Mark Tullis

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.

Ollin Ventures, a Provo-based early-stage venture firm focused on AI-native SaaS, has appointed fintech veteran Brady Harris as General Partner. Harris brings over 20 years of leadership as a CEO, operator, and investor, having scaled multiple fintech and SaaS platforms to nine-figure revenues.

Everee (Salt Lake City, UT) has launched the Flex Platform, enabling real-time, compliant payroll without fixed pay cycles. The system automates payments as work is completed, improving speed, flexibility, and worker retention.

Organized Intelligence 2025 in Salt Lake City gathers technologists, theologians, and Church leaders, including Elder Gerrit W. Gong, to explore AI’s ethical, social, and spiritual implications and foster faith-informed innovation.

KolobX (Lehi, UT) convened industry leaders, innovators, and educators yesterday in downtown Salt Lake City for Powering Futures — Advanced Manufacturing & Next-Gen Leadership, an event focused on empowering the next generation of builders, engineers, and manufacturers.

Fifty-two founders from the U.S. and Africa joined the University of Utah’s Master of Business Creation program this fall to accelerate their startups through mentoring, coursework, and funding opportunities.

Thera-T Pharmaceutics (Salt Lake City, UT), develops a two-component, AI-guided T cell therapy, targeting multiple cancer markers while reducing toxicity—earning the University of Utah’s 2025 Breakthrough Technology of the Year award.

Vasion hosts Southern Utah Code Camp, Nov 13–15, 2025, a 24-hour coding, design, and entrepreneurship contest connecting students and professionals in St. George.