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Santa Cruz Design Firm Spanner to Support Entrepreneurs
Spanner Santa Cruz offers startups mentorship assistance from their offices in downtown Santa Cruz.
Local Legend Joins Low Carbon
Ed Colligan has joined Low Carbon as Head of Americas and as a board member. What could this mean for Santa Cruz? Stay tuned.
UCSC Makes Major Breakthrough with First Complete Gapless Sequence of a Human Genome
Parts of the human genome now available to study for the first time are important for understanding genetic diseases, human diversity, and evolution thanks to UCSC.
UCSC Genomics Institute Tool Becomes Primary Method to Identify Lineages of COVID-19 Worldwide
As COVID-19 continues to mutate, software developed and maintained at the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Genomics Institute will now be at the core of the primary tool.
Clicks 2 Bricks Startup Incubator Applications Open For 2nd Cohort
Startup and e-commerce incubator, Clicks 2 Bricks is accepting applications for their second cohort.
Santa Cruz County Bank Announces Promotion of Mary Anne Carson
Santa Cruz County Bank announced the promotion of Mary Anne Carson from Senior Vice President to Executive Vice President.
Greenway & FORT Become BFFs
In a surprising move, Greenway and FORT decided to bury the hatchet and work together on reasonable community transportation solutions.
"Missing Socks" a short story by Craig Vachon
In this short story by Craig Vachon, entrepreneurs will learn how to eliminate the competition, and to turn a red ocean into a highly profitable beautiful blue ocean.
SCW Establishes Meetup Group For Pets
Santa Cruz Works establishes a meetup group for pets.
Cruzio Employees to Open In-N-Out Burger On the Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Santa Cruz Works can confirm that a source close to James Hackett and Chris Frost from Cruzio Internet will be opening up an In-N-Out Burger the first week of May.
Apple Acquires Joby Aviation
Apple Inc. completed the transaction late Thursday night to acquire Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger service, in an all out cash purchase that is rumored to be over 92 billion dollars.
First Netflix, then Poly, now Looker?
We were saddened to read the Emerging Tech Brew article “Before layoffs hit Google-owned Looker, workers unknowingly trained their replacements”.
Paystand Delivers First Business Expense Card With Rewards Paid Out Exclusively in Cryptocurrency
Paystand – the leader in blockchain-enabled B2B payments – today introduced the first business expense card with native crypto rewards.
UCSC Ph.D. Students Dive Deep Into Engineering Open-Domain Dialogue AI with the Support of Industry Partners
LivePerson, which builds conversational AI, is funding two student’s study of the models that drive chatbots, digital assistants, and more.
UCSC Awards Seed Funding Grants for Early-Stage Research & Creative Projects
The UCSC Office of Research has awarded funds this month to 19 projects through its inaugural Seed Funding for Early Stage Initiatives program.
UCSC Partners with YFIOB for K-12
UCSC partnering up with “Your Future is Our Business” to explore new ways to connect K-12 students with industry professionals. You too can participate. Find out how.
Student Corner: Community Medicinal Garden
Youth for Environmental Action began working on a community medicinal garden project with a focus on environmental sustainability and the implementation of local communal changes.
Robotics Cats Aims to Detect Forest Fires in Korea
Robotics Cats and NDK collaborate to detect wildfires in South Korea.
HP to Acquire Poly
HP Inc. today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Poly in an all-cash transaction for $40 per share, implying a total enterprise value of $3.3 billion, inclusive of Poly’s net debt.
Joby Q4 2021 Shareholder Letter
Read the fourth quarter financial results and full Letter to Shareholders from Joby Aviation.