With Startup, Researchers Plan To Help Growers Feed More People, Preserve Environment (UF News)
UF startup EZ Ag Innovations, founded by UF researchers Nathan Boyd and Arnold Schumann, is using AI-powered precision-spraying technology to help farmers reduce chemical use, lower costs, and improve sustainability in agriculture.
Scientists at New AI Center Aim To Help Florida Farmers and Protect the Environment (UF News)
To protect crop yields and the environment, UF/IFAS is leveraging technology driven by artificial intelligence by building a 40,000-square-foot AI hub at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Hillsborough County.
Multi-University AI Research May Revolutionize Wildfire Evacuation (UF News)
Armed with a nearly $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant, UF is leading a study to develop AI-based models that simulate human behavior during evacuations—insights that will help emergency managers create more effective evacuation plans.
Oragenics Announces Strategic Partnership With Receptor.AI To Accelerate Pipeline Development (Oragenics)
UF Innovate | Accelerate graduate Oragenics announced a strategic collaboration with Receptor.AI, an artificial intelligence-driven drug profiling company, to accelerate the potential development of an expanded pharmaceutical-candidate portfolio for potential conditions affecting brain health.
Patenting AI-Implemented Inventions
As artificial intelligence continues to transform industries, innovators face an increasingly complex global landscape for securing patent protection. This toolkit, developed by Wolf Greenfield attorneys, provides a timely and informative guide to how major jurisdictions approach the patent eligibility of AI-implemented inventions. Explore the toolkit here.
UF’s Perez Lab Gators Team Wins International AI Protein Design Competition (UF CLAS)
The University of Florida’s Perez Lab Gators team successfully proved one way AI can be utilized in cancer treatment during a protein design competition held by the University of Texas at Austin’s BioML Challenge: Bits to Binders.
University of Florida To Be New Host for Major Plant Breeding Accelerator Program (UF News)
UF has been selected as the new home of Breeding Insight, a USDA-ARS-funded accelerator program that uses AI, high-performance computing, and advanced breeding methods.
AI-Enabled Edugator Tool Wins 2025 Florida Government Productivity Award (UF HWCE)
A team of UF innovators, led by Amanpreet Kapoor, has developed Edugator, an award-winning tool that is transforming the way students learn to code and helping them save money in the process.
Optym Launches LoadAi, Bringing Real-Time Decision Intelligence to Truckload Dispatching (Cision PR Web)
UF startup Optym announced the launch of LoadAi, an AI-powered operations platform built to help truckload carriers reduce empty miles, optimize dispatch decisions, and scale planner productivity across their networks.
Engineering Peak Performance (Explore)
UF researchers and the UF Athletic Association have launched an AI-powered athletic initiative, using AI and big data to centralize and analyze performance metrics from Gator athletes. The initiative aims to enhance training, protect athletes’ health, and advance sports science research.