Seattle’s Highspot will merge with San Diego rival Seismic, combining two major revenue‑enablement platforms under a San Diego‑led brand and an AI‑first roadmap.

Cincinnati‑based Onconetix said it will acquire Las Vegas’s Realbotix in an all‑stock deal, shifting the company from oncology tests to humanoid AI robots. The exchange would give Realbotix’s parent a controlling stake pending approvals.

Charlotte insurtech ManageMy raised $45M and plans to double its local team, ramping AI and product hires across engineering and customer success.

The University of Florida's IPPD program transforms student projects into real-world technological solutions, such as assistive apps, AI simulators, and lightning protection for solar panels.

UT Dallas scored a $4M Department of Education grant to partner with Uplift Education and teach AI literacy to North Texas high‑schoolers over the next four years.

Josh Hoeflich, a Cleveland State University physics major, won first place for his artwork "Spectral Inheritance" at the 2025 Physics and Astronomy Congress.

A New Orleans startup is turning haptic VR blasters into military training surrogates after scoring Army contracts, and it wants to build them locally. The company says consumer sales will help fund scaled manufacturing.

Baltimore spinout CraniUS raised $20M to push NeuroPASS, a skull‑embedded implant that delivers drugs directly into the brain, from large‑animal studies toward clinical planning. The round includes state support and aims to fund manufacturing and regulatory work.

Amazon will launch Prime Air drones from Markham and Matteson to deliver small orders within an eight‑mile radius. Community demos and a March 2 meeting are planned.

A 20-year-old patient treated at CHOP says a new FDA‑approved CRISPR therapy left him pain‑free, highlighting a local step in sickle‑cell care.

Recent findings from the ACTIVE study show cognitive speed training may reduce dementia risk by 25% over two decades, based on University of Florida research.

Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn heats its facilities with vegetable oil biofuel, becoming the first NYC public school to do so, and thereby potentially reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality in the city.

The University of Minnesota is retooling a UnitedHealth‑supported elective after students said company sessions felt one‑sided. Administrators plan a new class that will omit UnitedHealth‑run sessions.