People of Color In Tech

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POCIT highlights the stories of people of color in tech.
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Dec 20, 2023	2023 was the year of generative AI – what’s coming in 2024	In 2023, artificial intelligence truly entered our daily lives. At first, many people used these tools because they were curious about generative AI or wanted to be entertained. Now people ask generative AI for help with studies, for advice...
Sep 18, 2023	Web3 music platforms are combining new tech with Web2 features to give artists better compensation and 'create dope consumer experiences'	The singer Vérité told Insider how artists can take their music career to the next level by using Web3. Danielle Ernst Redeem now Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Subscribe to push notifica...
Jun 1, 2022	Netflix Has No Business Talking About Pride Month	Ricky Gervais is a smug Cheshire Cat, one with only the vaguest pretense of actually being funny. “Get it?” the comedian seems to bellow, grinning as he arrives at his barely-there punchlines. In his career following the original U.K. editi...
Oct 29, 2021	How I Got Here: Software engineer Dawn Wages went from building websites in high school to Wharton	As a high schooler in North Carolina, software engineer, community organizer and 2021 RealLIST Engineers honoree Dawn Wages knew she wanted to have the most attractive MySpace profile. Learning how to code just came with making sure that ha...
Aug 9, 2021	Study: Tech Companies Need to Check Their Diversity Blindspots	August 9, 2021 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you aren’t sure if bias or discrimination exists at your organization, you might consider the statistics we uncovered in our Equality in Tech report...
Oct 1, 2020	Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Tips for Startups	Diversity in tech has been a “hot button” issue for years and recent events have brought the importance of the topic to the forefront of large corporations, startups, and funders alike. Building a diverse team and inclusive ecosystem has be...
Jun 3, 2020	SoftBank to invest $100M in companies led by people of color	More On: softbank Paul Singer's hedge fund cuts Softbank stake, profits despite Chinese tech crackdown China looking to take ride-hailing giant Didi under state control amid tech crackdown Masa Son pours money into new fund as Softbank scal...
Nov 14, 2019	Optimism and best practices at Philly Startup Leaders’ revamped diversity event	It’s been a year of fresh ideas for Philly Startup Leaders (PSL). The organization, known as a community of and for startup entrepreneurs, rolled out a new website, revamped its programing and available resources, and renamed its annual din...
Oct 29, 2019	The 50 most inspiring, prominent, and influential black voices in UK tech	It’s no secret that diversity is a challenge in the tech world, with the tech industry lagging behind the rest of the economy on almost every diversity metric. But in the week in which a tech founder was named at the top of the #powerlist2...
Nov 25, 2015	Box’s Diversity Strategy Could Use Some Work And Transparency	Last week, Box announced the winner of its third annual engineering diversity scholarship, Amanda Sopkin of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As part of the scholarship, Box awarded Sopkin a $20,000 scholarship, and four femal...
Nov 8, 2015	POCIT: 7 Black Engineers You Need To Know	There’s a misconception in Silicon Valley that there aren’t enough talented black and Latino people to hire. My intention with this weekly series, People of Color in Tech (POCIT), to highlight the up-and-coming people of color in tech, as w...
Oct 27, 2015	People Of Color In Tech Highlights The Stories Of Racial Minorities In A Mostly White Industry	When 27-year-old Ruth Mesfun started working at Excellence Girls Middle Academy in Brooklyn two years ago, there was no computer science program at the all-girls school, which is 92% African-American, 7% Latina and 1% Asian. At the time, sh...
	Opportunity missed: Why there are no Black CEOs on this year’s Disruptor 50 list	Silicon Valley’s vast networks of capital exist in a community that traditionally has excluded Black entrepreneurs. More than 80% of venture capital firms don’t have a single Black investor, while just 1% of venture-funded start-up founders...
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Parsers VC has collected 15 articles mentioning People of Color In Tech, among them “2023 was the year of generative AI – what’s coming in 2024” (Dec 20, 2023) and “Web3 music platforms are combining new tech with Web2 features to give artists better compensation and 'create dope consumer experiences'” (Sep 18, 2023).

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Yes, People of Color In Tech is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 22, 2024.