Skavengerz (Ogden, UT) is a real-world adventure app that gamifies exploration, helping users unplug from screens, connect with others, and turn everyday environments into interactive quests that spark curiosity, movement, and joy.

YouScience (Provo, UT) just published a report revealing a sharp drop in college enrollment and growing student uncertainty about the future, urging schools to replace outdated guidance with aptitude-based tools and career-connected learning.

Strider has enhanced its AI-powered platform, Spark, to deliver real-time, actionable threat intelligence that helps organizations protect employees, intellectual property, and supply chains from hostile nation-state campaigns.

RunDiffusion (Lehi, UT) launches “Runnit,” an AI design platform with five new training pipelines, empowering creators to fully own their content while producing professional-grade results at accelerated speeds.

Valinor Discovery (Salt Lake City, UT) exits stealth to automate drug development through predictive modeling. Its machine learning platform simulates therapeutic outcomes before trials begin, accelerating progress against cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases.

Reflect, (Provo, UT), the phone-based journaling startup, has rebranded as Noodle Journal, embracing its scrappy roots while expanding features and doubling its user base. The platform simplifies journaling through phone-based voice entries.

As Thanksgiving Point concludes its annual Tulip Festival, PR intern Elise Golightly explores the cutting-edge technology—GPS-guided tractors, digital design tools, and bloom-timing systems—that orchestrate Utah’s largest floral showcase.

Orem-based Pocket launches Miles, an AI assistant powered by GPT-4o and Gemini, helping luxury auto dealerships streamline listings, lead follow-up, and sales workflows with real-time, in-platform support.