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📰 News Incubator: What else to know
• Trading card platform CollX raised a $10 million Series A. The company is focused on building community amongst card collectors. [Technical.ly]
• After experiencing an injury in the lab, Beau Wangtrakuldee founded AmorSui, a sustainable personal protective equipment company that fits all sizes. [Technical.ly]
• The hit show Shark Tank is coming to Philadelphia on April 11 for an open casting call. Check out the details. [Technical.ly]
• The Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies announced the finalists for its annual Enterprise Awards. The awards celebrate exceptional emerging and established companies in the region. [PACT]
• Kidas, an anti-bullying software for online games, partnered to provide its software on esports software company GgCircuit’s platform. [Kidas]
• Nine schools in the Philadelphia region are joining Verizon Innovative Learning, Verizon’s digital inclusion initiative to provide free technology, internet and STEM experiences to under-resourced schools. [Verizon]
• Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity banned DeepSeek AI from treasury devices over security concerns. DeepSeek is a Chinese open-source AI platform. [PA Treasury/Technical.ly]
• 1Philadelphia is accepting submissions for the Philly Tech Week Community calendar. [Philly Tech Week ]
• Wilmington-based biotech company Incyte is partnering with California-based Genesis Therapeutics in a $30 million deal to support drug discovery. [Philly Biz Journal]
🗓️ On the Calendar
• Tune in to the Builder’s Live podcast recording, a show about ecosystem building and entrepreneur-led economic development, on Feb. 26 [More details]
• This month’s Philly Analytics meetup on Feb. 26 is about embracing new technology. [Register here]
• The first PHPxPhilly meetup of 2025 is on Feb. 26 at The Bok. There are only a few spots left! [Sign up]
• Technical.ly CEO Chris Wink hosts a monthly AI and coffee chat. The next gathering is Feb. 27. [More details]
• Code and Coffee returns on March 1 at the Yard. [More details]
.• Life sciences leader Lawrence Rich is hosting a monthly meetup for people in the life sciences community at Technical.ly’s office at the Curtis Center. The first meetup is on March 13. [More details]
Sarah Huffman is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
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