Though the new pilot program won't be taking place in Pittsburgh, its success could bring about more hiring and local growth for Argo AI.

Team Explorer's autonomous robots advanced to the final cave round after placing in the tunnel and urban circuits. The Robotics Institute team is the latest in a long legacy of university participation in DARPA competitions.

The Allegheny County DHS application specialist didn't expect to end up in the tech, but opportunities in civic data led her to work for both the city and county since graduating. Her advice to those who aren't sure they belong in the field: "Jump in. You are worthy."

The Duolingo parody account shares ironic, existential and downright strange phrases from the language learning app with an audience of over 85,000 followers. The account manager's favorite, to sum up 2020: "I am eating bread and crying on the floor."

Founder Luis von Ahn shared a preview of the elementary school-level math app in development and more updates for the local unicorn.

The locally based, national-facing software community organizer asked 785 total technologists, including a large subset from Allegheny County, and found a median base compensation of $117,000. But there's a lot more to this data.

Downtown's Cognistx and Warrendale's SAE International partnered to develop what they say is an unprecedented database of tech standards documents. It's a case study in Pittsburgh tech companies building on each other's strengths, and local talent.

Zheng moved to the Steel City during the pandemic. The product lead for AI chat startup Gamalon charted her tech career thus far and shared her thoughts on replicating an entrepreneurial culture online during a Slack AMA.

Recent grants, funding and awards are moving the company forward. CEO Mark DeSantis talks about its camera technology, called the FLASH.

The national company opened its local data center in 2015 — according to cofounder Ernest Sampera, back when people still asked, "why Pittsburgh?"