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What drives someone to leave everything familiar behind and chase a global vision? When Genomelink co-founder Tomohiro “Tomo” Takano first landed in the Bay Area, he had no visa, no funding, and no traction — only a bold idea: to build a “DNA App Store” that would…
Using artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems, 1,200 developers vied for venture capital funding and other prizes over the weekend at a UC Berkeley hackathon. Participants competed Saturday and Sunday in the field of generative AI, which consumes data, learns from it, then produces text,…
With an ever-growing SkyDeck advisor network, we’re excited to expand SkyDeck’s leadership. Please join us in welcoming veteran tech leader Nathan Trueblood as Co-Chair of SkyDeck’s Advisor Council, alongside longtime Chair, Marc Meyer. Nathan brings over 30 years of experience that includes leading product management…
Berkeley SkyDeck is honored to welcome Steve Chen as our newest Advisor and as a Ambassador to Taiwan and APAC! As YouTube’s founding CTO, Steve helped redefine the internet – leading the development of YouTube’s core infrastructure and scaling the platform from a small startup…
Last week, SkyDeck’s most anticipated bio event of the batch, the Bio + Health Track Dinner, brought together founders, alumni, and advisors for an inspiring evening at UC Berkeley’s Faculty Club. Hosted by our Track Chair, Heather Koshinsky, the dinner spotlighted the cutting-edge work of…
Berkeley SkyDeck welcomed YouTube cofounder, Steve Chen, for an unforgettable fireside chat last week. Moderated by SkyDeck’s Executive Director, Caroline Winnett, Steve shared candid insights from his early days at PayPal and eBay, the scrappy beginnings of YouTube, and what it takes to build a…
Berkeley SkyDeck’s Batch 20 began last week and we were thrilled to welcome 101 new startups to SkyDeck’s three programs, including 20 startups to the Berkeley Accelerator. With companies ranging from AI-powered SaaS to robotics, biotech, security and more, we can’t wait for you to…
