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This Month's Latest Tech News in Tyler, TX - Sunday August 31st 2025 Edition

Too Long; Didn't Read: Tyler tech roundup - UT Tyler scored a $174,740 NSF grant for explainable ECG AI (two years), launches a campus AI teaching assistant this fall, East Texas A&M debuts a 2‑year STEM M.S. in AI, Restb.ai adds LAAR, and Sam's Clu... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Amazon's tactile robot Vulcan (handling ~75% of stored items) and DeepFleet (≈10% travel efficiency gain) are live in Spokane; SFCC secured ~$150K for an AI/cyber‑med certificate (first enroll Fall 2026); Gestalt raised $7.5M;... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Marysville faces a potential class action after a July 2025 suit alleges 30 minutes pre‑shift donning and 20–30 minutes unpaid doffing for 100+ workers, while WA AG joins 40+ states opposing a proposed 10‑year federal ban on s... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Midland update: TCDC JV closed 235 acres (option to expand to 438), planning a 250 MW net‑zero AI/HPC campus (Phase 1: 100 MW by Dec 2026) with behind‑the‑meter gas + CCUS (≈250,000 tCO₂/yr); regional AI megaprojects, startups... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Bellevue's AI boom: OpenAI leasing ~69,000 sq ft (≈370 desks, 140-seat cafeteria) at City Center Plaza; Pay‑i raised $4.9M; $1.4M federal grant funds Archetype AI pilot; Microsoft layoffs include ~830 WA roles (Aug. 31) as cit... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Pearland's August 31, 2025 tech roundup: OxeFit's AI trainer debuts at ZERO (sessions capped at 6), Franchise AiQ cost guide shows AI tiers $500–$5k, $5k–$25k, $50k–$500k+, and pilots can deliver conversion lifts up to 43% in ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Lakeland's August 31, 2025 tech roundup: FDOT‑backed AI traffic pilot (~$500K) reports dozens of red‑light detections, Fort Myers' 150‑seat municipal ChatGPT rollout (~$72K) saves ~10 hours/user/week, Jabil's $500M NC plant ad... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: St. Petersburg's tech month: 15 AI “smart signals” ($1.16M FDOT grant) and Haddy's 32,000‑sq‑ft AI/robot 3D microfactory boost applied AI; Optiversal raised $5.5M, UF secured $30M for applied‑AI agtech, while Jabil's $500M pla... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: USF launched the Bellini College with a record $40M gift to train ~3,000 students and 45 faculty by Fall 2025. Brookings named Tampa an AI "emerging center." Jabil chose NC for a $500M, 1,181‑job AI facility; local reskilling ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Hialeah tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): Miami schools roll out Google Gemini to 105,000+ students; DeSantis teases statewide AI rules; Arrive AI IPO (May 15) raised ~$40M post‑listing; MDC AI programs enroll 200+; Latinas in Tech... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Miami's AI surge: University of Miami opens an Office of AI in Medical Education; Miami‑Dade College showcased 16 student teams (300+ attendees); Miami‑Dade Schools deployed Google Gemini chatbots to 105,000+ students; Cast AI... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Infinite Reality and Sterling Bay will build a 60‑acre Fort Lauderdale campus at 1400 NW 31st Ave, creating 1,000+ six‑figure jobs and 100,000+ sq ft Class A offices (opening 2026). Nearby moves: Cast AI $108M raise, CentralRe... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: West Palm Beach's AI surge: a proposed HQ seeks $2M local grants and ~$15M state incentives to create ~856 jobs averaging $170,000 and $280M economic impact; local pilots include Ask Poli chatbot (75+ languages), BEACON alerts... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: L3Harris cut the ribbon on a $100M, 94,000‑sq‑ft satellite hub (≈100 jobs, ~$105K avg) and plans a ~98,000‑sq‑ft microelectronics cleanroom (≈100 jobs, ~$111K). Palm Coast gains Google's Sol cable landing; Brevard fits ~400 bu... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Port St. Lucie tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): AI strains grid - 2.9 kWh/day analogue; RAND warns gigawatts needed by 2025. Dragonfly Park: ~25 acres, 400,000+ sq ft. St. Lucie nuclear: 75+ interviews, 20 anonymous complaints (20... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: UF wins a $4.7M, four‑year Air Force AI contract; HiPerGator 4 (63 DGX B200 nodes, ~60,000 cores, 11 PB) arrives Fall 2025; Gleim launches $124.95 AI pilot trainer; UF drone‑AI hemp trials recommend 112–168 kg/ha nitrogen; San... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Pellera Technologies launches in Tallahassee after the Converge–Mainline merger (pro forma ≈ $4B 2024 revenue). City pilots: utility chatbots, OCR LPRs (219+ recoveries), drones (100+ flight hours). Gov. DeSantis seeks AI law ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Palm Coast is becoming a global connectivity hub: DC BLOX's 34-acre, Tier III campus (≈10 MW) will support up to six subsea cables, anchor Google's Sol transatlantic route, target Q1 2027 operation, and could spur cloud, AI jo... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Duos Edge AI raised $40M and aims for 15 modular EDCs by end of 2025 (90‑day builds, 100kW+ per rack). UF plans a $7M retrofit for a Master of AI by Fall 2026. Jacksonville also sees AI voice launches, ZeroEyes school cameras ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Orlando's AI surge: AMD's new R&D center, UCF's Institute (25 faculty planned; 21 AI programs), ~1,800 new tech jobs last year, 78,000 regional tech roles, Axiom AI won $1.4M DoD contract, Volusia deployed ZeroEyes across ~70 ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Murrieta's August 31, 2025 snapshot: AI‑driven conservation confirmed red‑legged frog breeding (Jan. 30 AI alert; >100 CA adults; 87 egg masses relocated), 700,000 audio hours analyzed, Perch released Aug. 7, 2025, 63rd DUI re... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Sacramento's AI surge: California launched Ask CAL FIRE in 70 languages (May 9), CPPA ADMT rules trigger Jan 1, 2027 compliance, Blaize won a $120M APAC deal, SacRT fitted 100 buses with AI cameras, and Governor Newsom signed ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: California struck deals with Google, Microsoft, Adobe and IBM to train over two million students in generative AI; Anthropic warns ~50% of entry‑level white‑collar jobs at risk; Cal Fire chatbot unreliable for evacuation info;... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Rancho Cucamonga tech roundup: Visa pilots agentic payments (4.8B credentials, 300B+ annual transactions, $40B fraud prevented), CA faces ~8.7 GW data‑center demand, ISG reports Americas Q2 ACV $15.5B (+26% YoY), local contrac... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: San José's August 31, 2025 roundup: PG&E deal adds ~2,000 MW (powering ~1.5M homes) and $3.4–$6.8M/project revenue; city awarded $175K to four AI startups; 3 data centers + up to 4,000 homes proposed; AI upskilling saved 10–20... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Santa Clarita tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): CalArts + CHANEL launch CCAT on 60-acre Valencia campus; Memories.ai processes up to 10M hours; ~460,000 suspect college applications flagged; ~1.1 TB Disney data exfiltrated; DFPI cr... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: California's August AI deals promise no‑cost tools and training for over 2 million students; San Diego banned automated rent‑setting (up to $1,000 damages), CA revises ADMT rules, CAISO pilots OATI's Genie, UCSD speeds diffusi... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Keysight-led OFC demos hit 448 Gbps lane (building block for 3.2 Tb), KAI Data Center Builder emulates AI clusters (1.6T interconnect validation), Keysight Q2: $1.31B revenue, $1.70 EPS; local AI reskilling (15-week bootcamp) ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Modesto's August 31, 2025 tech roundup: May 21 Central Valley AI Forum at MJC (free, keynote Dr. Sonya Christian); StanRTA's Intangles pilot cut unscheduled events 15–20% and improved fuel economy 6–8%; MJC launched anonymous ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: UC Riverside and Google unveiled UNITE, a transformer-based deepfake detector; Veritone won a multi-year redaction deal with Riverside County; UCR earned ≈$424K NSF funding for infant wearable sensors; Riverside region gains $... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Gov. Newsom's MOUs with Google, Microsoft, Adobe and IBM promise free AI tools and training for over 2 million California students; San Bernardino pilots include 24 hours of autonomous firefighting tests, CSUSB's ChatGPT Edu r... Read more