News Highlights
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Remedy: 1st Place Best High School Project at Cruz Hacks 2022
This all girl team won first place for creating AI software to diagnose skin diseases.
Is Now a Good Time to Buy Joby Aviation Stocks?
The stock market has had a tough week. And the same can be said for Joby Aviations stock price. So let’s get the low down from Thomas Wynn, CEO of Wynn Capita Management.
Santa Cruz County Bank - Eleventh Successive Year of Record Net Income
Santa Cruz County Bank Reports Earnings For Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2021 Eleventh successive year of record net income Record assets of $1.701 billion.
Fullpower®-AI Announces New VP of Business Development
Fullpower®-AI announced Silvia Veronese is joining Fullpower®-AI as VP of Business Development.
UC Santa Cruz Receives National Endowment
Thanks to a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, UCSC will create a new Certificate in the Humanities introducing students enrolled in the Baskin School of Engineering to humanities.
BIG News for Parallel Flight Technologies
Parallel Flight Technologies, a leader in heavy-lift drone technology, and LIFT Aircraft are pleased to announce a new collaboration to develop a hybridization solution for LIFT’s HEXA eVTOL aircraft.
Judges Needed for Annual Santa Cruz Science Fair
Santa Cruz County Office of Education (“SCCOE”) announced the annual science & engineering fair will be held on March 19, 2022. 120+ judges are needed to interview students about their projects.
Infrastructure as Code is the New Modern Cloud
Simeon Cloud offers configuration as code platform that helps companies govern and automate their Microsoft 365 infrastructure.
Recording: The Future of People
Jeff Blankenburg, Principal Technical Evangelist, Alexa at Amazon discussed the many ways that artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, sensors, ambient computing will and can impact our future.
Scoot Science Unveils Revolutionary Analytics Platform for Investors
Santa Cruz startup Scoot Science unveils a revolutionary tool for aquaculture investors who want to enjoy healthy rewards.
Startup Rumble Part 2
This is part 2 of Startup Rumble where startups compete for fame and glory. YOU the audience vote for the winners.
Bay Federal Credit Union Announces Promotion of Brooke Morley
Bay Federal Credit Union has announced the promotion of Brooke Morley to Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer.
Cruzio Internet Merges with Coastside.Net
Two of the oldest internet service providers in the country — and among the few independent ISPs remaining from the early boom years of the internet — are merging.
Santa Cruz County Bank Gives to Second Harvest Food Bank
Santa Cruz County Bank participated in the Second Harvest Food Bank’s annual Holiday Food & Fund Drive and recently presented them with more than $8,000 in cash donations.
Joby Aviation is Reaching New Heights
Joby Aviation is giving us glimpse on social media into what they are currently working on. So exciting to see their aircraft reaching new heights.
Santa Cruz Pathogenomix Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
Santa Cruz startup gets GREAT news: the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted it a Breakthrough Device Designation for its Patho- Seq assay.
10 Startups to Watch in 2022
Santa Cruz is ripe with startups and “super-startups”. We list the top 10 to watch in 2022.
Bonny Simi - Aviation Week’s ‘2022 People to Watch’
Bonny Simi, Head of Air Operations and People at Joby Aviation, has been recognised in Aviation Week’s ‘2022 People to Watch’ list.
Interested in Investing in Parallel Flight Technologies?
Parallel Flight plans to launch a campaign on StartEngine! This means that everyday people could have the chance to invest and own a piece of the future!
Alexa: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Last week we learned that Lockheed Martin and Amazon have created a seat for Alexa on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission scheduled to launch in March. Most Alexa software is developed here in Santa Cruz. So what will happen when Alexa refuses to open the pod bay doors because the surf is too good?