LANSING – Michigan entrepreneurs developing the next generation of artificial intelligence, defense, healthcare and advanced manufacturing technologies have a chance to compete for more than $2 million in prize funding through the 2026-2027 PitchMI startup competition. Applications are now open for PitchMI, a statewide startup competition led by the Michigan State University Research Foundation in
New Innovation Alliance hopes to turn more Michigan inventions into Michigan companies—and keep billions of dollars in future value from leaving the state. LANSING - For decades, Michigan has been one of America's great innovation engines. The state is home to world-class research universities, global automotive and manufacturing companies, a growing artificial intelligence sector, and
ANN ARBOR — Michigan helped invent the modern auto industry, remains one of America's top engineering centers, and is home to one of the nation's leading research universities. So why isn't the state creating more billion-dollar technology companies? That's the question increasingly confronting Michigan business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers as states like Texas, Colorado,
