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ThermoAI is decreasing industrial emissions and optimizing operations
Aiden Livingston was inspired to start ThermoAI, based in St. Louis, as a response to the pollution he encountered while running tests in South America for a company he founded in New York.
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Sling Health Demo Day at Cortex in St. Louis draws 20 teams
Sling Health, founded in 2013 at Washington University in St. Louis, hosted the 7th annual Demo Day at Cortex Innovation Community on Saturday, April 13. Sling Health is a national network of student-run biotechnology incubator with chapters at Harvard, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, LSU, Georgia Tech, Emory, Drexel, Texas Tech, and UCLA.…
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Prepare.ai draws a sell-out crowd in its second year in St. Louis
The Prepare.ai Conference on Artificial Intelligence marked its second year last week at the Eric P. Newman Education Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 9. The conference has grown since its inauguration last year, attracting 500 attendees from across the country to hear from a top-notch lineup of speakers on a range of Artificial…
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AGOGIE wearable resistance pants help improve performance
“Life is hectic. Finding time to work out shouldn’t be. Imagine burning fat, increasing calorie burn, building muscle, all by living your daily life. Now you can, and it’s as simple as putting on a pair of pants. The AGOGIE wearable resistance pants enable you to work out with every movement throughout the day.”…
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How one startup benefited from leaving L.A. and moving to St. Louis
SwipeSum CEO Michael Seaman didn’t know what to expect when he moved to St. Louis from Los Angeles in January 2018. But what started with Michael and his brother Stephen in a downtown coworking space has grown into a twelve-person team. Michael said that Stephen had been living in St. Louis and convinced him to…
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Vista Pipe & Supply increases oilfield visibility and accountability through partnership with Rig CallOut
Vista Pipe & Supply, a prominent and trusted supplier of OCTG, HDPE and line pipe to the oilfield, recently announced a move to broaden their service offering with an Enterprise License for Rig CallOut’s IoSC application. St. Louis-based Rig CallOut provides advanced geo-location technology and a simple to operate, cloud-based communication platform. The technology brings…
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St. Louis-based Tunespeak innovates in the music industry
St. Louis-based Tunespeak is a win-win for musicians and their fans. Have you entered to win tickets to see Old Dominion in Cedar Rapids, IA on March 31? Or Hunter Hayes in Madison, WI on May 2 including a meet and greet? Or how about The Maine right here in Omaha on May 26? Huh…what…you…
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How Opportunity Zones could bring Kimmy Schmidt’s sweet Netflix cash back to Middle America
There is an innovative new program created by recent changes to federal tax law that could incentivize investment in startups across the middle of America. That program is called Opportunity Zones, and it’s piqued the interest of economic developers and startup ecosystems in several cities. The new law allows governors to create Opportunity Zones by…
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Plastomics raises convertible debt financing
St. Louis-based biotechnology firm Plastomics raised $900k+ from St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, Missouri Technology and St. Louis Arch Angels on December 28, with other undisclosed investors also participating. The company is a developer of seed technology designed to produce higher yielding crops through chloroplast engineering. Plastomics’ technology entails placing crop traits in a plant’s…
