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MITechNews Building Michigan AI Company Directory — AI Firms Invited To Join For September Launch

ANN ARBOR — MITechNews is building a statewide directory of Michigan artificial intelligence companies designed to answer a deceptively simple question: Who is actually building Michigan's AI economy? The MITechNews Michigan AI Directory, scheduled to launch in September, will identify and categorize companies developing artificial intelligence products, platforms and services across the state. MITechNews already

By |2026-08-23T11:01:22-04:00August 23rd, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, ESD, Featured|
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If AI Takes The Jobs, Who Gets The Money?

Artificial intelligence could make Michigan businesses dramatically more productive while reducing the number of workers they need. That raises an uncomfortable question: If machines increasingly create the wealth, how do people get enough money to buy what the machines produce? ANN ARBOR - Yesterday, MITechNews examined three possible artificial intelligence futures for Michigan. In the

By |2026-08-23T10:38:53-04:00August 23rd, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, ESD, Featured|
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Michigan Built For The EV Boom. Now AI Data Centers Could Become The Bigger Prize

LG Energy Solution Starts Production At Lansing Battery Plant As AI Power Demand Opens A Second Market For Michigan’s EV Investments LANSING — Michigan spent billions of dollars and years of economic-development effort preparing for an electric-vehicle revolution. Now the explosive growth of artificial intelligence may give some of those investments a second — and

By |2026-08-21T14:00:36-04:00August 20th, 2026|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Clean, Green, wireless, ESD, Featured|
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Velocity Emerging Defense Tech 5X5 Pitch Competition Offers Cash Prizes

STERLING HEIGHTS - Eighty years after Detroit became the Arsenal of Democracy, the Pentagon is once again turning to Detroit, which helped win World War II. Velocity, an MEDC SmartZone located in the Sterling Heighta, is hosting the Velocity Emerging Defense Tech 5X5 Pitch Competition during the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium at

By |2026-07-20T11:04:24-04:00July 20th, 2026|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, ESD, mitechtv|
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Michigan Auto Industry Faces Growing AI Skills Gap As Employers Warn Workforce Isn’t Ready

ANN ARBOR – Michigan's automotive industry has weathered supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and the transition to electric vehicles. But a new report suggests its next challenge may be finding workers with the digital and technical skills needed for an industry increasingly powered by artificial intelligence, automation and software. Nearly one in three automotive employers

By |2026-07-10T13:03:04-04:00July 10th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Auto Tech, ESD, Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEAM), STEM|
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Could Your Next Hyundai Charge Itself While You Drive? New Wind Turbine Patent Explores an Unusual Idea

ANN ARBOR — No, your next Hyundai probably won't look like a miniature wind farm. But the newly discovered patent illustrates just how creative automakers have become in the search for every additional mile of EV range. Hyundai and Kia engineers have patented one of the more unusual ideas yet—a vehicle-mounted wind turbine system designed

By |2026-07-09T09:13:50-04:00July 9th, 2026|Auto Tech, Engineering Society of Detroit, ESD|
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Aquinas Launches AI, Cybersecurity Majors As Michigan Races To Build Tech Workforce

GRAND RAPIDS – As artificial intelligence reshapes industries, cyberattacks become more sophisticated, and the digital gaming industry continues its explosive growth, colleges across Michigan are rethinking how they prepare students for the jobs of the future. Aquinas College is the latest institution to adapt, announcing three new technology-focused majors that will launch in Fall 2026:

By |2026-06-09T15:03:32-04:00June 9th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Defense, ESD, Featured|
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Veteran Michigan Business Journalists Launch Boutique Executive Thought Leadership & Industry Visibility Agency

ANN ARBOR — As artificial intelligence floods the internet with generic content and shrinking attention spans make visibility harder than ever, two veteran Michigan business journalists are launching a boutique executive communications and thought leadership agency designed to help companies “own the conversation” in their industries. Longtime technology journalists Mike Brennan and Matt Roush have

By |2026-05-28T12:12:42-04:00May 28th, 2026|Entrepreneurs, ESD, Featured, New Products, New Products / Contracts|
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Michigan’s Auto Industry Is Quietly Transforming Into A Robotics Economy

DETROIT - Michigan may be on the verge of its next industrial transformation — and this time it may have less to do with automobiles than robots. As artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and advanced manufacturing continue converging, Michigan’s traditional mobility industry is increasingly evolving into something much broader: robotics drones AI-powered manufacturing autonomous logistics defense

By |2026-05-27T19:41:35-04:00May 27th, 2026|Drones, ESD, Mobile MI, Mobility|
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Michigan Defense Industry Group STEM Scholarship Program Deadline May 29.

DETROIT - The National Defense Industrial Association Michigan Chapter is using a new STEM scholarship program to encourage more Michigan students to pursue careers in some of the fastest-growing — and increasingly strategic — sectors of the economy: defense technology, aerospace engineering, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and advanced manufacturing. Applications are due Friday May

By |2026-05-26T09:34:07-04:00May 26th, 2026|ESD, Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEAM), STEM|
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