Spotlights
The Findlay managed service provider launched days before 9/11, when national carriers were skipping over northwest Ohio and the community decided to build its own network. Twenty-five years and six or seven reinventions later, it runs cybersecurity out of a former Defense Department bunker.
Research
A new NSF-backed consortium will develop a shared testbed to determine where entanglement-enabled measurement can outperform conventional tools, with Ohio State researchers targeting applications in biomolecular science, radiation detection, and advanced manufacturing.
Statewide Roundups
More than 200 people registered for the first Ohio Tech Night: SF, bringing founders, investors, and operators together as Ohio State expands its Bay Area presence and companies like Upstart and Path Robotics show how the two ecosystems are already increasingly connected.
Corprorate Innovation
The shift from BuckID swipes to QR-code boarding gives eligible Buckeyes one less card to carry and offers a local example of how mobile identity tools are expanding beyond campus buildings into the systems that connect students and workers to the city.
Artificial Intelligence
The proposal would redevelop part of the former Portsmouth uranium-enrichment complex, pairing a major local grant fund with statewide AI-tool credits for Ohio college students while committing to fund its own grid and water infrastructure.
Healthcare
Backed by Ohio State’s medical, cancer and pharmacy assets, the new effort will pair AI with clinical and genomic data to speed the path from research to patents, startup formation and clinical trials—an added push for Central Ohio’s life-sciences sector.
Startups + VC
Columbus-built “physical AI” is moving from pilot to production in U.S. Navy shipyards, as HII signs a multi-year, performance-based automation deal worth up to $900 million — including a long-term, $600 million allocation that will be engineered out of Central Ohio.
Artificial Intelligence
AI25, presented by Ohio Tech News and OhioX, recognizes leaders turning artificial intelligence into real-world impact across Ohio, from startups and classrooms to hospitals, public agencies, manufacturing floors, and the capital backing what comes next.
Statewide Roundups
Billions are landing in advanced manufacturing, life sciences, aerospace and AI infrastructure. Companies are moving headquarters here, founders are raising big rounds here, and a state now ranked No. 1 for business is building the workforce to match. Capital, deals and jobs from recent weeks.
Startups + VC
The Third Coast Foundry creates a Silicon Valley foothold for university-backed startups, offering direct access to investors, programming and partnerships while aiming to keep company growth, talent and operations anchored in the region.
Advanced Manufacturing
The semi-autonomous fighter, built for the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, took 126 days to assemble on a line that started three months ahead of schedule and can produce up to 150 aircraft a year — 143 workers hired in under 12 months are first of future 4,000 people on site.
Advanced Manufacturing
Beehive Industries is scaling 3D-printed jet engine production for military drones in Southwest Ohio, targeting 8,000+ units annually. Backed by a $29.7M Air Force contract, the initiative creates over 200 jobs while compressing defense manufacturing timelines from years to months.