This Week in San Diego Tech News - July 8, 2024

It’s time for a refresh for Fresh Brewed Tech and the Tacos and Tech Podcast.We’re trying out Substack and I hope you enjoy it. I put out 1-2 podcast episodes per week so it’s time to share those more widely. Listen in to this week’s latest This Week in San Diego Tech News and reply with your feedback. What do you want us to cover?Show notes for this week’s episode:Listen & subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms.Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech.I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital.I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.Promote the show: Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.Little Tech Agenda by Marc Andreesen7/8 News* Eli Lilly, Pfizer, J&J incubating the next big drug in San Diego* Liquid Instruments Closes $12 Million Round* Huega House Hats nearly doubled its 2023 revenue* Aptera monetizes its IP portfolio for $130 Million* Sonocharge raises $8.5 Million* SD’s Artiva plans IPO to fund NK cell therapy’s autoimmune trialsEvents – For full list – check The Social Coyote* Look for upcoming Community CoWorking Days – Aquillius and SDx* July 11 Morning with Aquillius* SD Founders Hike – July 12* Do you want this weekly? Let Neal know* SDx events* 💻 AI Hacker Club: Tue, July 16th, 6-8pm | https://lu.ma/dtwrgba3 * 📚 AI Paper Club:* Thu, July 11th, 6-8pm | InstructPix2Pix: https://lu.ma/zg441svz – presented by Panna Felsen* Thu, July 25th, 6-8pm | Scaling Monosemanticity: https://lu.ma/v2aqei21 – presented by Diego Caples* Carlsbad Tech Founders event – July 16* Carlsbad Cleantech Founders – July 29 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe