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Rep. Salud Carbajal speaks with researchers inside a laboratory during a tour of the UC Santa Barbara OASIS facility.

UCSB Receives Four-Year, $20M Federal Grant for Artificial Intelligence Cloud Laboratory

Source: Angel Corzo/Santa Barbara News-Press

The four-year grant will fund an AI-programmable cloud laboratory at the UCSB facility that can be accessed remotely by any researcher in the country

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A researcher wearing a lab coat, hair protection, and eye protection works at a machine inside the Protofab lab, while another researcher works in the background.

UCSB Launches Prototyping Hub for Packaging Microchips and Photonics

Located at OASIS, the college's innovation hub, Protofab fills the packaging gap in microchip development.

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BioPACIFIC MIP lab assistant Marissa Beyer loads an automated robotic liquid handler inside the facility at OASIS.

UCSB to Lead National Cloud Laboratory for Advanced Materials at OASIS

Supported by $20 million from the National Science Foundation, COAST PCL will combine robotics, AI, and advanced instruments so that researchers can conduct experiments from anywhere.

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A photo of the Flucta team inside OASIS

First Faculty-Founded Startup Joins OASIS, Expanding UCSB’s Innovation Ecosystem

With Flucta’s arrival, OASIS deepens its role as a launchpad for faculty-driven innovation and AI hardware breakthroughs.

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Members of Beacon Photonics outside UC Santa Barbara’s Oasis facility, where the company has established “Beacon West” at the innovation and translational research hub.

Spurring Innovation

Source: Pacific Coast Business Times

Beacon Photonics is the newest member of UCSB's OASIS R&D facility

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A photo of the Beacon Photonics team taken outside of the OASIS facility.

Beacon Photonics Becomes First Industry Member of UCSB's OASIS Facility

Source: The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering

Partnership signals momentum for a hub designed to translate discovery into real-world impact

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A picture of a UCSB researcher working inside the BioPACIFIC MIP laboratory at OASIS.

Summit Showcases Goleta's Technological, Quantum Advancements

Source: Noozhawk

Local leaders say the key to the industry’s success is dependent on workforce housing and youth outreach.

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A picture of the large crowd seated inside the OASIS facility in Goleta during the 2026 TechTopia event.

If Deltopia Is Play Hard, TechTopia Is Work Hard

Source: The Santa Barbara Independent

Business leaders, researchers, and global tech firms gather at OASIS to highlight region's expanding science and technology footprint.

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