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🐺 They sold their last company to Roche. Now they're hiring for the next one.
Plus a spatial AI company launching new products, and two out-of-town companies setting up shop in San Diego.
Frank Westermann and Anton Kittelberger sold mySugr to Roche. Since 2020 they've been building 9amHealth, a virtual cardiometabolic clinic in San Diego. They closed a $26M Series B in May.
Plus Looq AI, a spatial AI company turning field walks into 3D infrastructure models. And Protogon Research, a 7-person AI research team in San Diego that posted its 4th open role this week.
And we added two out-of-town companies building their SD footprint.
Howl yeah, let's dive in.
9amHealth - 17 Open Roles
Virtual clinic delivered through employer benefits. Diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, and hypertension in one platform.
Why they matter:
Most cardiometabolic conditions are managed one at a time. 9amHealth combines them into one whole-body care experience for employees.
The $26M Series B in May was led by Define Ventures, with SemperVirens VC, Catalio Capital, and NewHealth Ventures participating.
Product expansion beyond diabetes and obesity into hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
17 open roles across the platform, including one in-office role in Encinitas - the same role type we spotlighted two weeks ago.
Founded 2020 in San Diego.
Open roles across:
Clinical (Health Coaches, Telehealth Physicians, RDs)
Product Engineering and Design
Data Engineering and Analytics
Office & Workplace Experience (in-office Encinitas)
Looq AI - 9 Open SD Roles
Spatial AI for infrastructure. Field crews walk a site, software returns a survey-grade 3D point cloud.
Why they matter:
Utility and infrastructure work depends on accurate site data. Looq's platform turns handheld video into deliverables engineers and designers can work from.
In February, Looq launched qPole, an AI-enabled utility-pole modeling product.
Named to the 2026 Constructech Top Products Award and 2026 DTECH Power Players.
Compatible with Trimble Business Center. Distributed in the US Southwest by AllTerra Central.
Hosted their first user conference in La Jolla in May.
Founded 2021 in San Diego by CEO Dominique Meyer (PhD) and CTO Shreyas Niradi. $3.75M raised, with BootstrapLabs, Longley Capital, and Spatial Capital.
Open roles across:
Software Engineering (Deep Learning, Backend, Front-End, Systems)
Product and Customer Success
Business Development
Electromechanical Assembly
Protogon Research - 4 Open SD Roles
Research team training and monetizing AI systems through proprietary trading.
Why they matter:
Protogon's bet: financial markets provide clear feedback and real consequences. Progress is measurable, weaknesses surface immediately, and trading revenue funds continued research.
7-person team with 4 open roles
Founder Rafael Cosman previously co-founded TrustToken (A16Z-backed stablecoin). Before that, ML engineer at Google Brain.
Team drawn from Stanford, UC San Diego, and Caltech.
Founded 2023 in San Diego.
Open roles across:
AI Research
Engineering (ML Research Focus)
Trading and Operations
Also worth knowing
Cordial - 3 open SD roles. San Diego cross-channel messaging platform, previously featured June 2.
Since then: named a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Email Marketing Service Providers (Q1 2026), added Tapestry (Coach and Kate Spade parent) as an enterprise client in April, and signed a Wunderkind partnership in August.
Founded 2014 by CEO Jeremy Swift.
PowerFlex - 3 open SD roles. Clean-energy platform for commercial-scale solar, energy storage, and EV charging.
Subsidiary of EDF Renewables. Hiring an EVSE Technician, a Senior Project Manager, and a Strategic Buyer for Solar & Energy Storage in San Diego.
Setting up shop in San Diego
Two out-of-town companies building their SD footprint.
Saronic Technologies - 23 SD roles. Austin-HQ autonomous surface vessel defense company.
Opened a new facility in downtown San Diego to support US Navy and West Coast growth. San Diego's mayor declared "Saronic Day" at the opening.
Raised $1.75B Series D at $9.25B valuation.
Humanoid - 2 SD roles. London-HQ robotics company. Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn, building a US software presence in San Diego.
Raised $152M Series A at $1.35B valuation in July.
Still on the Radar
Two companies from last week still hiring and worth your time:
Cedar - 3 open SD roles. SD-based CTO Nate Peters growing the engineering team in Carlsbad.
Juno - 3 open SD roles. AI tax prep platform for CPAs.
Let's help good people find great San Diego teams.
Jonah 🐺
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