At a glance
| Booth | S7330 |
| Country | US |
| Website | business.ca.gov |
Company profile
California Pavilion highlights California as the top U.S. destination for semiconductor investment, citing a number-one position in semiconductor jobs, 79% of U.S. semiconductor venture capital, and 47% of U.S. semiconductor patents. The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, or GO-Biz, serves as the State of California's leader for job growth, economic development, and business-assistance efforts. GO-Biz also presents California as number one in new business starts and number one in access to venture-capital funding. Business owners can receive no-cost consultation from GO-Biz for business attraction, retention, and expansion services. Its assistance also covers site selection and permit streamlining for companies evaluating or developing operations in California. GO-Biz states that it helps businesses clear regulatory hurdles and provides small-business assistance, international-trade development, and assistance with state government. Within GO-Biz, multiple teams support companies across a variety of industries as part of California's business ecosystem. IBank provides financial assistance to support infrastructure and economic development in California, adding a financing resource to the ecosystem described by GO-Biz. Visit California works with the state's travel industry to develop marketing programs intended to inspire travel to California. The California Film Commission operates as a one-stop resource for film, television, and commercial production across the state. CalOSBA helps California small businesses, entrepreneurs, and startups navigate statewide resources, programs, and regulations. California Jobs First invests in key sectors to drive sustainable economic growth, innovation, and access to good-paying jobs. That initiative is described as a bottom-up economic-development strategy that empowers regional efforts and voices to define priorities and charts a path toward a prosperous and sustainable future for Californians. GO-Biz programs listed across its business-development platform include Cannabis Equity Grants for Local Jurisdictions, CalGold, the California Civic Media Program, California Community Reinvestment Grants, the California Competes Tax Credit, the California Film and TV Tax Credit, the California State Trade Expansion Program, and the Regional Investment Initiative. Businesses commit new investments in California through the California Competes Tax Credit program, while the California Office of the Small Business Advocate helps small businesses. GO-Biz also identifies direct in-state spending by Film and TV Tax Credit recipients as part of its economic-impact framework. Its economic-impact framework also tracks small businesses helped by the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. California's expanded Film and Television Tax Credit was projected to bring $6.6 billion in economic impact in its first year, with 41 projects awarded on July 8, 2026. California workers increased productivity by 4.2% in 2025, and California represented about 14% of national output, giving the state the largest influence on national productivity in the reported data. On June 22, 2026, six companies receiving California Competes Tax Credits were associated with $1.3 billion in new private investment and thousands of new jobs in key industries across California. The business platform also includes the Statewide Disaster Response Tool and the California Grants Portal among the state programs available through the wider California government ecosystem. The semiconductor ecosystem highlighted by California Pavilion includes established semiconductor activity, access to land for expansion, SiC and advanced-memory development, nanofabrication research, engineering education, and R&D in power electronics and AI. Within that ecosystem, the semiconductor cluster includes companies such as Broadcom, KLA, Samsung, Siemens, and Bosch, while academic capabilities include nanofabrication research and engineering work in power electronics and AI. The 41 awarded projects include productions from DreamWorks, Artists Equity, and Disney, and the awarded productions are described as bringing thousands of good-paying jobs and direct investment to communities across California.
Exhibits
California Pavilion presents high-resolution thermal imaging systems as one of its semiconductor-related technology areas. Precision wet-process systems are another technology area presented by California Pavilion for semiconductor manufacturing and related process needs. California Pavilion also presents advancing MEMS-based sensing technologies. Nanoscale AFM-IR analysis is included among the technology capabilities associated with California's semiconductor and innovation ecosystem. Together with these technical areas, California Pavilion promotes California investment, R&D, industry resources, and business-expansion support for semiconductor companies considering activity in the state.
Capabilities and products
- business attraction, retention and expansion consulting
- site-selection assistance
- permit-streamlining assistance
- regulatory-hurdle assistance
- small-business assistance
- international trade development assistance
- state-government liaison assistance