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This week, we have a guide with everything you need to know about the high achievement-based O-1 visa, from navigating evidence thresholds to how many applications the feds approve. Plus, local defense, cyber and AI companies raised millions and millions of dollars over the past month.
Scroll down for more news from throughout the DMV and Technical.ly.
📰 News Incubator: What else to know
• Recent grads get a chance to ‘impact millions’ at Maryland IT department [Technical.ly]
• Hoax about mass kidnappings circulates on social media, Virginia State Police say [WTOP]
• How should entrepreneurs choose a place to live? [Technical.ly]
• Reservations plunge across DC restaurants after Trump’s police takeover [WUSA]
• Veteran Ventures Capital raises $60M fund to back defense and civilian tech startups [Washington Biz Journal 🔒]
• WMATA is letting riders design the new Metro train cars — here’s how to vote [WJLA]
On the Calendar
💻 Data Science DC – From Signals to Sustainability: Scaling Impact with AI, Aug. 20, 6:30 p.m., FREE
🚙 Autonomous Tech DMV August Innovation Showcase, Aug. 20, 5 p.m., FREE
🍹 Out in Tech DC’s end of summer social, Aug. 20, 6 p.m., FREE
💰 VC in DC’s Third Thursdays, Aug. 21, 5 p.m., FREE
🤖 AI Study Hall #0.3 – Claude to Automate your Work, Aug. 26, 1 p.m., FREE
🚁 Defense Tech DC 006, Aug. 26, 5:30 p.m., FREE
🎤 DC Startup and Tech Week’s Pitch Perfect: ‘The Art of Pitching,’ Aug. 27, noon, FREE
🔥 DCA Live’s 2025 Red Hot Companies, Aug. 27, 5:30 p.m., $149
