Startup FutureState is modernizing mobile ID systems and reducing universities' dependence on proprietary vendors. The company’s platform transforms how higher education institutions manage student and staff credentials.

The U of A's New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center research team has won the Governor’s “Innovator of the Year – Academia” award. The Arizona Technology Council and the Arizona Commerce Authority bestowed the honor at their annual event, the Governor’s Celebration of Innovation, held on Nov. 12, 2025.

How can we provide research surgery trainees with the experience they need while addressing the ethical costs of using cadavers or live animals? Veterinarian and researcher Diego Celdrán-Bonafonte developed a simulator that provides real, hands-on experience free of ethical conflict. Check out the video!

What was it like? Take a look! On Oct. 8, 2025, Tech Launch Arizona hosted its annual I-Squared Expo and Awards to honor the community's most impactful inventors, startups, partners and collaborators contributing to the advancement of U of A innovation and impact.

In space, a systems failure can be catastrophic. Associate professor Jekan Thanga of the College of Engineering has developed distributed computer processing networks designed to be hyper redundant and not only able to fail without compromising the entire system, but even able to heal themselves.

On October 8, TLA will hold its annual gala celebration spotlighting the most impactful people, inventions, organizations and startups from the previous year.

The Arizona Bioindustry Association will recognize two University of Arizona faculty members and a startup company that originated at the university at its annual award banquet Oct. 15 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix.

With the start of the 2025-2026 academic year, Startup Wildcats has moved from Tech Launch Arizona to a new home at the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, housed in the Eller College of Management. This move consolidates curricular and co-curricular programming for undergraduates under one central unit, expanding access and amplifying impact for student entrepreneurs.

Every year, 40 percent of the food produced in the United States never makes it to a plate. Kuairu, a startup from the College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences, is using the sun to power a system to turn that waste into a valuable resource.

Working with a UA Engineering Senior Capstone team, physiology professor Fiona Bailey has developed a resistive breathing training system that can lower blood pressure 8 to 10 mmHg – comparable to results achieved by FDA-approved blood pressure medication. This technology is available for license.