Kansas City Area Development Council

  • Handmark founder Augie Grasis reflects on life, work in KC (Video)

    Silicon Prairie News has occasionally chronicled the work of Kansas City, Mo. application developer Handmark and regularly reports on the exploits of Handmark’s social media app spinoff, OneLouder. (In fact, we published a story on OneLouder’s latest offering, Slices, just last week.) We’ve had less frequent opportunity to report on the man …

  • Ryan Weber off to busy start at helm of KCnext

    It’s been less than two months since Ryan Weber took the helm of KCnext – The Technology Council of Greater Kansas City, and the agenda is full. KCnext aims to promote the area’s tech sector by supporting its community and the tech industry as a whole through publicity, education and building employment opportunities. As we…

  • Auto application developer to bring headquarters, jobs to Overland Park

    Automotive Technology Services (ATS), a company that develops mobile applications for the auto industry, announced this morning at the Kansas City Area Development Council’s board meeting that it will make its headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., bringing 26 jobs with it. The flagship product for ATS is AutoFlipr …

  • KC area tech groups teaming up to launch regional tech council

    The Kansas City Area Development Council (KCADC) and the Software and Information Technology Association of Kansas (SITAKS) announced today they are combining forces to create KCnext —The Technology Council of Greater Kansas City. The announcement marks a new beginning for the three-year-old SITAKS, as it joins with KCADC to establish a new regional technology council…

  • Indie Ventures establishes Prairie presence with new Kansas City office

    A West Coast-based venture capital firm with operations in San Francisco and Seattle has added a Silicon Prairie location to its stable. Indie Ventures, which focuses on funding and business development for digital media …