Their conversation touched on topics ranging from leadership advice to Indiana’s entrepreneurial climate to Purdue University’s plans to expand its Indianapolis presence.
Media personality Guy Raz, host of the podcast “How I Built This,” addressed a range of topics on Wednesday as a keynote speaker at the Rally innovation conference in downtown Indianapolis.
A panel of business owners shared their thoughts on launching a company in the state at the Indiana Technology and Innovation Association event held in conjunction with the Rally innovation conference.
During a panel discussion held in conjunction with Elevate Ventures’ Rally innovation conference, panelists emphasized the need to invest in the people and innovation necessary to advance Indiana’s economy.
Indianapolis-based software firm ConverSight.ai helps clients analyze their data and make business decisions. The company has raised a total of $15 million since its founding in 2017.
The space agency’s Artemis program aims to build sustainable moon infrastructure that can serve as a launching pad for human missions to Mars. Indiana companies from all over the state are helping to make the huge endeavor a reality.
Indianapolis-based Stellar is a tech services firm that helps companies implement artificial intelligence and other technologies into their operations. The startup launched earlier this year and emerged from stealth mode this week.
Kenzie Academy, launched in 2017, stopped enrolling new students on Tuesday and has eliminated the jobs of more than 100 employees.
True Essence Foods, whose original product was an artisanal chocolate called SoChatti, has secured 15 patents for its technologies, with another 70 patent applications in process.
Local tech firms that have started to use the technology say, with the caveat that it’s difficult to make long-term predictions about ever-changing technology, that they view generative AI as a tool rather than a job killer.
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule that would give it authority to fine businesses that write, buy or sell fake reviews, provide compensation for positive or negative reviews, or sell fake social media followers.
At least seven other events are taking place in and around downtown Indianapolis Aug. 28-30, all designed to capitalize on the momentum organizers hope Rally will generate.
A major shareholder of the Indianapolis-based company had been attempting to get its own CEO elected to the board instead.
Stitch, a marketing tech consulting firm, can earn up to $3.3 million in state economic incentives if it hires at least 100 Hoosiers by the end of 2027. The company launched last year out of Indianapolis venture studio High Alpha.
The funding round included participation from Indianapolis-based investors Elevate Ventures and VisionTech Partners.
The Aug. 29-31 event at the Indiana Convention Center will have 220 speakers, five pitch competitions offering up to $5 million in total prize money, and hundreds of meetings between entrepreneurs and investors representing multiple industries.
Indianapolis-based Noble Roman’s Inc., which is battling one of its biggest shareholders over whether to replace CEO Scott Mobley on the restaurant company’s board of directors, is now facing a lawsuit from that shareholder over the same issue.
Dimension Mill just closed its fourth angel investors’ fund this week, with $1.08 million from 52 investors. The fund has been so successful since the program’s launch in 2020 that Dimension Mill is planning significant expansion to spur more investment activity.
The average credit card interest rate charged by commercial banks was 20.1% at the end of the first quarter—the highest since the Federal Reserve began tracking this statistic in 1995. In comparison, that rate stood at 14.6% during the same period a year earlier.
Ren, an Indianapolis-based financial technology firm, says it received an investment of between $75 million and $300 million from a fund associated with Boston-based Bain Capital. It’s the first outside funding Ren has taken in its 36-year history.
