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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 21, 2026
Clearwater health system studying how robots can help move patients

BayCare has launched a pilot program to see how robotics can support patient transport workflows and hospital staff.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth Djinis
  • April 16, 2026
Rapidly growing payments tech firm embraces Tampa for talent

Payments firm Branch has done well with a decision to make Tampa its largest office. So well, it gets hundreds of applications for every job posting within days — many coming outside Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • April 13, 2026
Naples hospital goes genius level with colonoscopies

Technology enhances but doesn't replace physicians.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 31, 2026
Sarasota cybersecurity firm raises $250M in funding

TENEX plans to add employees and accelerate its global expansion with the capital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • March 30, 2026
Tampa health tech company hires new CEO

Lee Horner has been named CEO of Tampa-based health IT company DAS Health.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 24, 2026
Sarasota angel investors back local software startup

Bridge Angel Investors is investing in Wire Wallet.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 23, 2026
Tech giant gives St. Petersburg College $1.1M for workforce programs

St. Petersburg-based Jabil donated the money to the local college and will help design curriculum to teach needed job skills.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • 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
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