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R.I. Commerce Corp. awards $800K in grants, incentives

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday awarded $820,364 in Innovation Vouchers and Network Matching Grants to 12 organizations. The programs...

Centreville Bank selects Jack Henry & Associates for tech upgrades

WEST WARWICK – Centreville Bank has invested in several platform products from financial technology company Jack Henry & Associates Inc. as the nearly 200-year-old...

As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI...

Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void – ignored. With his graduation...

From small beginnings to a bright future

Fastest Growing Companies 2026 Awards $250,000 TO $2.5 MILLION 4. Luminous Creative Agency CEO (or equivalent): Bryan Roberts, account director and co-founder; Ryan Buttie, chief...
Career Pathways: Nishita Roy-Pope, CEO of Courage Builder in North Kingstown, builds career pathways connecting Rhode island students to fast-growing fields such as the blue economy. 
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Courage Builder for RI’s workforce

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards EDUCATION: Courage Builder Courage Builder, a North Kingstown workforce development firm, has been building career pathways into some of Rhode Island’s...
Connective Infrastructure: Michelle Wu, of WU Consulting, meets with Glenn Robertelli, RI Bio’s executive director, whose nonprofit links Rhode Island’s life sciences ecosystem. 
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RI’s life sciences hub: RI Bio

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION: RI Bio RI Bio does not make a product. The Providence trade association instead knits together Rhode Island’s sprawling...
Breath analysis: Trace Sensing Technologies’ flagship platform, TRACE-E, uses patented thermodynamic sensor technology to detect molecular biomarkers in exhaled breath, improving disease detection. Peter Ricci III, founder and CEO, works on the machine. 
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Breath test spots kidney risk: Trace Sensing Technologies

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards BIOTECH/LIFE SCIENCES: Trace Sensing Technologies Trace Sensing Technologies, a Providence-based medical technology company, has developed a diagnostic tool that could make detecting...
FAR REACH: Avidex Industries LLC serves clients worldwide. From left, Bob Mathews, senior account executive; Thomas Ward, senior project manager; and Dominique Perrin, project coordinator, work on blueprints in Warwick. 
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Warwick AV firm goes global: Avidex

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards TECHNOLOGY: Avidex Industries LLC Avidex INDUSTRIES LLC has been wiring up conference rooms, classrooms and command centers for 27 years. The...
Attorney-Guided AI: Founding partners John Feeney, left, and Maxwell Holland run Contract House’s flat-rate, attorney-reviewed artificial intelligence law model in Newport. 
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Contract House LLC law firm cuts costs with AI

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards COMPANIES TO WATCH: Contract House LLC Most small businesses can’t afford a lawyer on retainer. Contract House LLC, a year-old Newport...
A REVIVAL: Dr. Annie 
De Groot’s cancer vaccine development company in Providence was dormant for several years, but it’s been restarted at an opportune time, when the favorable results of a related clinical trial have given the sector a boost. 
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Cancer vaccine startup comes back to life

In 2016, Dr. Annie De Groot received a cry for help. A scientific researcher, De Groot had worked for decades on computational vaccinology – the...
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