La Jolla CA. Birthplace of Qualcomm — Irwin Jacobs was UCSD professor, named school with $110M gift. Wireless/telecom research dominance. Bioengineering cluster. Strong defense adjacency (Naval Base San Diego proximity). Feeds San Diego defense tech and biotech ecosystems.

Public research university in San Diego — engineering, business, health.

La Jolla CA. Jacobs School of Engineering — birthplace of Qualcomm (Irwin Jacobs, UCSD professor). Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Rady School of Management. UC San Diego Health. Torrey Pines Mesa biotech cluster co-located with campus. Strong defense adjacency — Naval Base San Diego proximity. von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center (already in DB as accelerator). Genome sequencing ecosystem: Illumina, Element Biosciences.