GM teams up with Microsoft on driverless cars
In the partnership announced Tuesday, the companies said Microsoft’s Azure cloud and edge computing platform would be used to “commercialize its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale.”
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16 Tech announces first round of food, retail vendors
The seven vendors, which include restaurants, a space for food entrepreneurs and a barber shop, will occupy 16 Tech’s 40,000-square-foot food and retail hall.
IBJ Podcast: Indy startup CarSnoop aims to change the way you buy your next car
Entrepreneur Cole Keesling talks with host Mason King about how he developed the idea for app, what it took to go from concept to product and the marketing push CarSnoop has underway.
Local startup aims to revolutionize car sales
After working for car dealerships for a quarter century, entrepreneur Cole Keesling is ready to flip the script to work for car buyers.
New Mira Award category to shine light on companies that made notable pandemic pivot
The Pandemic Pivot of the Year award will shine the light on exceptional efforts by tech companies in the face of a challenging year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Slightly more Indianapolis families opt for in-person learning for 2nd semester
More families are rethinking at-home learning because it isn’t going well for their children or they’re worried about negative long-term learning effects.
Capital raises by state’s tech companies in 2020 far below 2019’s record mark
The amount of capital raised by state technology firms in 2020 was way down from the previous year, but local industry leaders say that shouldn’t be taken as bad news.
GM charges up new unit to sell electric delivery vans, gear
The first product for the new venture called BrightDrop will be an electric-powered wheeled pallet that will take goods from the warehouse to trucks and from trucks to destinations. Then GM will roll out a clean electric delivery van.
Local software firm for not-for-profit fundraising swells with acquisition
Bloomerang officials say the acquisition of Tennessee-based Kindful combines the two largest companies in the donor management software space.
Allegion acquires internet-of-things firm as part of effort to diversify
Allegion Senior Vice President Vince Wenos told IBJ there’s more to the acquisition of Yonomi than meets the eye, and it will have a significant impact on Allegion’s future direction as well as its operations globally and in Indiana.
Alphabet workers launch unconventional union
It’s the latest organizing effort by tech workers, who have gone public with frustrations over what they say are unfair labor practices and unethical business deals in recent years.
Microsoft says hackers viewed source code, didn’t change it
Microsoft said Thursday in a blog post that hackers tied to a massive intrusion of dozens of U.S. government agencies and private companies sneaked further into its systems than previously thought.
Tennessee bombing spotlights vulnerable voice, data networks
The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville led to phone and data service outages and disruptions over hundreds of miles in the southern United States, raising new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications.
Neighborhood groups may be scanning your license plate
Homeowners associations across Indianapolis are increasingly partnering with private companies to surveil their neighborhoods with automated license plate readers.
Ed-tech startup aims to identify student challenges
Invoke Learning offers a cloud-based artificial intelligence system that tracks student behavior from a variety of data sources gathered from the school and other publicly available outlets.
FAA outlines new rules for drones and their operators
Federal officials say they will allow operators to fly small drones over people and at night, potentially giving a boost to commercial use of the machines.
From Zoom to Quibi: Tech winners and losers of 2020
In many ways, 2020′s pandemic-induced isolation threw our dependence on technology into overdrive, snipping away at our real-life connections while bringing digital relationships to the fore. Here’s a look at the tech offerings that succeeded and those who didn’t.
States making bold new legal claims in two Google lawsuits
The latest case came Thursday as dozens of states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that the search giant exercises an illegal monopoly over the online search market, hurting consumers and advertisers.
Commercial launch triggers $7.5M capital raise for Indy software firm MetaCX
MetaCX, a 2-year-old High Alpha portfolio company led by local tech entrepreneur Scott McCorkle, already has raised a total of $24.5 million in venture and growth capital and hired 40 staffers.
Hack against U.S. is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says
The hack compromised federal agencies and “critical infrastructure” in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in an unusual warning message.