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All public Arizona state universities part of $50 million NSF investment in new STEM alliances

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Arizona State University, University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University, the three public state universities, are each a part of the five new National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES Alliances. INCLUDES, or Inclusion Across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science, is the NSF’s initiative to “enhance preparation, increase participation … Read more

Tucson Electric Power, Hawaiian startup use machine learning to prioritize renewable energy

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Arizona utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and Honolulu-based Shifted Energy are collaborating to evaluate machine learning-based load control. Shifted Energy was selected as one of 20 startups for the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) Incubatenergy Labs program. As a part of this program, Shifted Energy will conduct accelerated demonstrations of its technology with utilities and … Read more

July roundup: Arizona tech stayed hot in the heat of the summer

July

July proved to be another big month for Arizona tech, with local companies raising millions, out-of-towners relocating to the Valley, and plenty of events and cohorts popping up to support startups. This month, we put a spotlight on diversity and talked to leaders from around Phoenix to give founders tips on how to diversify your … Read more

Mesa a “natural choice” for US headquarters of Canadian-based Exro Technologies

Exro Technologies, a power technology firm based out of Calgary, Alberta, has announced it will establish its U.S. headquarters in Mesa — evidence of the company’s momentum and growth.  Canadian-based Exro is a leading clean technology company that has developed a new class of power electronics for electric motors and batteries. Its Coil Driver technology … Read more

Lucid Motors debuts on Wall Street after fluke with merger vote, plans to expand Arizona factory

Lucid Motors

It didn’t go according to the original plan, but Lucid Motors Inc. began trading as a public company on Monday, after shareholders approved a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last week. Lucid and Churchill Capital Corp. IV, the SPAC, are officially merged and are now known as Lucid Group Inc. (NYSE: LCID). The … Read more

It’s SHARK WEEK: Watch for UArizona professor’s invention to be underwater with the hammerheads

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Does any entrepreneur ever expect their invention to be … shark bait? Probably not … unless the whole purpose of it is to get up close and personal with sharks in their natural habitat. On Sunday, a University of Arizona professor will be watching his Ocean Space Habitat underwater with some hammerheads on “The Great … Read more

Global IT consulting company TCS to invest $300M, adding jobs and expanding STEM education in Arizona

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions company headquartered in India, has announced plans to invest more than $300 million in Arizona by 2026 and hire more than 220 employees here by 2023. The company will also expand the reach of its STEM and Computer Science education programs in … Read more

GCU grad bringing Tesla battery technology to … longboards

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We know techies love electric cars, but have you ever considered electric longboards? What if you found out you could hit 30 miles per hour? Westin Smith, the founder of Lux Longboards, is making all your kid dreams a reality.  Many entrepreneurs’ ideas stem from a problem to solve. In Smith’s case, he was an … Read more

ASU to launch digital record app in the spring

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Arizona State University announced plans to launch a student digital record app, called Pocket, during the university’s Digital Trust Summit in June. The app is expected to launch in Spring 2022. Decentralized digital learning record platforms like Pocket are designed to give students more control of their data and records, like the ability to store … Read more

Multi-state smart city collaboration forms between Arizona, North Texas groups

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Three smart city associations, two of which are based in Arizona, joined forces to take a “region of regions” approach to collaborate and evaluate new financial models.  The North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA), a consortium of almost 30 municipalities, agencies, corporations and academic institutions in North Texas; The Connective, a Phoenix-based research and implementation partnership … Read more