Neal: 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.

Fred: I'm Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders 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.

• Missing Mike Freeman - Mike is no longer at the UT and we miss his voice in the tech community
• ShieldAI raising
• Linear App raised $35m Series B
• Acquire.com moving HQ to La Jolla
• Rayze Bio $358m IPO

Events

• Innovation Week review
• Announcing Techstars San Diego powered SDSU first cohort podcast
• Women's Venture Summit - Sept 28 & 29
• San Diego Startup Week - October 23-27