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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.

Case Study: Beyond Code Generation: How SEP Uses AI Across the Software Delivery Process

This Indiana AI Innovation Network case study explores how SEP is applying AI beyond code generation to improve planning, analysis, testing, reviews, and delivery across the software lifecycle.
A group of six SEP team members stand together on the Mira Awards red carpet, dressed in formal attire and smiling as they hold the Exceptional Employer of the Year award.

Why SEP Wins By Putting People First

SEP, the 2025 Mira Award winner for Exceptional Employer of the Year, shows what it looks like when culture, purpose, and people strategy align. From employee ownership to community stewardship and a retention rate that outperforms the industry, SEP demonstrates how an Indiana tech company can grow by investing deeply in its people — and in the ecosystem around them.
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Creating a Layered Cybersecurity Strategy for Growing Organizations

By Brock Hesler, Senior Account Executive, OTAVA With the most cyberattacks occurring around the holiday season, it makes perfect sense that October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. But businesses are compromised every day of the year, so cybersecurity and resiliency are nonstop imperatives. For mid-sized companies on a growth path, the consequences of a breach, including […]
All 10 student teams from TechPoint’s 2025 Xtern Challenge pose together outside MISO headquarters in Carmel, Indiana. The photo includes the first-, second-, and third-place teams holding their award checks following the competition.

Students Apply Data Science Skills to Real-World Energy Challenges at TechPoint’s First Xtern Challenge, Hosted by MISO

TechPoint’s first-ever Xtern Challenge brought together Indiana’s top student talent for a hands-on, data-driven competition hosted by MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator). The event invited teams to apply their technical and analytical skills to a real-world problem facing one of the nation’s most critical industries: maintaining a reliable and cost-effective energy grid. The new program […]

Case Study: How Baker Hill Used AI to Boost Employee Efficiency by 30%

This Indiana AI Innovation Network case study explores how Baker Hill used a structured AI strategy to improve employee efficiency while balancing adoption, governance, compliance, and risk management.
Sallie Mae mentors and Xterns celebrate the company being announced as Employer of the Year at the 2025 Xtern Awards Lunch

2025 Xtern Summer Recap and Awards

On July 25, TechPoint wrapped up its 2025 Xtern experience with our Xtern Farewell & Awards Lunch. We recapped Xtern achievements from the 10-week program, celebrated award winners and recognized our employer partners who make this program possible. What is Xtern? Xtern is a summer program for college students who are recruited and interviewed to […]

TechPoint launches CDO Network to advance data strategy and innovation across Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS (July 23, 2025) — TechPoint, the industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s digital innovation economy and overall tech ecosystem, today announced the formation of the Indiana CDO Network, bringing together the state’s best minds in data and analytics.   The network, which will hold its inaugural meeting in August, formalizes a previously organic consortium of central […]