Topic: TechCayman

Long a gateway for global talent, the H-1B visa is becoming costlier and more restrictive, prompting companies to redirect jobs offshore and potentially positioning Cayman as a beneficiary of the shift.

Women's prominent role in leading Cayman's use of artificial intelligence innovations was the topic of discussion at an event held on 21 Nov.

Bullish, the digital asset institutional platform headquartered in Cayman, made a strong debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

Cutting-edge Indian firms are already making their presence felt in Cayman and have based top-tier talent in the islands, experts say.

TechCayman’s Richard Parchment was invited to speak at the opening assemblies of Clifton Hunter School as they kicked off the 2022-2023 school year.

TechCayman, a prominent Cayman Islands services company that fosters technological innovation, recently created a summer internship program designed to give young Caymanians leaving for university, first-hand foundational skills for working in a professional setting.

TechCayman’s ongoing robotics programme recently hosted a two-day immersive camp at Layman Scott High School on Cayman Brac, where 16 students, ages 11-16, built and programmed robots to solve increasingly complex puzzles. 

Thompson Development Ltd. and TechCayman have partnered with the NAU to assist the less fortunate this holiday season.

Amid the opportunities and threats posed by the rapid advancement in technology, the Cayman Compass Issues section this month looks at how the Cayman Islands could create a smart island at the forefront of that change and the steps we would need to take for that to happen.

Virtual Sonics Inc., a TechCayman-sponsored start-up is ramping up efforts to promote its 3D spatial audio technology as it looks to further develop the software from its Cayman base.

Participants in the Acts of Random Kindness Mentor Educate and Reinforce programme found their spark for science as they participated in a robotics flash camp this weekend.

For the past six months, 14 students from a range of backgrounds have been gathering on Sunday afternoons at The Grand Pavilion for the 345 Robotics Club.

For all Grand Cayman’s explosive growth over the past few decades, the Sister Islands have remained relatively unchanged. Whether that is desirable is an open question, as the Compass’ fascinating overview of Cayman Brac, published last Friday, clearly shows.

The new venture Tech City Cayman Islands Ltd. has promised to create hundreds of Caymanian tech-related jobs in exchange for infrastructure investments, fast-tracked permitting and licensing processes, and other concessions from government, according to a contract signed by the two parties last August, but kept from the public until a partially redacted version was obtained by the Cayman Compass on Monday.

Today is a good news day in the Cayman Islands because it foreshadows the dawn of a new industry based on innovation and digital exploration.

Thursday was touted as a red-letter day for Cayman’s technology sector with the launching of TechCayman, a business platform that aims to attract software developers and other entrepreneurs to the territory, and to provide Caymanians with the tools they need to start their own companies.