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  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 15, 2026
Jabil's board approves $1.5 billion share buyback program

The St. Petersburg company says after securing the authorization it will repurchase shares from ‘time to time.’

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 9, 2026
Sarasota County bans data center applications for one year

The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the 12-month moratorium on data center applications.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 1, 2026
Drones to deliver health supplies in Tampa Bay in 2027

BayCare is partnering with autonomous delivery service Zipline to use drones between health care facilities and eventually to patients’ homes in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 27, 2026
198,750SF Tampa office for lease as tech company Syniverse plans exit

The space in the city’s Highwood corporate park has become available as its current occupant Syniverse reportedly is leaving later this year or early next.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 26, 2026
Texas developer proposes multibillion-dollar data center to be built in rural DeSoto

A planned 1,315-acre data center campus is being designed to be sustainable with a power plant on site and for the use of reclaimed water to offset the effects on the community.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 25, 2026
University of South Florida gets $1.5M for AI program

Tampa's ReliaQuest donated the money to expand the programs faculty and add a track in software engineering.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 22, 2026
Rumble acquires AI company, splits business into two divisions

The publicly traded Rumble also rebranded itself as Rum Group Inc.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 17, 2026
Sarasota cybersecurity company lands NFL team as client

Tenex is now the official cybersecurity partner for the Kansas City Chiefs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 15, 2026
St. Pete tech giant, Indian conglomerate form data center platform alliance

Jabil plans an alliance to create a platform for AI-ready data centers across India.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 2, 2026
Healthcare tech firm opens St. Pete office, plans to increase local payroll

Rectangle Health’s new office will serve as a sales center with the company planning to grow its local workforce to 100.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • May 28, 2026
Electronics manufacturer doubles footprint in Manatee County

Niche Electronics expanded into a 20,000-square-foot facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 26, 2026
Tampa tech CEO, founder indicted for defrauding investors out of $7M

Meade Lewis of mIQroTech was released Tuesday after pleading not guilty to five counts of wire fraud.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth Djinis
  • May 20, 2026
Postcard company seeks to capture $500K in revenue — for starters — with AI shift

A legacy industry like postcards in your mailbox doesn’t seem ripe for the AI revolution. But some trial and error led one Clearwater company to a different result.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • May 15, 2026
Eric Foster: Cybersecurity startup CEO targets IPO

“Startup life in general is a constant knife-edge between everything is amazing and 'oh, my God, we're all gonna die.'" –Tenex CEO Eric Foster

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • May 6, 2026
Fort Myers contractor goes global with marina storage niche technology

GCM Contracting Solutions’ ASAR automated storage solution made a big splash in the marina industry. Now it’s moving on to cars and other applications.

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