Mark is Co-founder/Editor of TechBuzz News. From Ogden, UT, Mark attended WSU, BYU, and Tufts. He has been involved in tech, media, publishing since the 80s.
Jump raised $80 million in a Series B led by Insight Partners, bringing total funding to $105 million. The wealthtech startup is expanding from AI meeting automation into an enterprise-grade AI operating layer for financial advisory firms.
Utah Valley University and Mountainland Technical College have signed a transfer agreement allowing one-for-one healthcare credits, creating stackable pathways that lower costs, reduce duplication, and accelerate degree completion to meet Utah’s growing healthcare workforce demand.
Creekstone Energy (Salt Lake City, UT) is advancing its Utah Gigasite as a national AI infrastructure hub, partnering with Zeo Energy (New Port Richey, FL) to supply 280 MW of solar-plus-long-duration storage, while exploring multi-source and next-generation nuclear options.
Vasion (St. George, UT) has secured FedRAMP High Authorization with DISA sponsorship, enabling federal agencies to deploy its cloud-native print and document automation platform across mission-critical environments with advanced security, compliance, and AI-driven workflow capabilities.
SageCreek’s March 10 executive briefing at Pelion Venture Partners will outline a workflow-centered framework for measurable AI ROI, featuring a real client case study and executive discussion on operational implementation.
SheTech Explorer Day (February 24, 2026) will bring 3,500 Utah high school girls together with 1,000 industry mentors, strengthening the state’s STEM workforce pipeline. It seeks additional professionals to participate as mentors.
UMPA (Spanish Fork, UT) has awarded Mainspring (Menlo Park, CA) a contract to build a 48 megawatt linear generator project in Nephi, using modular, low-emission, and rapidly deployable power generation technology. It is scheduled to be launched in 2028.
At Bank of Utah’s Economic Forecast, economist Tim Mahedy argued the U.S. economy remains resilient, but structurally higher interest rates, persistent inflation and federal deficits signal a lasting shift that founders and investors can’t ignore.
