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Newsletter, November 11 – Vibe coding
Hello all. It’s Ben again. When I come home from work, I usually use my personal laptop for watching movies or playing “Dungeons and Dragons.” (Have I ever tried to mislead you that I was cool?) However, aspiring entrepreneurs around Nebraska, such as Phillip Koolhoven in Omaha, are using their computers more productively. Despite working alone, Koolhoven and…
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Is it a vibe? Nebraska startup community insights on AI in coding
Vibe coding with artificial intelligence enables founders of all technical backgrounds to quickly turn ideas into functioning prototypes. While experts have praised the potential for new faces to build startups, they cautioned aspiring entrepreneurs to focus on customer discovery, feedback and what traits separate them from the competition.
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Five Things: 2026 Tech Nebraska Summit
Tech Nebraska, the technology trade group and lobbying voice for the state’s tech sector, held its annual summit last week. Hundreds of attendees gathered to hear from industry leaders on topics ranging from artificial intelligence adoption to the significance of startups on corporate innovation.
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newsletter, September 23
Hiya folks, Lev here. We’ve all got some kind of physical pain we’re dealing with. In my case, it’s a wonky knee and what is probably a slipped disk in my back. Lying down or sitting, including for car rides or while writing this newsletter, can be uncomfortable on account of both issues. It’s part of the reason I work out and try to eat healthy, which — so far — have been successful ways to keep…
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Nurse, Ph.D., academic and entrepreneur: Marcia Shade is building Voice-It to explain pain with AI
Pain doesn’t fit neatly on the 1-10 scale that medical professionals have used for decades. So Voice-It is building a secure AI transcription app to record the nuances of patients’ pain and summarize them for clinicians who are short on time. Better knowledge, founder and CEO Marcia Shade hopes, can lead to better treatment and…
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Prairie Portraits: Aaron Parker
The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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At the College of Saint Mary, a microcosm of AI use and tensions in education
Staff from the college presented CLEAR, their artificial intelligence framework for responsible implementation, at the OMAxAI conference in late June. Their journey highlights how the world of education is adapting to the technology and what other organizations can learn about AI use.
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Buildertrend furthers its AI ambitions with the acquisition of early-stage startup BizJet AI
Buildertrend is an Omaha-based company that offers software solutions to assist contractors, remodelers and builders with managing projects. The 20-year-old business recently announced the acquisition of BizJet AI, bringing its co-founders – who have extensive careers in software and artificial intelligence – into Buildertrend’s team.
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As AI cost and security concerns grow, CAN launches AI Workhorse to build secure nodes for Nebraska companies
AI Workhorse is a separate startup under the umbrella of Contemporary Analysis, which has seen the pitfalls of AI in its data science consulting work. In partnership with the nonprofit Scott Data Center, Workhorse hopes to kick off a local artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out for Nebraska.
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Buildertrend built an AI chatbot to help customers. Here’s what it learned
The construction management company has gone all in on artificial intelligence, expecting all teams to experiment with the technology. The Bailey AI chatbot, first deployed in February, is a lesson in customer-facing use cases.