Authentrics.AI is the newest venture from a serial entrepreneur who moved to East Tennessee a few years ago.

It would assist high-growth scalable start-ups and the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

An effort is underway to get them restored before the General Assembly approves the FY25 budget.

Also, Knoxville entrepreneur Travis Howerton, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RegScale, penned an opinion piece for the KnoxNews touting the virtues of the local ecosystem.

The 18th program would focus on advanced digital twins and modeling, which can be a training ground for the semiconductor workforce.

The new "Sustainable Mobility Accelerator" draws on Chattanooga’s emergence as an innovation hub for logistics-related start-ups among other assets.

Tom Snyder raised the issue of large incentive packages going to big corporations and very little earmarked for start-up creation and support.

Harvard University announces initiative to provide gap funding for Harvard innovations focused on climate and sustainability to develop towards start-up formation.