Contrary to popular opinion, there is a culture beyond Big Tech. Here’s where to find it.

For all the region’s financial and cultural heft, the bastion of Big Tech has been a cul-de-sac of political power in California.

"I am grateful for the trust Jed and the York family have shown in me, and proud of the staff I get to work alongside every day," Al Guido.

If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who've been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know.