Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones tapped a new 11‑member advisory group — led by Port San Antonio’s CEO — to pitch AI, biotech and space manufacturing to the city. The panel will advise on projects and may feed into future bond planning.

OpenAI is acquiring Promptfoo and will fold the open‑source red‑teaming toolkit into its Frontier agent platform to speed up agent security testing. Terms were not disclosed.

Adeia said it signed a multi-year IP license with AMD on March 9, 2026, resolving lawsuits over hybrid-bonding patents and opening the door to possible collaboration.

Korro Bio announced an ~$85M private placement to extend its cash runway into late 2028 after its KRRO‑110 trial fell short and staffing was cut.

Duke researchers found that resident immune cells in the eye’s drainage tissues clear debris and help control pressure; removing them in mice raised intraocular pressure. The work, published in Immunity, points to a new target for glaucoma therapies.

Sen. Todd Young says Indiana's new federal drone test‑site designation has manufacturers lining up to test tech and could spur manufacturing and biomanufacturing jobs.

SimSpace is relocating its global headquarters to Orlando and will open a 7,000‑sq‑ft hub for AI‑ready cyber training, testing, and large exercises in Central Florida.

P. Roy and Diana Vagelos donated $83.9 million to Penn Arts & Sciences — the school’s largest gift — to fund chemistry fellowships and energy research.

Ralliant opened its global headquarters in Raleigh’s North Hills and kicked off a hiring push for up to 180 high‑paying corporate roles supported by state incentives.

A UH/CWRU team reports that an experimental compound, P7C3‑A20, prevented long‑term memory loss and depression‑like behavior in mice after whole‑brain radiotherapy. The findings point to a possible way to protect patients from treatment‑related cognitive decline.

Pasco County has launched a "BioCoast" brand to market land, labs and clinical partners to biotech firms as Moffitt’s Speros campus advances. The effort ties Pasco to Tampa’s research district.

GFiber begins service in Summerlin with 1–8 Gbps plans and a public launch at Tivoli Village. The company will open a local office at Meridian as crews finish neighborhood installs.

The Hawai‘i PUC approved a 43 MW solar‑plus‑storage project on Kaua‘i. KIUC and AES say Kaawanui will supply about 17.5% of the island’s power and deliver long‑term savings.