{"id":166831,"date":"2026-03-18T19:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=166831"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:04:16","slug":"applied-ai-entrepreneurship-building-connections-for-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=166831","title":{"rendered":"Applied AI &#038; Entrepreneurship &#8211; Building Connections for Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5155\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gvsu1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gvsu1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gvsu1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>GVSU College of Computing Presents<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Applied AI &amp; Entrepreneurship: Building Connections for Innovation<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>@ Northern Michigan Startup Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday, April 20<br \/>\n10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br \/>\nNMC\u2019s Hagerty Center<br \/>\n715 E Front St, Traverse City, MI<\/p>\n<p>The GVSU College of Computing brings together faculty, students, startups, and regional partners to explore how Applied AI can drive innovation and commercialization in Northern Michigan. This event is designed to spark collaborations, help startup teams, and connect ideas to funding pathways. Veterans and military-connected entrepreneurs are especially welcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goals<\/strong>: Form new startup and research teams, discover internship and collaboration opportunities, and establish pathways from research to market (SBIR, STTR, PFI).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Should Attend<\/strong>: Entrepreneurs, Startup Teams, Industry Leaders, Faculty, Students, Investors, and Community Innovators.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gvsu.edu\/computing\/applied-ai-entrepreneurship-264\">Register Here<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Seats are limited.<\/p>\n<p>#nmsw #gvsucomputing #innovation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GVSU College of Computing Presents Applied AI &amp; Entrepreneurship: Building Connections for Innovation @ Northern Michigan Startup Week Monday, April 20 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. NMC\u2019s Hagerty Center 715 E Front St, Traverse City, MI The GVSU College of Computing brings together faculty, students, startups, and regional partners to explore how Applied AI can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,3617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intercom","category-student-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Applied AI &amp; 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