UC San Diego – The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor)
Events at this venue
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Startup Grind Pitch Battle Royale: San Diego
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesThe Startup Grind Pitch Battle Royale brings founders from around the world together to pitch their startups, receive expert feedback, and compete for cash prizes, recognition, and advancement to the global stage. The competition runs from February 16-March 4, 2026.
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The Future We Are Building: Innovating with Responsible AI
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesJoin We Are In AI™ in collaboration with the The Basement at UC San Diego for a Panel Discussion on what responsible AI looks like in practice, featuring experts building it into systems, products, and teams.
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SDx @ UC San Diego
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesThe SDx @ UC San Diego Chapter is a meetup where the best UCSD students building with AI get to share their latest experiments and projects with peers.
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SDx @ UC San Diego HelixDB Hackathon
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesWe’re hosting the HelixDB hackathon from 12:00–6:00 PM at The Basement.
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The Basement Demo Day 2025
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesThe Basement’s annual Demo Day, showcasing a fresh lineup of diverse student startups from the Blackstone LaunchPad program and groundbreaking projects from Innovating for X (i4x) is back!
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True Talk: UC San Diego
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesJoin the team at early stage Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures and AI startup Sailplane Founder Sam Ramji UCSD ‘94 for our next True Talk – an IRL discussion on the ups, downs, twists, and turns of the entrepreneurial journey.
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Investor Fireside Series #4 featuring Brandon Hoffman
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesJoin Triton Ventures on January 17th from 3:00 - 4:00 pm at The Basement for an in-person fireside chat with Brandon Hoffman to talk about investing in consumer technology as well as starting and running a venture capital fund.
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Triton Tank
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesGot a game-changing idea? Pitch it at Triton Tank! Step through our elevator prop doors and deliver your 90-second pitch to a panel of expert judges at The Basement’s version of Shark Tank.
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Founder Fireside: Latinx Entrepreneurs
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesIn celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, The Basement and Chicanx and Latinx Studies present a special edition of Founder Fireside
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Patent Lego Challenge
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesWhether you are a student startup with a brand new idea, a small business owner with a side project, or a seasoned business mogul, the Entrepreneur Workshops focus on a variety of topics pertinent to your journey.
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Triton Tank
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesStep through our elevator prop doors and deliver your 90-second pitch to a panel of expert judges at The Basement’s version of Shark Tank.
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Entrepreneur Workshop – Finding Market Fit
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesAttend this engaging workshop where you’ll embark on a comprehensive journey to understand and discover your target market.
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Founder Fireside – Women in the Food & Beverage Industry
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor) 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, CA, CA, United StatesJoin us for a special Founder Fireside, featuring UC San Diego alumni and local female founders from the food & beverage industry!
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