UTahQuantum (Salt Lake City, UT), founded by Sumit Parashar, Neil Nickolaisen, and Max Stitzer, is a startup aiming to bridge academia, industry, and government, by developing quantum solutions for encryption, data management, IoT, and national security challenges.

Growth Elevated (Park City, UT) offers an exclusive, invitation-only event for founders and C-level executives combining peer learning, high-trust networking, and winter sports in Park City, Utah.

Zonos has been selected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the CSOP pilot to provide AI-powered trade compliance solutions, including tariff classification, duty collection, and actionable insights for small package shipments.

Fortem Technologies gains early entry into the U.S. Army’s new G-TEAD Marketplace, accelerating procurement of its counter-drone systems amid rising global demand and recent multi-system orders from U.S. allies.

Universal Technical Institute will open its first Utah campus in 2027 in West Jordan, part of its North Star Strategy to expand technical and healthcare workforce training nationwide.

The University of Utah’s Eccles School of Business ranks among the top Western entrepreneurship programs. Princeton Review put it at #2 (undergrad entrepreneurship) and #3 (graduate entrepreneurship).

Annie (Lehi, UT) raises $4 million to expand its AI “coworker” for dental practices. Founder Conner Ludlow focuses on practical automation, customer growth, and strategic hiring amid a competitive dental AI market.

Palladyne AI launches Palladyne Defense, combining embodied AI, autonomous systems, and U.S. manufacturing to deliver scalable, low-cost attritable defense systems while expanding revenue and reshoring critical capabilities.