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

Too Long; Didn't Read: Stockton faces rapid AI adoption and lighter state rules: Newsom's vendor deals promise free training for over two million students, ADMT compliance begins Jan 1, 2027, audits 2027–2029, city pilots and floating data center sa... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Tulare County launched an AI task force and new website (Aug 21); FireSat prototype detected fires as small as 5×5 m (launched Mar 2025); Google's AI Mode rolled out May 20, 2025; California gas average ≈ $4.64/gal. AI bootcam... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Santa Maria's tech roundup: Allan Hancock's April AI Summit drew 200+ attendees; SBCAG won $480K Caltrans funding ($542,189 total) for an AI bike map; Diablo Canyon's on-site AI saves ~15,000 staff hours/year; California's MOU... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Bellingham tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): Microsoft announced ~9,000 global cuts (≈830 in Washington), municipal ChatGPT logs expose policy gaps across Bellingham/Everett, Bellingham schools adopt supervised AI policy, DOE eyes ... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Waco's tech roundup: 68% of AI adopters expanding teams; Waco MPO won a $1.44M SMART grant for AI traffic signals; Robinson ISD adds AI cameras; TSTC starts evening welding Sept. 2; Baylor launches AI‑Entrepreneurship Challeng... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Yakima's August 31, 2025 tech roundup: Artera's Harmony Co‑Pilots now used by 100+ providers (Staff Co‑Pilot in 85+ clinics, 100+ languages), Microsoft cuts ~15,000 jobs (≈830 WA WARN), AI farming pilots (orchard robotics 15–3... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: The Woodlands tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): Texas' TRAIGA effective Jan 1, 2026; Township forms AI Steering Committee; 4.6‑mile shared‑use path approved; Verizon small‑cell easements cleared; Bionova opens 10,000 sq ft pDNA fac... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Round Rock tech roundup (Aug 31, 2025): NSF renews $20M for UT's IFML; UT launches campuswide Sage tutor for ~52,000 students; McLane hires ~100 in Austin hub; 19 data‑center projects ~ $25B stress water/power; federal EO spee... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Plano is becoming an AI hub: a reported ~$700M, 425,000 sq ft Lambda/Aligned data center (601 N. Star Rd) due 2026, Nvidia manufacturing ramps in Texas (12–15 month mass‑production timeline), Cognigy HQ move (5,000 sq ft; ~150... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: San Antonio's tech surge: Rowan's 300 MW Cinco data center ($900M, ~600 construction/40+ permanent jobs, online 2027), Meta's 600 MW Clear Fork solar PPA ($0.9B, 2027), 463M gallons local data‑center water use (2023–24), HB149... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Tacoma launched a two‑year, $1.8M EPA‑funded pilot with Prairie Robotics to use AI cameras on recycling trucks (1 now, 7 planned) to cut a ~22% contamination rate; one truck logged 90 mistakes across 600 households. Formal rev... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: OpenAI leased ~49–69k sq ft in Bellevue (≈370 desks) and eyed Statsig for $1.1B; Microsoft pledged $80B for AI (train 2.5M people); Glacier raised $16M for AI sorters (30+ material types, 45 picks/min); Supio closed $60M Serie... 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: San Francisco's AI surge: local VC funding hit ≈ $29B (H1 2025) amid $104.3B U.S. AI investment; Salesforce bought Informatica for $8B; Bay Area leased >5M sq ft to AI firms; California mandates AI transparency (AB 2013) and t... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Fresno's AI fallout: a ChatGPT‑generated dossier led to spokesperson Nikki Henry's resignation and a $162,000 severance, prompting new hires (CIO Adela Garcia Duncan, deputy superintendent Ben Amuku Drati), promised staff AI t... Read more

Too Long; Didn't Read: Fremont's tech surge: groundbreaking for a 473,250 sq. ft., six‑building Campus at Bayside (Phase 1 ~250,000 sq. ft., Q2 2026), ~4,000 amps @480V per building, projected 1,100–1,500+ jobs; Neuralink $600M funding; SF metro AI ... Read more