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Interregional 'AI compact' could help TN drive economy, prosperity

Jul 16, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

THE BROOKINGS Institution, based in Washington, D.C., today released its report on Mapping the AI Economy, which posits that hundreds of U.S. cities and other regions -- inclu.... Read More

Raghavan to drive Vanderbilt 'vision as catalyst + incubator of innovation'

Jun 27, 2025 at 08:25 am by miltcapps

VANDERBILT University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier plans July 1 to make current Vice Provost for Research and Innovation Padma Raghavan his office's first executive director fo.... Read More

Hollis: RoI for AI: Optura's $6.5M+ Seed spurs AI Ops orchestration

Jun 11, 2025 at 12:56 pm by miltcapps

MICHAEL HOLLIS, co-founder and president of Nashville-based Optura Inc., says the startup has begun deploying its new "AI Enterprise Operating System," which helps management.... Read More

Brief: Kimberlin raising capital as CrushTeam's AI agents automate CRM

Jun 10, 2025 at 12:30 pm by miltcapps

Bill Kimberlin Nashville tech entrepreneur Bill Kimberlin's CrushTeamAI platform deploys AI Agents to automate customer relationship management (CRM) systems..... Read More

VNC's May 2025 Venture Calendar

Apr 29, 2025 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

•West | •Central | •Eastern | •Other Below, events in May 2025. (See June '25 and beyond here.) May 1 • Dealmakers Middle Market M&A Conference by Smart Business, at Nashv.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 14, 2025

Apr 14, 2025 at 11:56 am by miltcapps

VNC's March 2025 Venture Calendar

Mar 02, 2025 at 05:32 pm by miltcapps

Comments welcomed via Milt@VentureNashville.com or LinkedIn. AHEAD: MARCH 2025 3 Epicenter, Alchemist Accelerator Hub and Memphis supply-chain industry invite startups and oth.... Read More

2025 TN venture calendar is bubbling, not yet boiling

Dec 26, 2024 at 02:55 pm by miltcapps

► OPEN: The Company Lab's Spring 2025 CO.LAB Sustainable Mobility Accelerator -- powered by partnership with gener8tor -- is accepting applications through Jan. 27. ► OPEN: Ap.... Read More

Fabbri's Brim Analytics has VUHealth, Brock Family Center, ARPA-H support

Dec 24, 2024 at 08:42 am by miltcapps

DANIEL FABBRI PHD, a 39-year-old serial founder and associate professor of Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, told Venture Nashville he beli.... Read More

Headsup: 'Women + AI Summit' slated at Vanderbilt University

Dec 16, 2024 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

THE FIRST Women + AI Summit on the Vanderbilt University campus is scheduled for Feb. 1, 2025. The in-person Saturday event is to take place at Vanderbilt Law School an.... Read More

State's new AI Advisory Council eyes risks and leadership opportunities

Oct 01, 2024 at 05:45 pm by miltcapps

Jim Bryson THE TENNESSEE Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council (AIAC), created by the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee last spring, has begun.... Read More

FINTECH: TN AG Skrmetti joins USDOJ action vs RealPage, which rejects price-fixing complaints

Aug 24, 2024 at 04:00 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti JD announced Friday, Aug. 23, that his office has joined the U.S. Department of Justice and seven other states in a lawsuit.... Read More

Mobius-AI taps CEO Westenberg, advances electrified transportation fleet management platform

Aug 18, 2024 at 02:41 pm by miltcapps

Abhishek Dubey PhD VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY-spawned Mobius.AI Inc. Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer Abhishek Dubey PhD confirmed the startup has chosen Callan "Cal".... Read More

FBT's Bennett: AI Governance is scalable at all startup or venture stages

Aug 12, 2024 at 02:30 pm by miltcapps

At some level, every tech-forward entrepreneur, venture portfolio manager and alternative-assets investor knows that -- from "Day One" - governance of artificial intelligence.... Read More

Guest Column: Don't risk demoting your brand with Artificial Intelligence

Aug 06, 2024 at 03:00 pm by miltcapps

"Content is King" remains a business axiom, but overreliance on artificial intelligence in communications for marketing and customer experience is already undermining some bra.... Read More

Lipscomb's Applied AI cohorts boost industries' general talent supply

Jul 09, 2024 at 03:51 pm by miltcapps

WHILE much of humankind stares like proverbial deer into the headlights of generative artificial intelligence and other forces, some Nashville institutions, entrepreneu.... Read More

Ops-Relationships: Seed-stage Opre platform harmonizes 'future of work'

Jun 05, 2024 at 03:15 pm by miltcapps

LeanKit veterans push to anchor Opre in Nashville, long term Team may consider Series A for growth in 2025 Seed raise may have headroom for sector-savvy among us 'Large, dist.... Read More

Vanderbilt University launching Institute for National Defense & Global Security

Apr 18, 2024 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

Updates: Sept. 18, 2024: VU published a summary (here) related to its Sept. 17, 2024 convening of the Institute of National Security (its recently shortened name). May 8, 2024.... Read More

Founder: startup SwimIntel's PredictAI churns athlete-recruitment waters

Apr 05, 2024 at 10:30 am by miltcapps

JAMIE BAILEY, a Kentucky-bred EE, tech entrepreneur and father of a daughter determined to be a more competitive swimmer, says he is unlikely ever to sell any of his 100% owne.... Read More

Venture Notes - April 3, 2024

Apr 01, 2024 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Applications window open for Project Fintech The Works deadline for 5-startup cohort, Knoxville Altitude Ventures filings support Fund III and SPVs Calm Waters AI, backed by.... Read More

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