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SUMMARY:San Diego AI Showcase #8
DESCRIPTION:Note: we are charging $10 just to help with food and drinks\, we already have an awesome space. If you don’t feel like paying\, please choose the INVITEE ticket (free). Thanks!  \nSan Diego AI Showcase (North County)\nA Homebrew-style night for AI experiments and demos. Just sharing and learning. \n​This is a monthly\, in-person gathering for San Diego founders who are actively building with AI\, and who are willing to show their work before it’s perfect. \n​Inspired by the original Homebrew Computer Club\, where builders like Steve Wozniak casually shared what they were experimenting with\, this is a space for real demos\, early prototypes\, bold ideas\, and honest lessons. No polished pitch decks. No sales. No pressure. \n​This is about learning in public\, helping each other think sharper\, and accelerating progress through thoughtful feedback. \n​The San Diego AI Showcase is designed to grow a tight\, curious\, builder-driven founder community in the region. \nWhat you’ll see \n• ​Early AI products\, tools\, agents\, workflows\, and experiments \n• ​Things that are half-working\, just launched\, or still a little rough \n​• Lessons from what didn’t work (often the most valuable part) \n​• Live demos\, screen shares\, short walkthroughs \n​\nFormat \n• ​5–10 founders present for ~10 minutes each \n​• 3-minute Q&A and group discussion after every presentation \n​• Hang out\, meet other builders\, and keep the conversation going \n​\nWho this is for \n​• Founders actively building with AI (pre-seed to growth) \n​• Engineers\, designers\, and product leaders experimenting hands-on \n​• People who value curiosity\, humility\, and substance over hype \n​\nWhat this is not \n• ​Not a pitch night \n​• Not an investor demo day \n​• Not a sales event \n​Just builders helping builders. \n​📍 Event Details \n​When: September 1 (Tuesday)\, 2026\, from 6 pm to 8:30 pm \n​Where: LVLUP USA – 1410 Vantage Ct\, Vista\, CA 92081 \n​Organizer: Demian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/ \n​\nIf you’re interested in presenting\, attending\, or shaping the future of this meetup\, please email Demian at demian@pactto.com. The goal is to create something long-lasting for San Diego — a place where meaningful work gets shared early\, and momentum compounds over time. \n  \nPresenters: \n  \n6:30 pm\nDemian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry)\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/\n\nTitle: Launching Pactto \nDetails:\nAfter 2 years of intense work\, the public version of Pactto is ready. Let’s see what it is\, what it does\, and how agencies\, creators\, coaches\, architects\, tutors\, and so many other personas use the product to meet\, review and ship projects. \n—————————– \nMore presenters to be announced soon!
URL:https://startupsd.org/event/san-diego-ai-showcase-8/
LOCATION:LVLUP USA\, 1410 Vantage Ct\, Vista\, CA\, 92081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ecosystem
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SUMMARY:San Diego AI Showcase #7 (North County) August 2026 (Main theme: Retention)
DESCRIPTION:Note: we are charging $10 just to help with food and drinks\, we already have an awesome space. If you don’t feel like paying\, please choose the INVITEE ticket (free). Thanks! \nSan Diego AI Showcase (North County)\nA Homebrew-style night for AI experiments and demos. Just sharing and learning. \n​This is a monthly\, in-person gathering for San Diego founders who are actively building with AI\, and who are willing to show their work before it’s perfect. \n​Inspired by the original Homebrew Computer Club\, where builders like Steve Wozniak casually shared what they were experimenting with\, this is a space for real demos\, early prototypes\, bold ideas\, and honest lessons. No polished pitch decks. No sales. No pressure. \n​This is about learning in public\, helping each other think sharper\, and accelerating progress through thoughtful feedback. \n​The San Diego AI Showcase is designed to grow a tight\, curious\, builder-driven founder community in the region. \nWhat you’ll see \n• ​Early AI products\, tools\, agents\, workflows\, and experiments \n• ​Things that are half-working\, just launched\, or still a little rough \n​• Lessons from what didn’t work (often the most valuable part) \n​• Live demos\, screen shares\, short walkthroughs \n​Format \n• ​5–10 founders present for ~10 minutes each \n​• 3-minute Q&A and group discussion after every presentation \n​• Hang out\, meet other builders\, and keep the conversation going \n​Who this is for \n​• Founders actively building with AI (pre-seed to growth) \n​• Engineers\, designers\, and product leaders experimenting hands-on \n​• People who value curiosity\, humility\, and substance over hype \n​What this is not \n• ​Not a pitch night \n​• Not an investor demo day \n​• Not a sales event \n​Just builders helping builders. \n​📍 Event Details \n​When: August 4 (Tuesday)\, 2026\, from 6 pm to 8:30 pm \n​Where: LVLUP USA (North County San Diego. Vista\, California) \n​Organizer: Demian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry)\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/ \n​If you’re interested in presenting\, attending\, or shaping the future of this meetup\, please email Demian at demian@pactto.com. The goal is to create something long-lasting for San Diego — a place where meaningful work gets shared early\, and momentum compounds over time. \n  \nPresenters: \n  \n6:30 pm\nDemian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry)\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/\n\nTitle: How the AARRR (Pirate Metrics) framework is helping Pactto retain users \nDetails:\nThe AARRR framework (often called “Pirate Metrics”) is a five-stage customer lifecycle model created to provide startups and product-led growth companies with actionable metrics to measure business health: Acquisition (how users find you)\, Activation (how they engage)\, Retention (if they return)\, Referral (if they share it)\, and Revenue (how you make money). Let’s learn how Pactto is using it to retain users. \n—————————– \n6:45 pm\nKristine Angell\, MBA\, MDM (Founder of Mutiny Retreats: Wine Rack\, ex-Amazon\, Hopscotch Labs\, Mutiny Retreats\, NewSchool of Architecture + Design) \nLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kangell \nTitle: Vibe Coding tools lead users towards UX bloat and Frankenstein experiences \nDetails:\nKris built Wine Rack\, a real-time note-taking app to help retreat attendees remember their experiences without being glued to their phones. During the initial build she found vibe-coding tools over-enabled: their “Yes\, And” grew a simple idea into bloated\, ugly interfaces that demanded too much manual input and distracted from the retreat. She resolved the UX by using v0 to build a background system integrating SMS and WhatsApp\, where users simply text the system as part of their normal experience\, keeping the technology seamless\, invisible\, and the user’s focus on their retreat itself. \n—————————– \n7 pm\nJennifer Fouquier (Bioinformatics Scientist\, Founder & Developer of EXPLANA\, Postdoc in Bioengineering\, Consultant at EnteroTrack) \nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-fouquier/ \nTitle: Building the EXPLANA User Community: Beta Recruitment\, Adoption\, and Retention \nDetails:\nEXPLANA (https://www.explana.io/) finds key drivers of research outcomes. Uniquely\, it automates the detection of order-dependent categorical feature changes\, or cases where sequence of events\, not just presence\, differentially impacts an outcome (AB vs. BA). For example\, a long half-life drug followed by a short half-life drug carries a different risk than the reverse. No other tool automates this kind of detection. EXPLANA also generates a report with figures and plain-language explanations\, opening up the “black box” common to many AI tools and making complex results interpretable. This supports rigorous documentation and publication-ready reporting. Jennifer is actively seeking beta users. \n—————————– \n7:15 pm\nTom Krcha\, Founder and CEO of Pen.dev (a16z Speedrun\, ex-Adobe\, Miro\, Around) \nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkrcha/ \nTitle: From code to design and back to code \nDetails:\nLearn about the journey of launching a Pen.dev\, a revolutionary product launched in the era of AI\, going from 0 to 100k registered users in 1 month\, and how constant iterations close the community are shaping their next steps.
URL:https://startupsd.org/event/san-diego-ai-showcase-7-north-county-august-2026-main-theme-retention/
LOCATION:LVLUP USA\, 1410 Vantage Ct\, Vista\, CA\, 92081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ecosystem
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SUMMARY:San Diego AI Showcase #6 (North County) July 2026 (Main theme: Onboarding)
DESCRIPTION:Note: we are charging $10 just to help with food and drinks\, we already have an awesome space. If you don’t feel like paying\, please choose the INVITEE ticket (free). Thanks! \nSan Diego AI Showcase (North County)\nA Homebrew-style night for AI experiments and demos. Safe space. No recordings! Just sharing and learning. \n​This is a monthly\, in-person gathering for San Diego founders who are actively building with AI\, and who are willing to show their work before it’s perfect. \n​Inspired by the original Homebrew Computer Club\, where builders like Steve Wozniak casually shared what they were experimenting with\, this is a space for real demos\, early prototypes\, bold ideas\, and honest lessons. No polished pitch decks. No sales. No pressure. \n​This is about learning in public\, helping each other think sharper\, and accelerating progress through thoughtful feedback. \n​The San Diego AI Showcase is designed to grow a tight\, curious\, builder-driven founder community in the region. \nWhat you’ll see \n• ​Early AI products\, tools\, agents\, workflows\, and experiments \n• ​Things that are half-working\, just launched\, or still a little rough \n​• Lessons from what didn’t work (often the most valuable part) \n​• Live demos\, screen shares\, short walkthroughs \n​Format \n• ​5–10 founders present for ~10 minutes each \n​• 3-minute Q&A and group discussion after every presentation \n​• Hang out\, meet other builders\, and keep the conversation going \n​Who this is for \n​• Founders actively building with AI (pre-seed to growth) \n​• Engineers\, designers\, and product leaders experimenting hands-on \n​• People who value curiosity\, humility\, and substance over hype \n​What this is not \n• ​Not a pitch night \n​• Not an investor demo day \n​• Not a sales event \n​Just builders helping builders. \n​📍 Event Details \n​When: July 7 (Tuesday)\, 2026\, from 6 pm to 9 pm \n​Where: LVLUP USA (North County San Diego. Vista\, California) \n​Organizer: Demian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry)\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/ \n​If you’re interested in presenting\, attending\, or shaping the future of this meetup\, please email Demian at demian@pactto.com. The goal is to create something long-lasting for San Diego — a place where meaningful work gets shared early\, and momentum compounds over time. \n  \nPresenters: \n  \n6:30 pm\nDemian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry)\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/\n\nTitle: Pactto Onboarding \nDetails:\nLearn what Pactto is doing to tackle onboarding\, after a ton of different experiments. \n—————————– \nMore presenters to be announced soon.
URL:https://startupsd.org/event/san-diego-ai-showcase-6-north-county-july-2026-main-theme-onboarding/
LOCATION:LVLUP USA\, 1410 Vantage Ct\, Vista\, CA\, 92081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ecosystem
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SUMMARY:San Diego AI Showcase #5 (North County) Main theme: Distribution of AI products
DESCRIPTION:Note: we are charging $10 just to help with food and drinks\, we already have an awesome space. If you don’t feel like paying\, please choose the INVITEE ticket (free). Thanks!\n\n\nSan Diego AI Showcase (North County)\nA Homebrew-style night for AI experiments and demos. Safe space. No recordings! Just sharing and learning. \n​This is a monthly\, in-person gathering for San Diego founders who are actively building with AI\, and who are willing to show their work before it’s perfect. \n​Inspired by the original Homebrew Computer Club\, where builders like Steve Wozniak casually shared what they were experimenting with\, this is a space for real demos\, early prototypes\, bold ideas\, and honest lessons. No polished pitch decks. No sales. No pressure. \n​This is about learning in public\, helping each other think sharper\, and accelerating progress through thoughtful feedback. \n​The San Diego AI Showcase is designed to grow a tight\, curious\, builder-driven founder community in the region. \nWhat you’ll see \n• ​Early AI products\, tools\, agents\, workflows\, and experiments \n• ​Things that are half-working\, just launched\, or still a little rough \n​• Lessons from what didn’t work (often the most valuable part) \n​• Live demos\, screen shares\, short walkthroughs \n​Format \n• ​5–10 founders present for ~10 minutes each \n​• 3-minute Q&A and group discussion after every presentation \n​• Hang out\, meet other builders\, and keep the conversation going \n​Who this is for \n​• Founders actively building with AI (pre-seed to growth) \n​• Engineers\, designers\, and product leaders experimenting hands-on \n​• People who value curiosity\, humility\, and substance over hype \n​What this is not \n• ​Not a pitch night \n​• Not an investor demo day \n​• Not a sales event \n​Just builders helping builders. \n​📍 Event Details \n​When: June 2\, 2026\, from 6 pm to 9 pm \n​Where: LVLUP USA (North County San Diego. Vista\, California) \n​Organizer: Demian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry)\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/ \n​If you’re interested in presenting\, attending\, or shaping the future of this meetup\, please email Demian at demian@pactto.com. The goal is to create something long-lasting for San Diego — a place where meaningful work gets shared early\, and momentum compounds over time. \n  \nPresenters: \n  \n6:15 pm\nDemian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry)\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/\n\nTitle: Pactto Distribution \nDetails:\nLearn what Pactto is doing to tackle distribution\, from a CAB (customer advisory board) to a community on Discord\, what is working and what is not working. \n—————————– \n6:30 pm\nChad Bender\, Principal Product Manager shipping AI products\, AI Agents\, Agentic Workflows\, 0-to-1. Currently building Concierge (agentic events AI). Previously Oracle\, 15Five\, Cordial\, Sun Microsystems \nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadbender/ \nTitle: CONCIERGE (go-concierge.com) \nDetails:\nA multi-agent workflow: a prospector agent that discovers events pulling from 100+ data sources\, a tastemaker agent that curates the best events\, and a QC agent that vets the final subscriber digest for dupes\, dates\, and quality bar. Data pipeline\, Claude AI layer\, Supabase backend\, Resend email\, self-serve onboarding. It’s live across 50 cities in North America. \n—————————– \n6:45 pm\nCammie Clay and Sonia Sarao\, Co-founders of faibuddy \nLinkedIn: \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cammieclay \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-sarao/ \nTitle: Distribution – What NOT to do! \nDetails: \nWe will share all our lessons from trying to distribute the first version of faibuddy. \n—————————– \n7 pm\nMaya Borba (11 years old)\, founder of CaliFrames \nTitle: Finding PMF on Facebook Marketplace and social media \nDetails: \nMaya is an 11-year-old aspiring skateboarder who broke her arm while training for an important East Coast contest. During recovery\, she turned frustration into creativity and started experimenting with AI-generated posters. After testing different platforms\, everything changed when she posted her work on Facebook Marketplace. That’s when CaliFrames started gaining real traction and Maya found her first signs of product-market fit. In this demo\, she’ll share how she’s building the business\, from building her site on Lovable\, to using AI to create custom posters\, and rapidly iterating through social media feedback to evolve both her product and distribution strategy.
URL:https://startupsd.org/event/san-diego-ai-showcase-5-north-county-main-theme-distribution-of-ai-products/
LOCATION:LVLUP USA\, 1410 Vantage Ct\, Vista\, CA\, 92081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ecosystem
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SUMMARY:San Diego AI Showcase #3
DESCRIPTION:Note: we are charging $10 just to help with food and drinks\, we already have an awesome space. If you don’t feel like paying\, please choose the INVITEE ticket (free). Thanks! \nSan Diego AI Showcase (North County)\nA Homebrew-style night for AI experiments and demos. \n​This is a monthly\, in-person gathering for San Diego founders who are actively building with AI\, and who are willing to show their work before it’s perfect. \n​Inspired by the original Homebrew Computer Club\, where builders like Steve Wozniak casually shared what they were experimenting with\, this is a space for real demos\, early prototypes\, bold ideas\, and honest lessons. No polished pitch decks. No sales. No pressure. \n​This is about learning in public\, helping each other think sharper\, and accelerating progress through thoughtful feedback. \n​The San Diego AI Showcase is designed to grow a tight\, curious\, builder-driven founder community in the region. \nWhat you’ll see \n• ​Early AI products\, tools\, agents\, workflows\, and experiments \n• ​Things that are half-working\, just launched\, or still a little rough \n​• Lessons from what didn’t work (often the most valuable part) \n​• Live demos\, screen shares\, short walkthroughs \n​Format \n• ​5–10 founders present for ~10 minutes each \n​• 3-minute Q&A and group discussion after every presentation \n​• Hang out\, meet other builders\, and keep the conversation going \n​Who this is for \n​• Founders actively building with AI (pre-seed to growth) \n​• Engineers\, designers\, and product leaders experimenting hands-on \n​• People who value curiosity\, humility\, and substance over hype \n​What this is not \n• ​Not a pitch night \n​• Not an investor demo day \n​• Not a sales event \n​Just builders helping builders. \n​📍 Event Details \n​When: April 7\, 2006 at 6:00 pm \n​Where: LVLUP USA (North County San Diego. Vista\, California) \n​Organizer: Demian Borba\, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25\, ex-Adobe\, Intuit\, PayPal\, BlackBerry)\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/ \n​If you’re interested in presenting\, attending\, or shaping the future of this meetup\, please email Demian at demian@pactto.com. The goal is to create something long-lasting for San Diego — a place where meaningful work gets shared early\, and momentum compounds over time.
URL:https://startupsd.org/event/ai-showcase-3/
LOCATION:LVLUP USA\, 1410 Vantage Ct\, Vista\, CA\, 92081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ecosystem
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