The latest edition of the Business Investor Snapshot newsetter explores the increasingly mainstream AI doom discourse and what it means for the industry giants’ planned IPOs, the 2026 elections, and startups using their models. Authored by Chris Brandt, managing partner of Audacious Capital and UpSurge Baltimore leader, the Snapshot offers monthly reflections on the must-know topics and discourse in investment and innovation.

Baltimore’s manufacturing story is evolving and growing. The Advanced Manufacturing Exchange brought the region’s advanced manufacturing founders, public sector leaders, engineers, and more into Stanley Black & Decker’s new Experience & Innovation Center. Together, speakers and attendees alike took on topics like workforce pipelines, new technology, and investment opportunities in a unique space showcasing the results of SBD’s own research and development.

This inaugural full-day forum was built to bridge the gap between emerging policy and applied technology in care delivery. The summit brought funders, founders, health system executives, scholars, clinicians, and government agency leaders together for a series of conversations on healthcare outcomes, AI, innovation, Maryland’s all-payer model, and what it takes for this state and region to lead the country in healthcare innovation.