As recently as 2016 few people had heard of Andrew Yang. He had achieved success as a tech entrepreneur, but he wasn’t in the billionaire club like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates. Though his aspirations are just as large.

A new initiative from billionaire Melinda Gates wants to increase the number of women in Chicago tech. And her investment firm is spending $50 million to kickstart the women-in-tech initiative in the Windy City and two other markets.

How do you follow up on Iron Man? The answer for Amazon’s second annual re:MARS conference is to bring the godfather of Baby Yoda to the Vegas stage.

Skyrora’s rocket engines are novel not only in their use of 3D printing, but also because the fuel that powers them is developed from plastic waste

The investment arm of Abdul Latif Jameel, a Saudi Arabian family-owned conglomerate, invested in Joby Aviation's $590 million Series C funding round. Joby is an emerging company in Santa Cruz that aims to shuttle passengers in electric air taxis above congested city streets.

During my 14 years running a professional services company in Santa Cruz, finding talent here was never “easy”. In 2008 we had little choice but to curate talent, mentoring potential employees through internships and more recently structured tech apprenticeships.

What a night! Thank you to all our speakers, guest and sponsors who came out to Design Thinking, our first event at Kuumbwa Jazz Center.

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.

Joshua Resnick, CEO of Parallel Flight Technologies is looking for "a hardcore Mechanical Engineer who wants to suffer in a startup with us”. If interested send us (info@SantaCruzWorks.org) your contact info and resume and we will send it to the correct channels. Or reach out to Parallel Flight Technologies directly at parallel.aero.

If you were not one of the lucky ones to get a ticket, you can watch this event Facebook Live. Details herein

Damien Golbin and Niall Macken, Senior Product Designers at Spanner Product Development, are committed to deeply examining the poetic and functional “why” when it comes to the features of products they design. We talk to them and Scot Herbst of Herbst Produkt about their approach to creating compelling products and brands.

The fatal helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant, and eight others demonstrates the need for electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) machines air-taxis provide a promise of future with safe, sustainable, and efficient transportation solutions.

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

The number of green tech companies in Santa Cruz is rising.

With all the technologies out there, it's hard to cut through online chatter and determine which innovations are mostly just hype and which might actually change the way we market.

This is amazing! A clip from Disney+ show The Imagineering Story showing a possible test for a Spiderman Animatronic.

It’s no secret that women and non-binary folks are severely underrpresented within the tech community. In fact, women make up only about 20% of programmers and software developers, according to 2019 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Santa Cruz company Jolokia announced a new strategic partnership with NexTech AR Solutions.

The Santa Cruz City Council voted on and passed a living wage increase during Tuesday's City Council meeting.

Engineer and philanthropist Jack Baskin was a generous supporter at UC Santa Cruz over several decades, providing advice to faculty and campus leaders as well as transformational gifts. "His philanthropy has been strategic, multifaceted, and transformational to our campus, and his support included extensive contributions of his time and energy," said Chancellor Cynthia Larive. Baskin died in January 2020 at 100.