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Robotics Cats CEO to Speak at World Artificial Intelligence Cannes Festival
CEO/Co-founder of Santa Cruz Accelerates startup, Robotics Cats Limited, will be speaking at the World Artificial Intelligence Cannes Festival.
The Santa Cruz Work Pushup Challenge - Earle vs Swinnerton
Who won the The Santa Cruz Work Pushup Challenge between Justis Earle from HANSNAP and Matthew Swinnerton from Santa Cruz Works?
February New Tech In Photos
What a great Santa Cruz Works New Tech event. Presentations from 1212 Gateway, eBullience, HANSNAP, MoneyFlow, Radivision, and Stork Labs.
Climatize Selected for US Dept. of Energy's Community Power Accelerator Program
Climatize announced it has been selected for the US Dept. of Energy's Community Power Accelerator.
Santa Cruz County Bank Reports Record Earnings
Santa Cruz County Bank recently announced unaudited earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
Santa Cruz Student Wins District's Congressional App Challenge
Congressman Panetta announces winner of local student Congressional App Competition.
ZeroAvia Makes Aviation History
Zero-emission flight took a giant step forward earlier this month with ZeroAvia (who has a facility in Hollister, CA) flying the largest aircraft in the world to be powered by a hydrogen-electric engine.
WOOP It Up at CEO Works!
The monthly CEO Works was held on January 26 was a WOOP’er! Ty Hammond / One Mountain Leadership and LeBaron Meyers lead an interactive session using the WOOP method.
Titans of Tech 2022 Community Collaboration
For 2022, we asked Ted Holladay of Studio Holladay on the design, and Jordan Layman of Idea Fab Labs to create a memorable award. And they did!
GetVirtual Launches New Website
GetVirtual, the program connects college students with digital skill set to help local Santa Cruz businesses, has gotten a revamp.
2023 Ocean Pitch Challenge Announced
Got an ocean-related solution? Sign up for the Ocean Pitch Challenge.
Annieglass Donating 20% of Online Sales
Annieglass is donating 20% of their online sales to support the CFSCC Disaster Relief Fund.
Onewheel Chosen as the 2023 Micromobility Rider's Choice Award winner
Onewheel was recently chosen as the 2023 Micromobility Rider's Choice Award winner.
MERGE4 Donates Portion of Proceeds to Help Local Businesses Recover from Flood and Storm Damage
Santa Cruz-based sock company, MERGE4, is donating 50% of sales of their Santa Cruz surf spot socks to the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County’s disaster relief fund.
Reed Hastings Has Stepped Down As Netflix's Co-CEO To Be Its Executive Chairman
Netflix announced Thursday that its founder Reed Hastings is stepping down as co-CEO at the company and will serve as executive chairman.
CEO Works Luncheon and Workshop
Ty Hammond of One Mountain Leadership and LeBaron Meyers will lead an interactive session. Bring us your key challenges, share your best practices, enhance your leadership network.
Meaningful Data with Elucidate
In this interview, Nico Peruzzi, the co-founder of Elucidate, a quantitative product and marketing research company, shared his journey of how he ended up starting his own company.
Capitola City Council OK's Bikeshare Program
A regional bikeshare program that has been in the works for many years could soon roll through the streets of Capitola after clearing an important hurdle with city leaders.
Parallel Flight Prescribed Burn Flight Testing
What were most excited about is that our hybrid system allows for an overall mission that is twice as fast, and requires half of the ground crew, as would be needed with an all-electric aircraft.
CruzHacks 2023 is On!
Annual event rescheduled to February 3-5. Co-founder Mark Adams will speak at opening ceremonies. We interview Tony Ma / Co-President of Cruz Hacks 2023. He gives us a sneak preview of the upcoming largest hackathon on the central coast CruzHacks.