IUPUI awarded $1.5M to help manufacturers find energy savings
The school’s program already has recommended $11 million in savings for more than 75 companies since 2011.
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Short-term leases help small firms grow
Certain companies don’t like committing to the usual five-year-or-longer leases, because they’re not comfortable predicting how much space they’ll need that far in the future.
Startup aims to bring Amazon.com experience to restaurants
Matt Tait, the CEO and co-founder of Füdē, plans to use artificial intelligence to help restaurants personalize the messages they send customers.
After Kentucky test drive, Eleven Fifty mulls bigger expansion
Eleven Fifty Academy is wrapping up a program in Kentucky that involves teaching former coal miners how to code. Its president is considering replicating the classes elsewhere.
Software firm BidPal raises $6 million in new financing
BidPal said it plans to use the funds to “significantly accelerate product development” and “expand marketing and sales efforts.”
Tech entrepreneur Don Brown donating $30M to IU School of Medicine
The gift is the largest to the IU School of Medicine by an alumnus. The medical school will use the money to establish the Brown Center for Immunotherapy to fight some of the world’s toughest diseases.
Wind turbine maker paying back county after missing hiring goals
An Italian company planned to create 450 jobs when plans for its Muncie factory were announced in 2008, but it never employed more than about 60.
Trump tweets that F-35 program—which involves Rolls-Royce—is too costly
President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that costs for the F-35 fighter-jet program, the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons system, are “out of control.” The Indianapolis operations of Rolls-Royce are significantly involved in the F-35 program.
Workers at endangered Indiana plant feel forgotten by Trump
Connecticut-based United Technologies, the parent firm of Carrier Corp., said in a statement that its plans to send 700 Huntington jobs to Mexico haven’t changed.
Software firm picks up former Interactive sales leader
Fresh off plans to add nearly 200 employees by 2019, Clear Software hired a vice president of sales from Interactive Intelligence.
Tech gurus serve up board-management software
Jeb Banner and Andy Clark, co-founders of the Speak Easy, are part of the group behind a new software firm called Boardable.
Techies team with chamber to gain clout in Legislature
Organizers of the Indiana Tech & Innovation Council say a number of factors led to its creation, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that Gov. Mike Pence signed into law in 2015.
Union president challenges Trump on Carrier job numbers
The union president slammed by Donald Trump on Twitter challenged the president-elect to back up his claim that a deal with Carrier Corp. would save 1,100 jobs in Indianapolis.
Zionsville software firm planning new office, 190 hires
Zionsville-based Clear Software LLC is planning a major expansion that could transform it from a small startup into large tech firm with almost 200 workers.
Seattle-based bar-accessory business plans local warehouse, 101 jobs
True Fabrications Inc. has proposed occupying an existing 125,194-square-foot building in Warren Township to use as its first regional distribution center outside of Washington.
Carrier, fresh off Trump talks, increases prices due to higher costs
The United Technologies Corp. division that includes brands such as Carrier and Bryant will raise the amount it charges for residential and commercial HVAC equipment by as much as 5 percent, according to a company statement.
Trump threatens payback for U.S. companies that move abroad
President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to impose heavy taxes on U.S. companies that move jobs overseas and still try to sell their products to Americans.
Trump claims victory at Carrier, but many manufacturing battles remain
Union workers and economists say pressuring individual factory owners won’t save U.S. manufacturing jobs lost to economic forces that are beyond the control of companies or the president.
Appirio donates tech skills to African charity
On Giving Tuesday, Appirio employees redesigned an education charity’s website that hadn’t been updated since 2010.
Return Path trims jobs in Indy, elsewhere
The New York-based tech firm, which established an office here in 2015, announced companywide jobs cuts earlier this week, some of which have hit locally.