GoDaddy launched Airo.ai, a Beta agentic artificial intelligence (AI) website and experience that turns a simple conversation into completed tasks for small businesses. A business owner provides direction and Airo.ai infers the goal. It uses reason to plan and act across GoDaddy products and trusted services. Built on an extensible agent framework and GoDaddy's proprietary … [More]
Scottsdale Fintech Firm Launches Mobile App to Expand Automated Trading Access
TruTrade, the leading innovator in automated trading solutions, announces the launch of the TruTrade Mobile Application, which is now available on both iOS and Android platforms. This application empowers traders to oversee and manage their automated trading systems directly from their mobile devices, providing convenience and control. To explore the features of the TruTrade … [More]
FDA Clears Noninvasive Brain-Stimulation Therapy, Driving Valley Health-Tech Sector Growth
Arizona’s healthcare innovation economy is accelerating. The FDA’s recent clearance of transcranial magnetic stimulation for adolescents with major depressive disorder positions the state as a national leader in next-generation mental health technology and opens a new reimbursable market for behavioral health providers statewide. TMS is a non-invasive, non-drug treatment … [More]
Study: Generative AI Can Guide Goals, but SMB Strategy Still Requires Human Judgement
A peer-reviewed study in the INFORMS journal Decision Analysis finds that while generative AI can help define viable objectives for organizational and policy decision-making, the overall quality of those objectives falls short unless humans intervene. In the field of decision analysis, defining objectives is a foundational step. Before you can evaluate options, allocate … [More]
Scottsdale PR Firm Launches AI-Optimized Press Room to Boost Client Visibility
10to1 Public Relations (10to1PR), a public relations firm offering strategic communications services, has launched IVY Press Room, to transform client announcements, milestones, and thought leadership positioning into content designed to be discovered, cited, and shared by both journalists and generative AI systems. IVY Press Room is a core part of 10to1PR’s proprietary … [More]
Agency C-Suite Veteran Launches AI Consultancy to Operationalize Marketing & Comms
Twistive, a new AI consultancy purpose-built for marketing and communications leaders, has officially launched to help brands and agencies move from chaotic AI experimentation to structured, scalable adoption. As teams grapple with unapproved tools, unsecured workflows and disconnected training, Twistive delivers a practical, role-aligned approach to embed AI into daily … [More]
Innovation Summit to Spotlight Medtech, Aerospace/Defense, Chips & AI in Mesa
Partnership for Economic Innovation, a collective of business and community leaders dedicated to accelerating Arizona's economic opportunities, will host its Celebrating Innovation Summit on November 14, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. MST at Arizona State University's Media and Immersive Experience (MIX) Center in Mesa. The Summit will bring together Arizona's industry … [More]
Arizona AI Startup Raises $1.1M to Launch AI Home Inspection Software
Binsr Inspect, a proptech startup founded in Arizona, is preparing to launch the first AI-powered home inspection platform built to help inspectors work faster, boost revenue, and deliver a smarter, more seamless experience for clients and agents. The company recently closed a $1.1 million pre-seed round led by New Stack Ventures and Silence VC, with early support from … [More]
Creighton Medical Resident Builds AI Tool to Train Med Students in Real Hospital Messaging
At Creighton University School of Medicine Connor Yost, MD, a resident with the internal medicine residency program in Phoenix, experienced firsthand the challenges medical students face when transitioning into residency—demanding hours, steep learning curves and the need to communicate clearly under pressure. It was an opportunity to innovate. With support from his faculty … [More]
Arizona State University Partners with AI Writing Platform to Pilot Agentic Tools on Campus
Grammarly today announced a collaboration with Arizona State University to shape how institutions integrate agentic AI into the teaching and learning experience for students and faculty across higher education. As part of the collaboration, ASU will be the first university to deploy Grammarly’s latest innovation, Superhuman Go, a new agentic AI assistant developed by … [More]
Applied Materials and ASU Open $270M Materials-to-Fab Center in Tempe
Strengthening the bridge between academic research and real-world manufacturing
Inside the MacroTechnology Works facility at ASU’s Research Park in Tempe, a new kind of research center has opened: the Materials-to-Fab Center. This $270-million, world-class facility is designed to accelerate the transfer of innovations from lab ideation to fab-ready prototype, strengthening the bridge between academic research and real-world manufacturing. A ribbon-cutting … [More]
SEMICON West Finds a Natural Fit in Phoenix
When SEMICON West left San Francisco for the first time in its 50-year history, no one knew what to expect. The answer came fast: record crowds, sold-out exhibits, and a new spotlight on Arizona’s semiconductor strength. The weeklong conference filled downtown Phoenix with more than 35,000 visitors and more than 1,500 exhibitors, the largest turnout in nearly two … [More]
Balancing Analytics Freedom with Controlled Governance
For years, data leaders have swung between two challenging extremes. On one end is the "all-access" approach to data and analytics in which broad accessibility triggers governance, compliance and auditability concerns. On the other is the "locked vault" where access to data and analytics tools is tightly controlled, requests queue up and business decisioning slows to a crawl. … [More]
SAVA AI: Transforming How Patients Find Clinical Trials
SAVA AI is an intelligent trial-matching platform that connects patients to the right clinical trials in seconds rather than weeks. Built by EverythingALS, the system combines human insight with advanced large-language-model (LLM) technology developed in partnership with Amazon Web Services. It interprets a person’s natural questions such as “Are there any ALS trials recruiting … [More]
Case Study: Rio Salado Partnership Delivers Virtual Support Community, Improves Outcomes
Rio Salado College, one of the nation's largest online public colleges, has had over four years of success with RioConnect, its pioneering virtual community that fosters peer-to-peer connection and belonging in online learning. Built in collaboration with InScribe, RioConnect has scaled from an initial pilot into a central hub of student life, with tens of thousands of members … [More]
$825M Secured to Deliver New Solar Capacity and Grid-Scale Storage to Valley
Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and a global developer, owner, and operator of solar and energy storage assets, today announced it has closed $825 million in construction financing and tax equity for its Desert Bloom Storage and Papago Solar facilities. Nord/LB, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., CoBank, and Siemens Financial Services provided the … [More]
$50M Gift Launches ASU Global Institute for the Future of Energy
Arizona State University announced the creation of the Global Institute for the Future of Energy, supported by a $50 million gift from Robert Zorich, managing partner of EnCap Investments and an alumnus of ASU's Thunderbird School of Global Management. The institute, a collaboration between Thunderbird and ASU's Global Futures Laboratory, will focus on energy education, … [More]
Phoenix–Taipei Startup Corridor Formed to Scale AI and Semiconductor Companies
Tesoro Venture Capital, an Arizona-based venture fund and accelerator focused on artificial intelligence and semiconductor innovation, and Startup Island TAIWAN (SIT), the national startup brand powered by Taiwan’s National Development Council, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen collaboration between the U.S. and Taiwan in the rapidly expanding AI … [More]
