Santa Cruz County Bank, today announced Susan Just has joined the bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer.

For the second year in a row, UC Santa Cruz’s Team Athena has advanced to the finals of the Amazon Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge, a university competition designed to advance the field of conversational artificial intelligence.

Joby Aviation, JetBlue Airways and Signature Flight Support announce a new pathway toward net zero aviation emissions through the utilization of electric and hydrogen credits.

The FXE is both breathtaking in its profile as it is record-breaking in its performance. Such a combination of style and technology creates an experience that has never been seen in motorcycling.

Many of us wonder what happened to Keri Waters (president of Santa Cruz Works 2018-19) after Residio acquired her Santa Cruz-based company Buoy. Some even thought she left the planet. Well, there might be some truth to that.

FourthWave is currently accepting applications for their third Accelerator for Women-Led Technology Businesses cohort through July 15th.

ESAIYO has established a standard and is developing technology for Creating, Connecting and Surfacing the Social Identities of Objects.

The event will connect entrepreneurs working on advanced technology to the country’s largest source of early-stage funding.

Our first in-person New Tech event will be on September 1 with our proven format: 1 hour of food, booze, networking and live music, followed by 1 hour of exciting presentations from tech companies.

Tony Hughes has a new book out for companies who are wrestling with adding tech to their sales engines. This is the best sales book of 2020-21.

Jake Beau from Conceptsf is creating a new space in Santa Cruz for creatives to come together in a collaborative work environment.

Considering upgrading from gas to electric? Zero is offering an instant $1,500 credit towards any Zero SR/S or SR/F. No trade-in required!

On July 28, leaders, CEOs, and executives will meet for a catered lunch. Santa Cruz Works (“SCW”) will give a snapshot of the exciting events and programs ahead in 2021. A Celebrity Guest will be announced soon.

With mixed feelings, we bid farewell to Amanda Rotella who has been selected to be the new Assistant City Manager for the City of Seaside. Amanda has been the emcee, the voice and the smile for Santa Cruz Works New Tech events since forever.

Micomobility company, Bird, announces E-Bikeshare program set to launch in North America and Europe.

Foundation 4 Innovation launches educational challenges for students adults with $2,500+ prizes.

“It doesn’t matter how many times you get knocked down, only how many times you get back up.” explains Bob Cagle of productOps. Read about the amazing turnaround.

Chris Miller presented his work on DeepRacer Open Source to the AWS Machine Learning Community at the NYC Meetup.

Joby Aviation’s all-electric aircraft is set to fly in NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign later this year — the next step in almost ten years of collaboration exploring electric propulsion in aviation.

In this tour of Light & Motion headquarters, we learn about their new product launch, their product market niche, and the great company culture.