📝 Editor's Note
This week, over 16,000 people will be at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference in LA, while many thousands of electronics manufacturing pros will be in Anaheim at the APEX Expo. The Tech:OC coffee event is getting bumped a week. Sign up link will be in next week’s edition.
🗓️ Upcoming OC tech events
Tackling Latency in Interactive Generative AI (link)
Wednesday, March 18 @ 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Knobbe Martens, Irvine
AGIBOT - RobotX launch event (link)
Friday, March 20 @ 2:00 - 6:00 pm
Irvine
Alpha Persuade AI Summit - Investigating AI’s Persuasive Power (link)
Thursday, March 26 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Cove @ UCI, Irvine
Beyond Automation: The Rise of Physical AI (link)
Thursday, March 26 @ 5:30 - 8:30 pm
HanaHaus, Newport Beach
Platform Engineering OC Meetup: “The Three Abstractions That Make AI Agents Real” (link)
Thursday, March 26 @ 6:00 - 9:00 pm
WorkWell, Irvine
🚗 Worth the drive
AI x Crypto Meetup w. OKX Alphas x Team1 (link)
Thursday, March 19 @ 7:00 - 11:00 pm
Yamashiro Hollywood, Los Angeles
Humanoid Robots are Here (link)
Saturday, March 21 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Yamashiro Hollywood, Los Angeles
March Mingle - 20th Anniversary Celebrating San Diego’s Tech Scene (link)
Wednesday, March 25 @ 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Novo Brazil Brewing Mission Valley, San Diego
📡 OC Tech News
Irvine’s Caylent Taps Tech Veteran Valerie Henderson as New CEO (link)
Newport Beach-Based Bimergen Energy Raises $12.3 Million to Expand Battery Storage Projects (link)
Costa Mesa-based Anduril Reaches Agreement to Acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions to Accelerate Space Domain Awareness and Missile Defense Capabilities (link)
☀️ Assorted OC News
💡 Enjoy the beautiful week ahead!
Until next week,