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DETROIT—Benzinga, the Detroit-based financial news vendor to North American brokerages, announced that it’s teaming up with New York City-based Webull Financial to help further Webull’s vision to connect traders with the best tools, features and indicators. Benzinga’s services and data will help Webull acquire and preserve lasting relationships with the users of its trading platform,
DETROIT—The Detroit startup “stock market of things” StockX announced the largest venture capital raise in Michigan history, a $110 million Series C financing round that values the company at more than $1 billion. Participating in the investing round were Hong Kong-based DST Global, New York City-based General Atlantic, and Menlo Park, Calif.-based GGV Capital. The company also
ROYAL OAK - What do tech companies, particularly tech startups, need to know about all those legal documents that need to be filed if they want to woo investors someday? The answers are in this podcast with Traverse Legal Principal Enrico Schaefer. https://soundcloud.com/mike-brennan-841872555/e175-enrico-schaefer-tech-law-update
DETROIT—Students in the Ann Arbor and Roseville public school districts will soon ride some of the first zero-emission electric school buses in Michigan, funded by $1.5 million in grants secured by DTE Energy. DTE announced that its partnership with Ann Arbor and Roseville schools had been selected by the state of Michigan to receive funding
ROYAL OAK - Chuck Irvin, Director of Network Development, announced a major milestone for 123Net - the data center provider has lit its 1000th building, meaning that all the other businesses in these buildings now can tap into 123Net's fiber and its Carrier Hotel for a host of data and voice services. https://soundcloud.com/mike-brennan-841872555/e174-chuck-irvin-123net-1000th-lit-building
DETROIT - After a year-long search, the Michigan Science Center announced Thursday that out has hired Christian Greer as its new president and CEO. Greer comes from the Saint Louis Science Center where he served as the Chief Officer of Science, Education, and Experience and oversaw Science Beyond the Boundaries – a network of more
ROYAL OAK - KLA Ann Arbor Lead John McLaughlin talks about the hundreds of job openings created by the $70 million semiconductor equipment maker that is opening a research and development facility in Ann Arbor. Upwards of 500 opening will be created in the years ahead with some 100 jobs in 2019 alone. https://soundcloud.com/mike-brennan-841872555/e173-klas-john-mclaughlin-talks-ann-arbor-rd-lab
DETROIT - Middle School and High School students are welcome to register for CyberPatriot Summer camps held at several locations around Michigan. Through the AFA CyberCamp program, this camp consists of 20-hours of curriculum designed to be completed over five 1/2 days, with the fifth day serving as a day of mini-Competition. All sessions are
ROYAL OAK - Most trends focus on the year ahead, but truly transformative technology takes time to take hold. In Airfoil Group’s Tech Trends Report, the strategic communications company shares insights on the emerging and maturing technologies that will transform businesses and markets in the years to come. Highlights include: The Battle Between "Smart" &
EAST LANSING – Economist Patrick Anderson in May presented findings at an International conference that demonstrates the potential for substantial financial damages for business worldwide from the mismanagement and misuse of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning data. The findings, which describes four main categories of damages resulting from improper implementation of AI principles, suggests a
