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AI factories are built by the megawatt, even by the gigawatt. Each megawatt factory costs roughly $60 million, and AI factory operators will only commit capital on that scale with a clear view of the return on investment. Three key things…
Building on nearly a decade of co-engineering, CoreWeave has built NVIDIA compute, networking and software into a cloud purpose-built for AI that’s still returning on investment across multiple generations of deployment. Now, CoreWeave is…
A citizens group wants Weld County voters to have the final say on county commissioners’ recent approval of a large data center project near Windsor — and to require voter approval of all such developments in the future. Two petitions…
Corporate innovation is often discussed in broad strategic terms, but inside organizations, the work is much more practical. It involves culture, structure, leadership alignment, and a willingness to rethink how problems are solved. Sophia…
Between grants, accelerators, angel syndicates, seed funds and other sources of early-stage capital, founders have a lot more to choose from than they may realize. The post There’s Money in Ohio! appeared first on JumpStart Inc. .
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.
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.
This fall, JumpStart is excited to welcome a new ScaleReady cohort made up of entrepreneurs working in everything from technology, marketing and landscaping to behavioral health, horticulture, specialty food and retail. The post…
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.
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.
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.
Columbus-based RWX, which builds CI/CD and testing infrastructure for AI coding agents, closed a $12M Series A led by Hyde Park Venture Partners, with The O.H.I.O. Fund participating.
Cincinnati startup 1872, founded by ex-SpaceX engineers, raised a $15M seed round led by funds advised by The O.H.I.O. Fund for an AI- and robotics-driven steel fabrication factory in Camp Washington.
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