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This week, the feds took control of DC police, raising questions about the department’s ongoing tech contracts. Plus, we highlighted a defense firm’s success during a period of great change for government contracts, as well as why the head of the Founder Institute’s local chapter sees immigration as functioning like a startup.
Scroll down for more news from throughout the DMV and Technical.ly.
📰 News Incubator: What else to know
• Federal government is taking over DC police. What about those drones? [Technical.ly]
• Waymo self-driving cars could launch in DC by 2026, but skeptics remain [WUSA]
• A robot cop named ‘Parker’ sparks controversy in wealthy Maryland county [Washington Post 🔒]
• Universities are economic engines. Will they survive? [Technical.ly]
• Displaced Federal Employees Have Legal Options. Here’s What to Know. [Washingtonian]
• Urgent.ly CFO departs after just two months [Washington Biz Journal 🔒]
• DC’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force Wins Inaugural AI 50 Award [Office of the Chief Technology Officer]
On the Calendar
🍺 Civic Tech Happy Hour, Aug. 14, 6 p.m., FREE
💸 District Angels Monthly Deal Room, Aug.15, 2 p.m., FREE
💻 Data Science DC – From Signals to Sustainability: Scaling Impact with AI, Aug. 20, 6:30 p.m., FREE
💰 VC in DC’s Third Thursdays, Aug. 21, 5 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
