5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1682+ words) In late 2021, things were not looking good for Agragene. The startup behind a new gene-editing technique that produces sterile flies as a form of chemical-free insect control had promising technology but was struggling to hit important milestones. But Agragene’s investors…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (473+ words) Last spring, 16-year-old students at Principia School were hard at work engineering, designing, and 3D-printing devices to help members of the St. Louis community as part of the PrintLab & Autodesk Make Challenge. Students were paired with people to design for…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (475+ words) St. Louis is a nationally recognized powerhouse for medical research, driven by world-class institutions such as Washington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University. Yet, for many teens and community members, the groundbreaking discoveries happening right in our backyard…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (836+ words) Mike Seper wasn’t intending to organize a series of innovation-focused events this October, but the director of innovation and intellectual property at the University of Missouri-St. Louis jumped in when he saw an autumn lull in related programming. “It’s focused…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (798+ words) St. Louis is set to house a new innovation center dedicated to using geospatial and artificial intelligence breakthroughs to foster solutions to major national and global challenges. The goal is to surmount the constraints being felt by younger firms developing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (884+ words) Kenneth Eversole holds a bit of a rare perspective when it comes to artificial intelligence. The CEO and co-founder of OpsCompanion, a St. Louis-based AI-focused startup, doesn’t parrot the same unrelenting hype about the technology that leaders of big and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1239+ words) Two St. Louis bioscience startups announced major seed funding rounds in late July, with Aurenar raising $5.7 million and Pairidex securing $4.89 million. Both companies attracted more investor interest than the amount of money they initially sought, a promising sign for businesses…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (239+ words) “I never want people to have to pay to come do it. That was kind of always a big thing from the beginning,” Howell says. “This is a community-driven thing where I don’t want anyone to feel left out.” Even…...