This Week in San Diego Tech – Aug 8, 2025

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Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!

I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partners and the Tacos and Tech Podcast.

My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter.

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August 8

Debrief Startup SD 1st Mondays event at KILN Rancho Bernardo

New Connect CEO

AI products:

• Seismic AI

• Metro MOIC

Fundings:

• Equip Health $47M

• Trovata $9M Extension Series B

Saronic moves into SD

AgX Food Hub moves forward

Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote

SD Defense Build Day - Aug 28

Gaming Build Day - Sept 2

SD Defense at SoCal Deep Tech - Sept 16