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SmartSail Giving Boaters Aviation-level Navigation Tools
SmartSail co-founder and CEO Lucas Wright (above) has tested the company’s Pathr mobile app aboard his Catalina 38 sailboat. SmartSail’s Pathr mobile app (below) provides information about weather, current, traffic, water depth, buoy locations and more to boaters in one streamlined platform. Photos courtesy SmartSail/LinkedIn SAN DIEGO – Lucas Wright has wind in his sails.
FDA Fast Tracks Acadia Drug for Alzheimer’s Psychosis
DEL MAR – With two drugs already combining for more than $1 billion in annual revenue, Acadia Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ACAD) isn’t resting on its accomplishments. The neurological and rare disease drug developer is on track for a record high in annual revenue in 2026 and is steadily advancing its current lead drug candidate, remlifanserin, through late-stage clinical trials for the treatment of psychosis associated with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
Lineation Reining in New Cyber Threats as AI Agents Take on More Work
Lineation.ai Chief People Officer Charles Lising (left), CEO Cameron Manavian, COO Jane Manavian and Regional Sales Manager Bob Griffin. Photo courtesy Lineation.ai CARLSBAD – Roughly three-quarters of business executives expect nearly half of their processes will be redesigned or rebuilt around artificial intelligence-based agent systems by 2030.
From Hubble to THAAD: Northrop Grumman San Diego Marks 50 Years
Two Northrop Grumman employees work on the development of high-temperature ceramic missile components at the company’s San Diego-Miramar facility. Ceramic components are used in the nosecones of missiles, which can reach more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Photo courtesy Northrop Grumman SAN DIEGO – Northrop Grumman (NY-SE: NOC) has been one of the country’s major defense technology and aerospace innovators for more than three decades, but one of its key facilities has an even longer history.
BlossomHill Makes $150M Nasdaq Debut
SAN DIEGO – With its lead lung cancer drug candidate poised to enter late-stage clinical studies as soon as early next year, BlossomHill Therapeutics elected to go public. The precision oncology and immunology medicine company debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange Aug.
The Quantum Con: How Chicago’s Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth’s Department of War is building America’s largest quantum computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Gov. JB Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime?
The Quantum Con: How Chicago’s Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth’s Department of War is building America’s largest Quantum Computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Governor Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the “Silicon Valley of quantum development.” With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime?
The Quantum Con: How Chicago’s Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth’s Department of War is building America’s largest Quantum Computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Governor Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the “Silicon Valley of quantum development.” With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime?
Xenco Bets AI Can Redefine Orthopedic Care from Prevention to Recovery
Medical technology company Xenco recently unveiled its XenVision pre-operative imaging system, which can help diagnose a patient’s orthopedic or spinal surgical needs in under two minutes. Photo courtesy Xenco SAN DIEGO – For more than a decade, Xenco Medical focused on supporting orthopedic and spinal surgeons and their patients during surgery and after. The company is now expanding into pre-operative period as well.
Primrose Supporting Germination of Gene Therapies
SAN DIEGO – Just over two decades after the completion of the Human Genome Project, the market for genetic medicines has already grown to tens of billions of dollars. Just in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration has approved around two dozen gene therapies, which can be used to treat illnesses like cancer and genetic diseases by introducing healthy and properly functioning genetic material to a patient’s cells that replaces a faulty or mutated gene.
The Quantum Con: How Chicago’s Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth’s Department of War is building America’s largest Quantum Computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Governor Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the “Silicon Valley of quantum development.” With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime?
The Quantum Con: How Chicago's Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth's Department of War is building America's largest Quantum Computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Governor Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the "Silicon Valley of quantum development." With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime? By Eli S.
The Quantum Con: How Chicago's Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth's Department of War is building America's largest Quantum Computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Governor Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the "Silicon Valley of quantum development." With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime? By Eli S.
The Quantum Con: How Chicago’s Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth’s Department of War is building America’s largest Quantum Computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Governor Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the “Silicon Valley of quantum development.” With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime? By Eli S.
The Quantum Con: How Chicago's Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth's Department of War is building America's largest Quantum Computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Governor Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the "Silicon Valley of quantum development." With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime? By Eli S.
Gossamer Bio Nearing End of Drug Development Odyssey
SAN DIEGO – After an arduous decade of development, Gossamer Bio (Nasdaq: GOSS) is finally closing in on the potential approval of its first drug. After cycling through CEOs, going public and weathering the failure of one of its lead drugs, the biopharmaceutical company is poised to submit a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration next month for seralutinib, a potential treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
GigaIO Further Defines Edge AI Computing Direction
AI computing technology company GigaIO has prioritized its edge computing business, which includes its suitcase-sized Gryf data center-class computing device and its half-rack-sized computing unit Manticore. Photo courtesy GigaIO SAN DIEGO – GigaIO is living life on the edge. The artificial intelligence computing technology company spun off and sold its data center business to Bay Area-based d-Matrix this spring to focus more on the edge computing portion of the business.
n-Lorem Foundation Giving Ultra-rare Disease Patients a Chance
CARLSBAD – Just two years after the neurodevelopmental condition identification, patients with ReNU syndrome may soon have an effective treatment. The n-Lorem Foundation, which treats patients with ultra-rare diseases, and Bay Area-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., (Nasdaq: BMRN) announced a partnership last month to develop a potential treatment for ReNU syndrome using the foundation’s antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) technology.
Startup Modernizing Vehicle Inspections
Self Inspection wants to innovate the vehicle inspection process to create a complete digital system of record. Photo courtesy Self Inspection SAN DIEGO – A Bulgarian, a Ukrainian and a Russian launch a startup together. What might sound like the setup to a piece of barroom humor is actually the origin of a technology company garnering financial support from industry luminaries like former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg and the former president of Tesla.
Inocras Focused on Domestic Expansion
SAN DIEGO – With an established commercial presence in South Korea and Hong Kong, Inocras, Inc., is setting its sights on growing domestically.
OroForge Setting Gold Standard for Hardware Product Management
oroForge is a product lifecycle management software startup built specifically for hardware and Internet of Things technology companies. Photo courtesy oroForge SAN DIEGO – Product lifecycle management software isn’t built for hardware companies.
The Quantum Con: How Chicago’s Southside Became a Sacrificial Altar to the War Machine
Pete Hegseth’s Department of War is building America’s largest Quantum Computing project right here on the Southside of Chicago, to the detriment of not only our city but the world at large. Governor Pritzker has lauded the venture capital project as an unprecedented opportunity to make Illinois the “Silicon Valley of quantum development.” With whose consent? On whose land? And on whose dime?
Unimarket AI Invoice Processing Fuels U.S. Growth
Software company Unimarket makes it easier for businesses and organizations to negotiate, secure and pay for contracts with third-party vendors. Photo courtesy Unimarket CARLSBAD – Processing invoices manually can be time consuming, inefficient and lead to human error. Over the last 18 months, source-to-pay software company Unimarket has developed a tool to automate that process by collecting, classifying and validating data from invoices throughout the full procurement cycle.
Lawmatics Gives Law Firms Magic of Merlin
Matt Spiegel, founder and CEO of the legal industry CRM software company Lawmatics, speaks at the company’s quarterly meeting. Photo courtesy Lawmatics/LinkedIn SAN DIEGO – Lawmatics wants to give law firms a magic wand. The legal industry software company provides customer relationship management software to law firms to make their client intake and maintenance, billing and marketing processes more organized and more efficient.
Erasca Inching Closer to Erasing Cancer
SAN DIEGO – Nearly a decade after the company’s founding, Erasca, Inc. (Nasdaq: ERAS) is closer than its ever been to completing its mission to erase cancer. The clinical-stage precision oncology company is poised to release safety and efficacy data later this year for its pair of drug candidates for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and colorectal cancer.
Rapalogix Health Smoothing Skin Aging
CARLSBAD – The global skin care market is likely to generate some $200 billion in revenue worldwide this year, but the vast majority of products only target the visible signs of aging. Rapalogix Health seeks to change that paradigm by modulating the biological mechanisms that cause skin aging and forcing older or damaged skin cells to repair themselves. The company argues its lead product, Pro-Longevity Face Serum, can do just that.
Amprion Expanding New Frontier in Brain Disease Detection
SAN DIEGO– Many neurodegenerative diseases are, at a fundamental level, defined by the misfolding of proteins. The phenomenon, in which proteins do not properly fold into their normal three-dimensional structures and accumulate in clumps that are toxic to healthy cells and tissue, is a hallmark of illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
Arcturus Brings Hope to Cystic Fibrosis Patients with mRNA Therapy Push
SAN DIEGO– CEO Joseph Payne believes Arcturus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ARCT) could one day be the number one biotechnology company in San Diego. The medicine and vaccine developer is deep into Phase 2 studies and poised to launch a Phase 3 trial early next year for its flagship drug candidate for cystic fibrosis, an inhalable mRNA treatment that Arcturus is currently evaluating for its safety and efficacy at a dose of 10 milligrams per day over 12 weeks.
Avantus Expanding Solar, Storage Projects
Clean energy technology company Avantus recently brought its Aratina 1 project online in Kern County. Photo courtesy Avantus SAN DIEGO– Avantus is well on its way to supporting the generation of 5 gigawatts of solar power across the desert southwest by the end of the decade. The clean energy technology company develops utility-scale solar energy and storage projects across California, Nevada and Arizona that could eventually provide 24/7 energy to more than 10 million residents in the region.
Gout Drug Garners Gargantuan Funding
San Diego – The nearly 10 million people in the U.S. suffering from gout could gain access to a novel treatment for the condition within the next three years. For 60 years, patients with gout – a common form of inflammatory arthritis caused by the up of uric acid in the joints – have primarily been prescribed allopurinol, which reduces the production of uric acid but fails to help the body excrete uric acid through the kidneys, one of gout’s root causes.
ALZpath, Abbott Partner on Predictive Alzheimer’s Test
CARLSBAD – More than 41 million cases of dementia – roughly three-quarters of all cases – go undiagnosed worldwide, including millions of cases of Alzheimer’s disease across the U.S. Alzheimer’s testing can be costly, cumbersome and painful, often requiring either a cerebrospinal fluid test that involves a spinal tap or positron emission tomography (PET) imaging involving the injection of a safe but radioactive tracer compound.
Wrike Launches Conversational Platform to Build AI Agents
Work management software company Wrike has more than 2 million users and more than 20,000 customer businesses across 140 countries. Image courtesy Wrike SAN DIEGO– Enterprise adoption of software company Wrike’s artificial intelligence features has tripled since June 2025.
UNIGRID Launches Batteries in Europe, U.S.
UNIGRID has begun shipping its Na+Casa systems to installers and integrators. Photo courtesy UNIGRID SAN DIEGO– Sodium-ion battery company UNIGRID is poised to begin delivering its residential energy storage systems in the U.S. by the end of the year, presenting a rugged alternative to lithium batteries.
Arima Genomics Establishes Partnership with Active Motif
CARLSBAD– Arima Genomics recently bolstered its strategic focus on its core clinical diagnostic platform, announcing an exclusive distribution partnership with genomics services company Active Motif Inc. The agreement gives Active Motif exclusive distribution rights for Arima’s full suite of three-dimensional genomics research kits and services outside of the company’s formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded platform for cancer diagnostics.
Cancer-Killing Implant Nearing Clinic
SAN DIEGO– BioSapien is just weeks away from launching clinical studies of its novel cancer drug delivery platform that could provide patients with treatment without the need for IV-administered chemotherapy. The biotechnology startup’s MediChip platform, a 2-centimeter-by-2-centimeter device, is implanted atop a cancerous growth like a tumor and releases a chemotherapeutic or other cancer-killing drug directly into the cancerous lesion as the biodegradable device breaks down slowly over time.
Auxilium Bioprints Tissues in Space
SAN DIEGO– Just over a year after three-dimensionally printing medical devices aboard the International Space Station, Auxilium Biosciences has done the same with human tissue. Auxilium completed the successful bioprinting of kidney and liver tissue aboard the ISS – the first time either form of tissue has been produced in space, according to the company.
Fostering Fusion’s Future
The interior of General Atomics’ DIII-D National Fusion Facility, which the company operates on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy. Photo courtesy General Atomics SAN DIEGO– Scientists have been attempting to harness the energy generation potential of nuclear fusion for nearly a century. San Diego will play a critical role in its future.
Sinopia Nearing Clinic with Promising Parkinson’s Drug
SAN DIEGO– More than a decade after its founding, Sinopia Biosciences could launch its first drug candidate into clinical studies by the start of 2027. The drug discovery and development startup’s lead candidate is for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and has demonstrated in early pre-clinical studies an ability to both reduce symptoms of the disease as well as the uncontrolled, involuntary bodily movements associated with long-term use of the Parkinson’s medication levodopa.
AquaPoro Turning Humidity into H2O
AquaPoro Technologies founder and CEO Kyle Cordova (left) speaks with intern Jazmine Blanchard. AquaPoro is the developer of technology systems that extract clean water molecules from the air even in low-humidity or high-temperature environments and condenses them to form liquid water.
Ionis Receives FDA Approval for Hypertriglyceridemia Drug
CARLSBAD – Around one-fifth of adults in the U.S. have elevated levels of triglycerides, fats that provide energy to the body, in their blood. Hypertriglyceridemia can increase the risk of developing heart disease and the buildup of plaque in the arteries, while severe hypertriglyceridemia is one of the leading causes of acute pancreatitis, which can cause repeated hospitalization, permanent organ damage and ultimately death.
Aether Taking AI to Its Next Logical Step
Aether AI founder Biwei Huang speaks at a computer vision conference earlier this year. Photo courtesy Aether AI SAN DIEGO– Current artificial intelligence models are fundamentally unable to reason and operate in real-world environments.
Iambic, Bayer Announce Drug Development Pact
Iambic’s recently announced drug discovery and development partnership with the German life sciences giant Bayer was featured on the marquee of the Nasdaq stock exchange. Photo courtesy Iambic/LinkedIn SAN DIEGO – Iambic Therapeutics, Inc., is set to work with one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world to discover novel drugs for hard-to-treat illnesses.
Scientist.com Adds Content Library to R&D Orchestration Platform
SOLANA BEACH– On track to hit $1 billion in sales this year, Scientist.com recently made it easier for life science researchers to stay current on emerging tools, technologies and market trends through its platform at the same time they search for necessary scientific products and services.
IBD Drug Company Debuts with $180M
SAN DIEGO– Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company cAMPfield Therapeutics, Inc., launched this month with the wind at its back. The company debuted with $180 million from a Series A funding round led by San Francisco Bay Area-based investment firm Frazier Life Sciences and an oral medicine candidate for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease that has an expansive development history in the U.S. and China.
Coronado Base Hosts NASCAR Race
Cars race on Qualcomm Circuit near Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during the NASCAR Cup Series: Anduril 250 Race the Base at NASCAR San Diego Weekend on Naval Base Coronado, June 21, 2026. Marking the nation and the Navy's 250th birthday celebrations, NASCAR San Diego Weekend, hosted aboard Naval Base Coronado June 19-21, delivers a unique, high-profile sports experience that blends motorsports with Navy heritage.
QCOM Unveils New Data Center Strategy
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon discusses the company’s Dragonfly portfolio at Computex Taipei in June 2026. Photo courtesy Qualcomm SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm, Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) expects to generate several billion dollars of revenue by the end of the calendar year from its data center business alone and more than $15 billion by the 2029 fiscal year.
Clairyon, SEQSTER Partner to Reduce Sepsis Deaths
SAN DIEGO– Nearly two million people develop sepsis in the U.S. each year, and some 350,000 die. Each hour a patient with sepsis doesn’t receive treatment, whether due to lack of diagnosis or understaffing, the likelihood of a patient’s death rises by roughly 7%, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3D Printing Co. Fabric8Labs Acquired by TDK
Electrochemical 3D printing company Fabric8Labs has seen demand surge in recent months for the company’s liquid cooling systems for processing chips used in data centers and computer processing facilities. Photos courtesy Fabric8Labs SAN DIEGO– With plans to dramatically scale its production capacity, three-dimensional electronic printing company Fabric8Labs agreed to be acquired by Japanese multinational technology company TDK Corporation.
Independent Trust Company Launches San Diego Regional Office
Independent Trust Company President Robert Armstrong (left) and California Market Leader Tracy Zepeda. Photos courtesy ITC/Graphic by Gabriela Cordoba CARLSBAD– South Dakota’s Independent Trust Company is making the San Diego region the center of its California expansion. The trust administration and advisory firm opened its Carlsbad office last month in an effort to expand its regional accessibility and support for estate planning.
Element Secures $175M From Samsung Electronics
SAN DIEGO– Investors have always believed in Element Biosciences. The genomics and multiomics technology company famously launched with $5 million in seed funding without data or a sequencing prototype. The company has grown for nearly a decade anyway, with an expanding portfolio of gene sequencing devices that most recently added the VITARI benchtop sequencing system earlier this year.
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