The applications of artificial intelligence (AI) go far beyond the realms of sci-fi these days. It has revolutionized numerous industries, including robotics, healthcare, finance and banking, sports, software development, surveillance, entertainment, and education. It is also a stronghold of cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions that outperform traditional counterparts in terms of speed and accuracy.
Akadeum Life Sciences has just begun a new award series, aimed at honoring those researchers whose contributions help advance science in the life sciences space using Akadeum technology. The first recipient of the new Rising Innovators Research Award is Giselle Borges e Soares from Dr. Katherine Wall’s Laboratory at the University of Toledo.
Entropy is generally regarded as a force of chaos or disorder in physics. but it’s entropy that researchers at the University of Michigan are using to harness and assemble nanoparticle crystals for future use in creating designer materials that could be used in high-tech applications from healthcare to materials science.
Columbus fintech Lower, launched in 2014, has had an amazing year, with nearly 1,000 employees added in 2021 and a Series A round raised of $100 million, a record for the state of Ohio.
Boomerang Catapult has just announced a significant investment in Uru Sports, a Traverse City, Michigan, startup that has created a global digital network connecting athletes to resources, opportunities, and one another. Boomerang adds Uru Sports to its portfolio of high-potential, Traverse City-based companies.
Ann Arbor continues to pump out new tech startups by the month, and we’ve got a sneak peek for 2022 on one of the fastest growing in health tech, who seemingly popped out of nowhere in 2021. Ripple Science, a new health tech startup that created a platform for recruiting and retaining patients for clinical trials, has already had significant product adoption by top universities like Cornell, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, John Hopkins and many more.
The University of Michigan Board of Regents has just approved the creation of a new Department of Robotics for the university, a first among the nation’s top 10 engineering schools. According to the University of Michigan, “The new department will define robotics as a discipline, teaching students the skills needed to help drive a rapidly expanding field.” This marks a first among top engineering schools around the U.S. by creating a full department to focus on the advancing field of robotics as its own discipline.
Cybersecurity startup Blumira has just announced multiple new hires as the company expands rapidly through the end of 2021.
Formerly Ann Arbor-based fintech startup Pocketnest, now headquartered in Detroit, has announced recently that the startup is continuing to grow into a successful B2B2C SaaS financial wellness provider, with the following milestones:
The applications of artificial intelligence (AI) go far beyond the realms of sci-fi these days. It has revolutionized numerous industries, including robotics, healthcare, finance and banking, sports, software development, surveillance, entertainment, and education. It is also a stronghold of cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions that outperform traditional counterparts in terms of speed and accuracy.
Akadeum Life Sciences has just begun a new award series, aimed at honoring those researchers whose contributions help advance science in the life sciences space using Akadeum technology. The first recipient of the new Rising Innovators Research Award is Giselle Borges e Soares from Dr. Katherine Wall’s Laboratory at the University of Toledo.
Entropy is generally regarded as a force of chaos or disorder in physics. but it’s entropy that researchers at the University of Michigan are using to harness and assemble nanoparticle crystals for future use in creating designer materials that could be used in high-tech applications from healthcare to materials science.
Columbus fintech Lower, launched in 2014, has had an amazing year, with nearly 1,000 employees added in 2021 and a Series A round raised of $100 million, a record for the state of Ohio.
Boomerang Catapult has just announced a significant investment in Uru Sports, a Traverse City, Michigan, startup that has created a global digital network connecting athletes to resources, opportunities, and one another. Boomerang adds Uru Sports to its portfolio of high-potential, Traverse City-based companies.
Ann Arbor continues to pump out new tech startups by the month, and we’ve got a sneak peek for 2022 on one of the fastest growing in health tech, who seemingly popped out of nowhere in 2021. Ripple Science, a new health tech startup that created a platform for recruiting and retaining patients for clinical trials, has already had significant product adoption by top universities like Cornell, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, John Hopkins and many more.
The University of Michigan Board of Regents has just approved the creation of a new Department of Robotics for the university, a first among the nation’s top 10 engineering schools. According to the University of Michigan, “The new department will define robotics as a discipline, teaching students the skills needed to help drive a rapidly expanding field.” This marks a first among top engineering schools around the U.S. by creating a full department to focus on the advancing field of robotics as its own discipline.
Cybersecurity startup Blumira has just announced multiple new hires as the company expands rapidly through the end of 2021.
Formerly Ann Arbor-based fintech startup Pocketnest, now headquartered in Detroit, has announced recently that the startup is continuing to grow into a successful B2B2C SaaS financial wellness provider, with the following milestones:
Ever since Drive Capital was founded by a partnership between local and Silicon Valley VCs, Columbus has taken off as a center for insurtech and healthtech startups. Forbes now calls it “the #1 city for startups and the top remerging city for venture capital.” The traditional presence of insurance companies in the region has even encouraged many healthtech startups to move headquarters to the region. Columbus has experienced tremendous growth in 2021 and is earning its own star on the map as a tech ecosystem.
