Economy & Business
EvolvOptic eyes $5.1 million expansion
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The company, formed through Advanced Glass Industries’ acquisition of Glass Fab, expects to create up to 40 jobs over the next five years.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
NextCorps has $10 million expansion in the works
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The downtown innovation hub opted to use its purchase option for the remaining space on the Sibley Building’s sixth floor.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Summit for entrepreneurial women slates an encore
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With its focus on collective empowerment, innovative thought and creativity, the second Elevate Women’s Business Summit this week is expected again to draw some 300 attendees.
Beaconomics
Rochester and the looming disruption of artificial intelligence
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Our region may be particularly well-positioned to benefit from the potential disruptive power of AI.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Keeping our paths to innovation open
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Regardless of where you stand on diversity, it’s impossible to ignore a simple truth: diversity drives innovation.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
An unlikely nonprofit at the heart of a recycling revolution
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Goodwill of the Finger Lakes has a key role in the circular economy, working with businesses that are developing ways to convert waste textiles made of polyester into new thread that can be woven into new clothing.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
UR, RIT join artificial intelligence consortium
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The two universities are among new members taking part in New York’s efforts to increase the computing power of the Empire AI supercomputer.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
UR student wins award from AbbVie for migraine sufferers
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For Hannah Rickert, one of 20 award recipients nationwide, the award says, “You’re not invisible even if your disability is.”
Economy & Business
A new cloud over Li-Cycle
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The Toronto-based company, whose nearly $1 billion Rochester Hub construction project is on hold, says a Trump executive order aligns with its role in critical mineral recovery. But the firm has been silent on how the directive might impact the domestic electric vehicle market—its main source of revenues.
Economy & Business
Li-Cycle takes steps toward restarting Rochester Hub project
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After pausing construction on its local battery resource recovery hub last year amid soaring costs, the company’s latest quarterly report outlines actions taken to finance the project’s future.