Join us for an evening of connection and cutting-edge insights at the next Santa Cruz Works New Tech event! The night kicks off at 6:00 pm when doors open for a lively networking hour featuring live music, great food, and drinks.

And then at 7:00pm, we learn from these exciting presentations:

Radi8: Radi8 is an AI tool for social media managers that streamlines content creation, scheduling, and analytics in one workflow. It helps teams draft posts, plan calendars, publish across channels, and track performance, reducing busywork and keeping social execution consistent everywhere. Michael (Mash) Ashley
Activity Ally: Activity Ally is a Santa Cruz-based platform that helps parents find, compare, and book local kids’ activities for ages 0 to 18 in one place. It connects families with coaches and program operators, replacing outdated websites, PDFs, and fragmented listings. Amelia Samuels
RoomForty: RoomForty is a hosted, invitation-style culinary experience offering small private gatherings, cocktail evenings, and intimate dinners for 8 to 12. Founded by Steve Fortunato, it pairs curated food and drink with guided conversation, turning meals into connection-focused experiences in California. Steve Fortunato
Innovation Within: Innovation Within is an AI-powered customer discovery platform that validates ideas before building. Teams map hypotheses, generate interview questions tied to learning goals, capture interviews, and use AI meta-analysis to convert conversations into structured insights that speed decision-making for teams. Toby Corey.
BrandCapsule: BrandCapsule is AI identity infrastructure that lets businesses publish a domain-verified, machine-readable brand identity object from their own website, so AI answers rely on facts, not scraped noise. It includes verification, a public registry, crawler telemetry, and an open protocol. James O'Connor