Santa Cruz Works recently caught up with David Conway, co-founder of SmartBins to discuss the company name change to Purcell. What does “bin” translate to in most European cultures? Find out.

There are more than 20 tech startups that have made significant progress over the past 6 months. Heading into 2020, the ten (10) that we are most enthusiastic about are Ambient Photonics, Sellhound, Cruz Foam, Prometheus Fuels, 2NDNATURE, Santa Cruz Local, and #NotMe.

Workplace harassment is a huge problem in the Bay Area. And by some estimates, as many as 75% of all incidents never get reported. But a tech company has an easy solution and all you need is a smartphone app. The #NotMe app is a new way to report any kind of harassment anonymously on your phone.

New Santa Cruz company Ambient Photonics has the best green energy solution for indoor IoT devices.

If you have been following Santa Cruz Works for the last few months you know we are huge Drako Motors fans, including fans of the co fonder Shiv Sikand. So, you can understand our excitement when the Drako GTE was just featured on Jay Leno’s Garage.

Joby Aviation making history: a $590 million Series C round, including $394M by Toyota Motor Co., is moving the startup and the emerging electric flight industry into view. Finally we know what it looks like. And, 120+ jobs immediately available.

At CES, Santa Cruz’s Gabriella Pleasant (Pleasant Robotics), known as the mother of the pooping turtle PETER was announced the winner with a captivating mission to build a bio-inspired micro plastic eating robot.

I recently met with Aaron Brossoit, CEO of the Golden Shovel Agency (“GSA”). Aaron recently moved to Santa Cruz to support existing clients, find new clients, and to enrich his work-lifestyle experience.

On October 2, 2019, Inboard Technology’s Board voted to enter into an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors (ABC) agreement with the firm Sherwood Partners.

What is success for entrepreneurs? A Santa Cruz based independent production company created an inspiring documentary series that chronicles the entrepreneurial journey of several West Coast businesses.

This week we had the opportunity to sit down and have an interview with Ethan Summers, Anne-Marie Napoli and Alex Lamb from Almost Human Media.

Santa Cruz company SapientX, a leading supplier of AI powered voice assistant software, announced that Zia now speaks 36 languages and dialects allowing them to serve 5.3 billion potential users.