VEST at UCLA

Thank you to Pareto Ventures for inviting our members to a rock climbing session at Sender One! 🦺🧗 It was a fantastic opportunity to hear about their portcos and student fellowship, and to connect more of our student founders with a great VC.

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GAP QUARTER SPOTLIGHT (winter 2026) 🦺💡🔦 Meet VEST members Yifan, Sachin, and Harris who took a gap quarter in winter to work at top companies in startups and big tech! (1/3)

Huge thanks to Eashan and Priya from @cognition for dropping by our GM last week! 🦺🌊 It was incredible to see a demo of Windsurf and Devin, and to get a firsthand look at what’s in store for the future of software engineering.

hosted a startup cafe with @angelinawuuu @vestucla where student founders could connect while i experimented with being barista to train for unemployment 🍵 love this community 🫶

sf tech twitter vs la wellness tiktok, who would win in a battle of being chronically online

we agree

i started a startup club 2 quarters ago at @UCLA, this fall we had 215 apps, ~1/2 of which were valedictorians of their HS. being unique/different is harder than ever, but so much more rewarding in the long run

@kylejeong @brickywhat @zaygranet @rishabhmjain @kocalars @karunkaushik_ @shreypandya @michaelm244 @mchlhess @AaronLCannon @HeggieConnor can we have one

Only in SF would Legos generate 250k in pipeline. Last week @brickywhat and I hand-delivered custom legos and demos to startups that recently raised. If you want a custom minifigure (and to learn how Browserbase can supercharge your agents and automations), my dms are open!

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where ucla’s most cracked startup club is interning this summer: (1/3)

@ViralManager @super8n @uclacreatives more of us cracked builders are in @vestucla

@kierroth09 @SomiSomiHQ devoured

team dinner in sawtelle! 🧋Odd One Out Tea 🎏 @SomiSomiHQ 🍣 Kura Revolving Sushi

@kierroth09 u dk what ur talking abt

@georgezyst this is meant lovingly and with companionable solidarity

@georgezyst we can tell george

@AChennavaram looks great king

sneak peek of “CheckMeOut”

@georgezyst @danielwu28 @sabziz so when r u launching

@danielwu28 @sabziz index your poop base, propose changes to ur rectum

cursor for taking a dump. who's building this?