Thornton’s Forge Nano agreed to a SPAC merger valuing the company at about $1.2 billion, with proceeds earmarked to scale chip‑coating tools and a Morrisville gigafactory.

Syenta opened a 3,500-square-foot lab at ASU Research Park in Tempe on April 21, 2026, and said it will create about 200 skilled semiconductor jobs. The site will demo the company's LEM packaging tech while the startup hires engineers.

UTHealth Houston followed 630 hospitalized COVID patients for 36 months and found four cognitive trajectories, including a small group with delayed decline.

Houston startups raised $532.3M in Q1 2026 — a near‑50% jump from a year earlier, driven by large energy and decarbonization financings.

A $2.8M NIH award — the largest federal grant in Xavier’s history — will boost labs, faculty startup funds and student research as the university builds a new medical college.

Adaptive Security is relocating its New York HQ to 120 Broadway, taking the 12th floor in a BarkBox sublease as it expands after a major funding round.

Slowed federal grants and policy uncertainty are rattling UW labs, Fred Hutch and the startups that power Seattle’s innovation economy. The region could feel the effects in jobs and trials.

Meta reserved up to 100 GWh from Palo Alto’s Noon Energy to back up AI data centers. The project begins with a 25 MW pilot aimed for completion in 2028.

Framingham startup Tortugas raised $106M to advance four Phase 2 brain‑drug programs, including schizophrenia and tinnitus candidates licensed from Eisai and Hansoh. The funds will bankroll completion of key midstage trials.

More than 100 civic, business and philanthropic leaders met at Focus: HOPE to unpack Detroit Future City's new 'Tech Tomorrow' report and map equity-first tech growth. The report forecasts 20,000 jobs and $6.8B in wages if investments hold.

SpaceX said Tuesday it can buy San Francisco’s Cursor for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for a partnership. The move ties Musk’s AI push to a startup that has raised billions and rapidly grown revenue.

Tukwila‑based Avalanche Energy won a roughly $5.2M DARPA award to build micro "nuclear batteries," a near‑term step toward its goal of compact fusion power. The work pairs government money with recent VC funding and test‑facility expansion.

Taiwan’s JelloX Biotech will work with Mayo Clinic at Discovery Oasis, bringing AI 3D pathology to Phoenix’s growing bioscience corridor.