Mark Tullis

With more than $36M in Dept of Energy support, OxEon Energy (North Salt Lake, UT) is working to scale its solid oxide electrolysis technology. The company’s new automated manufacturing facility represents a milestone in its transition from research and demonstration toward commercial production.

Utah’s Division of Consumer Protection has recently announced several actions across automotive data privacy, retail pricing, consumer financing and online safety, including multistate settlements, a pending lawsuit and enforcement of new age-verification requirements.

With $125 million raised, its autonomy platform advancing and a new distribution model taking shape, PassiveLogic (Sandy, UT) is preparing to expand its footprint in the building automation market.

At 47G’s Zero Gravity Summit, QuSecure’s Garfield Jones, Microsoft’s Michael Salazar and IonQ’s Craig Miller, moderated by Holland & Knight’s Marissa Serafino, urged organizations to inventory systems and data and adopt post-quantum cryptography now.

Rogue Technologies and Granite Tait won $15,000 at Utah’s Hard Tech Hackathon for reactor modeling and AI workload management at the Zero Gravity Summit.

Alianza founder Brian Beutler discusses the company’s Crux platform, his ambition to build an independent global business rooted in Utah, and the perspective he gains from search-and-rescue service following his EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 Mountain West recognition.

Co-Diagnostics (Salt Lake City, UT) is bringing PCR mosquito testing for infectious disease directly into mosquito abatement districts, aiming to help public-health teams identify infected mosquito populations earlier and make better-informed decisions about mosquito abatement.

Citizen Portal uses AI to make government meetings searchable and support local news. At UVU, Paul Allen and Thomas Dyches outlined tools for residents, publishers and businesses following public decisions.