Senior Vice President and CFO of Google and parent company Alphabet Ruth Porat this week visited Detroit to see the city’s resurgence. She stopped at the Taylor Community Library to announce the company is planning expansions to both Detroit and Ann Arbor offices, adding hundreds of jobs and an entire new floor to the Detroit…
a2Tech360 Behind the Scenes 2029: What The Future Holds
Honestly, it’s tricky, predicting the future. Would you listen to anyone who told you what to expect in 5 years, much less 10? We went into the a2Tech360 conference 2029: What The Future Holds with a teeny bit of skepticism since all we do is future tech and now tech and vaporware tech that will…
The Future of Mobility Tech: TU-Automotive Software Conference in Detroit
It’s a little known conference in Novi every year, where auto suppliers show off their latest tech for in-vehicle connectivity, user interfaces, and sensors. TU-Automotive brings together dozens of companies as far flung as Brazil, Belgium, and Silicon Valley for an industry event that follows 6 tracks of events on the latest tech in AI…
Dug Song of Duo Security: How To Make Tech Success A Success For The Entire Community
He’s known as one of the nicest people in Ann Arbor tech, a thoughtful person who built a quality product the right way and is deeply concerned with community. He is also the most successful. Duo Security founder Dug Song spoke recently at Ann Arbor’s tech week conference Intermitten 2019 about what tech companies can…
Ann Arbor-based Clinc AI Announces $52 million Series B
Ann Arbor-based Clinc, a conversational AI company featured in our recent piece on the Cahoots coworking space, today announced a $52-million Series B round of funding as the tech company works toward an upcoming IPO in 2022. The investments come from partners including Insight Partners, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Drive Capital, and DFJ Growth. Clinc’s…
realLINGUA Launches Immersive Language Learning Software
“We build software that teaches you how to learn a foreign language the way it’s spoken by native speakers every day.” Keith Phillips is the CEO of new language learning software realLINGUA, based in Ann Arbor. He says that when people are learning a new language, they usually need practical phrases found in real-world conversations,…
Ann Arbor Tech Professionals: Call for Interviews
Cronicle Press launched just over a month ago, and already has 1,000 users, thanks in large part to you, the professionals of Ann Arbor tech, and your enormously generous networks. We intended to start small with a prototype of about a dozen interviews we could show potential interview subjects and eventually sponsors to help get…