Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

By comparison, North Carolina placed 10 on the list.

Gates-backed AgBiome might be shutting operations, while a Chapel Hill company secures funding for a clinical trial for an anti-fentanyl drug.

Thirty-one earn designation as "Tech Hubs," while 29 secured grants to help them significantly increase local coordination and planning activities.

Duke University reports record licensing revenue of $102.5 million, 325 invention disclosures, 90 licensing agreements, and 104 issued patents.

For starters, the average U.S. consumer multitasks enough to have a 31:51-hour day.

Also on tap are two events in Johnson City, courtesy of FoundersForge.

The sector showed a slight uptick in dollars invested in Q3, according to Crunchbase data, but deak flow was down by 17 percent.

The Knoxville Area Urban League helped connect dozens of candidates with in-demand careers in manufacturing, healthcare and energy.