Technology Forecast: Innovation will be the theme for 2023
The technology scene that exists in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties is strong and consistent. That isn’t going to change in 2023.
Technology
Extending the Spectrum
A team from Nexus Photonics, UC Santa Barbara and Caltech has developed a technique to enable photonic chips to operate in the visible-to-near-infrared spectrum. The […]
Circular economy start-up Beni raises $4 million
Beni, a free-to-use browser extension meant to amplify secondhand shopping efforts, with the money will continue to develop its technology and partnerships over the next […]
Hapt-X Opens the X-Lab in Cal Poly’s Tech Park
The X-Lab is a space for Cal Poly engineering students to pursue early stage research and development that could lead to new haptic innovations, while […]
Santa Barbara startup Expond raises $1.25M in seed round
Expond — short for “experiences on demand” — plans to use the money to expand in the Santa Barbara area and launch in a new […]
Yardi acquires Canadian software firm
Yardi, a Santa Barbara-based property management software company, acquired Planimetron, a Toronto company that provides digital visualizations for the real estate industry.
Shape Sensing Company brings fiber optics to health care
Fiber optic cabling revolutionized telecommunications when it replaced traditional copper cables, enabling better and faster internet, television and more. Now one Santa Barbara company is […]
Briq builds a software powerhouse in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara-based Briq is expecting revenue growth of 180% from 2021 to 2022 and raised $30 million in a series B round in 2021. “We […]
