📝 Note from Taylor
A strange start to the Memorial Day weekend. I hope everyone in North OC is staying safe as the hazmat situation unfolds. Prayers for a safe resolution.
This week’s issue has a lot worth sharing: a Memorial Day service in Santa Ana, several AI-heavy founder and builder events, a few interesting local tech jobs, and OC news covering Anduril, Atoco, Disneyland, Irvine Tech Day, and even Irvine’s park system getting national love.
🗓️ Upcoming OC tech events
Memorial Day one: Fairhaven Memorial Park’s 34th Annual Memorial Day Service
Monday, May 25 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana
Wednesday, May 27 @ 7:00 - 9:00 pm
UCI, Irvine
Thursday, May 28 @ 5:30 - 8:00 pm
Irvine
Thursday, May 28 @ 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Fullerton Community Center, Fullerton
OC GenAI Networking Night, Hosted by Ascend GenAI (nearly 70 already registered)
Tuesday, June 2 @ 6:00 - 8:00 pm
OC Fish Grill, Irvine
Friday, June 5 @ 5:30 – 8:00 pm
Ever Club, Tustin
🧑💻OC Tech Jobs
Smart Thermostat Engineer — C++ / HVAC Controls / Algorithms @ Nuve Controls
$160k-$195k in Tustin
AI Software Engineer @ Happy Dad Studios
$80k-$100k in Santa Ana
Machine Learning Engineer @ Auron Solutions (Physical AI)
$75k-$150k in Costa Mesa
📡 OC Tech News
Tech Drives Leaner Staffing at OC’s PR Firms
Disneyland hit with $5 million lawsuit over use of facial recognition technology
Anduril Introduces Edge Compute for Battlefield Soldiers
Irvine startup Atoco pulls water out of the air
Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and Community Turn Out for Irvine Tech Day
🚗 Worth the drive
Wednesday, May 27 @ 9:00 - 11:00 am
Register to See Address, El Segundo
Thursday, May 28 @ 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Gulp Restaurant & Brew Co, LA
Sunday, May 31 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Product.ai, LA
Wednesday, June 3 @ 12:30 - 4:30 pm
Kiln, San Diego
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Until next week,