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Meet Your
Future
IN EMERYVILLE

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Meet Unspun, a fashion-tech company based in Emeryville that is developing 3D weaving technology to create custom-fit, on-demand clothing with the goal of reducing waste and carbon emissions in the apparel industry

Where innovators change what’s now, and visionaries build what’s next.

The real story of Emeryville lives behind industrial facades and creative studios, where scientists collaborate with artists and bold ideas become breakthrough reality.

This is where disciplines collide and ideas cross-pollinate—where the person developing cancer treatments might collaborate with the designer reimagining sustainable materials. Discover who's here and what happens when visionaries work side by side.

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The Power of
One Square Mile

Innovation density matters and here proximity is our super power.

In Emeryville you’re a walk away from a biotech lab to an animation studio to a sustainable materials company—all in minutes. Here, chance encounters become breakthrough collaborations, and your daily commute connects you to tomorrow's possibilities.

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From Rotten City to Renaissance

Emeryville's remarkable transformation from a gritty industrial city to a thriving technology and innovation center exemplifies urban reinvention at its finest.

Here you'll find scientists collaborating with artists over coffee, biotech pioneers sharing insights with digital creators, and ideas becoming reality at the speed of conversation.

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The future isn't coming someday.
it lives here now.

Emeryville by the Numbers →

from the inside

The best kept secrets. The untold stories. The innovations happening in plain sight.

Emeryville insiders know what makes this place special—and now you will too. Discover the people, places, and breakthroughs that make one square mile feel like the center of everything.

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From The Inside
MyCoWorks Material Revolution: From Fungi to the Future
Business Spotlight
MyCoWorks Material Revolution: From Fungi to the Future
Business Spotlight

MycoWorks started in a San Francisco art studio. Co-founder Phil Ross had been growing reishi mushroom sculptures since the 1990s. Today, those same techniques produce Fine Mycelium for luxury fashion houses—and the company is headquartered in Emeryville.

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What’s Brewing?: The Unsuspected Coffee Capital
Culture + Community
What’s Brewing?: The Unsuspected Coffee Capital
Culture + Community

From an $18 billion multinational to mom-and-pop roasters, Emeryville packs an entire coffee industry into one square mile.

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Culture + Community
Emeryville Commerce Connection: It's Not What You Know, But Who You Know
Culture + Community
Emeryville Commerce Connection: It's Not What You Know, But Who You Know
Culture + Community

For nearly a decade, Emeryville's business community had no place to gather. Now, once a month, biotech meets hospitality. Artists meet city officials. Founders meet neighbors. The Emeryville Commerce Connection calls it Connexions.

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UnSpun: untold
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UnSpun: untold
Business Spotlight

Beth Esponnette's parents thought studying clothing design was frivolous. She did it anyway—Cornell, Stanford, a professorship at the University of Oregon. Then she built a company that Walmart now wants to partner with. The headquarters is on Hollis Street in Emeryville.

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step into your future.

It’s closer than you think.

Ready to be part of where now meets next? Connect with our team to explore opportunities, schedule a tour, or discover how your vision fits into our innovation ecosystem.