Technology

A rendering of MI-HQ's new high-tech manufacturing facility in Scio Township.

New high-tech manufacturing facility to open as part of Ann Arbor-Ypsi “innovation campus”

A new facility under redevelopment by Michigan Innovation Headquarters (MI-HQ) aims to expand high-tech manufacturing opportunities in Scio Township while helping emerging companies scale their operations.

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Washtenaw County Opportunity Index improvements make it easier to track areas of inequity

Washtenaw County recently announced a major improvement to its Opportunity Index, a map designed to track the county’s areas of economic inequity and connect those in need to help. 

Generative AI summit at EMU aims to present diverse views on disruptive technology

Organizers of an upcoming regional GenAI Summit at Eastern Michigan University are seeking to facilitate productive conversations across a broad range of disciplines, ages, and approaches to generative AI.

Scenes from previous years at SXSW's Michigan House.
Ann Arbor SPARK to promote Midwest tech hubs at SXSW

Ann Arbor SPARK and Innovation Partnerships at the University of Michigan will present at South by Southwest next month, bringing two sessions and a networking reception to the LINE Hotel in Austin, Tex., on March 18.

AI’s impact in Washtenaw County, from tech boom to data centers

Our new three-part series digs into AI's impacts in Ann Arbor's tech industry, its utilization in Washtenaw County's educational world, and the ongoing debate about data centers in several Washtenaw County communities.

Kathryn Haushalter lives near the future site of a data center in Saline Township. She recently filed a lawsuit to seek intervention in the project.
Data centers in Washtenaw County: Economic boon or environmental liability?

Data center developers and advocates tout their projects as responsible, job-creating economic development engines, but many residents are opposing what they see as threats to their utility bills and the environment.

YCHS Director of Technology Solomon Zheng, YCHS Assistant Superintendent Dr. Carlos Lopez, and YCHS junior Arianna Maldonado.
AI is creating rapid change in Washtenaw County education, from elementary school to higher ed

AI has had transformational effects in education throughout Washtenaw County.

Khalid Mahmood Malik, chief technology officer of the Ann Arbor- and Flint-based AI deepfake detection company ProbeTruth.
AI has transformed Ann Arbor’s tech sector, but what will businesses do if the bubble bursts?

Many in Ann Arbor are working to leverage the community's creativity, academic excellence, and humming tech sector to land on the soft side of AI's economic whirlwind.

A student works on a project at a Washtenaw Community College mini-camp.
WCC to host youth STEM mini-camps over winter break

Washtenaw Community College will offer science, technology, engineering, and math-focused mini-camps for local students ages 7 to 17 during the 2026 midwinter break.

The Veridian at County Farm Park housing development in Ann Arbor.
Ann Arbor foundation seeks to expand community-owned broadband networks

CommunityInternet, an initiative of the Ann Arbor-based Broadband Institute Foundation, is expanding community-owned broadband in Ann Arbor through a partnership with fiber internet provider 123Net and the Veridian at County Farm development.

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