Philly daily roundup: Navy Yard’s new lab; Circa Systems seed round; Apply for AI training program

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New half-acre lab comes to Navy Yard

Global firm BioMérieux opened its new office, lab and manufacturing facility in the Navy Yard on Wednesday. The company has had a presence in Philadelphia since 2019, but makes an even bigger commitment to the city for its stong talent pool, John Shultz, senior director of sales and marketing, told Technical.ly. 

The company chose the Navy Yard because of the flexibility to build whatever building it wanted and proximity to public transportation. 

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News Incubator: What else to know today

• Local startup BioPhy is using AI to accelerate drugs going into clinical trials and eventually to market. Founding Philly host Zach Brand interviewed founder Dave Latshaw II about the company’s journey. [Technical.ly]

• Circa Systems launched a seed round to raise money to expand its Unless Kids platform in the Philadelphia region. The company launched Unless Kids, a platform to buy and return secondhand toys, this spring. [LinkedIn/Technical.ly]

• DiverseForce opened up registration for the third cohort of its AI training program GameChangers. The program started as an in-person accelerator and now offers an asynchronous membership program. [DiverseForce]

• The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science signed a memorandum of understanding with Indian University Plaksha University. The partnership will facilitate student exchanges and opportunities for research collaboration. [Email]

🗓️ On the Calendar

• Philly/Wilmington AWS Cloud Meetup is hosting an event about AI governance on Sept. 19. [Register here]

• Software company Guru is hosting a users meetup and happy hour tomorrow at its Center City headquarters. [RSVP]

• Data Science Philadelphia is partnering with Perpay for its September Data Talks event on Sept. 19 [Details here]

• Partner event: Calling all Phounders, Phunders and Phans! Connect with fellow climate tech enthusiasts, eat some vegan food and maybe even sign up to table and promote your own venture on Sept. 21. [Sign up]

• Attend Klein News Innovation Camp just 10 days after the presidential election on Nov. 16 for a day of themes that will include: artificial intelligence, content creators and the outcome of the election. [Register]