IBM’s AI Hot Spot: Tech Valley New York
Tech Valley is the next Artificial Intelligence Hot Spot, a designation that follows recent reports that IBM Research will build a cutting-edge technology center for AI hardware in New York’s…
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Hudson-Creative seeks user input for proposed Mid-Hudson maker space
Hudson-Creative is conducting an online market study to assess the feasibility of bringing a maker space to the City of Hudson, New York. Click here to take the User Interest…
New York-area tech firms garner $13 billion in VC money
Venture capitalists poured a record-high $13 billion into New York-area tech companies last year as the city’s tech community continued to expand at a breakneck pace, according to the MoneyTree…
‘Green New Deal’ puts NY, Tech Valley on Path to Carbon Neutrality
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the “Green New Deal”, a nation-leading clean energy and jobs agenda that will aggressively put New York State on a path to economy-wide carbon…
Tech Valley biosciences lab could create 1,200 jobs
A new $750 million public health laboratory in the Harriman state office campus in Albany could create more than 1,200 new life sciences jobs and generate $2.3 billion in economic…
Are Tech Valley’s foreign tech talent looking north of the border?
New York’s Tech Valley may be at risk of economic disruption from the outflow of tech talent as the result of current U.S. immigation. According to the Pew Research Center, New…
New York’s Tech Valley to get $62M in NIH Funding
Tech Valley’s Capital Region in New York saw a significant jump in funding for biotech research last year from the National Institutes of Health — an increase that has allowed several local research projects to flourish into 2019. According to the Albany-based Center for Economic Growth, a regional economic development organization: The NIH directed $62 million…
Entrepreneurship and innovation vital to improve Arab economies
Arab economies urgently need to diversify and foster entrepreneurial freedom to increase opportunities for young people and prepare the region for the transformations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, concludes a…
US-Nigeria Council backs fund to grow Nigeria tech ecosystem
A Nigeria based early stage VC-firm has launched a new fund in partnership with the US-Nigeria Council to invest in promising entrepreneurs from the country and support them with smart…
Japan tops global innovation clusters, Iran ranks high
Recognizing that innovation activities tends to geographically concentrate in specific clusters, this year’s Global Innovation Index ranks the world’s largest clusters of inventive activity, based on number of patents as…