Utah Valley University opened a Schwab-supported FinTech Center, giving students hands-on experience with industry tools while strengthening Utah’s growing financial services and fintech talent pipeline.

Beehive Meals (Ogden, UT), a fast-growing meal prep startup, now ships nationwide, offering pre-assembled freezer meals that simplify family dinners with high-quality, convenient, gluten-free, and macro-balanced options.

SUMMIT 2026 (Salt Lake City - Feb 4–7) unites tech, AI, investors, and creative industries. Speakers include Dan & Mac Reynolds, Jared & Jerusha Hess, Kenny Ortega, Will Hatcher, and top CEOs.

Talbot West (Salt Lake City, UT) helps companies navigate enterprise AI adoption through its FRAME methodology and APEX prioritization, orchestrating systems, workflows, and data to deliver actionable AI roadmaps while avoiding siloed implementations.

Utah is piloting the first state-approved AI system for routine prescription renewals. Partnering with Doctronic (New York), the program tests autonomous AI to improve medication adherence, patient access, and healthcare efficiency under strict regulatory oversight.

Kori Ann Edwards, Chief Strategy Officer at 47G (Salt Lake City, UT), reflects on leadership, connection, resilience, and loss—and how building relationships across industries has shaped her career, family, and philosophy.

Veteran construction estimator Matthew King explains how his startup, Vega Apps LLC (Park City, UT) uses specialized AI models to automate takeoffs, track material costs, and reduce bidding time from weeks to minutes—bringing speed, accuracy, and transparency to a historically manual process.

Angel surpassed two million paying Guild members after 25% post-Q3 growth, driven by breakout animated hit DAVID, expanded content slate, and strategic franchise acquisitions strengthening its values-driven media platform ecosystem.