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KC healthtech company earns ticket to Startup World Cup, shot at West Coast investor’s $1M
Win or lose, Nick Love is excited to keep spreading the word about his company’s injection medication delivery system to a whole new audience, the Love Lifesciences co-founder said Tuesday after earning a regional victory in the global Startup World Cup competition.
Homegrown film snags tax credit to create 118 jobs (and a red carpet premiere in KC)
Audiences at Tuesday’s red carpet premiere of “Rise and Shine” — the first film production in Kansas City to use Missouri’s Motion Media Tax Credit — might recognize iconic sights on the big screen like the transformed halls of a former Midtown coworking space and one of the city’s most popular chocolatiers.
K-State names Garmin ‘company of the year’ for putting Kansas talent on innovation’s front lines
A leading source of top engineering talent is honoring Garmin for the global tech company’s commitment to a Kansas university-to-corporate workforce pipeline — fueling development of its GPS-enabled navigation, fitness, and outdoor wearable devices.
AI makes it easy to start, but that’s not the hard part; tech builders forecast job shifts, product hiccups
The AI conversation was part of a broader day of Back2KC activities aimed at showcasing innovation, culture and upward mobility in Kansas City — all as a means to lure former Heartland entrepreneurs and tech workers back to the region.
Can a machine buy it? Why your business model might already say ‘legacy’
Businesses will soon compete for machine discovery much as they competed for search rankings, Amazon shelf space, or app store placements. A human-facing website asks: Can the customer understand us? A machine-facing endpoint seeks different answers.