AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoState Tech Procurement: Maryland DoIT is the first state customer for Marketplace.city’s platform, which helps agencies compare technology products, pricing and contracts to speed planning and purchasing. AI at Work: Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price is expanding its AI lab and giving employees access to Anthropic’s Claude to streamline routine tasks and support investment research. Maryland Research: A Johns Hopkins team’s bandage-sized ultrasound implant tracked spinal cord blood flow in animal tests; it has not yet been tested in people. EV Innovation: A Maryland utility’s automated charging program has grown from 6,900 drivers to 30,000, and regulators approved it as a permanent, grid-wide offering. Separately, Maryland researchers identified a battery bottleneck that slows EV charging. Regional Growth: The University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland became the first regional higher-education center approved for the state’s RISE Zone program, linking local research and workforce training with incentives for business investment in fields such as aerospace and autonomous systems. Student Science: Eight Baltimore City eighth graders are heading to Antarctica for two weeks as citizen scientists.
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