It was a tough year, that needs no emphasizing, except to say we extend our heartfelt sympathies to anyone who lost a loved one from COVID…
Pinball Pete's arcade is a favorite haunt of both Ann Arborites and Lansing residents who cherish memories of gathering with friends around…
Ann Arbor-based Shuffleboard officially launches today, with a 40% discount for anyone looking for a remote team collaboration tool. The…
Santa has gone online this year, to meet with children across the world. We caught up with Saint Nick in his workshop this week as he was…
BrandXR founder Mahmoud Mattan speaks at TEDx Detroit about the human attention span, and how we crave immersive information experiences via…
Recent announcements of Michigan opening a first in the nation autonomous highway corridor between Ann Arbor and Detroit have spurred…
It's already the end of 2020, and many tech events have shifted online. For this month's tech event roundup, we've featured a lineup of…
Psychologist and business coach Dr. Rob Pasick runs a networking event called Leaders Connect out of Zingerman's Roadhouse in Ann Arbor, and…
Rajat Jain started in steel, then went to Silicon Valley to learn how to disrupt how the industry purchases steel, a process that still…
The IT in the D podcast features guests from tech startups, and beer. That's pretty much the formula. Content Marketing Plan #2: Guest…
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"Isn't this supposed to be an overnight success?" asks CEO Dawn Verbrigghe of small business website and marketing startup Jottful at a2tech…
Pocketnest, a new app for next-gen financial wellness used by top credit unions and companies like Cisco-Diag and The Henry Ford, has…
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Cars are gonna fly any day now, or so the story goes according to the non-transportation media. It's a nice thought, and it will be here…
Telemedicine Brings Privacy & Convenience To Addiction Recovery If you're seeking treatment for addiction, whether alcohol abuse or opioid…
Tonight is the monthly TCNewTech pitch event up in Traverse City, now online for the short term due to coronavirus. Starting at 6 pm, you…
Cybersecurity startup Censys, which offers visibility and risk assessment of businesses' constantly evolving security vulnerabilities…
Ann Arbor's premier tech hiring event, Tech Homecoming, happens Tuesday, November 27, from 3-7 pm. This year it's virtual, so you can attend…
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Raffaele Mautone is founder and CEO of AaDya, former Duo Security alum from Ann Arbor. Another security startup has joined the growing ranks…
This post is sponsored by business support organization Ann Arbor SPARK, which promotes the growth and development of businesses in…
Mobility startups have been changing lately, and not just in the products they're producing--from pedestrian safety apps to self-driving…
Tech on the Edge is an Ann Arbor a2tech360 event that highlights biotech companies working on new technologies for applications from…
Susan Wagner of KLA Corporation spoke up front at this year's TechTalk out of Ann Arbor on the importance of diversity and inclusion…
Panel: Changing Face of Automotive in the New Normal Carla Bailo, Center for Automotive Research (Moderator) • Bill Frykman, Ford Mobility…
A2.AI Conference Highlights Trends in Applied AI This week's a2tech360 conference has continued the newer Applied AI conference, which…
Women in Tech is a newer conference added to Ann Arbor's a2tech360 week, which includes over a dozen tech conferences, networking events…
The Impact Economy Opens New Opportunities for Purpose-Driven Work & A Sustainable Future “If we choose, the impact economy can give new…
It's finally here: Ann Arbor's annual tech week, a2tech360, starts today and runs all next week with 16 online tech events highlighting the…
Personal training and wellness coaching went online during the COVID-19 shutdown, which put thousands of coaches in charge of their own…
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Blumira Raises $2.6 Million in Seed Round If you're in tech, you know something special has been happening in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the last…
For the last year, Traverse City Michigan startup incubator 20Fathoms has been running a program called tccodes, to mentor professionals…
Robots Collaborating With Humans, Instead of Replacing Them Automation. It's an unavoidable job stealer, right? Well, maybe sometimes, but…
Passenger cars and trucks have become rolling software updates, and while that has sped up product development cycles, it has created a big…
This month we've got an entire week of Ann Arbor a2tech360 events, the return of the Ann Arbor Biotech A2 BioSocial, and a number of pitch…
This article is a guest post from Cameron McCausland. Cameron is a partner in and currently leads the overall strategy and asset management…
Ann Arbor startup and TechDisrupt 2019 AI top pick Voxel51 just announced that it has just launched a new tool called FiftyOne, the computer…
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Communications Consulting for Tech Startups We are very happy to announce that Cronicle is now offering communications and content marketing…
Launching a biotech startup is one of the most complex processes in new business. So what happens when a startup working on technology to…
EntryPoint today just released its 2020 Ann Arbor Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report, which covers everything from 20 years of growth in the…
The Censys team in Ann Arbor's Main Street offices. In light of the recent Meow attacks that delete vulnerable databases on the internet, we…
Heidi Hagle, Stefanini VP of People and Culture, works from her home office. Companies everywhere are looking for best practices and tech…
Tech events continue to move mostly online, so this month we are highlighting both local Michigan events and global tech conferences that…
TCNewTech pitch competition TCNewTech Welcomes Michigan Tech and Husky Innovate Startups to August Meetup The following is a press release…
David Ponraj is founder and CEO of StartupSpace Just a little over 2 years ago, David Ponraj decided to do something for underserved…
Brandee Cooke, Executive Director 100K Ideas "Ferris Wheel Flint is the building--a coworking space with 7 floors and flexible memberships…
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Just released from Ann Arbor SPARK is the announcement that Ann Arbor's tech week and all associated a2Tech360 programming will be delivered…
If you're looking for a tech job in the Midwest, dozens of companies are still hiring in Ann Arbor-Detroit. Continuing our series from…
Patent strategy firm Aurora Consulting in Traverse City recently awarded several startups in the Midwest with a RISE Award, which stands for…
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What Is Digital Twinning Tech for Advanced Manufacturing? Enterprise software company UrsaLeo recently announced an expansion into the…
How To Start A Small Business in Michigan... During Shutdown So you’re laid off, or already thinking of starting a new company, but now it…
More tech conferences and tech networking events have shifted online next month, making conferences from Silicon Valley to the Seine more…
Detroit Startup Week is online this week, bringing you 100 talks from local and national professionals in the tech and startup space. The…
The University of Michigan School of Information is seeking organizations to host student projects in the 2020-2021 school year…
Universities everywhere are trying to trim budgets and plan for virtual instruction in case of a second wave in the Fall 2020 semester, but…
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An event at 20 Fathoms in Traverse City, Michigan, a growing coworking and incubator space for startups in northern Michigan. Incubator…
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As summer camps went virtual across the U.S., we had a sneaky little thought. Who is to know if your kid is doing the remote summer camp…
Ann Arbor's maker community has designed a simplified protective face shield with powered filtered flow, a little brother of the high-end…
We at Cronicle would like to expect social justice and equality to be the norm. Times like these highlight how far we as a society still…
In a short month, everything from grocery delivery to contactless delivery robots are becoming commonplace as the American workforce adjusts…
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Michigan's business analysis firm EntryPoint has just released the Washtenaw County COVID-19 Business Impact Report to help business owners…
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Catalina Kaiyoorawongs, co-founder of LoanSense, a startup out of emerging tech hub Ann Arbor that uses an algorithm to match users with the…
In the last month, many tech conferences and tech events have pulled the plug on in-person gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even…
Text Mining Service For Researching Aggregated Data The idea? Put publicly available datasets all in one place so it's easier for…
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Overnight with the coronavirus outbreak shutdowns across the world, business owners and employees were asked to convert to work from home…
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak shutdown around the globe, a growing number of tech events have moved online for the first time. This month, we…
We've all gotten them: the endless COVID-19 emails. Maybe you've even sent one. Every organization is shifting its policies to handle the…
Givitas, a company we've highlighted previously on Cronicle for supporting reciprocity in professional networks through dedicated social…
Braden Shugarman is part of the latest cohort of startups in Ann Arbor. He and his grandfather, Florida ophthalmologist Dr. Richard…
A Cheaper, Faster, More Reliable Coronavirus Antibody Test? A microfluidic device invented at the University of Michigan and developed by U…
Desai Venture Accelerator is located in the Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor on the University of Michigan Campus. Many Michigan small…
What is happening with the newest cohort of tech and life science startups spun out of intellectual property invented at the University of…
Hyde Park Ventures' Managing Director Guy Turner heads up the Chicago office of the VC investing firm. With everything going on in the world…
Today, the Michigan Venture Capital Association released its annual research report on the state of venture capital in Michigan. As with…
ProQuest Creates New COVID-19 & SARS/MERS Virus Research Database Free To Library Customers Ann Arbor-based academic research database…
EntryPoint Releases 2020 Detroit Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report Michigan-based EntryPoint has just released their 2020 Detroit…
Ann Arbor's Voxel51, which offers advanced machine learning tools to analyze video, has just released a tool that looks at the social impact…
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Michigan launches statewide effort to encourage businesses to apply for $349 billion SBA Paycheck Protection Program, starting today…
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We're posting these business loan and grant programs quickly for Michigan area businesses both because we know small businesses are hurting…
MEDC Announces Michigan Small Business Relief Program Up to $20 million in grants and loans now available to Michigan’s small businesses…
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Sure, there are braille tablets these days that are pretty amazing. They translate several words or lines of text from websites into raised…
In collaboration with the A2 Biosocial meetup group and a number of professionals in the IT and biomedical field in Ann Arbor and the Great…
WHO Releases Guidelines on COVID-19 Research for Studying Community Spread, Antibodies The World Health Organization has published…
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20Fathoms in downtown Traverse City. 20 Fathoms and the Growing Traverse City Tech Scene Traverse City, Michigan, tech incubator 20Fathoms…
Scientists with Arbor Biosciences in Ann Arbor stand next to a genomics sequencing machine that enables their work sequencing unique genomes…
It goes without saying that it has been a hard week globally and that includes in Michigan, for professionals and families scrambling to…
Coronavirus, COVID-19, Michigan coronavirus numbers, Michigan virus confirmed, CDC Michigan We hope that this week finds you healthy and…
Lean Rocket Lab in downtown Jackson, Michigan, a global hub of manufacturing companies. Brandon Marken is co-founder and CEO of Lean Rocket…
We've spent the week asking around for regional resources and up-to-date information on COVID-19/Coronavirus prevention and quarantine…
The May Mobility shuttle parked in front of the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. "It's a very natural feeling, it doesn't feel as if a robot…
UPDATE 3/12/20: Due to widespread event cancellations related to the spread of COVID-19 virus, please check with organizers to see if groups…
Diane Bouis of the University of Michigan Office of TechTransfer connects startups at U of M with the tech community in Ann Arbor. Startup…
Quintessence Anx of Buffalo, New York, works for AppDynamics as a tech evangelist for the devops community. Every town around the Great…
The third annual University of Michigan Data for Public Good Symposium, which runs 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 25, 2020 in Ann Arbor, will…
Happy Valentine's Day! If you'd like to celebrate Valentine's Day with a little tech twist, this year you can send an augmented reality…
The ID Ventures team, Martin Dober far right. A continuing problem in an emerging tech and startup hub like southeast Michigan is lagging…
Thank you to everyone who has interviewed with Cronicle Press Tech News over the last 9 months since our launch out of Ann Arbor. We're now…
Abbey Knick, FordLabs Operations & Communications Manager, stands with Office Director John Handy in the open workspace of FordLabs in Ann…
Emily Heintz has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Axios, and VentureBeat. She was also named to Crain’s Detroit Business 40 Under 40 List…
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Tomorrow in Grand Rapids, the Defense Innovation Drink & Think is taking place. This event, according to organizer Gregg Wildes of…
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Susan Shore, Ph.D.. Technology aims to remodel neural pathways that cause ringing in ears. Joe Affholter of Michigan State Unversity and…
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The ladies who run Jottful set out to help very small businesses with fewer than 5 employees create professional websites. "Our clients are…
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