One of Baltimore’s support programs for health startups just reopened with a new identity and shifts in programming. Get the details on the Healthworx Accelerator, which is out of the innovation division of the insurance provider CareFirst, in my latest: technical.ly/startups/caref…

A Fairfax startup aiming to simplify government contract management just raised $2.8 million to further develop its platform. Get the details on GovPort and this raise in my latest for Technical.ly technical.ly/startups/govpo…

Local tech AND entertainment news: The limited series ‘Lady in the Lake,’ which is filmed and set in Baltimore starring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram, features the suburban 3D scanning company Direct Dimensions: technical.ly/civic-news/lad…

Thank you Kaela Roeder ✏️ and Technical.ly DC for covering our funding and our mission to reinvent application security. technical.ly/startups/appli…

NEW: Techstars is ending its JP Morgan-backed programming — including its DC accelerator — at the end of the year. The planned cohort of 24 companies will still convene this fall. The company also announced layoffs of 17% of its staff. Get more details: technical.ly/professional-d…

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DC remains far behind its Vision Zero goal to eradicate traffic deaths or serious injuries by 2024, despite introducing tech in recent years to boost transparency. Traffic deaths hit a 16-year high in 2023 — 52 people died and 363 endured major injuries: technical.ly/civic-news/vis…

Latest from me: The global investment company Techstars is partnering with Johns Hopkins and CareFirst to bring a new AI-focused healthtech accelerator to Baltimore. Programming will be in person and is intended for early-stage startups: technical.ly/startups/techs…

Excited to moderate this panel at DC Tech Meetup's AI Day on Sept. 4. We are going to be chatting all about AI in the public sector. RSVP and get more details: lu.ma/q78mgv1l

Mai Thai in Georgetown why are you playing What Was I Made For while I am the only one here at 5 pm

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EXCLUSIVE: I spoke with Sen. Mark Warner, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about his thoughts on AI policy. Following his remarks at an AI summit hosted by Virginia Tech, he delved further into the demands of data centers and workforce changes: technical.ly/civic-news/ai-…

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Hard to read today’s Tampa Bay Times without tearing up. So proud of, and so grateful for, this team of relentless reporters. Front page: 📍Christopher Spata: 13 days, 2 hurricanes 📍Ian Hodgson & Max Chesnes: Rescues and record floods If you can, pls support us: project.tampabay.com/donate

Howard University researchers are confident that by next spring, the university will reclaim its Research-1 status — the first HBCU to do so. Other HBCUs are still vying for the designation. A history of discrimination had long stood in the way. chronicle.com/article/howard…

DC folks: Voting is now open for our 2024 Technical.ly Awards! 🏆Every year, we recognize the region's best people, products and programs. We have brand new categories this year, too. Learn about the finalists and make sure to cast your vote. technical.ly/civic-news/tec…

My current view: the colonel of the tank, MASTER P, is hosting an entrepreneurship master class at Richard Wright PCS, where he serves as a board member. Definitely got a Washington Informer piece coming up.

When I was an editor at the University of Mary Washington's student paper, the student government cut our print funding, citing environmental/financial concerns. We got ahold of SGA's meeting minutes and found out the student president had an agenda and didn't like our coverage.

Congratulations to the 14 journalists selected for NPF's Covering Workplace Mental Health fellowship! The cohort will hear from expert speakers on psychology and business in Washington, D.C., May 21-22, 2025. nationalpress.org/newsfeed/npf-1…