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TEST SUBJECT: Justin Sirotin, left, co-founder of Octo Product Development Inc., shows U.S. Sen. Jack Reed a mockup of a cockpit used by Regent Craft Inc. at Octo’s design lab in Providence. Regent is developing 12-passenger seagliders at its North Kingstown headquarters.  COURTESY OCTO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INC.

Rhode Island driving innovation by turning tech into product

Entrepreneurship 01/02/2026

Inside Octo Product Development Inc.’s Providence design lab, designers are busy building early versions of technologies that could reshape maritime travel, from all-electric seagliders...

R.I. Startup Week returns with broader reach, sharpened focus areas

Economic Activity 09/23/2025

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Startup Week has returned with programming that covers greater breadth and depth of Ocean State innovation. The event, developed by startup...

DESIGNxRI’s annual DESIGN WEEK launches Sept. 12

Art & Culture 09/03/2025

PROVIDENCE – The annual statewide celebration of design, innovation and community as a means to spotlight Rhode Island’s design sector will kick off on...

State regulators seek public feedback on banning new gas connections on...

Economic Activity 08/20/2025

Do supply problems and state decarbonization goals warrant an end to new natural gas connections on Aquidneck Island? State regulators are asking Newport residents to...

Innovate Newport to offer new startup office spaces, mentorship

Economic Activity 07/29/2025

NEWPORT – A new partnership will bring additional funding and dedicated startup space to the city's innovation sphere. Under a recently announced strategic collaboration, RIHub...

Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series launches June 18

Technology 06/10/2025

NEWPORT – The fifth annual Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series, a collaboration between Innovate Newport, Ocean Tech Hub and the Grow Blue Strategy,...

Innovate Newport to highlight R.I.’s health-tech sector in Industry Spotlight Series

Technology 05/13/2025

NEWPORT – Innovate Newport will host a HealthTech Industry Spotlight Event in celebration of Rhode Island's life sciences sector on May 29. Co-hosted by the...

‘Everyone is disappointed’ in Ocean Tech Hub funding snub

Economy 07/02/2024

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s exclusion on Tuesday from $504 million in federal grants for a dozen technology hubs across the nation surprised and disappointed...

ON THE BATTLEFIELD: University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Chief Business Development Officer Peter Rumsey graduated from Cornell University with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and served during the Gulf War as an electronic combat officer.  PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey was always dedicated to serve

Business Services 04/26/2024

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards CAREER ACHIEVER: Peter Rumsey University of Rhode Island Research Foundation | Chief business development officer Peter Rumsey admits it’s hard to stop the...