📝 Editor’s Note
This week’s Tech:OC roundup has money, missiles, media measurement, lots of jobs, and crypto misconduct; plus Irvine Tech Day on Friday (!) and a founder beach walk.
🗓️ Upcoming OC tech events
Irvine Tech Day | Panels & Fireside Chats: Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Growth (link)
Friday, May 8 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Register for Address, Irvine
Newport Beach Founder Beach Walk 🌊 (link)
Friday, May 8 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Newport Beach Pier
OC CTO Talks Presents: Deploying AI Agents At Enterprise Scale (link)
Thursday, May 21 @ 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Back Bay Conference Center, Irvine
🧑💻OC Tech Jobs
Marketing Intern (Summer 2026) @ Limon
Unpaid in Orange County / Remote
Senior IT Network Engineer @ City of Orange
$107k - $144k in Orange
Social Media Manager, Sports & Entertainment @ Weedmaps
$72k - $76k in Irvine
AI-First Software Engineer @ Planet DDS
$150k - $250k in Irvine / Hybrid
Senior Software Engineer, Perception @ Anduril
$220k - $292k in Costa Mesa
📡 OC Tech News
Irvine Adtech Firm Viant Buys TVision in $40M Deal to Measure Whether Streaming Viewers Are Actually Watching Ads
Irvine Space Startup Turion Raises $75M+ and Lands Spot in Pentagon’s $1.8B Orbital Surveillance Program
Wild OC Read: Newport Beach Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for High-Stakes Crypto Laundering
Even Wilder OC Read: Stuart Frost Drained $14M From Investors’ Startups and Walked Away for $150K
🚗 Worth the drive
Cinco De Mayo Party, Twentieth Street Garden & Haps Club (link)
Tuesday, May 5 @ 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Register for address, LA
Startup Cafe: H5E Founders with Adam Miller - Cornerstone OnDemand, $5.2B Exit (link)
Wednesday, May 6 @ 8:45 - 10:30 am
The KINN, Venice Beach
AI International Film Festival (link)
Saturday, May 9 @ 2:30 - 6:30 pm
Promenade Playhouse, Hollywood
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Until next week,