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One of Utah's Most Remote Schools Finally Gets Fast Internet. For the Navajo Nation, the Harder Work Is Still Ahead techbuzznews.com/navajo-fibe… A 10-year, 200-mile fiber project finally connects Navajo Mountain High School — one of Utah's last unconnected public schools — to high-speed broadband, marking a milestone for the Navajo Nation.
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Making AI Accessible: SheTech Interns Interview Abs King techbuzznews.com/shetech-int… Abs King, Lead Product Designer at Palladyne AI (Salt Lake City, UT) bridges the gap between industrial workers and AI-powered robots through user-centered interface design, drawing on a background in organizational communication.
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At Women Tech Council Summit, Utah Leaders Say AI Is Reshaping Jobs, Not Erasing Them techbuzznews.com/wtc-innovat… Utah tech leaders gathered at Thanksgiving Point's Show Barn for the Women Tech Council's "AI Won't Wait" summit, where executives, educators, and practitioners made the case that AI readiness — not AI adoption — is now the defining competitive variable.
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Utah Leaders and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Tackle the State's IPO Gap techbuzznews.com/utah-leader… SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joined a Dorsey & Whitney roundtable in Salt Lake City to discuss regulatory reforms aimed at making IPOs more accessible, as Utah business and policy leaders examined how to grow the state's pipeline of public companies.
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Utah Invites the World to Build Its New Digital Identity System — A Hackathon Preview techbuzznews.com/hackathon-p… Utah's landmark Senate Bill 275 creates SEDI, a state-endorsed digital identity system built on a legally binding "Duty of Loyalty." A World Cup hackathon at UVU on June 17–18 invites global teams to help build it
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iHub Graduation: Eight Companies Building Their Way Out techbuzznews.com/ihub-gradua… iHub's Innovation Forge graduated eight startups at a Provo luncheon featuring a keynote from Vivint founder Todd Pedersen, whose near-death experience sharpened a blunt message: build revenue or die.
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He Went Viral, Sold 45,000 Units — Then Found His Own Face Selling Knockoffs on Amazon techbuzznews.com/tilted-spra…
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Entrata Files S-1, Targets NYSE Under Ticker ENT techbuzznews.com/entrata-fil… Entrata (Lehi, UT) has filed an S-1 with the SEC to list on the NYSE under ticker ENT, marking a major milestone for Utah's Silicon Slopes tech ecosystem.
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Cy4Data Labs Launches Cy4Signal to Add Encryption Layer Over Signal Messaging techbuzznews.com/cy4data-lab… Cy4Data Labs launches Cy4Signal, an additional encryption layer for Signal messenger that protects messages, voice, and video even after extraction from the platform, targeting government and enterprise users facing increasingly sophisticated AI-driven social engineering attacks.
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LVT's New Survey Puts a Number on Where Americans Draw the Line on AI Surveillance techbuzznews.com/lvt-2026-su… LVT's 2026 Harris Poll survey of 2,089 Americans finds broad support for targeted AI surveillance with strict guardrails. It also documents a measurable safety-driven chilling effect on civic engagement ahead of midterms.
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The Insulin Innovation Left Behind techbuzznews.com/the-insulin… TechBuzz profiles Alison Smart’s campaign to preserve Levemir, the discontinued insulin detemir that some patients uniquely need, through stories from Michela Belluta, Kirill Zenchenko, Jaime Losinski, and Dr. Maisa Feghali, who warn alternatives can be riskier.
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Living Computers, AI Coaches, and Thirty-Second Pitches Packed the House at Silicon Slopes in Lehi techbuzznews.com/third-thurs… Four Utah startups — building living computers, AI health coaching, topical pain relief, and eye-based anemia detection — pitched at Silicon Slopes' Third Thursday, drawing a standing-room crowd of investors and entrepreneurs.
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Odys Aviation and the Hybrid VTOL Bet: Why One AAM Exec Thinks Batteries Alone Won't Cut It techbuzznews.com/odys-aviati… Odys Aviation (Long Beach, CA) produces hybrid VTOL for multiple uses, with cargo certification expected this year and a possible Utah factory on the horizon.
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techbuzznews.com/mwcns-2025-… MWCN’s 2025 Deal Flow Report highlights Utah’s strong transaction volume amid lower overall deal value MountainWest Capital Network’s 2025 Deal Flow Report event today at Zions Bank brought together Utah business leaders to review transaction trends, recognize contributors, and highlight the state’s active investment and capital markets.
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Utah’s Data Privacy Push Moves From Promise to Practice techbuzznews.com/2nd-annual-… At Utah’s second Data Governance Summit at UVU, officials said the state’s privacy agenda has shifted from legislation to implementation, highlighting digital identity, local-government support, shared services, deadlines, and the challenge of building public trust.
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DBT Aero Wants to Change the Shape of Flight techbuzznews.com/dbt-aero-wa… DBT Aero (Riverton, UT) says its unconventional aircraft geometry could cut fuel burn, boost payload, and revive regional aviation economics. Founder Michael Duke is bringing that argument to the 47G Summit with a vision for flight.
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Operation Gigawatt Summit: Utah's Blueprint for American Energy Abundance techbuzznews.com/operation-g… Utah's Operation Gigawatt Summit convened federal officials, legislators, and energy founders at Deer Valley to accelerate nuclear, storage, and frontier energy development — producing a concrete federal permitting agreement the same day.
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Amplēo Acquires Crunchfirm, Bringing Full-Stack CFO Services for VC-Backed Startups to Its Growing Platform techbuzznews.com/ampleo-acqu…
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The Unicorn Makers: Album VC Adds New Partners Ty Boswell and Cash Allred to Elite Seed Fund techbuzznews.com/album-vc-we…
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Altitude Lab Portfolio Tops $205 Million in Funding as Salt Lake City’s Biotech Scene Gains Real Traction techbuzznews.com/altitude-la…
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