Tech Bloc's Tech Day looks to future of industry in San Antonio

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Tech Bloc's first 'Tech Day' brought 500 area techies together to help the strengthen the industry in San Antonio

About 500 area techies gathered Friday at Port San Antonio with their eyes on the future. Tech Bloc, the city’s technology advocacy nonprofit, kicked off its first-ever Tech Day event with laptop computer giveaways for 300 area fifth-grade students from KIPP Texas public charter schools. AT&T co-sponsored the giveaway, which completed Tech Bloc’s goal of donating 1,000 laptops to area residents this year, said Ileana González, Tech Bloc CEO.

Tech Bloc offering more than $100,000 for startups in pitch competition “You fill the top of the funnel for the tech community of the future,” said Will Conway, Tech Bloc’s board chair, a former employee of Rackspace Technology Inc. who launched a spinoff company, Pathwire, that was acquired in a $1.9 billion deal in 2021. “If you want your city to be relevant in the tech space you should give this stuff to everybody as early as possible.

San Antonio’s Tech Bloc launches website, boosts membership fee In a panel about fostering growth and innovation in tech, Beto Altamirano, a San Antonio tech entrepreneur who’s now running for mayor, said the city’s industries must collaborate more and avoid “silos.” Tech touches every industry and they must work together to support expected growth across the region, he said.

delegation headed to Nuevo León to talk tech, build relationships “We want the community to learn from itself. There’s a lot of phenomenal companies here in San Antonio that have doing amazing things,” he said. “And it’s not just traditional tech companies. I mean, this is bioscience, this is cybersecurity, this is H-E-B and logistics.

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