Silicon Flatirons, a University of Colorado-affiliated group that fosters conversations among technology entrepreneurs, legal professionals, students and lawmakers, is in the market for a new leader as Brad Bernthal, the organization’s executive director since late 2021 and a longtime CU law professor, intends to leave the university after the upcoming fall semester.
Over the past decades, Colorado has become a national leader in scientific research because of the state’s university system, strong scientific workforce pipeline, and increasing amount of investment capital flowing into the market. Last year, the University of Colorado and Colorado State University systems combined to attract a record-breaking $2.1 billion in total research funding. Colorado also boasts one of the highest concentrations of federal labs in the country, with 34 federal research institutions located in the state.
The University of Colorado, with the backing of Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy initiative, has launched Boulder Climate Ventures, a program aimed at helping CU students found startup companies that address climate challenges.
Two student- and alumni-led startups focusing on new technologies have taken home the top awards at the University of Colorado Boulder’s annual New Venture Challenge competition.
Even if you understand the basics of quantum theory — a big if — wrapping your mind around the near-term utility of quantum technologies can be a stumbling block.
Colorado — and particularly the Boulder area — has for decades been a global epicenter for quantum research, and now, as that research is beginning to be commercialized, business, government and higher-education leaders are jockeying to position the state and region as titans of the emerging quantum economy.
Given its vastness and seemingly unlimited potential, it seems a bit silly to think about attempting to tame space with man-made regulations. But as humanity casts its gaze further into the cosmos and fills Earth’s orbit with more satellites, space craft and debris, conversations — like the one organized Monday by Silicon Flatirons — about space policy and the development of an international framework for regulations will likely become more commonplace.
Colorado’s top universities have contributed to the state’s life-sciences cluster by churning out new life sciences companies based on related research and attracting companies to the area that want to take advantage of the research. Here’s a snapshot of the different types of life-sciences research going on at the state’s premier research institutions.
Researchers from the University of Colorado and Colorado State University were among eight groups to split $3 million in the latest Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine funding round.
LongPath Technologies Inc., a Boulder startup that has developed emissions-monitoring technology, recently finalized a $162.4 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office.