Asensus Surgical plans phased cuts of 108 employees at its Morrisville facility beginning Aug. 15; the company called the move an organizational realignment.

Altaris will buy RTP‑based Simulations Plus for about $375M, taking the drug‑development software company private while pledging to keep its headquarters in the Triangle.

Raleigh advisory firm Opex bought Dallas-based Intellys and says it will expand rapidly — including plans to roughly double its size — as it builds a national technology-advisory platform.

Red Hat and IBM launched Project Lightwell, a $5B initiative pairing AI and thousands of engineers to hunt and patch open-source vulnerabilities. The effort spotlights Raleigh's tech role.

N.C. A&T won approval to offer a Ph.D. in bioengineering — the first standalone doctorate of its kind at an HBCU — as the university pushes toward Carnegie R1 status.

A Duke-led study suggests bedside retinal scans of very preterm infants may predict motor and cognitive delays by age two.

Humacyte cut roughly 25% of its staff as it trims spending and refocuses commercial efforts for Symvess while preparing for upcoming trial data.

Ukrainian surgeons told Fort Bragg medics that drone swarms are stretching evacuations from minutes to days, forcing new training and underground care plans.

Corning says three new U.S. plants and more than 3,000 jobs will follow a multiyear partnership with Nvidia; the deal includes warrants that could lead to a multi‑billion dollar investment.

Duke researchers trained an AI on routine health records and say it can predict ADHD risk by age 5; the model shows strong accuracy but needs clinical validation.

Wake Forest is part of DAWN, a multinational study recruiting 13,000 Black, Hispanic and African participants to study genetic and biomarker drivers of Alzheimer’s disparities.

Raleigh recruiters say Copilot and chatbots speed resume-building and job matches — but career coaches warn the efficiencies are shrinking entry-level hiring. Surveys back up the gap between faster searches and fewer starter roles.

Levitate raised $16M and plans to hire more than 100 people in Raleigh as it scales its AI-powered relationship-marketing business. The company will also expand offices in Toronto and Wilmington.