Foothill Surgery Center acquires cutting-edge robotic surgical system
The Sansum Clinic’s Foothill Surgery Center has become one of the first outpatient surgery centers in the country to start using the innovative Intuitive da Vinci 5 robotic system. The $3 million investment was funded by a $1 million anonymous gift, $675,000 from community supporters and $1.3 million from Sutter Health, an integrated health system headquartered in Read More →
Next Energy upgrades pilot production line on OPV windows
By Amanda Marroquin Special to the Business Times Next Energy Technologies, a Goleta-based organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology company, has upgraded its pilot production line to now produce 40” x 60” laminated transparent clean energy-producing windows. The company uses grey coating, power generation, and in-line manufacturing to make its innovative windows which are now the largest Read More →
Sonos’ Q1 earnings beat highlights progress for ailing audio company
It has been a turbulent start to the year for Santa Barbara-based Sonos with changes in its executive leadership team and a mass layoff. But maybe there are sunnier days on the horizon for the audio equipment manufacturer, as the company announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2025. For the quarter ended Dec. 28, Sonos Read More →
Update: Unwrap.AI secures $12 million from Series A raise
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New look Sonos eliminates 12% of workforce
Santa Barbara-based Sonos is laying off 200 people, or approximately 12% of its workforce, the audio company announced on Feb. 5, less than a month after the business replaced former CEO Patrick Spence. In a video to employees, Tom Conrad, Sonos interim CEO as of Jan. 13, said the company is “most significantly” shaking up Read More →
