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Artificial intelligence takes center stage at Denver’s inaugural DenAI Summit
As the largest city in a state that passed the nation’s first law regulating the potential impact of artificial intelligence on consumers last May, Denver took a different step. It went all…
What’s Working: Techstars Denver spotlights tech startups tackling workforce issues
Techstars is back! Not back in a local-headquarters kind of way, but the tech-business accelerator wrapped up its latest class of startups this week in Denver, the base for its new workforce…
More than 15,500 business filings in Colorado deemed fraudulent were made by one guy
The number of new companies created in Colorado in the past two years may not have set all-time records after all, after officials discovered more than 15,500 fraudulent business filings last year…
How the U.S. patent office expanded innovation in Colorado in the past 10 years
By opening a regional office in Denver 10 years ago, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is fulfilling a mission to better reach inventors where they live. What followed has been like…
The very last Boulder Techstars class graduates as company ends 17-year run in city
BOULDER — As founders from 12 semi-polished startups took the Boulder Theater stage Thursday night to make two-to-four minute pitches in front of potential investors and the Techstars family, they made history….
Techstars new (and returning) CEO still calls Boulder home despite headquarters’ move to New York
The shock in the local entrepreneurial community after the home-grown Techstars announced its move to New York in February, gave way to concern when CEO Maëlle Gavet said last week she was…
Big companies like to buy Colorado’s thriving outdoor businesses — and then move them out of state
Thirty years ago this month in a Boulder garage, Bruce “Bruno” McGowan and Bruce “Edge” Edgerly minted their first Alpine Trekker, a clunky contraption that enabled skiers to skin uphill in alpine…
As new laws are proposed, Colorado companies share how they use AI to make business better
Update: Colorado’s proposed bill requiring companies that use artificial intelligence to be transparent with consumers passed the General Assembly on the last day, May 8, 2024. The bill now heads to the…
What’s Working: Techstars alumni, mentors consider what’s next for the Boulder/Denver startup community.
As Colorado’s preeminent startup accelerator Techstars officially acknowledged this week that its headquarters is leaving Boulder in favor of New York, local tech founders and other supporters felt a sense of loss…