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[OhioX @OhioXOrg]

Five sell outs in a row and the Ohio Tech Summit keeps growing.

Thank you to our incredible statewide community and the members and partners that make this work possible.

[Chris Berry @ChrisBerryOH]

Ohio’s first pastrami sandwich drone delivery taking off in Dayton.

@fly_dexa a built in Ohio startup!

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Cleveland lands first hospital-anchored site in global accelerator network

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Swiss cyber startup Saporo establishes U.S. base in Columbus via https://t.co/EThdffvD6Z deal

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Hikma Pharmaceuticals plans $267 million Ohio expansion, adding 350 jobs

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NEW: The 2026 State of AI Report: Ohio's AI Market Has Matured — and Talent Is the New Bottleneck

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Swiss cyber startup @Saporo_security establishes U.S. base in Columbus via https://t.co/EThdffvD6Z deal

https://t.co/X39suS36Ol

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ACQUIRED: @Medtronic to acquire Cleveland medical tech leader @sprintpnsSPR for $650 Million

https://t.co/J3r0ueEHud

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NOW HIRING: @anduriltech launches hiring push to stand up Barracuda production in Ohio

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[Rackspace Technology @Rackspace]

Ohio is moving from AI experimentation to execution. The next phase will depend on governance, workforce readiness and trusted operators who can scale AI across core industries.

Proud to support @OhioXorg and the future of AI in Ohio. Full report: https://t.co/e8nvObqtEH.

[Jon Slemp @Jon_Slemp]

The bottleneck has moved.

The @OhioXOrg 2026 State of AI Report dropped today, drawn from 270+ leaders across the state. Ohio's AI conversation has shifted from exploration to execution, and the constraint plaguing AI adoption shifted with it.

A year ago, the top barrier to AI adoption was "lack of clear business cases." Today it's "limited technical expertise and AI literacy." Skilled technical talent has overtaken funding as the resource Ohio leaders say they need most.

The question changed from what should we do to who can help us do it.

A few of my key takeaways:

- 79 percent of Ohio organizations now call AI a high priority, up from 48 percent last year.
- 57 percent have generative AI in production, up from 32 percent.
- Agent deployment nearly doubled, from 26 to 47 percent.
- Only 11 percent of leaders are comfortable with autonomous decision-making, even inside guardrails.
- Organizations reporting no measurable ROI dropped from 33 to 16 percent.
- Only 21 percent describe their data architecture as AI-ready.

The space between agents deployed (47 percent) and agents trusted to act autonomously (11 percent) is where most of the real work and ROI sits. We built Intrinsic Labs around exactly that shift, and to serve industrial, manufacturing, logistics, and construction companies across the Midwest, the sectors the report names as Ohio's top stated AI advantage. These companies need someone willing and able to sit inside alongside their people, fit software to the specific nuances of their business, integrate with their existing systems, and get to production.

A region's AI strategy should match its existing center of gravity. Ohio's is industrial. Always has been. The thesis that we compete by building applied AI inside industries we already dominate is the strongest hand to play.

The operational moats clearly already exist, now we need to build the AI layer right on top. The work of the next decade will be dragging operational excellence built over fifty years into an AI-native layer without breaking the things that made these companies durable in the first place. Ohio is uniquely positioned to do exactly that, and it's the core reason we built Intrinsic Labs here to serve this customer base.

The next 12 to 24 months will separate the operators who shipped from the ones still contemplating.

https://t.co/TugnCf089z

Thanks for putting this together, @ChrisBerryOH!

[OhioX @OhioXOrg]

5 years.

5 sell outs.

5 years of growing Ohio's tech community.

Thank you to all who made the 2026 Ohio Tech Summit possible. 🚀🚀🚀

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AI and Software lead the charge as @Rev1Ventures startups dominate Central Ohio deal flow

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NEWS: @Medtronic to acquire Cleveland medical tech leader SPR Therapeutics for $650 Million

https://t.co/J3r0ueEHud

[OhioX @OhioXOrg]

What a day.

5 years.

5 sell outs.

5 years of a growing Ohio tech community.

The 2026 Ohio Tech Summit

🚀🚀🚀

[OhioX @OhioXOrg]

The O.H.I.O. Fund Hits $647 Million: New capital, AI healthcare, and coast-to-Ohio moves

https://t.co/ZbbTtxTYG5

[OhioX @OhioXOrg]

5 years, 5 Ohio Tech Summit sell outs.

And it keeps growing.

We're just getting started 🚀🚀🚀

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Columbus investment firm Heartland Growth Partners acquires ADF Engineering

https://t.co/az5PRKoSCj

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5 Years, 5 Sell Outs: Inside the 2026 Ohio Tech Summit (PHOTOS)

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[aplosdata @aplosdata]

That’s a wrap on @OhioXOrg Tech Summit 2026 🎯

One day, hundreds of conversations, and the official debut of Aplos Data.

To everyone who stopped by our booth - thank you. More to come.