Toyota AI Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm dedicated to helping discover what’s next for Toyota, launched a global “call for innovation” today at CES® 2020 to find and fund early-stage startups building solutions for smart and connected cities.

For many of us, New Years Resolutions likely include less social media, more time with friends, or a renewed focus on health and wellness (which is probably why my gym is packed throughout the month of January ... ).

Amazon announced that its popular voice assistant will be added to a handful of new vehicles. Automobili Lamborghini is bringing Alexa to its Huracán Evo, and buzzy EV startup Rivian will integrate Alexa into its first two all-electric vehicles…

Contending that California needs to better encourage small players with ideas to address the climate crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to include a $1 billion revolving loan program in his new budget Friday to seed recycling, low-carbon transportation and climate-smart agriculture projects, according to a summary document obtained by CalMatters.

The world's fastest cooler is here. Tired of carrying heavy coolers? We were. So we teamed up with Yeti to introduce the fastest and most advanced cooler the world has ever seen.

Known for their stylish, user-friendly, and powerful cargo, commuter, cruiser and folding ebikes, Blix is shifting to a consumer direct business model, offering more affordable prices and taking a unique approach by creating showrooms with local bike shops.

At the 4th Annual Titans of Tech, Kate Roberts / President & CEO of Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, made some very bold predictions for 2020.

What an amazing night for Santa Cruz tech! It was so inspiring to hear this years Titans of Tech stories of why they do what they do. Videos will be coming soon but in the meantime here are the pictures from the night.

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.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the 2020 Titans of Tech Breakfast at the productOps Garage. Here are the photos from the morning.

CruzHacks returns on January 17-19. Over 900 “hackers” have registered to participate. Now in its 7th year, it is the premier and largest annual hackathon on the central coast. How did this all get started, and how has it changed through the years?

Bug Bounty Regional Cyber Competition needs a few more judges for this Saturday, January 10th for the event. If you want to have a boost to start your 2020, come and help judge these amazing students. It's really inspiring and you will get lunch!

Does your business need a video to show off your product or service? Well Owl Eye Media has you covered!

As was expected, Uber Technologies and Postmates Inc. filed a legal challenge against California’s AB5 “Gig Economy” law this past week in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which is appealable to the Federal Ninth Circuit Court.

Though they were snubbed by the Golden Globes this year, female directors are becoming more commonplace in Hollywood, thanks in large part to Netflix.

In advance of the annual Titans of Tech event on January 8, we asked our Titans to make predictions for 2020 relative to their industry. Due to the holidays, we managed to get 8 out of 11 Titans to provide their predictions.

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.