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3 weeks ago | wilmingtonbiz.com | Rickie Houston |Katrina M. Knight |Daniel B. Winslow |Romondo McEachern

As part of its efforts to grow and raise capital, AI platform Skillmaker.ai has landed several contracts and partnerships, including its most recent partnership with Cape Fear Ventures. The startup accelerates the time it takes to train people to competency, according to Robin Cowie, Skillmaker.ai’s founder and CEO. “Currently, it takes two years for an auto technician to be trained for NAPA. We’re reducing that to 25 days,” he said.

1 month ago | wilmingtonbiz.com | Emma Dill |Katrina M. Knight |Janet Kane |Jane Morrow

Work is moving ahead on a new intermodal rail yard at the Port of Wilmington, with the project on track for completion next year. The $22.5 million intermodal rail yard project broke ground in the fall of 2024, according to a N.C. Ports spokesperson. It will add four new working tracks to the Port of Wilmington’s container terminal with a combined length of 5,000 feet.

1 month ago | wilmingtonbiz.com | Vicky Janowski |Natalie English |Luke P. Wheeler |Katrina M. Knight

That’s one of the pieces of advice we give our Coastal Entrepreneur Award judges each year when they’re faced with the task of making their picks. Who shows high-growth potential? Who is making a name for themselves and cutting through the noise? Who, out of these stacks and stacks of nominations, do you see as entrepreneurial? Our panel of outside judges deliberated and picked the 11 category winners in this year’s CEA process.