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.
Tech-Moms and JPMorgan Chase drew more than 150 attendees to a financial wellness-themed Summer Social, pairing budgeting workshops with a school-supply giveaway as the nonprofit prepares to launch a new paid internship program for its alumni.
Third Thursday's July pitch event in Lehi featured four founders — Altruvia, Definitive TNF, Parlay, and Pingora — presenting to investors, with founder Ray Smithson joining remotely and Vanessa Perez hosting in his place.
Utah startup Pactive is reimagining workout tracking by combining gamification, social accountability and AI coaching. Founded by two BYU graduates, the app aims to solve fitness's biggest challenge: motivating users to return consistently and build lasting habits.
LoanPro's Chief Product Officer Colin Terry discusses the Farmington fintech's MCP-based AI Gateway, built on layered compliance guardrails that restrict AI agent actions to regulatory boundaries, plus the company's deliberate choice to stay out of deposit core banking.
Ryan Smith's Utah-based Halo Fund has led a $70 million investment in fintech Flex (San Francisco), highlighting Utah's growing venture capital influence while backing AI-powered private banking for entrepreneurs worldwide.
SoloTruth (Sandy, UT), formerly a bank-inspection platform built for Celtic Bank, rebranded in January and is launching Asset Relationship Management in August — using mobile apps, RFID, GPS, and AI to fix ERP "ghost" and "zombie" asset problems for manufacturers.
At its third meeting, Utah's Quantum Roundtable moved from discussion to an actual draft strategic plan — named seven pillars, funding estimates, and a roadmap to 2032.
Anfield Energy is reopening Velvet-Wood, an underground uranium-vanadium mine near La Sal, Utah, next door to Copper One, ahead of an August legislative tour reviving expertise uranium mining lost decades.
