Pittsburgh’s robotics and artificial intelligence sectors are gaining more attention than ever before, thanks to continued interest from tech giants like Facebookand Google, which opened offices there, as well as local university Carnegie Mellon’s recent announcement that it will be offering the nation’s first undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence. But startups in the area [...]

A self-cleaning glass mixture and a transparent conductor are two of the latest projects to win financial support from the state of Michigan's Innovation Hub program. Four inventions from three of Michigan's public universities will share more than $177,000 in awards bestowed by the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization's applied [...]

The Penn State Alumni Association will invest in the future of Penn State entrepreneurs and technology startups — including those launched by Penn State alumni, students and faculty — through a $500,000 commitment to 1855 Capital. The $10 million-plus 1855 Capital Fund provides seed and early-stage venture capital to Penn [...]

Kannan Grant’s door in the UAH Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) is always open. "We proactively promote and support a culture of learning and innovation at UAH by creating and capitalizing on commercial opportunities that benefit our constituents," says Grant, who has served as the OTC’s director since late 2007, "and I [...]

More than $500,000 was awarded to 11 Purdue University startups to aide in their advancement, ranging from networking apps to appliances that grow produce. The Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund provides money for Purdue-affiliated startups with pre-seed, seed and early stage investment and co-investment programs. Since the program's beginning in 2014, the fund [...]

Trying to build on Arizona’s significant investments in the life science discovery and healthcare delivery infrastructure, the state’s leaders are focused on bridging the funding gap that slows the growth of Arizona-based life science companies. Leaders of Arizona’s life science sector share a drive to accomplish a common goal: accelerate [...]

The state-backed Catalyst Fund has approved a $1.6 million commitment to NMA Ventures, a new fund run by prominent Angels to invest in early-stage technology companies across the state. New Mexico Angels President John Chavez, former Angels Vice President Dorian Rader, and Angels board member Sherman McCorkle partnered together last [...]