# TechMex Austin TechMex Austin is a bilingual community platform for Mexican technology professionals, founders, creatives, partners, and institutions connected to Austin's innovation ecosystem. English pages live under `/en`; Spanish pages live under `/es`. ## Organization Overview TechMex Austin connects, empowers, and amplifies Mexican and Latino technology professionals in Austin. The community includes founders, engineers, PhDs, creatives, CTOs, and other professionals. Its public site focuses on belonging, events, editorial content, partner collaboration, jobs, relocation resources, ways to get involved, and membership. The site's production URL is `https://www.techmexaustin.org/`. The apex `techmexaustin.org` and the legacy SWATS-hosted host `techmex.swats.ai` both redirect to the canonical `www.techmexaustin.org` host. ## Brand And Audience The brand combines Mexican heritage with Austin technology energy. The design system uses a dark background, Inter typography, Space Grotesk for signal UI, JetBrains Mono for technical labels, Mesoamerican stepped-pyramid geometry, circuit-node motifs, and the v2.0 logo-derived palette: blue `#0063FF`, cyan `#00C8C8`, teal `#00BFAE`, green `#32B44A`, electric green `#18B600` for sparing hover glow, dark `#080A0A`, surface `#161A1B`, and muted silver `#8C8C8C`. Primary audiences are senior technology professionals, Mexican and Latino founders, emerging talent, partner organizations, supporters, job seekers, and event attendees in the Austin ecosystem. ## Programs ### Casa TechMex Casa TechMex is TechMex Austin's flagship gathering. The 2026 edition is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, 2026, 10 AM to 8 PM at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB MACC), 600 River St, Austin, during Austin Tech Week. The site describes it as A cultural festival of Mexican Innovation, combining technology, entrepreneurship, culture, and community under one roof. The Casa TechMex 2026 page publishes a visual day schedule with approximate block times. The current agenda is 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pitch Competition, 1:00 to 1:45 PM Cultural Showcase I for Mexican brunch and networking with Innovation Expo Session 1 running in parallel, 1:45 to 4:00 PM Keynotes & Expert Panels, 4:00 to 5:00 PM Workshops with Innovation Expo Session 2 running in parallel, 5:00 to 5:45 PM Cultural Showcase II for music and dance, 5:45 to 6:00 PM Closing & Awards, and 6:00 to 8:00 PM open networking at the venue before an after party on Rainey Street. The Pitch Competition points to `https://app.techmexaustin.org/pitch`, with applications at `https://app.techmexaustin.org/pitch/apply`. Applications are open until October 14 for Mexican-led and Mexico-rooted startups. The page includes a manual-play Casa TechMex 2025 recap video from YouTube. It also includes audience cards for attendees, community and allied organizations, and general ways to support TechMex Austin's year-round mission. The page does not publish event package pricing or paid benefit levels. The Casa TechMex 2026 page includes a past-editions band: 2024 had 250+ attendees, 15+ startups, and 17+ speakers; 2025 had 350+ attendees, 20+ startups, and 20+ speakers; 2026 expects 500+ attendees. Awards published on the Casa TechMex 2026 page include Innovation Expo Awards for Expo presenters, with the Casa TechMex Innovation Award and Cross-Border Impact Award, plus TechMex Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Casa TechMex archive pages exist for 2024 and 2025. The 2024 edition references 250+ attendees at Headliners Club. The 2025 edition references 350+ attendees in Austin. ### Get Involved The Get Involved page at `/en/get-involved` and `/es/get-involved` is the general organization page for participation in TechMex Austin. It presents six pathways: attend events, volunteer, become a community partner, company or institutional support, jobs and relocation, and a general donation option. The donation option links to the TechMex Austin app donation flow and is one option among the six. The Get Involved page embeds the TechMex Austin app's neutral supporters module from `https://app.techmexaustin.org/embed/supporters?theme=dark&bg=transparent`, with `&lang=es` on the Spanish page. The page includes an Our Community data band with 900+ people on the mailing list, 80% based in Texas or Mexico, 38% in Austin, and 86% aged 25 to 54. Its contact form includes a required topic selector and supports query preselection through `?topic=` or legacy `?package=` parameters. The former `/en/sponsors`, `/es/sponsors`, `/sponsors`, `/en/donate`, and `/es/donate` routes redirect to Get Involved. ### TechMex Talks TechMex Talks is an editorial and panel series covering artificial intelligence, professional transformation, entrepreneurship, and the Latino technology ecosystem. Published articles include: - Episode 1: "La IA ya no es una ventaja competitiva. Es una condición de supervivencia." - Episode 2: "Inteligencia Artificial y el nuevo perfil del profesionista tecnológico." - Episode 3: "La IA no falla por la tecnología. Falla por el abismo entre lo que promete y lo que la organización puede absorber." ### Events The events page lists TechMex and partner/community events. It includes list and calendar views plus a moderated event submission form. The Casa TechMex 2026 event is represented in structured data. ### Community The community surface includes login, a job board, relocation resources, and newsletter signup. Jobs and events can be submitted for moderation. Public membership signup is temporarily hidden. ### Partners The partners page presents TechMex Austin's ecosystem of local partners, Red Global MX chapters, and institutional relationships. It includes refreshed marks for AEM Austin, Red Global MX Capítulo Austin, and Nodo Querétaro. ## Forms And Data Flows Public forms use Google reCAPTCHA v3 and fail closed on the server when a token is missing or invalid. - Get-involved/contact submissions post to `/api/contact`, are forwarded to Formspree at `https://formspree.io/f/xoeqbzoy`, and send a notification copy to `comite@techmexaustin.org` and `edmundormz@gmail.com` when the transactional email provider is configured. Get-involved submissions include the selected topic in the notification subject. - Newsletter submissions post to `/api/newsletter`; contacts are managed in Brevo, and a notification copy is sent to `comite@techmexaustin.org` and `edmundormz@gmail.com` when the transactional email provider is configured. - Event submissions post to `/api/events`; when Supabase environment variables are present, they insert into `events` with pending moderation, with Formspree as a fallback. A notification copy is sent to `comite@techmexaustin.org` and `edmundormz@gmail.com` when the transactional email provider is configured. - Job submissions post to `/api/jobs`; when Supabase environment variables are present, they insert into `job_listings` with pending moderation, with Formspree as a fallback. A notification copy is sent to `comite@techmexaustin.org` and `edmundormz@gmail.com` when the transactional email provider is configured. - Login flows use Supabase Auth. Public membership signup is temporarily hidden. ## Analytics, Cookies, And Privacy Google Analytics 4 uses measurement ID `G-81224S2QZH`. Analytics is consent-gated through vanilla-cookieconsent v3 with two categories: necessary and analytics. Analytics loads only after analytics consent is accepted. The footer includes a Manage Cookies control. Google Analytics cookies are configured for auto-clear when analytics consent is revoked. Public forms use Google reCAPTCHA v3. The privacy page includes a reCAPTCHA / Google addendum that links to the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service. ## SEO And Structured Data The site uses bilingual locale-prefixed routes, canonical production URLs, `next-sitemap`, `robots.txt`, `sitemap.xml`, Open Graph metadata, Twitter card metadata, a static `og.jpg`, a branded favicon, JSON-LD for Organization, Event, Article, and BreadcrumbList, plus `llms.txt` and this expanded `llms-full.txt`. Staging and non-production hosts are intended to send `X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow`. The production target domain `techmexaustin.org` and `www.techmexaustin.org` should not receive that header after cutover. ## FAQ ### What is TechMex Austin? TechMex Austin is a bilingual community platform connecting Mexican and Latino technology professionals with Austin's innovation ecosystem. ### Who is the site for? It serves Mexican and Latino technology professionals, founders, PhDs, engineers, creatives, partners, supporters, institutions, job seekers, and event attendees connected to Austin. ### What is Casa TechMex? Casa TechMex is TechMex Austin's flagship gathering. The 2026 edition is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, 2026, 10 AM to 8 PM at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB MACC) in Austin during Austin Tech Week. ### What are TechMex Talks? TechMex Talks is an editorial and panel series focused on AI, innovation, entrepreneurship, professional transformation, and the Latino technology ecosystem. ### Is the site bilingual? Yes. English pages are under `/en` and Spanish pages are under `/es`. ### How can someone get involved with TechMex Austin? The Get Involved page at `/en/get-involved` and `/es/get-involved` explains ways to attend, volunteer, collaborate, support year-round programs, use jobs and relocation resources, or make a general donation. ### Does TechMex Austin have a job board? Yes. The job board is available at `/en/community/jobs` and `/es/community/jobs`, with a job submission flow for moderation. ### Does the site have relocation resources? Yes. The relocation guide hub is available at `/en/community/relocation` and `/es/community/relocation`. ### How does the newsletter work? Newsletter forms post to a server endpoint protected by reCAPTCHA. The server manages contacts in Brevo and sends an internal notification copy when transactional email is configured. ### Are public forms protected from spam? Yes. Public submission endpoints verify Google reCAPTCHA v3 server-side and return 403 when the token is missing or invalid. ### Does Google Analytics load before consent? No. GA4 is loaded only after the visitor accepts the analytics category in the cookie banner. ### Where are the privacy and terms pages? Privacy is at `/en/privacy` and `/es/privacy`. Terms are at `/en/terms` and `/es/terms`.