Mason James Butler is an AI writer for UVU's Kahlert Applied AI Institute. A published fiction writer and entrepreneur, Mason is studying Integrated Studies, Entrepreneurship & Creative Writing at UVU.
Utah's 47G Institute convened 195 investors, defense researchers, and startup founders at the University of Utah for Critical Ventures 2026, addressing rare earth supply chain vulnerability through the DARPA-backed SMART testbed, AI sourcing tools, and federal permitting reform.
GoForth Foundation, an American Fork, Utah nonprofit, built an AI pipeline that takes a sacred site from research to published page in 15 minutes. It has its sights set on every temple, cathedral, and holy site on earth.
Four Utah startups — building living computers, AI health coaching, topical pain relief, and eye-based anemia detection — pitched at Silicon Slopes' Third Thursday, drawing a standing-room crowd of investors and entrepreneurs.
iHub's Innovation Forge graduated eight startups at a Provo luncheon featuring a keynote from Vivint founder Todd Pedersen, whose near-death experience sharpened a blunt message: build revenue or die.
Utah Valley University and HITLAB are launching a healthcare AI hackathon and innovation competition aimed at connecting startups, students, researchers, and healthcare leaders to accelerate commercialization of emerging technologies in digital health, applied AI, and digital identity systems.
