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Chip Designer Mimicking Brain, Backed by Sam Altman, Gets $25 M Funding

Rain Neuromorphics Inc., a UF startup designing chips that mimic the way the brain works and aims to serve companies using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, said it raised $25 million.

‘More Than a Grade for Your Hard Work’: Students Learn & Earn with FlashMonkey Software

Flashmonkey Inc., a software development company located at UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub, released version 1.2.1 of its software. The product is a scientifically-based online learning platform that helps both students and educators organize and monetize their notes and lectures.

USDA Grant To Enhance UF/IFAS Vanilla Research, Promote Domestic Industry

Alan Chambers, an assistant professor and plant geneticist at UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC) has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to foster a domestic vanilla production industry.

StartGNV Announces Innovation Ecosystem Award Winners

At StartGNV's first in-person CelebrateGNV since 2019, UF startup Agriculture Intelligence received the $5,000 Rising Star Startup Award.

American Association for the Advancement of Science Honors UF Faculty As Lifetime Fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected seven faculty from the University of Florida to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honors within the scientific community.

UF Health Researchers Develop App To Help Monitor New Moms for Postpartum Complications

UF researcher Kay Roussos-Ross and colleagues developed a smartphone app called Gator MOMitor™ that new mothers can use to report worrying symptoms in the early weeks after giving birth. UF Health follows up with a phone call if someone reports a problem.

AGTC-501 Gene Therapy Offers Vision Gains for X-Linked RP

AGTC-501 (Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation), a novel gene therapy in development for the potential treatment of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP), showed an acceptable safety profile and visual function improvements when administered in the study’s higher dose groups, according to Robert A. Sisk, MD, FACS, from the Cincinnati Eye Institute in Ohio.

Nova Southeastern University Partners with TAO Connect to Strengthen Student and Faculty Mental Health and Wellness

UF startup TAO Connect, a digital platform designed to make behavioral health therapy more accessible and effective, announced its partnership with Nova Southeastern University (NSU). All NSU students, faculty, and staff now have 24/7 access via mobile app or web browser to TAO Connect’s suite of evidence-based, self-guided mental health and wellness exercises.

NAU Country Signs Deal with Agriculture Intelligence for Agroview, the Next Innovation for Crop Insurance

Agriculture Intelligence, a precision agriculture-science company combining automation, remote sensing and artificial intelligence to provide cloud-based, precision data for specialty crops, has announced a multi-year partnership with NAU Country for its award-winning AI platform Agroview.

Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Agricultural Practices To Address Extreme Weather and an Increasing Demand for Food

Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are at the leading edge of using artificial intelligence to improve agricultural practices and production.

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