📝 Editor's Note
Trading the 405 for some Mexican coastline this week to celebrate my birthday, but the OC tech events and news don’t stop. This week includes OC innovators who just crushed it at CES, a tech beach walk, founder advice sessions, and more. Grab a coffee (or a margarita, in my case) and let's get into it.
🗓️ Upcoming OC tech events
Healthcare AI Meetup (link)
Monday, Jan 19 @ 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Eureka Irvine, Irvine
SoCalSec Cybersecurity Happy Hour (link)
Tuesday, Jan 20 @ 5:30 - 7:30 pm
The Bruery, Placentia
Newport Beach Edition 🚶 LA Tech Community Walk (link)
Wednesday, Jan 21 @ 4:00 - 5:15 pm
Newport Beach Pier, Newport Beach
OC CTO Talks: Architecture That Enables AI Innovation (link)
Wednesday, Jan 21 @ 6:00 - 8:00 pm
UCI ANTrepreneur Center, Irvine
MedTech Minds | Medical Device & Biomedical Mastermind (link)
Wednesday, Jan 28 @ 5:30 - 8:00 pm
Register for location, Newport Beach
🚗 Worth the drive
Beachside Tech Social + Happy Hour in Long Beach (link)
Wednesday, Jan 21 @ 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Ambitious Ales, Long Beach
Hussein’s North County SD Startup Mixer (link)
Wednesday, Jan 21 @ 5:30 - 8:00 pm
Encinitas
FounderLine Live Advice w/ Dan Negari of .XYZ Domains (link)
Thursday, Jan 22 @ 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Santa Monica
Personal Air Transportation: Rideshare Takes To The Air (link)
Saturday, Jan 24 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Pasadena
📡 OC Tech News
Innovators Skyworks, Syntiant, and Lantronix repped OC at CES with new hardware in agentic AI, smart home connectivity, and drone development. (link)
Aliso Viejo-based UST is expanding its automotive vertical by acquiring a majority stake in Italdesign from Lamborghini, aiming to integrate AI and digital engineering into the legendary Italian firm’s vehicle design and production. (link)
Irvine-based Mobix Labs is doubling down on the defense sector with a $6 million capital raise and a move into a larger, military-approved facility to scale its semiconductor production for platforms like the F-35 and Apache helicopter. (link)
Irvine-based startup Sparq is disrupting the auto repair industry with an AI-driven OBD-II device that leverages 50,000 diagnostic checks to provide real-time repair estimates and predictive maintenance for a one-time fee. (link)
💡 I will be at the Newport Beach Walk on Wednesday. Please reply and let me know if you’re going too!
Which OC tech events do you attend?
Until next week,