Predicting the future is hard, even for the people with the most power to influence it. In 2013, Jeff Bezos said he expected Amazon would be delivering packages by drone in four to five years. Here we are seven years later…

As big tech gets bigger, industry leaders have begun making more noise about helping homeless populations, particularly in those regions where high salaries have driven up the cost of living to heights not seen before. 

As the year comes to a close, Crunchbase data shows what ‘overperforming’ really means: 2019 has been a historic year for female-founded unicorns, which were born at an unprecedented pace.

On December 5th Cruzio was awarded a $2.45 Million broadband grant from the California Advanced Services Fund to build high-speed fiber optic internet connectivity to seven under-served mobile home parks in the Capitola area.

Santa Cruz based financial startup Paystand created a B2B solution that will give corporate customers an end-to-end digital payment platform. JBC, a large scale Japanese and Korean financial services firm recently signed on with Paystand. This is major step for the up-and-coming business and is an important progression toward Paystand’s innovative use of blockchain technology.

One of this year’s Titans of Tech honorees is David Haussler, Scientific Director of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. David was kind enough to spend some time with Santa Cruz Works a couple weeks ago to make a video about his journey and discoveries in biosciences.

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.

Uber’s ambitious plans to launch an urban air taxi service just got a lift from a secretive, well-financed startup. The ride-hailing company said it would join forces with Joby Aviation

It has been a heart-warming and prosperous year for Santa Cruz Works. Our deep-hearted appreciation to this unique community for all the support. Our achievements, your accolades…

Local design company HERBST is known for their design of the Buoy. In collaboration with Pattern, HERBST created the award winning Edison Gold and Good Design hardware solution.

The AWS DeepRacer platform brilliantly made Machine Learning approachable by gamifying the learning process. DeepRacer is a 1/18th scale autonomous racing car with an onboard computer, camera, and a growing list of sensors such as Lidar and stereoscopic vision.

Welcome to the fifth edition of State of Startups. What started as an experiment in 2015 has since become a treasured tradition at First Round. It's now the industry's largest dataset on what it’s like to run a startup with 3,600+submissions and 190,000+ data points.

Local businesses suffered through lost business and unexpected expenses during Pacific Gas & Electric’s power safety shutoffs in October 2019. With little hope of reimbursement, diverse industries, especially hospitality and gastronomic institutions are facing financial repercussions.

The results are in and they show strong support for the City’s new GO Santa Cruz Program. The initiative, launched October 1, aims to provide downtown employees with commute alternatives to single-occupant car trips. Since launch, 830 of 4,000 downtown employees (20.8 percent) have registered through the online portal for the program.

The Codiga Family challenged Digital NEST this December to raise $50,000. To date, we have raised $37,184 in just 3 weeks! 

This August, Universal Audio partnered with Levi’s®Music Project and music icon Justin Timberlake to outfit the Stax Music Academy in Memphis, Tennessee with a suite of world-class recording equipment.

In this final article of our six part series, writer Julia Sinn exposes the unique social entrepreneurship of the Santa Cruz tech community.

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.

Like many cities around the world, Santa Cruz has seen significant job growth in tech over the past decade. In this article we discuss the organizations and pathways for the next generation of tech workers.

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.