Austin Craig
Austin Craig is a media producer, writer, and entrepreneur. Before his tenure at TechBuzz, he produced podcasts and led marketing at a cryptocurrency startup.




UPDATE: ClickUp has now announced it is opening a new office in Utah, which will serve as the company's second headquarters, with plans to hire 100+ new employees over the next 6-8 months. Company representatives say they’re currently evaluating offices in Draper, Sandy, and South Jordan. Billboards
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“Salad turns your idle PC time into the rewards gamers want. One click gets you earning your next Steam game, download, or a month of Discord Nitro on us—without reading up on crypto wallets or other heavy subjects.” — The Salad.com Blog, “What Is Ethereum, Anyway?” February 26, 2021
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Today the stock for Lehi-based Owlet, Inc. (ticker symbol OWLT) began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock opened at $8.95 per share, and at the time of this publishing had risen to $9.61 per share. Owlet announced a merger with Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation, a Special
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Canopy, the Lehi-based maker of professional tax and accounting workflow management software, announced it has received $11 million in a Series AA round. The round includes new investor Ankona Capital of Newport Beach California, as well as existing investors Pelion Venture Partners of Salt Lake City, NewView Capital and Tenaya
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UPDATE: On August 31, 2021, TechBuzz profiled The Final Chapter for XANT. Assets were acquired by Aurea Software, according to a press release dated August 2nd, and all employees have been let go. Last Wednesday, June 9, 2021, multiple posts were made to LinkedIn from now former XANT employees about
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Lucidpress of Salt Lake City has announced its acquisition by Charles Thayne Capital (CTC), a technology-focused private investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. With the acquisition, Owen Fuller will take the helm as CEO after four years as General Manager at Lucidpress.
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The latest in a what is practically a parade of accolades for Utah’s economic prospects, the ‘Rich States, Poor States’ report from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) was released this month, with Utah leading the rankings for the 14th year in a row as the state with the
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You wouldn’t think much to look at the man’s Twitter bio. “Writer, filmmaker, comic book artist, entrepreneur, musician, software developer, hiker, surfer, rock climber.” It sounds like the aspirational one-line-resume of a dabbler. But if Ben Lane Hodson is a dabbler, he’s extremely effective at dabbling. Yes,
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