300 Main · AI & Applied Innovation
The Creative Futures™ Brunch powered by The Down Market
Now Wednesday, Oct 7 — moved for the weather. Espresso, brunch and DJ Novasoul on the 25th floor, plus two live conversations with the people building here.
- Date
- Wednesday, October 7, 2026
- Time
- 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM
- Location
- 300 Main, Skylounge + Rooftop Patio
90 seats
AI & Applied Innovation circuit, sponsored by
Powering the deep tech and emerging technology conversation at SASTW — AI, cyber, quantum, and what's coming next.
The morning
Come for the coffee.Leave with something to build.
Now Wednesday, October 7. The brunch was set to open Thursday of the week and has moved for the storms and flooding — same place, same morning, a week on.
Twenty-five floors up, espresso pulled fresh, brunch on the table, a DJ easing the morning open, and downtown San Antonio stretched out below — the week’s after-party, served as breakfast.
Seats are limited — they want people to actually meet each other — and Creative Futures hold the list on Eventbrite. That RSVP is what saves your seat — if you RSVP’d for Thursday, check it there for the new date. The 25th floor at 300 Main, Sky Lounge and rooftop patio.
7:30
The Wake-Up — coffee, sound, skyline
Doors. Pulp Coffee Roasters on espresso, brunch from Box St. Social and Loverboy: House Eats, and DJ Novasoul setting the tone inside and out on the rooftop.
8:40 – 9:35
The Down Market Conversation
Tech for the Places Culture Lives
Daniel Trevino
Box Street Social · Maître
Ben Hodge
EEVET
Two builders solving real problems for real places — Maître, built to help restaurants open smarter and last longer, and EEVET, built to help venues, artists and promoters book better. Different rooms, same mission: giving creative businesses the information they’ve always deserved.
9:45 – 10:30
The Fifth Degree Live
AI, Design + What Gets Built Next
Co-founder, Rackspace · Product design · Engineering · Data + AI
Family office advisor · Product design + Data + AI
A conversation at the intersection of AI, product design and engineering — and what it takes to build what comes next.
10:45 – 11:30
The Patio Set
DJ Novasoul on the patio. Stay, refill, meet the person next to you — that’s the point.
The Creative Futures Brunch has been bringing this city’s creative and tech communities to the same table since 2019. This year it lands the Wednesday after the week with a simple idea: creativity and technology aren’t two different industries. They’re one economy — and some of the people building it live here.
Community all morning.