Sameer Rao
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Baltimore, MD, United States
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From layoffs to lawsuits, how will Big Tech affect you in 2023?
The world's biggest tech companies' wins and woes affect us more than we might think. We'll explore the ramifications throughout February, which is Big Tech + You month in our 2023 editorial calendar. → Read More
Columbia's BigBear.ai takes flight with $900M, decade-long US Air Force contract
The new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity agreement, combined with a recent $25 million private placement and the rising attention to cybersecurity, leaves the company's CEO feeling positive about its future. → Read More
Maryland Tech Council's next mission: Upskill military vets into life science jobs
The statewide professional organization will work with fellow Frederick-based entity Platoon 22 to transition more military servicepeople into Maryland's vibrant life sciences economy. → Read More
Technical.ly is going on holiday ’til 2023
Although this news org exists at the intersection of fields characterized by hustle culture, we'll be taking a break from publishing to rest, recuperate and unplug (as much as we can). → Read More
From Japan to DC, 7 Quantum World Congress attendees forecast 2023’s tech evolution
The first QWC brought founders, developers, scholars, investors, government leaders and other pros from all over the world to the nation's capital. Here's what some of them said about quantum's global and local future. → Read More
From school boards to ed funds, here's how tech figured into Baltimore's 2022 Election Day decisions
Voters appeared to endorse ballot measures related to a new workforce development fund and the prohibition of privatizing the underground conduit system. Here are a few highlights from the election. → Read More
Inside Diligent Academy's goal to educate future tech industry workers — and keep them in Baltimore
Diligent and SV Academy leaders celebrate their first local training academy cohort with an event held in the middle of the program for sales and support professionals, following the former's expansion to the Inner Harbor. → Read More
How does machine learning affect our work? Technologists talk ethics and use value
The tech is a constant and increasing part of how we do our jobs and live our lives — even in the ways we don't often see. A group of software and design pros discussed its impact in this candid conversation hosted by Technical.ly with Spotify. → Read More
Maryland approved $8.2M to support STEM, innovation professorships at these 8 universities
Higher learning institutions throughout the Free State, from Baltimore to the DMV and Frederick to the Eastern Shore, earned support for a total $16.4 million raised via the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund. → Read More
Money Moves: MissionGO nets $50M contract to help Cali utility inspect power lines
Plus, TEDCO invested $200,000 in CoolTech and the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation is taking on the assets of another Baltimore philanthropic entity. → Read More
Meet the 27 Maryland small businesses in the first-ever Light of Baltimore Incubator
The new incubator arises from a partnership between Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses program and the law firm Baker Donelson. → Read More
Health IT company Rendia has been acquired by Ohio-based PatientPoint
The deal allows the Federal Hill-HQ'd company to maintain its brand and staff under the umbrella of PatientPoint, which will use Rendia's proprietary patient experience tech to extend its reach into ophthalmology. → Read More
GoDaddy highlights Baltimore’s social impact entrepreneurs in latest ‘Made in America’ season
The YouTube docuseries' fourth season features Mayor Brandon Scott and leaders from companies and entities including WhitePaws RunMitts, Impact Hub Baltimore and Harp Vision. → Read More
CraniUS raised a $19.4M Series A to develop its device fighting chronic brain diseases
The startup, which counts recent Johns Hopkins university alums among its senior-most employees, will put the funds toward developing prototypes of its flagship device for delivering medicine directly to patients' brains. → Read More
Watch Bree Jones' TED Talk on Parity Homes' creation and 'development without displacement'
The leader of the West Baltimore-based company discussed how and why she built a company around revitalizing neighborhoods that banks and investors would just as soon ignore. → Read More
Netography upgraded its security ops platform to better incorporate ‘context.’ Here’s why that matters
Martin Roesch, the Annapolis-based company's CEO and a veteran network security leader, explained how the revamped Netography Fusion platform better responds to potential digital security threats in tandem with the latest tech. → Read More
What Baltimore headlines do you want to see in 10 years? Tell us using Technical.ly’s new social media wall
Ahead of our panel on Baltimore Innovation Week's opening day, we invite you to reflect on your relationship with Technical.ly and what you want from your city's future. → Read More
Meet the 8 companies that just wrapped Towson University's StarTUp Accelerator
The startups, which are tackling issues such as healthcare overpayment and digital ownership, each received a $10,000 non-equity stipend. → Read More
Meet the 17 fellows joining Venture for America's 2022 cohort in Baltimore
Baltimorean tech and venture firms such as EcoMap Technologies, UpSurge Baltimore and Lumina Solar will host some of the latest fellows in the two-year program for recent graduates pursuing entrepreneurial leadership careers. → Read More
3 essential forecasts the Northern Virginia Tech Council's CEO made about the DMV tech ecosystem
From DEI concerns to the future of the DMV's tech ecosystem, the NVTC's Jennifer Taylor covered a lot of ground in the half-hour fireside chat she had during DC Startup Week. → Read More