Sameer Rao

Baltimore

@technical_ly editor for BMore/DC/DE. @law360 @baltimoresun @colorlines alum. Bylines in @GuardianUS, @noisey and beyond. @aajadc, @sajahq member. he/him

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RealLIST Connectors 2025: These 20 leaders stoke Baltimore’s rep for innovation

1 week ago | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

RealLIST Startups 2025 in Baltimore is supported byUniversity of Delaware Horn Entrepreneurship. Technical.ly is a free news resource thanks to financial partners like this!Never underestimate the power of a chance meeting to completely change your professional journey. Soon after college, in the middle of what you might call a quarter-life crisis, I met a Philadelphia news editor when we were both singing in the same classical chorus.
Making the best of ‘Smalltimore’: Inside the RealLIST happy hour for rising startup founders

2 weeks ago | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

The 2025 RealLIST Startups happy hour in Baltimore is supported by Kaiser Permanente. Technical.ly is a free news resource thanks to financial partners like this Technical.ly client. People who talk about “Smalltimore” hit on something crucial: The reality that nothing really happens unless people with common interests or passions actually come together to get things done. The corollary: Put yourself out there, and you’ll just start meeting people.
Working in libraries gave this leader a roadmap for tackling digital inequity

3 weeks ago | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

This is How I Got Here, a series where we chart the career journeys of technologists. Want to tell your story? Get in touch. Tackling digital equity is a daunting task, and Lo Smith isn’t shy to acknowledge the severity of the problem. The Better Waverly resident, who leads the Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition (BDEC), argued that while the region has improved digital access, there is still a lot of work to be done.
Tesla protest organizer says DOGE’s data grab enables Trump admin’s deportations

3 weeks ago | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

The firehose of punitive actions the current presidential administration and its private sector supporters have taken since January — against immigrants, universities, federal employees, other countries and more targets — would be impossible without technical systems. Last Monday, less than a week before US Sen.
DC weekly roundup: $100k for Anacostia skills center; Chesapeake Bay startup ecosystem; AI Vance on Elon

1 month ago | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

Welcome to the weekly roundup of the latest from DC's tech and entrepreneurship scene. Want this in your inbox?Â Subscribe for free. This week on Technical.ly we published a comprehensive guide to work visas and other immigrant employment pathways, with updated details amid Trump administration changes.
Techstars launches AI health accelerator with Johns Hopkins, CareFirst

2 months ago | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

Founders of emerging firms from Delaware to Buenos Aires have come to one of the healthcare industry’s main mid-Atlantic hubs to take their AI-enabled ideas to the next level. Global entrepreneurship programming provider Techstars on Monday unveiled the inaugural class of its AI Health Baltimore accelerator.
National AI safety group and CHIPS for America at risk with latest Trump administration firings

2 months ago | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

The Trump administration’s slash-and-burn approach to the federal workforce is intersecting with its interests in artificial intelligence, according to reports on a new round of firings. Several media outlets are reporting that hundreds of employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will lose their jobs.
Maryland firms score $5M to manufacture everything from soup to nanofiber

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sameer Rao

Developers of next-generation medical devices and aerospace materials join high-profile food and footwear brands on a list of companies with fresh government funds to modernize their manufacturing. 43 businesses across the state, from the central population centers to its rural west and east, won a total of $5 million through the Maryland Manufacturing 4.0 program.
Maryland firms score $5M to manufacture everything from soup to nanofiber

2 months ago | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

Developers of next-generation medical devices and aerospace materials join high-profile food and footwear brands on a list of companies with fresh government funds to modernize their manufacturing. 43 businesses across the state, from the central population centers to its rural west and east, won a total of $5 million through the Maryland Manufacturing 4.0 program.
Baltimore students making health, robotics and tech land $50k in state funds

Jan 25, 2025 | technical.ly | Sameer Rao

Thanks to a six-figure allocation from Maryland’s government, emerging entrepreneurs from public and private colleges will get money and exposure to take their startups to the next level. Nine ventures from students at schools in and around Baltimore will each receive $50,000 as part of the first-ever Pava LaPere Innovation Awards.