowa "The Whole Hog" on July 22, 2025
The AgTech Alchemy team has organized monthly events for the last 7-8 months and each of those events has been very well attended. The Alchemy team promotes a casual and cool vibe, where people get together to exchange ideas, find collaboration opportunities, and have fun!

Past events
- June 10, 2025 Fargo, ND
- June 10, 2025 Sunnyvale, CA
- May 19, 2025 Seattle, WA
- March 10, 2025 San Francisco, CA
- February 27, 2025 Salinas, CA
- January 22, 2025 Los Gatos, CA
- December 12, 2024 Oakland, CA
- October 30, 2024 Berkeley, CA
- October 24, 2024 Davis, CA
- September 30, 2024 Redwood City, CA
- August 5, 2025 Mountain View, CA