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This Month's Latest Tech News in Columbus, OH - Sunday August 31st 2025 Edition

Too Long; Didn't Read: Columbus ranks in the top 25% for AI talent, innovation and adoption (Brookings), with ~$60B in regional AI commitments, NG911 supporting 55 languages and 31,000+ texts, Microsoft pausing a $1B data center, SoftBank buying Lor... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: University at Buffalo launched a Department of AI and Society with a $5M state seed, seven AI+X bachelor's beginning Fall 2025, aiming for 300+ students/year by 2030; Empire AI's $500M+ compute cuts model training from ~2 week... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: New York's August 31, 2025 roundup: NYT inks a $20–$25M‑range AI licensing deal with Amazon; NYC Tech Week drew ~60,000 RSVPs across 1,000+ events; MTA pilots behavior‑detecting AI cameras; state bans AI child deepfakes and ma... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Detroit's tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): Apple/MSU open free Apple Manufacturing Academy Aug 19; Detroit Startup Fund deploys $700K for 26 grants; Michigan data‑center pipeline ~7 GW (3 GW near‑term); UM wins $5.5M for INSIGHT‑C... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Pennsylvania logged $90B+ in AI and energy pledges - Blackstone $25B, FirstEnergy $15B, PPL $6.8B - fueling gigawatt projects, tens of thousands of construction jobs, CoreWeave's $6B (100–300 MW) Lancaster campus, Penn's 8.5 P... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Cleveland's AI surge: Cleveland Clinic scales ambient AI (1M encounters, ~4,000 users, ~2 min saved/visit); Oracle–Cleveland Clinic–G42 partner; GE's Aurora cleared by FDA (98% better bone SPECT); Ohio mandates K–12 AI policie... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Rochester's AI surge links new degree programs (Nazareth 16‑month MS; UR/ RIT initiatives), industry pilots (Visa agentic payments, Sutherland Sentinel AI®), open research (MagicTime: >2,000 time‑lapse videos), $2.3M workforce... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Meta confirms $800M, 715,000‑sq‑ft AI data center on 280 acres in Bowling Green, operational ~2027, ~100 permanent jobs and 1,000+ construction peak; PUCO's 85% prepayment rule shifts grid costs to data centers; O.H.I.O. Fund ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Pittsburgh's AI surge tied to a July summit unveiling ~$90–92B in data‑center, gas, nuclear and hydro projects (Brookfield+Google ~670 MW). Regional VC hit $600.8M in Q2; potential job gains up to ~200,000. Short upskilling (1... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Pantomath closed a $30M Series B (Aug 4) led by General Catalyst in Mason; UC scaled BearcatGPT to ~1,000 users and a CMMC‑compliant research cloud; Kroger reported a 15% eCommerce lift; Microsoft paused a $1B Ohio data‑center... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Georgia unveils Horizons Innovation Lab for regulated GenAI pilots; Mercedes‑Benz to relocate up to 500 jobs to Sandy Springs by Aug 2026; UPS–Figure talks show ~4.05s throughput and 95% barcode success; Brookings ranks Atlant... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Macon faces a turning point: Bolingbroke mega‑site rezoning denied (≈900–970 acres, nine buildings, ~1,000,000 gal/day water use, ≈$60M/yr tax potential). Local wins include Mercer's $75M downtown med campus, BrightFarms' 22,0... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Chicago tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): Illinois bans AI therapy (HB1806) with penalties up to $10,000; DuSable Lake Shore Drive faces AI speed‑camera study after ~16,000 crashes (2019–2024); ServiceNow bought Logik.ai (Q2 2025);... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Aurora's August 31, 2025 tech roundup: new CIO Ram Tyagi unveils a five‑point AI/cloud agenda and 81 km fibre ring; Argonne's Aurora exascale (63,744 GPUs) boosts regional compute; Illinois SB2181 mandates data‑center energy/w... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Victorville tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): Nightfood's $41M LOI to convert a 155‑room Holiday Inn with Skytech robots (projected 25–40% uplift); $470K ShotSpotter rollout helped solve 3 incidents; FireSat's prototype detects 5×5... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Illinois moves K–12 AI from debate to action: SB1920 requires ISBE guidance by July 1, 2026; Joliet schools urged to start teacher PD and pilots now. Recruit cuts ~1,300 jobs; Ranpak/Walmart AutoFill to cut packaging waste ~50... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Elgin tech brief (Aug 31, 2025): ECC secured a $500,000 Seigle Scholar gift; ModMed donated an ophthalmology EHR supporting ~20 students/semester; Antora won $14.5M ARPA‑E; AI VC = ~31% of H1 2025; NAM optimism fell to 55.4% (... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Savannah faces an AI inflection: Georgia Tech's $20M NSF Nexus supercomputer (400+ quadrillion OPS, 330T bytes memory, 10 quadrillion bytes storage) and DOE's Savannah River Site data‑center pick could drive jobs, grid upgrade... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Atlanta's AI and commercialization surge: Georgia Tech advanced 500+ technologies, 464 invention disclosures and 124 patents; CardioTag won FDA 510(k). NSF granted $20M for Nexus (400+ quadrillion ops/sec, 330T bytes memory). ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Athens tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): UGA funds up to $25,000 grants (bought five VR headsets, two computers), NSF $850K AI project, 15 faculty AI pilots, 24-student generative-AI contest, 42 VR headsets in new Creative Engageme... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Stockton faces rapid AI adoption and lighter state rules: Newsom's vendor deals promise free training for over two million students, ADMT compliance begins Jan 1, 2027, audits 2027–2029, city pilots and floating data center sa... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Tulare County launched an AI task force and new website (Aug 21); FireSat prototype detected fires as small as 5×5 m (launched Mar 2025); Google's AI Mode rolled out May 20, 2025; California gas average ≈ $4.64/gal. AI bootcam... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Santa Maria's tech roundup: Allan Hancock's April AI Summit drew 200+ attendees; SBCAG won $480K Caltrans funding ($542,189 total) for an AI bike map; Diablo Canyon's on-site AI saves ~15,000 staff hours/year; California's MOU... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Bellingham tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): Microsoft announced ~9,000 global cuts (≈830 in Washington), municipal ChatGPT logs expose policy gaps across Bellingham/Everett, Bellingham schools adopt supervised AI policy, DOE eyes ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Waco's tech roundup: 68% of AI adopters expanding teams; Waco MPO won a $1.44M SMART grant for AI traffic signals; Robinson ISD adds AI cameras; TSTC starts evening welding Sept. 2; Baylor launches AI‑Entrepreneurship Challeng... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Yakima's August 31, 2025 tech roundup: Artera's Harmony Co‑Pilots now used by 100+ providers (Staff Co‑Pilot in 85+ clinics, 100+ languages), Microsoft cuts ~15,000 jobs (≈830 WA WARN), AI farming pilots (orchard robotics 15–3... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Round Rock tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): NSF renews $20M for UT's IFML; UT launches campuswide Sage tutor for ~52,000 students; McLane hires ~100 in Austin hub; 19 data‑center projects ~ $25B stress water/power; federal EO spee... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: The Woodlands tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): Texas' TRAIGA effective Jan 1, 2026; Township forms AI Steering Committee; 4.6‑mile shared‑use path approved; Verizon small‑cell easements cleared; Bionova opens 10,000 sq ft pDNA fac... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Plano is becoming an AI hub: a reported ~$700M, 425,000 sq ft Lambda/Aligned data center (601 N. Star Rd) due 2026, Nvidia manufacturing ramps in Texas (12–15 month mass‑production timeline), Cognigy HQ move (5,000 sq ft; ~150... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: San Antonio's tech surge: Rowan's 300 MW Cinco data center ($900M, ~600 construction/40+ permanent jobs, online 2027), Meta's 600 MW Clear Fork solar PPA ($0.9B, 2027), 463M gallons local data‑center water use (2023–24), HB149... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Tacoma launched a two‑year, $1.8M EPA‑funded pilot with Prairie Robotics to use AI cameras on recycling trucks (1 now, 7 planned) to cut a ~22% contamination rate; one truck logged 90 mistakes across 600 households. Formal rev... Read more