When the next challenge hits: supply chain, infrastructure, energy, whatever, the solutions won’t come from companies that burned cash on user acquisition. They’ll come from companies that spent years making complex systems work reliably at scale.
Guess where those companies live. Orlando.
This week, it wasn’t just news. It was evidence. GPUs, game engines, space research, AI labs, and health tech accelerators all activated at once. The patterns are compounding.
We mapped the week’s top stories and what they signal about Orlando’s growing influence in national innovation systems.
Digital twins go operational, AI meets infrastructure, and Orlando’s ecosystem shows signs of system-level maturity, while gaps remain.
Florida ranks among the top three states for net tech job gains, adding more than 22,000 new roles in 2024, according to CompTIA’s State of the Tech Workforce 2025. Orlando added approximately 1,800 new tech jobs last year, bringing total regional tech employment close to 78,000, with growth projected to surpass 80,000 in 2025…and more
What’s Inside:
Orlando’s fastest-growing Deep Tech sectors and why they matter, The companies redefining simulation, gaming, aerospace, and healthcare, Emerging talent and university breakthroughs shaping the next decade, Events, resources, and ways to get involved in the region’s innovation movement
A story about a city that’s proving the future isn’t arriving somewhere else, it’s being assembled here, piece by piece.
If you’re building something ambitious, look around.
This is a region where ideas get tested, funded, and scaled.
100+ Devs at Tech Hub Orlando, R‑CON Live Kicks Off at DPAC – Orlando’s Week in Tech
Contracts closed. Capital raised. And a patent that might just change how Hollywood edits its next blockbuster. Other cities are chasing headlines. Orlando? We’re getting it done.
This week, we’re showcasing Orlando’s breakthroughs in venture capital, deep tech, simulation, and talent, highlighting a region that’s shaping the future of tech while celebrating Pride Month, Juneteenth, and the Pulse anniversary.
This week, Orlando didn’t just make headlines—we made real progress. Across venture capital, infrastructure, immersive tech, and workforce development, the pattern was clear: coordination, not coincidence.
