DC daily roundup: Gov. Moore’s development mission; UMD’s up-to-$500M Pentagon contract; DC’s private sportsbooks pivot

Maryland leaders talk economic strengths, weaknesses

More than a year ago, Gov. Wes Moore chatted with Tammi Thomas, the chief development and marketing officer at TEDCO (which, in full transparency, is a Technical.ly client) at a conference on the Eastern Shore. Only a few months into his tenure at the time, Gov. Moore spoke to the state’s strong private sector but noted it was not living up to its full potential.

“The challenge is: We are asset-rich and we are strategy-poor,” he said. “We have all these assets and we don’t coordinate. We have all these assets and we’re not leveraging.”

TEDCO released the video last week. You can get the details in Technical.ly editor Sameer Rao’s latest article.

➡️ Watch the conversation here.

Explore career pathways with women entrepreneurs

The University of Maryland, Baltimore and Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures collaborate to produce Anchor Ventures, a networking and professional development event series for local entrepreneurs and investors.

Next up is Thursday’s discussion in Baltimore cohosted by Women in Bio: Capital Region. Three women execs join Fast Forward’s senior director to share their own journeys and take questions from the audience on how women — and anyone! — can make the most of a career in technology and innovation.

➡️ Register here for the May 30 event, totally free.

News Incubator: What else to know today

• Students at Chantilly Academy built a mobile bed for a fellow student at Rocky Run Middle School in Fairfax County. The recipient has a type of muscular dystrophy that makes it difficult to sit upright for long periods. [WTOP]

• Verizon announced it will donate $65,000 to Johns Hopkins University for initiatives including a series about AI applications in healthcare. The first event is tomorrow, May 30, at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in DC. [Verizon]

• A seven-year-old defense tech company is one of the firms building attack drones for the US military. [Wired]

• DC could soon allow private sportsbooks to launch mobile betting apps in the city — if the council passes the plan. [Washington City Paper]

• The University of Maryland just won a Department of Defense contract worth up to $500 million to support research and development at the school’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security. [Washington Biz Journal]

🗓️ On the Calendar