Sam & Kacie Malouf are on a mission to do good in the world, starting with a business to provide their clients with the best sleep possible, and also by eliminating one of the most vexing issues on the planet—human trafficking. Human trafficking is the second-largest illegal industry in

University of Utah has recently announced the creation of the Partners or Innovation, Ventures, Outreach & Technology (PIVOT) Center, a centralized office that will drive the university’s expanding efforts for economic engagement for the greater Utah community. The new office builds on the work by the Center for Technology

Artificial Intelligence has been popularized in Hollywood through the portrayal of countless killer robots, or networks gone haywire, or androids that learn to love. AI is even the namesake for Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film about a robot boy who becomes all-too-human. But in the real-world, AI is much more

foreUp's growth doubles during pandemic The latest story in our Bootstrapped Series, this article examples foreUP, a mostly bootstrapped Utah County tech startup that is seeing a significant surge in sales in 2020. foreUP doubled its revenues this year, as compared with 2019, and without taking additional investment

Bond Financial Technologies, Inc. recently closed $32 million in Series A financing with the round led by Coatue, a New York-based tech-focused hedge fund, and new investors Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, and B Capital. Bond, with offices in San Francisco and Salt Lake City, is now a part of Utah’s

It was going to change the world.  The New York Times said nothing else compared. VOX Media’s gaming site Polygon said it was “nothing less than magic”. The founder of WIRED magazine and noted futurist Kevin Kelly said in his 2016 SXSW Keynote that it was the best in

The 13th Annual Women Tech Awards hosted by the Women Technology Council (WTC) will take place live at Thanksgiving Point (in the Show Barn) on October 28th, 2020 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM MDT.  Everyone in the technology industry is invited to watch live by participating in a

On October 6th, HireVue Inc. announced its acquisition of AllyO, a recruiting software company based in Palo Alto, California.   Founded in 2016, AllyO has developed an AI-based recruiting chat bot and automated workflow software that applies mobile phones and a conversational style to the corporate hiring process. “AllyO’s software