FrostByte Defense Technologies (Salt Lake City, UT), a University of Utah spinout, secured top honors at the 2026 Business Innovation Awards for its autonomous, biometric-sensing heated glove liners designed for extreme cold protection.

MessagePay (Lehi, UT) says it has added 86 credit unions and community banks this year as it expands its payments platform with AI-powered analytics designed to help collections teams predict borrower payment behavior.

Nucleus Fund invests in Provo's Terraphene, a hemp-based materials startup with a nine-figure pallet supply deal, fire- and strength-tested building materials, and a pitch to help refill the Great Salt Lake by replacing thirsty alfalfa acreage with hemp.

AI Utah's second AI 100 honored 101 builders and engineers at the Utah Mammoth Ice Center in Sandy on August 27, up from an intimate 2024 reception, with a new emphasis on connecting engineering talent directly to investors.

Utah is revisiting a spaceport concept first proposed at Dugway in 1972 as the state studies potential sites near Delta and Green River amid growing commercial demand for launch and reentry infrastructure.

A Kaysville startup, W2 Super League, launches Utah's first premium corporate sports league October 24 — golf, pickleball, running and cycling across a month-long season, capped by a November 14 awards gala in Draper.

Searchable, a UK-based AI visibility startup, has opened a Salt Lake City office staffed by two former Scrunch AI employees whose previous company was just acquired by Sitecore for a reported $225 million.

Adam Shaw went from an 11-year-old paintball hustler to co-founder of F&F Ventures. He and Jeff Erickson are scaling Founders & Funders into a four-part venture platform betting on consumer goods, e-commerce and authentic relationships over billion-dollar valuations.