Spotlights
Cincy Carbon CEO Molly Rizkallah uses electrochemical tech to convert CO2 into industrial chemicals, turning emissions into assets. Her work offers a practical path for Ohio manufacturers to decarbonize and meet environmental standards without disrupting legacy operations.
Healthcare
Amazon One Medical continues its Northeast Ohio expansion with a new tech-enabled office in Shaker Heights. The Van Aken hub integrates 24/7 virtual care with Cleveland Clinic’s specialty network, offering a modern, hybrid approach to relationship-based primary care.
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Based in Cleveland, Cal Al-Dhubaib leads Further’s AI and data science teams to scale ethical, high-risk automation. Following the 2024 acquisition of his firm, Pandata, he continues to design human-centered systems for some of Ohio's biggest brands and industry leaders.
Startups + VC
The new $60M fund is backed by nearly 1,000 Midwest industrial owners and aims to modernize America’s legacy sectors. Heartland flips the VC script by using factory bosses as investors, giving startups built-in customers to solve the region's labor gap.
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JPMorgan Chase product designer Omari Hitson leads a global community of 400 experts to scale spatial computing and XR programs. As President of the VR/AR Association’s Ohio chapter, he is building a "Concept-to-Production Pipeline" to turn the state into a global hub for immersive tech.
Workforce + Education
From the GRID Lab to the global stage, Ohio University is proving to be a powerhouse in immersive tech. A new national ranking places the Bobcats among the top public schools for AR/VR, validating a pipeline that feeds talent to Disney and Google.
Workforce + Education
Google is accelerating American innovation right here in the Heartland with a $1M+ investment. By backing Central Ohio STEM and workforce pipelines, the tech giant is empowering local talent to drive the region's rapid growth and secure its future in the digital economy.
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Patricia Colella leads SportsLand™, an initiative positioning Ohio as a national hub for sports tech. Her "moonshot" vision is the Human Performance & Sports Innovation Corridor, a statewide network linking hospitals and startups to accelerate healthcare discovery and economic growth.
Healthcare
Doubling its recent funding, this Cleveland Clinic spinout is scaling a robotic platform to replace animal testing. The technology creates consistent human cells that aim to solve pharma’s reproducibility crisis, cementing Northeast Ohio’s role in the "NAMs" revolution.
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As Senior Product Manager at Hyland, Tyler Conn launched Knowledge Discovery, an AI platform turning unstructured content into actionable insight. His work enables healthcare and government sectors to move from static documents to fast, data-driven decisions in seconds.
Artificial Intelligence
Meta inked a 20-year deal with Vistra to upgrade the Perry and Davis-Besse plants and tapped Oklo for a futuristic site in Pike County. This strategy locks in power for the Prometheus supercluster, turning Ohio’s atomic legacy into a decisive advantage in the AI race.
Advanced Manufacturing
Joby Aviation is betting big on Ohio’s advanced air mobility future, moving to acquire a massive Vandalia factory to double its aircraft production by 2027 and accelerate the shift from engineering to full-scale manufacturing.