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How a Chance Encounter Became a Game-Changing Research Partnership

At Blue Innovation Day, a chance meeting between Soren Larsen and CarbonBridge sparked a groundbreaking AI partnership. What began as a casual conversation became a capstone project connecting UCSC NLP students with climate tech innovation — a perfect example of how Santa Cruz Works events transform networking into real-world impact.

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