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  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • March 10, 2026
St. Pete entrepreneur aims to outsmart AI algorithms with startup

Jon Mest, winner of a spARK Labs by Ark Invest’s Innovation Showcase, is choosing to bootstrap his way with his startup ChatRank.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • February 27, 2026
Sarasota venture studio launches AI-driven hiring product

RecruitTune.ai is a behavioral hiring platform.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • February 25, 2026
Sarasota IT firm focused on higher ed merges with Texas company

CampusWorks has merged with Dynamic Campus.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 18, 2026
Lakeland hit with more job cuts as tech company lays off 98

HCLTech told the state this week that it was cutting the jobs at an unnamed worksite.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 16, 2026
57 St. Petersburg jobs cut as in-person tolls on Skyway eliminated

Layoffs come as FDOT plans to replace toll booths on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge with an electronic toll system to ease congestion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • February 13, 2026
Sarasota cybersecurity firm raises $20M, plans to scale

Nucleus Security recently closed its Series C funding round.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • February 10, 2026
TGH to open Innovation Center in Ybor City

The 32,000-square-foot facility will house Tampa General Hospital’s innovation team and feature a “hospital room of the future.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • February 2, 2026
AI, emerging tech at the forefront of annual annual jobs summit

Speakers from multiple industries across Florida cited emerging technologies and artificial intelligence as a one of the key changes in the way they do business in 2026.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • January 27, 2026
Lakewood Ranch tech company nears $8B in revenue

Roper Technologies forecasts additional acquisitions will contribute to its bottom line in 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • January 12, 2026
Alabama firm acquires Tampa tech company

Software development firm Sourcetoad began operating as an independently run subsidiary of Thompson Holdings Inc. Jan. 1.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 5, 2026
Jabil closes $750M acquisition of energy management company

The 850-employee international company specializes expert in power systems and energy optimization for data centers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • January 2, 2026
26 ways organizations use AI to be better at business

Some call it cool. Some call it creepy. AI can be a bit of both, but a certainty lies amid the confusion: The technology has a future-is-know ability to redefine how nearly any business does business.

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  • By Elizabeth King
  • December 19, 2025
Sarasota cybersecurity firm combats evil on way to $100M goal

Tenex, which offers AI-native cybersecurity solutions, attributes its explosive growth to having the right product and team in place amid growing threats from cyber criminals.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • December 4, 2025
50-year-old Tampa education-tech firm receives $350M investment

Tampa-based government and education tech consulting firm MGT announced the investment from global firm Ares Management Corp. on Wednesday.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • December 2, 2025
Sarasota cybersecurity company to open office in Europe

Tenex will create an international headquarters as it enters the market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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