Mark Tullis

Utah lawmakers are advancing an AI transparency bill (HB 286) requiring major developers to publish safety plans, report incidents, and protect whistleblowers, extending the state’s child-focused tech regulation approach to AI governance.

HydroBlok (Draper, UT), innovating construction with lightweight, water resistant, energy-efficient panels, will host an open house February 4 during Utah Tech Week—showcasing faster builds, cost savings, and healthier, more sustainable homes.

47G’s annual Utah Aerospace & Defense Day (Salt Lake City, UT) convenes 50-plus exhibitors, live drone demos, and industry leaders at the Capitol, spotlighting AI, robotics, space, and advanced manufacturing innovation, statewide ecosystem impact.

UVU hosts a free AI Agent Behavioral Science Conference examining real-world use, research, and ethics of AI agents, featuring a healthcare informatics keynote, January 30.

Utah Valley University dedicated the 197,000-square-foot Scott M. Smith College of Engineering & Technology building, providing hands-on learning, advanced labs, and workforce-ready education for Utah’s growing engineering and technology demand.

Resolve Integration Technologies (Roy, UT) uses DOS 2.0™ and the 10th Floor™ interlock to enforce deterministic, auditable AI decision-making, bridging probabilistic outputs with physical safety and post-quantum trust.

Utah’s housing crisis constrains economic growth. Legislative reforms, capital initiatives like KeyBank’s $43.4M supportive housing project, and workforce affordability challenges highlight the intersection of policy, finance, and the state’s tech ecosystem.

Founder Tyler Jensen built FictionForge (Provo, UT) to solve AI’s hardest storytelling problem: sustaining narrative coherence across long-form fiction, using engineered structure to help creators turn unrealized story ideas into finished novels.