A fast-growing player in the solar energy industry with residential and commercial clients, Powerhome Solar operates in 10 U.S. states. The company is also a proud supporter of GivePower, a nonprofit that brings solar energy systems to underdeveloped countries. This year, the company donated more than $150,000 to fund solar-powered desalination systems that create clean drinking water.

Roughly 67 percent of Silicon Valley talent has an H1-B visa, and approximately fifty-two percent of U.S. H1-B visa holders work in the tech industry. Since the Trump administration expanded its visa ban in June 2020, Globalization Partners has helped an increasing number of companies retain their workers. Globalization Partners becomes the employee of record to help businesses quickly transfer and hire anyone, anywhere. It has helped companies expand to 187 countries worldwide and has 54 entities in Brazil, Australia, Mexico, France, Germany, Denmark, and Taiwan.

Interplay Learning provides online and virtual reality training for essential skilled trades. This includes simulations for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, solar, and facilities maintenance--all skills that remain in high demand during the pandemic and related economic downturn. The company’s immersive learning platform enables students to ply their trade in weeks, not years—and it has facilitated the continuous, necessary upskilling of thousands of tradespeople throughout the pandemic for companies including Ruud, Carrier, Hunt Military Communities, and Rheem, which plans to train 250,000 workers by 2025 on the platform. In October, the company announced a partnership with Home Builders Institute, a nonprofit that provides job placement for the building industry, to help thousands of at-risk youths, veterans, and displaced workers receive hands-on training.

Spatial offered its full platform of augmented and virtual reality platforms free of charge in May this year, extending a lifeline to numerous businesses that were struggling to adapt to the impacts of working from home. Thanks to its methods of 3-D computing, such as co-worker holograms via AR headsets, Spatial has seen a notable increase in interest from many businesses and industries.

When the coronavirus hit, Zippin had already been working on checkout-free technology to eliminate in-person interactions between shoppers and cashiers. Using this platform, shoppers can enter a store, grab their items, and leave without scanning anything or waiting in line. In October 2019, Zippin announced a partnership to open the first in the world in-arena checkout-free convenience store in the Sacramento King's Golden 1 Center. In 2020, Zippin announced another partnership to bring checkout-free technology to the Denver Broncos' Mile High Stadium.