GDX Development (Gates Defense Systems) won recently won the U.S. Army's xTechSpecial Forces competition. Details.
Virtru facilitated the establishment of a new NATO data encryption standard. Details.
Saildrone collected insightful data from Hurricane Debby. Details (including video).
Lonestar Lunar partnered with Valkyrie on artificial intelligence headed to the moon. Details.
article originated in the September 2024 newsletter
photo credits: GDX, S. Vaughn, Saildrone, Lonestar Lunar
The graduation of the CodeBoxx AI Literacy and Applications Bootcamp was held on Saturday, August 9th at the ARK Innovation Center. The celebration included a tour of the ARK building, a sneak peek at the Vu Studio, and a hackathon. This bootcamp is designed to give participants a competitive edge in the job market by teaching practical ways to use AI. AI literacy and tech communication are more important than ever, and we're incredibly proud of this graduating class for taking that step forward.
The Tampa Bay Estuary Program works to build public and private partnerships to restore and protect Tampa Bay. Critical to this effort is the use of environmental indicators to describe status and trends of bay health. Dr. Marcus Beck will describe his work synthesizing multiple data streams with reproducible workflows to develop and report on bay health indicators.
A joint venture by Tampa Bay Wave and USF, the 2025 cohort of the nationally recognized FinTech|X Accelerator kicked off on August 4th, supporting high-growth fintech startups through an intensive 8-week program. This year’s class includes St. Petersburg-based innovators HappiNest.AI and Congruit Inc. The program leverages USF’s world-class faculty, research, and business networks to help founders scale impactful technologies.