About TechEquity

TechEquity confronts concentrated corporate power and builds political will for an economy that works for everyday people. We do this through advocacy, coalition building, and research that put people at the center of decisions about how technology is developed and used.

A world where people have agency over how technology shapes their economic opportunities, where corporations are governed in the public interest, and where the wealth and power created through technology are shared broadly.

Our vision

How we got here

TechEquity was founded in 2016 to answer a simple but ambitious question: what would it take for the growth of the tech industry to benefit everyone?

Tackling that question led us down many paths—some that became obvious very quickly, like the need to address the housing affordability crisis in and around Silicon Valley, and others that emerged as our work progressed, like raising awareness about the hidden inequities within the supply chain of tech’s labor force. In that time, we proudly took on campaigns that address the roots of economic inequality: building and winning historic and first-in-the-nation legislation, developing civic tech tools to empower our communities, and offering comprehensive and practical recommendations to change the tech industry for the better.

TechEquity Collaborative and TechEquity Action

TechEquity Action (c4) leads the activities that build political will and power and that advocate directly; TechEquity Collaborative (c3) leads research, translation, and equipping the field.

501(c)(3) · Research, translation and tools for the field

501(c)(4) · Legislation, campaigns and political power

Our mission is to confront concentrated corporate power and build political will for an economy that works for everyday people. We do this by advocating for policies in state legislatures that put people at the center of decisions about how technology is developed and used.