Mark Tullis

Paul Burgon’s Exit Ventures (Provo, UT) merges with KittyHawk Ventures (Los Angeles). Burgon joins as partner, focusing on energy and infrastructure, leveraging corporate partnerships, and accelerating strategic exits across frontier technologies, including AI and climate tech.

Commissioner Geoffrey Landward explores reforms emphasizing experiential learning, mentorship, and microcredentials, preparing students and the community to adapt, thrive, and maintain human-centered skills in an evolving economy.

At the Organized Intelligence 2025 Conference, Elder Gerrit W. Gong and Josh Coates explored AI’s role in faith, ethics, and discipleship, highlighting opportunities, challenges, and innovations like LDSbot that support religious learning and personal spiritual growth.

PhotoPharmics (American Fork, UT) completes enrollment in its 350-participant, fully remote Phase 3 trial testing the Celeste® light-therapy device for Parkinson’s, a non-drug, home-based treatment targeting non-motor symptoms through photo-neuromodulation.

Jen Easterly and Nate Walkingshaw explored leadership, cybersecurity, and distributed energy at the 2025 Zero Gravity Summit, emphasizing culture, moral courage, and collaboration as critical to innovation and national security.

Crew (Lehi, UT) has raised $3.8 million to expand its proactive budgeting platform. Founded by Divvy alumni, Crew merges high-yield banking and budgeting tools to help users plan spending before it happens.

Mindsmith (Provo, UT) has raised $4.1 million in seed funding to expand its AI-native e-learning platform, building on its Utah roots and early enterprise traction in corporate training automation.

The 2025 Zero Gravity Summit opens in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace, convening nearly 3,000 leaders across aerospace, defense, energy, and technology. Speakers, including Governor Cox, Greg Levesque and Nikki Haley, highlight Utah’s innovation, energy leadership, and the urgent global tech race.