Raindrop
RAIN · UC San Diego

Say what you are working on. See where to go.

Raindrop puts the students, labs, orgs, founders, and partners behind real-world AI at UC San Diego in one place, and matches them on what each needs and offers.

Investors, founders, industry, and alumni join as partners with any email. See what campus is building

You enrol yourself and decide who sees your profile. Nothing comes from university records.

How it works

Three steps, then the campus opens up.

01

Tell us who you are

Sign in with your UCSD email. Drop in a resume or a link to prefill your skills. Five minutes, start to finish.

02

Say what you need and what you offer

A research seat, a cofounder, GPU hours, an hour of advice. Everything on Raindrop is one of the two.

03

See where to go

Matches come with reasons. Message anyone at UC San Diego, see how you're linked, and get to work.

Who it is for

Everyone who makes research turn into something.

A third of all UC innovation comes out of UC San Diego. Most of it never meets the person who could carry it forward. Raindrop is where they meet.

Students

Say what you're working on and what you want next. Get matched to labs, teams, startups, internships, and mentors.

Faculty and labs

Post a position in two minutes. See the students whose skills fit, and the labs whose work completes yours.

Founders

Find the engineer, the designer, the biologist. List what your company needs and where it stands.

Student orgs

One page for your org, your members verified, your events and openings in front of the whole federation.

Partners and investors

Bring roles, capital, and applied problems to campus. Join with any email, and the RAIN board confirms you. You see faculty, staff, and students who apply or opt in.

Research data

The map of which lab holds what, how AI-ready it is, and the students doing the conversion work.

Founding cohort

The network behind the work, now with a front door.

Seventeen student orgs, fifty labs, and RAIN's partners. Sign in, take five minutes, and see who on campus has been looking for you.