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Purdue University President Mung Chiang has been named TechPoint’s 2026 Trailblazer, recognized for advancing Indiana’s talent pipeline, innovation ecosystem, and tech economy.

TechPoint has announced Eric Christopher as its next president and CEO. A longtime Indiana tech leader and TechPoint board member, Christopher steps into the role as the organization continues advancing talent, innovation, and digital growth across the state.

This Indiana AI Innovation Network case study explores how Intrepid is modernizing commercial underwriting through real-time financial data, AI-powered analysis, and a unified capital platform.

TechPoint’s expanded statewide job board, powered by Ascend Indiana, now features more than 1,000 tech listings and stronger access to career opportunities across Indiana.

TechPoint’s latest XTERN Challenge brought together 100 students from colleges and universities across Indiana to solve real-world enterprise AI problems with Cummins, giving them hands-on experience in collaboration, technical problem-solving, and workplace communication.

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 […]

AI adoption rarely stalls because the tools aren’t powerful enough—it stalls because foundations like data, process clarity, and governance aren’t ready. This recap outlines a practical way to build readiness and business impact by designing early-career roles around the foundational work AI depends on.

Chelsea Linder outlined four imperatives for responsible AI adoption in 2026—data readiness, workforce readiness, disciplined buy/partner/integrate innovation, and infrastructure + sustainability—so organizations can move from pilots to real business value.