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Workforce & Jobs of the Future

A college class on AI became the foundation for this million-acre Louisiana agtech platform

by Katie Malone

EV motors depend on foreign rare earths. Torev Motors is bringing a potential solution to market.

by Kaela Roeder

Free IT support is coming to Pittsburgh businesses via a new monthly tech clinic

by Alice Crow

Grow Philly: 10 Black-owned small businesses to know in Philadelphia

by Sam Markowitz

Why Common Paper’s Jake Stein keeps building in Philadelphia

by Erin Feeney

Hardware, cybersecurity and healthtech startups are rising in Alexandria

by Kaela Roeder

Building from the ground up: What civic tech means in the age of AI

by Helen Glover

RTP storytelling series

Technical.ly launches reporting series on North Carolina’s Research Triangle: Tell us your story

by Christopher Wink

Editors’ Picks

Local businesses and tech leaders both want Pittsburgh’s AI Avenue to succeed. The question is how to get there — together.

by Maxine Van Nortwick

Energy startups are raising billions to solve the data center power problem

by Maria Eberhart and Kaela Roeder

Philadelphia has a new AI policy, but the committee that’s supposed to oversee it may not exist yet

by Sarah Huffman

Ag Tech + Energy + Drones

Technical.ly has selected North Dakota as our next market expansion

North Dakota has serious research and agtech commercialization, but lagging startup formation — and a storytelling need.

by Christopher Wink

Can live AI interviews prove students didn’t use AI to ‘cheat’? OralExam, built by a Tulane prof, says yes

by Katie Malone

MarginEdge expands restaurant operations platform with $80M Series D

by Kaela Roeder

Pittsburgh’s new AI venture studio is trading engineering time for equity

by Alice Crow

Outside El Paso, data center public meeting ends with physical clash and arrests

by Julia Gentin

Civic Tech, Policy & Government

AI is coming to DC.gov, as the US capital overhauls its website for the first time in a decade

Why 100 builders from across the country are coming to Pittsburgh in September

Hospitality company wins giant $292M contract to house National Guard in DC

As data center pushback flips local elections, activists bring the fight to Annapolis

Entrepreneurship & Business

Former EcoMap COO Smitha Gopal takes the helm of Techstars AI Health Baltimore for its fourth cohort

Your tech startup doesn’t have a hiring problem. It has a GTM problem.

Which state produces the most patents? It depends how you count

Balance Theory lands $19M Series A to expand its software and hire in Maryland

Workforce & Jobs of the Future

This Week in Jobs: These 25 open tech roles are just within reach

Beyond prepping: Why hundreds of Western PA residents are joining a low-cost mesh radio network

AI data startup trains 50 apprentices, then hires them all into full-time positions

This Week in Jobs: Keep the doors open with these 26 tech career opportunities

Quarterly VC dealflow

Behind a quiet quarter for Louisiana venture capital, small deals are stacking up

by Katie Malone

DC venture funding comes in at $962M for the quarter, with four startups taking 70%

by Kaela Roeder

Philly startups crossed the $1B venture capital milestone for the third consecutive quarter

by Sarah Huffman

Nuclear energy deals are boosting Maryland’s venture totals while Baltimore funding stalls

by Maria Eberhart

BootcampS & Tech Training Programs

Want to break into Louisiana tech? Start with these 50+ bootcamps

by Solomon Gustavo

DC and Northern Virginia: Your guide to coding and AI upskilling programs

by Kaela Roeder

Ready to boost your career? Explore tech bootcamps across Maryland

by Maria Eberhart

Your guide to Delaware bootcamps and tech training programs

by Holly Quinn

Looking to upskill? Here are the Pittsburgh coding programs you should know

by Alice Crow

Career success stories: ‘how i got here’

From biochemistry to venture funding, Fehmida Kapadia is building Maryland’s medtech pipeline

From greenhouse roots to gene editing: How Shai Lawit found his agtech calling

How board games and disassembled microwaves led Jason Okerman to found a robotics startup

From Madonna’s hairdresser to tech founder: Minista Jazz is keeping receipts on the age of AI

More on Data Centers

TeraWulf lands regulatory approval for first Maryland power plant purchase amid data center pivot

FERC dismissed rate hike concerns and Google ties to clear the Charles County site, though future construction still faces review.

by Maria Eberhart

Louisiana is one of 5 contenders for a federal nuclear energy campus

With the data center boom creating unprecedented demand for power, the Dept. of Energy is looking for states to lead a nuclear revival.

by Danya Henninger

Delaware county limits data center noise — and more restrictions could be coming

Adopted after a 3-hour hearing with lots of public input, the Kent County ordinance caps sound at 55 decibels, adjusts where facilities can be built and requires plans for water, power, cooling and cleanup.

by Holly Quinn

C-SPAN callers from across America found something to agree on: Data centers

When Technical.ly joined “Washington Journal” live on the weekend show, we heard from people who are skeptical of developers despite promises of jobs and tax revenue.

by Kaela Roeder

What’s a startup’s potential for growth and impact on its community — and how does that change over time?
Visit technical.ly/startups to track companies in your region.

With our partners

August looks bright with these 29 tech and entrepreneurship events

by Sam Markowitz

Research Triangle Foundation taps a returning North Carolina leader as its next president

by Sam Markowitz

How innovation is sparking across Louisiana, and how you can get involved

by Sam Markowitz

Inside the push to turn the Philadelphia region into a modern manufacturing hub

by Sam Markowitz

Builders by chris wink

Hey young jobseekers: It’s not the robots (yet)

That won’t ease the pain. But understanding the frozen hiring market and its effects on entry-level work informs what can (hint: entrepreneurship).

by Christopher Wink

More Builders

A runaway experiment in 1988 built an institution in Pittsburgh. What will this one build?

by Christopher Wink

When does advanced science create entrepreneurs — and does it matter?

by Christopher Wink

The United States of Entrepreneurship

by Christopher Wink

The 80/20 problem: Will AI ever create great art?

by Christopher Wink

REALLIST Connectors 2026

DC RealLIST Connectors 2026: Meet the ecosystem leaders helping the region flourish

RealLIST Connectors 2026: The local links behind Pittsburgh’s innovation community

RealLIST Connectors 2026: The people turning Maryland tech introductions into momentum

RealLIST Connectors 2026: Here’s who’s opening more doors in Philly tech

More News

Is population growth still necessary for startup growth? Louisiana offers a messy test case

Every parish saw new business filings rise, but data from New Orleans, Lafayette and Baton Rouge shows why founder support matters in a shrinking region.

Fore Biotherapeutics lands $67M extension to support ongoing cancer drug development

Plus, Philadelphia-area universities partner on healthtech, the Wistar Institute lands a melanoma research grant and more money moves.

Shelfmark raises $3.5M to scale physical AI and hire in Pittsburgh

The manufacturing inspection startup will add half a dozen roles and expand into Europe following new seed funding led by Armory Square Ventures.

Deep Tech Week’s global conference is landing in DC, headlined by a startup crawl

It all goes down in early September. Applications to be one of the participating startups are open now through Sept. 2.

Southeastern Pennsylvania’s big year in manufacturing growth, mapped

From Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson to heavy defense at the Navy Yard, nine regional projects are driving a wave of physical production.

What New Mexico’s tech economy says about workforce development and startup ecosystems

The place that launched Microsoft and raised Jeff Bezos still struggles with brain drain. But innovative training models and a tri-state initiative offer lessons (and warnings) for economic developers everywhere.

Building software for government agencies paved the way for this founder’s new custom AI venture

After a decade in tech consulting, Dinesh Ganesan launched Missionmind.ai to build automated workplace tools that attract investors.

Pittsburgh Robotics Network is partnering with the Tech Council on a new defense pavilion at Discovery Day

The annual event hosted by the Pittsburgh Robotics Network highlights the region’s focus on physical AI, dual-use robotics and national security.

After 15 years, ChromaTan’s drug-purification fix is nearing commercialization

The Greater Philly company is exploring a $10 million investment round to take its purification system into clinical manufacturing.

Steven Pan wanted out of the family business. Instead, he returned to transform the Philly importer into a major e-commerce supplier.

Starting with heat-resistant gloves, G&F Products and WorkGlovesDepot.com expanded their catalogs to land safety gear on Amazon and shelves at Home Depot and Lowe’s.

Fed up with missing medical histories, a former IU athlete and a Howard athletic director built an app to address the gap

J-Shun Harris and Collin Francis launched My Health Data to let players control their own injury records and treatment logs.

8 mid-size cities that could make great landing spots for immigrant entrepreneurs

US newcomers looking to build companies have options beyond the usual suspects, with access to incentives like H-1B support, investor connections and access to labs.

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