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What is AI Inference? Why It’s the Real Enterprise Challenge Nobody’s Talking About

Most enterprises do not need to train foundation models from scratch. The real challenge is making AI inference work reliably, affordably, and at scale within existing infrastructure, cost constraints, and operational realities.
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Rebuilding the Experience Ladder in an AI Economy

Earlier this year, TechPoint published AI Amplifies Need to Address the Experience Gap, highlighting research from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab showing that early-career workers ages 22 to 25 in highly AI-exposed occupations experienced a 13 percent relative decline in employment from late 2022 to mid-2025. From my vantage point, it is not a collapse […]
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TechPoint to Focus on Building Indiana’s Human and Digital Foundations for the Age of AI at Community Connect  

A new TechPoint report highlights the growing need for experience-based AI learning as the organization convenes leaders to address workforce readiness and AI adoption.
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TechPoint Releases 2025 Venture Report, Announces Deal of the Year Finalists for Mira Awards

TechPoint released its 2025 Venture Report, analyzing venture capital trends shaping Indiana’s innovation economy, including top deals and signals for sustainable growth.

Market Turbulence Affecting Indiana VC but Stabilization Signs are Emerging 

The first half of 2025 demonstrated early signs of stabilization across the U.S. venture market, but several market conditions continue to reshape investor behavior and capital activity. Fundraising remains slow, exits are limited and liquidity continues to lag. Additionally, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving a clear divergence in outcomes:  capital and valuations are increasingly concentrated […]