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How a Peabody professor blends technology, teaching and music creation
The Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute professor worked as a technical writer before transitioning into composing full time.
Philly ends 2025 strong with $1.17B in Q4 VC, but total still trails 2024
A handful of large raises drove the region to $3.76 billion in 2025 deals, according to PitchBook’s latest Venture Monitor report.
A $100 mug drink and a High Life ‘pleb’: My night at DC’s new Bitcoin bar
PubKey in Penn Quarter wants to be a bipartisan meeting place for the “commoner” Bitcoin user, complete with themed drinks and karaoke.
Pittsburgh startups pull in $1.48B in VC in 2025 as AI deals dominate the market
Companies raised a record amount since 2019, mostly through later-stage deals, according to PitchBook’s latest Venture Monitor report.
Baltimore VC dipped in 2025, with startups securing $516.8M
Maryland startups, however, raked in $2.62 billion, with two mega-deals from X-energy accounting for more than half of it, according to PitchBook’s Venture Monitor report.
How a rural Pennsylvania county is rebuilding manufacturing pathways
In Westmoreland County outside Pittsburgh, a showcase event stitched together youth robotics, career-changer training and job placement.
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