Guest Editorial: Nebraska’s Pioneer Spirit Endures – This Time With Digital Assets

Prairie Portraits: Breanna Hetland

The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

An anti-terrorism chatbot and protective wear for healthcare: The 2026 Innovation Awards winners

UNeMed held its annual award ceremony Wednesday, celebrating inventors, researchers and supporters of the local University of Nebraska and startup community in Omaha. The tech transfer and commercialization office also released its annual report earlier this week.

In ‘rug pull,’ Dee Eee Dee delayed new BIA contracts for months and left startups with few answers

A legal review at DED and a new funding stream for the BIA was poorly communicated to new awardees under the program, who had to wait from July until mid-September to start receiving expected grant funding. Questions remain about how and to what level the BIA is being funded this year.

Registration still open for the Tech Nebraska Summit on Oct. 21

The summit is Tech Nebraska’s first since spinning out from the Nebraska Chamber and becoming an independent organization in September. Over 500 executives, founders, policymakers and business leaders are expected to attend.

Prairie Portraits: Nathan Preheim

The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.