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DHS named Fortem Technologies (Lindon, UT) the only small business among seven prime contractors on a five-year, $1B+ counter-drone IDIQ. CEO Jon Gruen discusses the win, subcontractors Lockheed Martin and Microsoft, and plans to scale Utah manufacturing.

St. George entrepreneur Matthew Dickerson launches Tdooz, a fixed-price home services booking app he calls the "DoorDash for home services." The platform targets a $650 billion industry, beginning with a Washington County beta ahead of a planned Phoenix expansion.

Craig Cossairt is preparing to launch Bloom, an AI-native dating app that converts into a relationship app once couples commit — a first for the industry. He's building toward launch after winning a UVU data governance bounty in June.

Back Nine Golf (St. George, UT) has grown from a startup into a nationwide franchise network offering automated 24-hour indoor golf facilities, combining simulator technology with a low-staff operating model and international expansion.

Utah Valley University students and faculty are developing innovative technologies to combat harmful algal blooms in Utah Lake, combining patented filtration systems and synthetic biology to improve water quality while providing transformative research experiences.

Jump Aero (Petaluma, CA) brought its all-electric Pulse aircraft to South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan, pitching Utah on a rapid-response eVTOL designed to get a single paramedic to rural emergencies faster than an ambulance or helicopter.

South Jordan-based Obra emerges from stealth with two linked products, Obra Jobs and Obra Hire, betting that AI broke hiring's inbound signal and that a trust-first, outbound-focused platform can restore it.

Filevine (Salt Lake City, UT) launched its LOIS platform, adding an AI-native legal citator that targets specific passages rather than whole opinions, using dual-pathway retrieval to surface uncited "sub silentio" conflicts.