Tacos and Tech Podcast
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A portfolio approach to angel investing
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 of aspiring and returning angel investors through the…
The AI Strategy Gap
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 and integration firm helping mid-market companies turn AI…
Four Questions Before You Write the Check
Episode SummaryNeal Bloom takes the stage at the 2026 San Diego Angel Conference Knowledge & Networking Event at SDSU to walk a room full of aspiring and active angel investors through the four…
This Week in San Diego Tech News
Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube.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, journalist and…
Blueprint Equity’s $333M Bet on Early Growth Software
Blueprint Equity just closed a $333M Fund III - and they’re doubling down on a thesis that feels increasingly contrarian in today’s AI-fueled world.In this episode, Neal sits down with Sheldon Lewis…
Podcast: Beyond One-Time Buyers with Matt Holman
Matt Holman, founder of Commerce Catalyst and Subscription Prescription, joins Neal to unpack what’s really happening inside modern e-commerce and subscription-driven CPG brands. From Utah’s…
Podcast: Sleep, Science & Invisible Care
Susie Harborth joins the pod to share her journey from refugee immigrant and first-generation college student to biotech operator, ecosystem builder, and now founder-investor behind Inspirafund and…
This Week In San Diego Tech News
Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube.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, journalist and…
Company Creation as a Commodity
Episode SummaryIn this episode of the AI Builders Roundtable, the builders cross a line.Instead of just discussing AI-native companies, they use one - Polsia AI - to start new businesses live on the…
Logistics Wins Wars
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 overlooked but decisive factors in modern warfare:…
Shipping with AI
Episode SummaryIn Episode 3 of the AI Builders Roundtable, the conversation jumps right into deployment.Craig, Greg, and Derrick break down what it actually looks like to run AI agents inside real…
The Retail Data Gap
In this episode, Neal sits down with Samantha Pantazopoulos, co-founder of Vizer, to unpack the company’s pivot from a consumer fitness rewards app to a B2B retail demand engine used by brands like…
This Week In San Diego Tech News
Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube.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, journalist and…
On The Radar — Episode 6
A short audio reflection on what changes when context stops resetting.And what happens when it starts compounding instead. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
Building the Underground Super Grid
In this episode of Tacos & Tech, Neal Bloom sits down with Troy Helming, founder and CEO of EarthGrid, to explore one of the most ambitious infrastructure plays of our time: building an…
AI Coworkers Are Here
In the span of days, the “AI news cycle” moved again: OpenClaw has been acquired.Craig Lauer (longtime Qualcomm builder turned angel investor), Ross Young (CEO of Clinically AI, building tools for…
This week in San Diego Tech News
Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube.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, journalist and…
This Week In San Diego Tech News
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, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He…
From AI Toys to AI Operating Systems
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 OpenAI dropped major releases to talk about what it…
Why Hustle Culture Breaks Community
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Tacos & Tech, Neal Bloom sits down with Juanny Romero, founder and CEO of Mothership Coffee Roasters, for a raw and deeply human conversation about building…
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