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
A public discussion hosted by the Future of Tech Commission last week focused on one of the biggest issues facing Arizona right now: internet equity. The Covid-19 pandemic shined a thousand lights on digital equity and access. Rural schools, especially, faced major challenges while attempting to teach online during the pandemic. Connect Arizona reports that … Read more
The Arizona Technology Council released its Q1 2021 Arizona Technology Industry Impact Report, which shows an increase in tech companies, wages and jobs — a continuation from 2020. The report shows tech jobs increased by 3.6%, to 204,161 jobs. Job postings in technology for Q1 have nearly reached the high-water mark set in July 2019. … Read more
Thinkzilla, a brand, marketing and PR agency based in Atlanta, announced plans to open a new office at SkySong, the Arizona State University Scottsdale Innovation Center. The consulting firm said it will hire 25 employees in the first six months. Female and minority-owned Thinkzilla chose Scottsdale because of the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem here. Company leaders … Read more
ARIZONA@WORK and the Arizona Department of Economic Security are the first in Arizona to join a new national tech apprenticeship initiative, led by CompTIA and Maher & Maher. The partnership launched to expand and diversify the tech workforce in Arizona, and across the U.S. ARIZONA@WORK is working to build a skilled and qualified labor force … Read more
PHX Startup Week will be a month this year, kicking off at the beginning of April with virtual events for three weeks and ending with five days of keynote speakers, workshops and tactical learning sessions. PHX Startup Week is partnering with Startup Together AZ to expand statewide to help support and grow Arizona’s startup ecosystem. … Read more
Francine Hardaway is a force to be reckoned with. She’s always known how to make things happen, though she credits a lot of the good in her life to karma. Like the time she put $100 into bitcoin in 2012 or became a beta user of Clubhouse. In fact, Francine credits the growing tech app with helping … Read more
Phoenix-based Nikola (named after Nikola Tesla, the famous inventor who’s name was already used by the popular car company Tesla) has announced that the company will decrease its 2021 production goal by 500 semis. Instead of delivering 600 battery-electric Tre semis to customers, the company now only plans to deliver 100. These trucks will be … Read more
What if you could predict if your pregnancy was high-risk simply by taking a quiz on your phone? That prediction is exactly what Nixxi, a Phoenix-based women’s health startup, aims to provide with its new web app PopNatal. What is PopNatal? PopNatal is a simple 15-minute assessment women can take either on the phone or … Read more
HUUB, a software platform developed by CO+HOOTS, won a $10,000 grant as part of a competition initiated by a collaboration between the U.S. Small Business Administration and the National Science and Technology Council’s Lab-to-market subcommittee. The Lab-to-Market (L2M) Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem Prize Competition awarded $330,000 in prizes to companies across the country. More than 160 … Read more