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This week in Pittsburgh, what the state’s data center boom might mean for your bills, Carnegie Mellon appoints new tech policy and startup center leaders, and more.
Read on for Technical.ly’s weekly roundup of top news in the region, and remember: There’s still time to submit your nominees for this year’s RealLIST Innovators.
📰 News Incubator: What else to know
• Aurora’s driverless trucks can now operate at night [Aurora]
• Journey Robotics secures $250,000 from Innovation Works to expand testing for its robotic baggage handling system at Pittsburgh International Airport [Journey Robotics]
• Humotech and Bio-Connect partner to expand access to breakthrough mobility technologies in Europe [Humotech]
• 7 things every leader should hear from the Spur Impact Summit [Technical.ly]
• Duolingo CEO acknowledges user growth was impacted by AI-first comment [Pittsburgh Biz Times 🔒]
• Downtown offices continue to empty, but efforts to reimagine them are taking hold [WESA]
• Strip District poised for even more growth, report says [Axios]
• PPS and Winchester Thurston students build tech tools to support people with disabilities [Pittsburgh’s Public Source]
• Innovation Works supported 116 startups and helped drive $677M in portfolio revenue, per its 2024 Community Impact Report [Innovation Works]
On the Calendar
🔓 Pittsburgh Unlocked: Pitch + Happy Hour, Aug. 8, 3 p.m., FREE
☕ Code & Coffee x Oakland, Aug. 9, 1:30 p.m., FREE
💻 Google: Production Reliability in the Age of AI , Aug. 12, 6 p.m., FREE
🤖 Steel City AI Innovators Monthly Meetup, Aug. 13, 5:30 p.m., FREE
⚡ Pittsburgh C++ Meetup: Lighting Talks!, Aug. 13, 7 p.m., FREE
⚙️ Pittsburgh SAFe Meetup: Product at the Speed of AI, Aug. 14, 5:30 p.m., FREE
