California Office of Digital Innovation

What California Office of Digital Innovation does

The California Office of Digital Innovation (ODI), legally the Office of Data and Innovation, is a California state government agency established in 2019 under the Governor's administration to improve digital services for state residents. Its mandate is to help California state departments meet Californians "where they are" by applying data, human-centered design, and technology to redesign fragmented service delivery. ODI operates as a portfolio of programs rather than a single product: the Governor's Innovation Fellows program embeds trained state employees inside departments; the Innovation Hub provides online training, standards, and guides; CalAcademy builds innovation capability; CalData drives data-led work; CalInnovate codifies the agency's methodology; the Innovation Showcase and Innovation Community of Practice promote cross-department knowledge sharing; and Engaged California, launched in 2026, fosters direct dialogue with residents, with an initial use case serving survivors of the LA firestorm.

Its "customers" are California state departments — including the Governor's Office, CalOES, CDT, CDSS, EDD, DWR, BCSH, and CDPH — and indirectly California's ~39 million residents. Because ODI is a state agency, it operates on no commercial revenue model: services are funded through state government appropriations and delivered at no direct cost to partner departments. Its go-to-market is direct intra-government partnership rather than sales, and distribution is effectively built-in across the entire California state apparatus. There is no disclosed technology architecture beyond general human-centered design and data tooling, no disclosed API/SDK layer, and no disclosed AI/ML capability.

Name

California Office of Digital Innovation

Legal name

Office of Data and Innovation

Website

https://digital.ca.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The California Office of Digital Innovation (ODI) is a state government agency that helps California departments redesign digital services for residents using data, human-centered design, and technology across programs like the Innovation Hub and Governor's Innovation Fellows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Digital Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Trade, Industry & Economic Development Administration (BPAIAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Strategy & IT Advisory (BPAEAAAA), Technical Enablement & Adoption Services (Change Management, Adoption, Champions) (BPAEANAC)

Keywords

• Digital government services
• Public sector innovation
• Human-centered design
• State agency consulting
• Government service design

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The California Office of Digital Innovation (ODI) is a state government agency that partners with California state departments to redesign and modernize digital public services for residents. It delivers consulting, training, human-centered design, and data analytics through programs such as the Innovation Hub, Governor's Innovation Fellows, Engaged California, CalAcademy, CalData, and CalInnovate, and showcases work through an Innovation Showcase and Community of Practice.

Product overview

The Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) is a California state government office that helps departments meet Californians where they are using data, human-centered design, and technology. ODI operates as a collection of programs and platforms rather than a single commercial product. The portfolio includes: Engaged California (a dialogue program for government-citizen engagement), Governor's Innovation Fellows (a training program for state employees), the Innovation Hub (an online platform with training and guides), and CalAcademy/CalData/CalInnovate (programs for building innovation and data capabilities). ODI also facilitates an Innovation Showcase and Innovation Community of Practice to share best practices across state departments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CalAcademy: Training and development program within ODI
• CalData
• CalInnovate
• Governor's Innovation Fellows
• Innovation Hub
• Engaged California

Quantifiable outcome

• 82 Performance score and 100 Accessibility score achieved on ODI website

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Governor Gavin Newsom's OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExecutive leadership partnership providing policy direction and support for statewide digital innovation initiatives. ODI operates under the Governor's administration to drive transformation across state government.
• California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on digital services for emergency management. ODI supports CalOES in improving disaster response coordination and emergency service delivery to Californians.
• California Department of Technology (CDT)coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology standards and infrastructure partnership. CDT and ODI collaborate on technology approaches, standards, and integration across state government digital services.
• California Department of Social Services (CDSS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuman-centered design partnership for social welfare service delivery. ODI helps CDSS redesign services to better serve vulnerable populations.
• Employment Development Department (EDD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorkforce services digital transformation partnership. ODI supports EDD in improving employment services, unemployment benefits access, and workforce development tools.
• Department of Water Resources (DWR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater resource management digital services collaboration. ODI assists DWR in developing digital tools for water resource monitoring and public information.
• California Business Consumer Services and Housing (BCSH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness and consumer services digital modernization. ODI partners with BCSH to improve digital access to business licenses, consumer protection, and housing services.
• California Department of Public Health (CDPH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic health services digital delivery partnership. ODI helps CDPH improve digital access to health information, vaccination services, and public health programs.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Code for America: Nonprofit civic-tech organization that partners with state and local governments to modernize safety-net and benefits services. Operates with similar human-centered design and service-redesign methods as ODI, though as an external nonprofit rather than an embedded government office.
• Civilla: Independent nonprofit that partners with state governments (notably Michigan) to redesign public-facing services using human-centered design. Closely mirrors ODI's service-redesign and human-centered design approach but operates as an external partner.

Direct peers

• 18F (GSA): Federal civic-tech organization within GSA that builds and buys digital services for federal agencies. Shares ODI's playbook of cross-agency digital transformation, open-source publishing, and human-centered design inside government.
• U.S. Digital Service (USDS): Federal government digital service team embedded within the executive branch that applies human-centered design and technology to improve federal services. Closest functional analog to ODI at the federal level, with the same mission of modernizing government service delivery.
• NYC Mayor's Office of the CTO (MOCTO): City-level technology and innovation office that drives digital service modernization across New York City agencies. Comparable to ODI in charter, though at the municipal rather than state level.
• California Department of Technology (CDT): California's central technology authority overseeing IT standards, infrastructure, and procurement across state departments. Named as a Core ODI partner; functions as both collaborator and adjacent in-state technology authority.
• State of New Jersey Office of Innovation: State-level innovation office that partners with New Jersey agencies to redesign services, similar in mandate and operating model to California's ODI. One of the most direct state-to-state analogs for cross-department digital innovation work.

Others

• NASCIO (National Association of State Chief Information Officers): Member association representing state CIOs and their organizations across the U.S. Not a direct operator, but the convening body whose members oversee functions closely aligned with ODI's work and whose publications shape state digital service standards.
• Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation (Georgetown): Academic-affiliated center that produces research, toolkits, and fellowships on government service design and digital innovation. A thought-leadership and talent-pipeline counterpart rather than a direct operator.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Government & Public Services: Large consulting practice serving federal, state, and local governments on digital transformation, IT modernization, and service design. Overlaps with ODI's transformation and advisory work but operates commercially across many clients rather than within a single state.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CaliforniaODI
• GitHubgithub.com/cagov
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@California_ODI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/california-office-of-data-and-innovation
• Instagraminstagram.com/california_odi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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