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AI startup CVector raises $5M for its industrial ‘nervous system’

​Industrial AI startup CVector built a brain and nervous system for big industry. Now, founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles are tasked with a bigger challenge: showing customers and investors how this AI-powered software layer translates to real savings on an industrial scale.  The New York-based startup has had some success following its pre-seed funding […]  

Transform Your Future: Celebrate Engineers Week 2026 in Afterschool

Transform Your Future: Celebrate Engineers Week 2026 in Afterschool

​[[{“value”:” Engineering experiences help young people build skills that matter for any path they may pursue. Through hands-on design challenges and problem-solving activities, youth practice critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and perseverance. These are skills that support success across school, work, and life, whether or not a student ever plans to become an engineer. Afterschool and summer programs are especially well…

5 Steps to Plan Career-Connected Afterschool STEM Activities

​[[{“value”:” STEM Next’s Career-Connected Learning Framework is a tool designed specifically for out-of-school-time providers to help programs embed career awareness, exploration, and preparation into their activities in ways that are practical, age-appropriate, and grounded in both research and real-world relevance. To make STEM more accessible for afterschool educators, we’ve outlined a checklist with five easy steps for designing STEM activities…