Michaela Althouse is the lead reporter for Technical.ly's DC market. Before starting at Technical.ly, she was the West Coast reporter at New Project Media, and has previously written for Washingtonian Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine and Metro Eireann in Dublin, Ireland.
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Maryland invests in its cyber pipeline with a new SANS Institute partnership
In partnership with the SANS Cyber Workforce Academy, the state seeks to bulk up its cyber workforce with a free, six-month training program geared toward technologists of color, women and veterans.
Aug. 9, 2022 4:51 pm
M&A Moves: Cox Enterprises is set to acquire Axios for $525M
Plus, SES Government Solutions and QinetiQ are inking near-$500 million M&A deals around the local tech scene.
Aug. 9, 2022 10:36 am
Village Capital just launched a resiliency cohort for founders working in disaster relief
Village Capital's ADAPT program is on the hunt for 20-24 startups creating disaster resilience solutions. By December, two participants will each receive a $50,000, no-equity investment from MetLife Foundation.
Aug. 8, 2022 5:41 pm
Tech nonprofit Worthy Mentoring wants to help LGBTQ adults with coming out
Michael Edmonson created his app-based nonprofit to give the LGBTQ community a safe space to get their questions about the coming out process answered.
Aug. 8, 2022 3:57 pm
Sailing, whiskey influencing and more: 4 DC tech pros share their (very cool) favorite hobbies
Fifth Tribe's Khuram Zaman, Spotify's Taylor Poindexter, Kion's Brian Price and Future AI's Charles Simon clued us in on what they do when the work clock stops running.
Aug. 4, 2022 4:01 pm
How I Got Here: From marketer to Capital One MVP, here’s how Marcie Apelt made the jump to tech
She started as a marketing professional for a small company in Seattle. Now, the AI and machine learning leader discusses the steps she took to overcome imposter syndrome and rise through the banking giant's ranks.
Aug. 4, 2022 11:45 am
Power Moves: Michael Saylor is leaving MicroStrategy’s CEO post to focus on crypto
Plus, Greater Washington Partnership has a new CEO and the director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is bowing out.
Aug. 3, 2022 3:30 pm
Event tech startup Happied just raised $1.6M to build out its development team
Round participants included HearstLabs, Virginia Venture Partners and High Street Equity. The company will put the funds toward building out a development team.
Aug. 3, 2022 11:00 am
Here’s what the CEO of NoVa’s Arcfield sees in defense tech’s future
Arcfield CEO Kevin Kelly is making bets on hypersonic technology and an emphasis on cybersecurity at his 1,300-person company in Chantilly.
Aug. 2, 2022 9:05 am
Just 8 months after its founding, compliance tech startup RegScale raised a $20M Series A
The Tysons Corner company closed the round after a huge period of growth. Investors SYN Ventures, SineWave Ventures, VIPC’s Virginia Venture Partners and SecureOctane all took part.