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Odys Aviation and the Hybrid VTOL Bet: Why One AAM Exec Thinks Batteries Alone Won't Cut It techbuzznews.com/odys-aviation-… Odys Aviation (Long Beach, CA) produces hybrid VTOL for multiple uses, with cargo certification expected this year and a possible Utah factory on the horizon.

techbuzznews.com/mwcns-2025-dea… MWCN’s 2025 Deal Flow Report highlights Utah’s strong transaction volume amid lower overall deal value MountainWest Capital Network’s 2025 Deal Flow Report event today at Zions Bank brought together Utah business leaders to review transaction trends, recognize contributors, and highlight the state’s active investment and capital markets.

Utah’s Data Privacy Push Moves From Promise to Practice techbuzznews.com/2nd-annual-dat… At Utah’s second Data Governance Summit at UVU, officials said the state’s privacy agenda has shifted from legislation to implementation, highlighting digital identity, local-government support, shared services, deadlines, and the challenge of building public trust.

DBT Aero Wants to Change the Shape of Flight techbuzznews.com/dbt-aero-wants… DBT Aero (Riverton, UT) says its unconventional aircraft geometry could cut fuel burn, boost payload, and revive regional aviation economics. Founder Michael Duke is bringing that argument to the 47G Summit with a vision for flight.

Operation Gigawatt Summit: Utah's Blueprint for American Energy Abundance techbuzznews.com/operation-giga… Utah's Operation Gigawatt Summit convened federal officials, legislators, and energy founders at Deer Valley to accelerate nuclear, storage, and frontier energy development — producing a concrete federal permitting agreement the same day.

Amplēo Acquires Crunchfirm, Bringing Full-Stack CFO Services for VC-Backed Startups to Its Growing Platform techbuzznews.com/ampleo-acquire…

The Unicorn Makers: Album VC Adds New Partners Ty Boswell and Cash Allred to Elite Seed Fund techbuzznews.com/album-vc-welco…

Altitude Lab Portfolio Tops $205 Million in Funding as Salt Lake City’s Biotech Scene Gains Real Traction techbuzznews.com/altitude-lab-p…

Do Courtroom Cameras Change Judicial Behavior? New BYU-NYU Study Suggests They May techbuzznews.com/do-courtroom-c… A new BYU-NYU study uses AI to study what happens when federal appellate courts go on video — and finds that courtroom behavior does change.

Fortem Technologies Tapped to Secure Airspace at One of the World's Premier Aviation Events techbuzznews.com/fortem-tapped-… Fortem Technologies (Lindon, UT) will deploy its most advanced radar system at the Farnborough International Airshow this summer, continuing a streak of high-profile global deployments for the airspace security company.

The American Causal Inference Conference Comes to Salt Lake City Next Week techbuzznews.com/the-american-c… The Society for Causal Inference is holding their annual conference in Salt Lake City, May 11-14. UVU professor Brian Knaeble, president-elect of the society, will host a free networking event after the conference on Thursday for Utah's tech community.

UVU Students Walk 52 USHE Auditors Through Building Their Own AI Agents techbuzznews.com/50-million-sen…

From Curiosity to Confidence in Tech techbuzznews.com/abbey-lasater-… Abbey Lasater, Associate Vice President of Data Engineering at Sunwest Bank, shares her journey from uncertain student to confident tech leader, encouraging young women to embrace curiosity and persevere through challenges in STEM.

50 Million Seniors Can't Wait: How Enzo Health Is Using AI to Save the Caregivers Who Care for Them techbuzznews.com/50-million-sen…

Built at UVU: Inside the Second Annual SCET Student Expo techbuzznews.com/uvu-2nd-annual… UVU's second annual SCET Student Expo showcased dozens of student engineering projects, highlighting an electric hydrofoil watercraft, a CNC pancake printer, and a haptic-feedback walking aid for the visually impaired — demonstrating innovation across disciplines, cost constraints, and human need.

Mariana Minerals Restarts a Utah Copper Mine as the World's First Fully Autonomous Operation techbuzznews.com/mariana-minera… Mariana Minerals restarted Copper One in southeastern Utah, near the town of La Sal, as the world's first mine deploying AI autonomy across all operational domains, drawing Governor Cox, federal officials, and investors to one of the state's poorest counties.

ONEMETA Pushes Real-Time Multilingual AI Into Media Infrastructure With NVIDIA Holoscan Integration techbuzznews.com/onemeta-integr… ONEMETA (Bountiful, UT) integrates its real-time multilingual AI into NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, enabling low-latency translation and transcription across live media workflows through GPU-accelerated infrastructure for enterprise broadcast environments globally.

Haynie Hosts 2nd Annual Spring Shoot Out techbuzznews.com/haynie-hosts-2… Haynie & Company and Sunwest Bank are hosting the Second Annual Spring Shoot Out, taking place at the Lee Kay Public Shooting Center in the west side of the Salt Lake Valley, blending clay shooting, networking, and tacos.

University of Utah Symposium Charts a Bold Course in Quantum Science techbuzznews.com/u-of-u-quantum… The University of Utah's invite-only Quantum Science & Technology Symposium united researchers, industry leaders, and national scholars to advance Utah's strengths in quantum sensing, materials, algorithms, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

U of U Earns Top-10 MBA Entrepreneurship Ranking from U.S. News for 2026 techbuzznews.com/u-of-u-earns-t… The University of Utah's business school ranked No. 3 among public schools for MBA entrepreneurship, supported by hands-on programs, startup resources, and a growing founder community.