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PassiveLogic's Next Act: Former Siemens CTO, Thomas Kiessling, Takes the Helm as Autonomous Buildings Move Toward Reality techbuzznews.com/passivelogics-… New PassiveLogic CEO Thomas Kiessling discusses the Salt Lake City company's Level 3 autonomy launch, real-world energy savings of 10% to 40%, and plans for data centers and warehouses, framed against TechBuzz's coverage of the company since 2021.

SoloTruth's Next Act: Turning Fixed Asset Registers Into a Real-Time System of Truth techbuzznews.com/solotruths-nex… SoloTruth (Sandy, UT), formerly a bank-inspection platform built for Celtic Bank, rebranded in January and is launching Asset Relationship Management in August — using mobile apps, RFID, GPS, and AI to fix ERP "ghost" and "zombie" asset problems for manufacturers.

Spanish Fork Family Builds a Game Studio With AI — and Jobs for Their Sons techbuzznews.com/skip-the-salad/ A Spanish Fork family of ten built a card game studio using AI to fill the roles of an illustration team, a software shop, and a marketing agency, creating employment for twin sons on the autism spectrum along the way.

UVU First in Utah to Unify Frontier AI Models in One Gateway, as Active Users Jump 31% in Week One techbuzznews.com/uvu-first-in-u… Utah Valley University (Orem, UT) launched a centralized AI Gateway giving all employees secure access to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, following a 360-user pilot.

Inside LoanPro's AI Bet: Guardrails Before Growth techbuzznews.com/loanpros-ai-be… LoanPro's Chief Product Officer Colin Terry discusses the Farmington fintech's MCP-based AI Gateway, built on layered compliance guardrails that restrict AI agent actions to regulatory boundaries, plus the company's deliberate choice to stay out of deposit core banking.

Utah Valley University Offers Free Declaration of Independence Masterclass techbuzznews.com/u-v-u-declarat… UVU's Center for Constitutional Studies launches a free YouTube Declaration Masterclass series for America's 250th birthday, featuring Oxford, BYU, and UVU scholars exploring natural law, equality, and civic virtue in 15-minute episodes.

RealQuest AI Wants Your Kid's Screen Time to Look Like a Startup, Not a Scroll techbuzznews.com/realquest-ai-l… Today Mobly co-founder Zach Barney launched RealQuest AI, a gamified platform that lets teens build and run real businesses with AI coaching, CRM and marketing tools, parental permission controls, and Duolingo-style streaks.

Co-Diagnostics Bets the Future of PCR Is Not the Laboratory—It's Everywhere techbuzznews.com/co-diagnostics… Co-Diagnostics (Salt Lake City, UT) has completed validation studies supporting FDA submission of its portable PCR platform, positioning the Utah company to expand laboratory-quality molecular diagnostics into point-of-care settings and underserved global markets.

Awardco's Amy Poll Butler on Culture, COVID's Silver Lining, and Why HR Needs "Gas and Brakes" on AI techbuzznews.com/awardcos-amy-p… Awardco VP of People Operations Amy Poll Butler discusses her 2026 Utah Business Women to Watch honor, the company's path from bootstrapped startup to $1 billion valuation, and her measured approach to bringing AI into HR decision-making.

Nightingale Education Group Wins 2026 Culture Excellence Award, Adds Employee Appreciation Honor techbuzznews.com/nightingale-wi… Nightingale Education Group, the Salt Lake City nursing education company, won a 2026 Culture Excellence & Industry Award from TopWorkplaces.com and an Employee Appreciation honor with Bucketlist, its second consecutive year earning workplace recognition.

ReVroom Launches ReVroom Reports to End Blind Buying of Rebuilt Title Cars techbuzznews.com/revroom-launch… ReVroom (Provo, UT) launches ReVroom Reports, a VIN-based damage history and transparency tool for rebuilt and branded title vehicles, offering buyers independent analysis regardless of whether a seller lists on the platform

Nusano Reaches First Accelerator Commissioning Milestone at West Valley Facility techbuzznews.com/nusano-reaches… Nusano (West Valley City, UT) achieved its first accelerator commissioning milestone, validating core LINAC systems and advancing its West Valley City platform toward commercial radioisotope production by the end of 2026.

TCN launches AI-powered answering machine detection for contact centers techbuzznews.com/tcn-launches-a…

UVU Students Beat Khan Academy to the Question — Now They're Racing to Stay Ahead of the Answer techbuzznews.com/uvu-students-b… Utah Valley University students developed an AI-driven framework urging universities to replace lectures with AI tutoring and prioritize mentorship, collaboration, and human connection as higher education faces accelerating disruption.

DigiCert's New Report: 78% of Organizations Already Hit by AI Security Incidents techbuzznews.com/digicert-ai-re… DigiCert's (Lehi, UT) new AI Trust Outlook report finds 78% of organizations have hit AI security incidents. Field CTO Mike Nelson tells TechBuzz why identity, not new technology, is the missing piece in AI governance.

SheTech Interns Interview Vidya Chavan techbuzznews.com/shetech-intern… Vidya Chavan, a microbiologist at 4Life Research (Sandy, UT), discusses her path from studying cancer cell lines in France to testing products for contamination, driven throughout by lifelong curiosity and passion for microbiology.

UVU's New Engineering Dean Arrived on Day One to Find the Future Already Under Construction techbuzznews.com/uvu-engineerin… Spencer Magleby spent 30+ years at BYU applying folding paper techniques into spacecraft. Now he leads UVU's Smith College of Engineering and Technology.

University of Utah Leads Nation in Unicorn Founder Potential, New Stanford Study Shows techbuzznews.com/u-of-u-tops-na… A Stanford analysis ranks the University of Utah first nationwide for the likelihood that its graduates will found venture-backed unicorns, highlighting the university's growing influence in entrepreneurship, innovation, and startup success.

Utah Breaks Ground on The Point, Launching a $2.3 Billion District on the Site of the Former State Prison techbuzznews.com/utah-breaks-gr… Utah broke ground today on The Point, a $2.3 billion mixed-use district in Draper built on the former state prison site, launching the vertical part of Phase 1 of a 600-acre development projected to generate 46,500 jobs.