Teresa Spangler Battles ALS with Innovation and Advocacy

Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. Kinsley announced the launch of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, which will extend healthcare coverage to more than 600,000 newly eligible individuals.

Durham-based company Precision Fermentation has raised $6 million in equity funding to further develop its IoT technology, which accurately measures conditions inside fermentation tanks.

The final session of the Senate AI Insight Forum, led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, discussed the importance of transparency and intellectual property in AI. Tech leaders and academics, including representatives from Howso and Duke University, highlighted the need for alternative AI solutions and concrete legislative action.

nCino, a Wilmington-based cloud banking company, exceeded expectations in its fiscal third quarter, reporting a loss of $16.4 million and earnings of 14 cents per share.

Sasha Surkin, a 20-year-old entrepreneur, has founded WeyeZE to address the lack of access to vision correction, which has significant impacts on global health, literacy rates, and GDP.

Phinite, Inc. has secured $1.285 million in funding to support its innovative phosphorus reuse technology.