It has a lot of great parks, river access, hike and bike trails, good food, great music and it has a collaborative tech culture that is warm and accepting of people who are not from here.'Īustin also has a highly educated workforce, thanks in part to the University of Texas and other local universities. Photo courtesy of Four Seasons Hotels & ResortsĪnother draw, says Lorek: 'Austin is a special place with an appealing culture. Playing games on the lawn of the Four Seasons Hotel Austin. This is also the home of South by Southwest (SXSW), which has transformed from an indie music gathering into one of the world’s most trendsetting technology festivals. Austin has also long been the tech center of Texas, with 6,500 startups and tech companies based here, including Dell - which was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell while he was at the University of Texas and helped kick off the city’s technology boom. Why Austin? For one thing: 'Everything is bigger in Texas,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott said at a press conference in December. And in the past couple of years, Google and Oracle have opened offices downtown. hub outside of the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters.

A hiring surge from Facebook is turning Austin into the third-largest U.S. There are so many tech companies that Austin has been nicknamed “Silicon Hills.” Apple recently announced that it is creating a $1 billion campus with the capacity for 15,000 employees, making it the largest private employer in Austin. It’s no secret that Austin, Texas is a hotbed for technology, startups and innovation.

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