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Eight startups from UC's Venture Lab accelerator pitched at the 1819 Innovation Hub's Demo Day, including AI tools for short-form video production and circuit board debugging.
NVIDIA AI Day Singapore, which takes place Sept. 22-23 at the Raffles City Convention Centre, is offering attendees opportunities to explore the hands-on training, expert-led sessions and advanced tools to accelerate their work in AI and…
Cincinnati fintech Payload, based at UC's 1819 Innovation Hub, raised a $9M Series A led by Fifth Third, its first major outside funding, as it nears about $6B in yearly payment volume.
To build and deploy sophisticated robotics applications that can perceive, reason and act in dynamic environments, developers need new physical AI models and tools. The ROS open framework is a project from Open Robotics that helps humans…
Every AI factory needs power and cooling that fit its computing architecture. As AI infrastructure expands, power, cooling, water, site and grid constraints are shaping what builders can deploy. Choosing products that fit the complete…
CWRU added new academic programs, including an applied AI minor, BA/BS and post-baccalaureate options in artificial intelligence, and new data science degrees.
The Ohio Supreme Court blocked a citizen initiative that would have let residents sue data centers over noise and water standards; it targeted a proposed $4B AWS facility in Wilmington.
By viewing our classrooms as interconnected ecosystems, we can move beyond the surface-level debate over technology to focus on cultivating judgment, ...
Lima paused data center construction and new outside water requests for 18 months while it writes standards, leaving its existing water deal with a Google project in American Township in place.
JobsOhio's data and AI chief says worker AI literacy, not computing power or capital, is Ohio's biggest competitive gap; the AI Ready Ohio training program aims to reach 10 cities next year.
Columbus venture studio Rev1 Ventures named Jennifer Hankins, formerly of Tulsa Innovation Labs, as CEO, noting it was the top Ohio entry on TIME's first list of best U.S. incubators and accelerators.
The true measure of AI is who it helps. Here’s how it’s impacting lives today. We're focused on key areas where advanced technology can help make extraordinary progress …
Youngstown drone maker Agilis Air raised $1.4M from investors including AgEagle and North Coast Ventures to ramp production and develop autonomy for GPS-denied environments.
JobsOhio reports strong momentum for the free AI Ready Ohio program, which is working toward 3,000 new certifications in 2026, as Columbus AI Week hosted training for staff from 250+ organizations.
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Trenton to let voters decide on a resident-led ban on large data centers, with residents citing aquifer and electric-cost worries and city leaders pointing to economic benefits.
Sonic Fire Tech, a Cleveland company using sensors and infrasound to put out flames, raised $15M in a round led by The O.H.I.O. Fund with Khosla Ventures to scale certification and manufacturing.
Beam Benefits co-founder Alex Frommeyer's new Columbus startup, Stack, raised a $21M seed led by 8VC and A*, with Heartland Ventures and The O.H.I.O. Fund, for its employer health-benefits platform.
UC is a partner on a $40M U.S. Department of Labor award led by Jobs for the Future to expand registered apprenticeships for jobs that build and maintain AI, semiconductor and nuclear infrastructure.
Cleveland Clinic and CHIME held an AI summit with more than 900 registrants, covering AI in diagnostics, clinical care, research and medical education, plus ethics and bias concerns.
Intel says its roughly $28B Ohio One campus is still on track for a first fab by 2031, though local officials know of no equipment orders yet and it's unclear who will run the plant.
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