In this interview with DrivR co-founder Sol Lipman, we learn about a new Santa Cruz startup. Sol Lipman will present at the Santa Cruz Works New Tech on November 2, 2022. Get your tickets now!

A battery made using seaweed still works after charging 1000 times. Harvesting seaweed could one day help replace lithium batteries, which rely on mining rare materials.

Joby Aviation today confirmed it has formally applied for its revolutionary aircraft design to be certified for use in Japan.

Jane Technologies announces the launch of a personalized shopping app that brings cannabis into the modern era of e-commerce.

When Joby Aviation lifted the curtain at the facility tour in Marina on October 13, 2022, there were no doubts remaining of the commitment, the deliverables, and vision of the entire Joby team.

Nominations for Titans of Tech are open! This year, we’re highlighting the MVPs at your company.

In part 2 of the 3-part series on green hydrogen, we dive deeper into UCSC’s green hydrogen breakthrough: Learn why this is truly a breakthrough.

Purcell will continue to manufacture units, pilot, and refine the design of the S1 Dispenser through the end of the year. In 2023, after piloting and refinement, Purcell will begin manufacturing to fill outstanding and new orders.

Applications for UCSC’s 2023 Cider Pilot Training program are open! Twenty students will be selected to participate in a two-quarter program to receive training on drone safety, hardware and sensors, mission planning, flight operation, data processing, remote sensing, FAA part 107 license training, and more.

The micromobility movement that has quietly exploded. Since 2014, Onewheel riders in 139 countries have logged more than 100 million miles including more than 50 million miles in the past year alone.

Delta Air Lines is embarking on a multi-year, multi-market commercial and operational partnership with Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY), to deliver transformational, sustainable home-to-airport transportation service to Delta customers.

Leading biosensing, machine learning, and sleep technology company Fullpower®-AI recently announced the issuance of three new U.S. patents.

Joby Aviation and Skyports Infrastructure today announced they are developing a Living Lab passenger terminal that will enable the two companies to test a variety of technologies and procedures that will help define how passengers experience vertical flight in the future.

For the 3rd consecutive year, CMTC awarded Santa Cruz Works (“SCW”) with undisclosed funds to support manufacturers in the tri-county (Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito).

The Global Seafood Alliance on Wednesday named Cruz Foam and Aristogene Biosciences the winners of the inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award (GFIA) and the annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award (GAIA), respectively.

Santa Cruz biotech company RealSeq was selected as one of 6 finalists to compete for a whopping $250K prize in the BioTools Innovator CapStone Event on October 13, 2022..

JoeBen Bevirt is set to speak at the Master of Scale Summit on October 18-20th. Other notable speakers include Bill Gates, Brian Chesky (CEO of Airbnb), Greg Brockman (Co-founder of Open Ai), Ted Sarandos (CEO of Netflix) and more.

Santa Cruz Works is proud to be a Community Partner with API World 2022. The API World team has offered our Santa Cruz Works members up to 25 free OPEN Passes and discounted PRO Passes to the in-person conference happening at the Virtual, so our members can attend for free.

In Part 1 of this 3 part series, we start by exploring the challenges created by the White Gold Rush: lithium. We look at growth and supply, production, supply, recycling, and we touch on the politics.

Learn about, ShiftED, a new digital literacy initiative in partnership between the Santa Cruz COE and the California Department of Education.