San Diego AI Showcase #10 (North County) November 2026 (San Diego Startup Week)
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 6:00 PM PST – 8:30 PM PST
11988 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA 92130, USA
Hosted by Pactto
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! San Diego AI Showcase (North County) A Homebrew-style night for AI experiments and demos. Just sharing and learning. 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. 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. This is about learning in public, helping each other think sharper, and accelerating progress through thoughtful feedback. The San Diego AI Showcase is designed to grow a tight, curious, builder-driven founder community in the region. What you’ll see • Early AI products, tools, agents, workflows, and experiments • Things that are half-working, just launched, or still a little rough • Lessons from what didn’t work (often the most valuable part) • Live demos, screen shares, short walkthroughs Format • 5–10 founders present for 10 minutes each • 3-minute Q&A and group discussion after every presentation • Hang out, meet other builders, and keep the conversation going Who this is for • Founders actively building with AI (pre-seed to growth) • Engineers, designers, and product leaders experimenting hands-on • People who value curiosity, humility, and substance over hype What this is not • Not a pitch night • Not an investor demo day • Not a sales event Just builders helping builders. 📍 Event Details When: November 3 (Tuesday), 2026, from 6 pm to 8:30 pm Where: 11988 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA 92130 Organizer: Demian Borba, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25, ex-Adobe, Intuit, PayPal, BlackBerry) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/ 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. Presentations: 6:30 pm Demian Borba & Sherif Assaf, founders of Pactto https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherif-assaf-6947a317/ Title: Humans and agents working together, live The room where creative teams meet, align and AI takes action. Bring your assets, present at the highest quality, review together, make decisions, and let AI agents apply them, live. All within the same shared context. 6:45 pm Ana Borba, founder of Eleve https://www.linkedin.com/in/anapaulakedouk/ Title: Changing action sports with AI No platform was built for action sports, so Ana made one. It is called Eleve. See what happened at every practice, skills worked on, coach notes, reviews, and video clips, through live data and AI reports. Eleve isn't just for coaches and athletes. Ana is building tools for the entire action sports ecosystem. 7 pm Alexander Towfigh, founder of AquaMesh https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-towfigh-9608011bb Title: AquaMesh: Building AI and Sensors for Smarter Industrial Operations Industrial facilities that process water and liquid products generate millions of data points, yet costly problems often go undetected. At AquaMesh, we’re building AI and spectral sensors that work with existing equipment to detect problems early, identify their causes, and help operators take action. Our goal is to reduce waste, improve production efficiency, and lower operating costs. I’ll demonstrate what we’re building and share what we’ve learned bringing AI into industrial environments. More speakers to be announced soon