At Beehive Science and Technology Academy (Sandy, UT), Utah’s top-ranked STEM charter school, technology teacher Erum Naz is pioneering AI education for middle school students.

The 2025 Utah AI Summit panel showcased human-centered AI leadership. Paul Allen, Travis Oliphant, and Andrew Carr shared with moderator Cydni Tetro and the audience insights on iteration, experimentation, and empowering teams, emphasizing culture as the key to AI adoption.

SUMMIT 2026, February 4-7, 2026, hosted by Silicon Slopes and Visit Salt Lake, is a four-day global innovation festival across multiple downtown Salt Lake City venues, blending tech, culture, networking, workshops, and immersive experiences

PhotoPharmics expands its board as its fully enrolled Phase 3 Parkinson’s trial nears top-line results. New directors deepen clinical, regulatory, and capital-markets expertise as the company prepares for FDA submission and strategic partnerships.

The 2025 Utah AI Summit highlighted the state’s pro-human approach to artificial intelligence, emphasizing ethical innovation, workforce readiness, and community-centered policy, featuring insights from Governor Cox, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, and advocate Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Western Governors University (Salt Lake CIty, UT) leverages AI, data, and mentorship to deliver scalable, outcomes-driven digital education for over 193,000 students, combining personalized learning, workforce alignment, and innovative technology infrastructure, shares David Morales, WGU's CIO.

Saras AI Institute (Salt Lake City, UT) has launched a 12-month, fully online Master’s in AI Engineering and a stackable AI Dev certificate, offering working developers practical, portfolio-driven training to build and deploy production-grade AI systems.

Eris Biotech (Provo, UT) is developing an oral small-molecule therapy that reawakens the immune system to fight cancer. Co-founders Evita Weagel and Rachel Garlick aim to deliver effective, accessible, patient-centered treatment worldwide.