Indiana’s economic development conversations are becoming increasingly centered on a high-tech manufacturing industry in which few current Hoosier workers have experience: semiconductors, also called computer chips or microchips. As the federal government hustles to bring the industry back to the United States from foreign shores, Indiana is attempting to snag multibillion-dollar private-sector investments and millions […]... Read More
An online marketplace that allows communities across the country to create a profile and offer incentives to attract remote workers to their area says Indiana has crossed the 1,000-worker threshold of relocations. Indianapolis-based MakeMyMove.com features...... Read More
After moving back from Nashville, for a job as a business intelligence associate with the University of Notre Dame, Alex Sejdinaj soon teamed up with his now wife, Alex, and Chris Frederick to launch South Bend Code School. He spoke with IIB about...... Read More
Purdue University Northwest is getting into the quantum research realm by joining the Chicago region's Bloch Tech Hub, which was recently named an official U.S. Regional Innovation and Technology Hub for quantum technologies by the Biden-Harris administration.... Read More
To Isabel Guzman—the leader of the U.S. Small Business Administration under President Joe Biden—the Emerging Manufacturing Collaboration Center in 16 Tech is the perfect example of small businesses harnessing technology.... Read More
One hundred students at Purdue University recently completed an intensive, eight-week training program devoted to the understanding of semiconductors, the crystalline solids that conduct electricity and power computer microchips.... Read More
Four medical and agbioscience researchers at Purdue University are receiving extra funding for their projects thanks to a grant from the Trask Innovation Fund. In total, the Trask fund is giving $175,000 to the four separate projects. ... Read More
Evansville-based fiber internet service provider Metronet will soon be under new ownership. The company said Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by a joint venture between T-Mobile and New York-based investment firm KKR.... Read More
Purdue was given a Guinness World Record for smallest drum, which is smaller than the width of a human hair. The drum was made to test a new 3D printer.... Read More
Lakeland Internet, which is owned by Surack Enterprises and Sweetwater Sound, has purchased its second competitor in the internet provider market of northeast Indiana. Lakeland bought BaseLine Internet on Thursday.... Read More
GeoH Inc., a home care software-as-a-service company headquartered in Indianapolis, has closed on a $3 million series seed plus round of funding, the company announced Thursday. The round was led by a $2 million contribution from Boomerang Ventures in Indy.... Read More
A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said that the issue believed to be behind the outage was […]... Read More
Indiana's tech sector saw continued strength in venture capital activity in the second quarter with a combined $216 million in investment through 48 deals, according to a new report from TechPoint. The investment total is a 360% increase over last year.... Read More
The Physical Therapy Laboratory at Union Hospital in Terre Haute has a new tool to help rehab patients re-learn how to get in and out of a car. The new car simulator helps patients practice getting in and out of a car after any mobility challenge.... Read More
The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs has awarded more than $3.3 million to internet service providers that will provide high-speed broadband access to more than 700 Indiana addresses. The funding comes from the Indiana Connectivity Program.... Read More
After a record-breaking event in Indianapolis this year, TechPoint is moving its annual Mira Awards gala north. The growth initiative for Indiana’s tech sector said Thursday that the event will take place at The Palladium in Carmel in 2025.... Read More
Drone Response, an unmanned autonomous vehicle startup out of the University of Notre Dame, recently clinched a partnership with the State of Oklahoma Department of Commerce, a leader in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology that includes drones. The technology powering the startup was developed in the research lab of co-founder and Notre Dame faculty member, Jane Cleland-Huang, a professor of computer science. Along with her team of software engineers and researchers, Cleland-Huang, combined machine learning, AI, computer vision, and other advanced technology allowing multiple drones to fly safely as a team and communicate with each other.... Read More
The SEMIEXPO In The Heartland is scheduled for April 1-2, 2025, at the Indiana Convention Center. SEMI Americas, an international semiconductor member association and part of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, will host the conference.... Read More
Indiana’s initial application for its $868 million share of a national “Internet for All” program has won approval, federal officials announced Monday in a joint call with Hoosier officials. The Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, was created...... Read More
Two years after the federal CHIPS and Science Act became law, its goal of fueling domestic innovation and high-tech manufacturing in microelectronics, biotechnology, AI and more is starting to move from concept into action in Indiana and nationwide.... Read More
