Technology & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

🔒 Bernhard Capital acquires Seattle-based HVAC optimization software company

Baton Rouge-based Bernhard Capital Partners announced its acquisition of Optimum Energy. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

🔒 Baton Rouge tech startup I Hate Receipts lands global partnership 

Tech startup I Hate Receipts today announced a partnership with global payment acceptance solutions firm Ingenico, further broadening the Baton Rouge company’s reach.    

🔒 LSU appoints chief data officer as part of effort to modernize its research infrastructure

SU President William Tate has named Keena Arbuthnot as the university's first chief data officer.

🔒 Researchers designing a new drought-resistant rice through a USDA grant  

LSU mechanical engineering associate professor Manas Gartia is working with a team of 24 researchers spanning five states to develop a new type of rice that better withstands drought conditions.   

🔒 How should businesses respond to the massive OMV hack?

A cyberattack on MOVEit, a third-party tool used to transfer large files, has compromised some 6 million records at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, state officials said today.

🔒 Nexus Louisiana incubator re-ups for three more years at Bon Carré

The Research Park Corporation board of directors has decided to extend the lease of the Nexus Louisiana technology park incubator at Bon Carré Business Center for three more years. 

🔒 LSU partnering with SkillStorm to offer online tech training courses

LSU Online & Continuing Education has launched a training partnership with SkillStorm to offer...

🔒 Digital transformation has been key in BASF Geismar plant expansion

BASF’s Beth Holland says the digitalization of processes during the current methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, or MDI, plant expansion in Geismar has brought some unexpected challenges.

🔒 LSU receives $1.5M award to build a cybersecurity clinic to support small businesses

LSU announced today that it has been selected by the National Security Agency as...

🔒 Baton Rouge legal sector taking ‘cautious approach’ to AI

Baton Rouge law firms want to dip their toes into the artificial intelligence pool, though many are wary about jumping in.Â