AI tools allow startups to drastically reduce their initial costs
Artificial intelligence is making it less expensive to start and operate a company—and potentially reducing these startups’ reliance on venture funding.
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IT outsourcing firm plans to hire 450 for new Indianapolis office
Tek Experts, which has more than 6,000 employees worldwide, just opened an office in Indianapolis. The company has received an offer of up to $2 million in state tax incentives based on its ambitious growth plans.
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Venture firm opening Indy office to target the overlooked
Cincinnati-based Lightship Capital is opening an Indianapolis-area office within three months to provide underrepresented entrepreneurs here access to a $50 million investment fund.
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Carmel Council urges lawmakers, FCC to limit 5G technology deployment
The resolution follows several weeks of discussion among Carmel officials and residents, who have expressed concerns about the health and safety implications of 5G technology.
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Inside a tech firm’s quest to bolster gender diversity
Genesys launched a companywide gender-diversity-and-inclusion campaign early this year and has made measurable, albeit small, progress since.
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Indiana Health Information Exchange develops backup record system for cyberattacks
The Emergency Downtime Solution is designed to allow health care providers to access clinical information such as lab results, medication lists and patient histories even when their systems are down.
While Indiana attracts more data centers, legislators look to add guardrails
In the last year, multiple Big Tech companies have announced four major Indiana developments totaling more than $14 billion, prompting state lawmakers to look for ways to address the intense energy demand.
Google forges ahead with next generation of AI while fending off breakup threat
The next generation of Google’s AI is being packaged under the Gemini umbrella.
Zionsville-based health care data company hc1 acquires Accumen
The acquisition of Accumen from New York City-based Arsenal Capital Partners announced this week is the latest in a series of growth moves for hc1, which bills itself as a leader in lab data analysis for health care companies.
Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
In May, dozens of groups sent a letter to the company asking that it keep the tool running through at least January so it would be available through the U.S. presidential elections.
Indianapolis-based IT firm plans major expansion, adopts new name
Indianapolis-based information technology firm Sondhi Solutions has rebranded as Exos Cos. and plans to add 250 new employees by the end of 2028.
Michael McRobbie: State’s computer networks provide many CHIPS Act opportunities
Indiana University was selected in 1998 to operate and manage the advanced ultra-high-speed Internet2 computer network that today connects hundreds of America’s leading research universities.
Indianapolis-based Scale Computing lands $55M investment
Scale Computing CEO Jeff Ready said the $55 million investment will help the fast-growing company move closer to its goal of an initial public offering.
Louisiana-based company acquires Indianapolis IT services firm
Indianapolis-based Accelerate Inc., a 27-year-old IT managed services provider, has been acquired by The Purple Guys, the companies announced Tuesday.
Ukrainian war hits local tech companies with overseas workers
Companies have had to figure out ways to support their Ukraine-based workers while also keeping business moving in a time of huge disruption.
Outage at cloud company Fastly hobbles swaths of internet
Dozens of high-traffic websites including the New York Times, CNN, Twitch and Reddit could not be reached Tuesday morning.
Ascension lays off 92 remote IT workers in Indiana
Ascension Technologies, the IT subsidiary of St. Louis-based Ascension, is outsourcing the jobs to overseas companies.
New report outlines challenges, solutions for Indiana’s economy
The Brookings Institution report, “Indiana GPS: Strategies for Resilience,” identifies job growth, wages and technology as areas for improvement in the state’s economy.
DeliverEnd has bold vision to make peer-to-peer online sales safer
The tech company markets an app designed to improve the safety, security and convenience of delivering items bought and sold on online marketplaces such as Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist.
IT consulting firm increasing workforce at Carmel operations
GadellNet Consulting Services, which opened a Carmel office in 2015, plans to boost local employment by about 85 workers over the next five years.
Biologist, attorney, tech leader has championed inclusion throughout her career
During her six years on the board of Women & Hi Tech—the last year as its president—Angela Freeman has focused as much on up-and-coming young women and schoolgirls as on supporting the not-for-profit’s members.
Armed with $100M, Novus Capital prowls for acquisition
The “blank check company”—formed to acquire one or more businesses and merge with them as a way to take those companies public—closed its funding round in May and is looking for a business to buy.
Ambitious plan aims to provide online access to thousands of city students
During the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. schools are using online instruction more than ever before. But a lot of students simply don’t have the reliable, high-speed internet access they need to participate.
Indy tech sector is growing in size, but not in U.S. job market share
A recent report concluded that 90% of the nation’s tech and innovation sector employment growth from 2005 to 2017 was generated in just five major coastal cities: Seattle, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose, California.