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The Tacos and Tech Podcast highlights the builders of companies, technologies, and the ecosystem of San Diego with a local flair for our lifestyle as well.

Neal sits down with Paige Craig, Founder and Managing Partner at Outlander VC, the first-check fund that backs founders as early as humanly...

The 2026 San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) kicks off with Angel Academy Session 1, hosted at SDSU's ZIP Launchpad. Neal Bloom walks a room o...

In this weeks episode, I sit down with Grayson LaFrenz and Chad Lohrli, two of the co-founders of Cadre AI, the San Diego-based AI strategy...

Episode Summary Neal Bloom takes the stage at the 2026 San Diego Angel Conference Knowledge & Networking Event at SDSU to walk a room full o...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube . Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partne...

Blueprint Equity just closed a $333M Fund III - and they’re doubling down on a thesis that feels increasingly contrarian in today’s AI-fuele...

Matt Holman, founder of Commerce Catalyst and Subscription Prescription, joins Neal to unpack what’s really happening inside modern e-commer...

Susie Harborth joins the pod to share her journey from refugee immigrant and first-generation college student to biotech operator, ecosystem...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube . Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partne...

Episode Summary In this episode of the AI Builders Roundtable, the builders cross a line. Instead of just discussing AI-native companies, th...

In this episode of Tacos & Tech , Neal Bloom sits down with Peter Goldsborough , co-founder and CTO of Rune , to unpack one of the most over...

Episode Summary In Episode 3 of the AI Builders Roundtable, the conversation jumps right into deployment. Craig, Greg, and Derrick break dow...

In this episode, Neal sits down with Samantha Pantazopoulos, co-founder of Vizer, to unpack the company’s pivot from a consumer fitness rewa...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube . Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partne...

A short audio reflection on what changes when context stops resetting. And what happens when it starts compounding instead. This is a public...

In this episode of Tacos & Tech , Neal Bloom sits down with Troy Helming , founder and CEO of EarthGrid , to explore one of the most ambitio...

In the span of days, the “AI news cycle” moved again: OpenClaw has been acquired. Craig Lauer (longtime Qualcomm builder turned angel invest...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube . Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partne...

Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partners . My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier , jo...

New podcast series within Tacos and Tech: AI Builders Roundtable! Neal sits down with Craig Lauer and Ross Young on a day both Anthropic and...

Episode Summary In this episode of Tacos & Tech , Neal Bloom sits down with Juanny Romero , founder and CEO of Mothership Coffee Roasters ,...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube . Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partne...

In this episode of Tacos & Tech , Neal Bloom sits down with Cathy Pucher , Executive Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives at San Diego S...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube . Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partne...

A short audio reflection I recorded after noticing where momentum actually comes from. It’s not from more events. It’s from proximity, repet...

In this episode of Tacos & Tech , Neal Bloom sits down with longtime friend, founder, and self-described “Maine Melon,” Jared Ruth , founder...

A short audio reflection I recorded after noticing a familiar pattern while reading rock band autobiographies over the holidays. It’s not ab...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube . Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partne...

In this episode of Tacos & Tech , Neal Bloom sits down with Eric Aguilar , co-founder and CEO of Omnitron Sensors , to unpack the deep tech...

I’ve been noticing something lately about what happens after meetings - and what changes when the work doesn’t stall anymore. This is a publ...

In this live session from a recent SDAC Knowledge & Network Event hosted at Mintz Law’s office, investor Neal Bloom and corporate attorney S...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube . Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partne...

A short audio reflection on something I’ve been noticing about willpower - and what happens when it quietly stops being the thing that matte...

A short audio reflection on something I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since my first ride in a Waymo. Not because the technology...

In this special episode, we bring you a practical, high-context walkthrough of early-stage investing hosted by the San Diego Angel Conferenc...

In this episode of the Tacos & Tech Podcast, host Neal Bloom sits down with Jared Tangney , co-founder and CTO of Biolinq . From their early...

In this special live episode of the Tacos & Tech Podcast, we take you inside the latest Burbank Tech Talk event, recorded at Tailored Space...

SDSU ZIP Fall 2025 Bootcamp: Building Fast, Building Smart In this special edition of the Tacos & Tech Podcast, we dive into the action-pack...

In this special edition of the Tacos & Tech Podcast , we recorded live from Snapdragon Stadium during the 2025 Top Tech Awards San Diego . W...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom fr...

On this episode of the Tacos & Tech Podcast , Neal Bloom sits down with Julie Sokol, Chief Technology Officer of OC Sports & Entertainment,...

This week on the Tacos & Tech Podcast, Neal sits down with Mike Sims , Marine Raider turned venture builder, to talk about how his experienc...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom fr...

This week on the Tacos & Tech Podcast, we dive into San Diego’s growing Bluetech ecosystem with Vanessa Scott , Director of Industry Relatio...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom fr...

In this week’s episode of the Tacos & Tech Podcast , Neal sits down with Faisal Mushtaq - tech exec, startup scaler, author, and community b...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom fr...

In this episode of the Tacos & Tech Podcast, we sit down with Matt Ober , Managing Partner at Social Leverage , to unpack the future of fint...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom fr...

In this episode of the Tacos & Tech Podcast, host Neal Bloom sits down with Aleksey Matyushev , co-founder and CEO of Natilus , the San Dieg...