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Utah residents can vote through November 20 for nine finalists in the inaugural Pro-Human AI Elevation Awards, recognizing companies putting people first in artificial intelligence.

Paul Allen’s Daily News pairs AI tools with local editors to publish community newspapers. The startup reports 17 live papers, offers revenue-sharing plans for operators and is seeking $500,000 as it recruits editors and expands coverage.

Databento (Salt Lake CIty, UT) has raised $100 million in Series C financing at a $1.1 billion valuation. The financial data platform is expanding its global infrastructure as demand grows among financial institutions and AI companies.

Project Paideia hosts a free AI Buildathon for ages 13 to 18 at UVU on November 21, 2026. Two sessions are available. No coding experience is required.

The University of Utah’s Eccles School of Business ranks No. 1 in the West for undergraduate and No. 2 for graduate entrepreneurship in Princeton Review’s 2027 list, placing it No. 15 and No. 8 overall. It also ranks in U.S. News & World Report and Bloomberg Businessweek entrepreneurship lists.

Robert Spendlove, Zions Bank's chief economist, says Utah is hiring, spending and growing faster than almost everyone. He also says to stop waiting for 2021 interest rates.

Torus is entering the AI infrastructure market with Foundry, a modular computing platform that combines power management, energy storage, cooling, networking, and GPUs. The company also announced $500 million in growth capital led by Magnetar to expand manufacturing and accelerate deployments.

USU research in physics, agriculture, biotechnology and computing met industry questions about AI deployment, reliability and talent at the third Converge AI forum.