The Columbia-based Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO), Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced its Maryland Venture Fund (MVF) invested $500,000 in Transformania. The MVF is an early-stage, venture capital fund dedicated to […]
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Maryland Smith launches blockchain certificate program
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is launching “The Blockchain Business Imperative,” a six-week synchronous online certificate program on blockchain technology and its potential economic impact across […]
Merkle debuts contactless shopping products at CES
Merkle, of Columbia, unveiled two new contactless shopping products in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Scan & Know and UnboxIt are the world’s first app-free in-store and on-delivery contactless shopping experiences, […]
GCOM acquires ASR Analytics
GCOM, of Columbia, has acquired ASR Analytics, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and advanced analytics for federal, state, and local governments, as well as higher education institutions. ASR […]
BigBear.ai completes combination with GigCapital4
Columbia-based BigBear.ai, a provider of artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud-based big data analytics, and cyber engineering solutions; and GigCapital4, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based private-to-public equity (PPE) entity also known as special purpose acquisition […]
Loyola inks renewable energy agreement with Chaberton
Loyola University Maryland will support clean energy development in Maryland by purchasing electricity generated by Friendship Solar Farm in the Howard County town of West Friendship. The university signed a […]
Ambu lands national video laryngoscope contract
Columbia-based Ambu has been awarded a contract in the category of Video Laryngoscopes with Vizient Inc., a health care performance improvement company that represents more than half of the hospitals […]
France Institute: TEDCO Generates $2.3B in Economic Benefits in Maryland
The Columbia-based Maryland Technology Development Corp. announced the findings of an independent study detailing the impact of its six core programs to the state. Conducted by the University of Baltimore’s Jacob France […]
NASA launches DART, first planetary defense test mission
Lighting up the California coastline early in the morning of Nov. 24, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft off the planet to begin its one-way […]
TEDCO collaborates with Maryland’s blue tech industry
The Columbia-based Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO) announced its collaboration with various Maryland partners in creating the BlueTechMD Consortium. The goal of BlueTechMD, comprised of for-profits, universities and nonprofits, is to attract […]