https://ainews.miami Miami dedicated source for AI news, intelligence and analysis. en-us Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:16:56 +0000 https://ainews.miami/images/logo.png https://ainews.miami https://ainews.miami/inside-the-founding-index-five-companies-defining-miami-ai/ https://ainews.miami/inside-the-founding-index-five-companies-defining-miami-ai/ Construction patents, a $22M legal-AI raise, a Fortune-backed venture firm planting its flag in West Palm Beach - five companies, five answers to what Miami AI actually does. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Companies staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/got-miami-ai-news-heres-how-to-get-it-to-main/ https://ainews.miami/got-miami-ai-news-heres-how-to-get-it-to-main/ Most Miami AI news reaches MAIN through filings and LinkedIn posts. Founders who send a few sentences and a link get covered sooner. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400 Companies staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/quantum-workforce-fau-wins-200k-nist-grant/ https://ainews.miami/quantum-workforce-fau-wins-200k-nist-grant/ FAU and D-Wave won a $200,000 NIST agreement to train a quantum cybersecurity workforce across Palm Beach, Broward and the Treasure Coast, as FIU readies its own machine. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Research staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/claude-watermark-fiu-explains-why-you-cant-see-it/ https://ainews.miami/claude-watermark-fiu-explains-why-you-cant-see-it/ An FIU explainer says the Claude watermark works by shifting word odds, not style. Only Anthropic's scanner can read it, and older models do not carry it. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Research staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/ai-stocks-drive-a-record-wall-street-high/ https://ainews.miami/ai-stocks-drive-a-record-wall-street-high/ The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at records as AI stocks led. Strategists see more upside but warn rising rates are the biggest risk to the rally. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 AI Investment staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/5-miami-hospitality-ai-firms-powering-the-guest-experience/ https://ainews.miami/5-miami-hospitality-ai-firms-powering-the-guest-experience/ Miami hospitality AI: LastKeys, Xina AI, ARO, Clave and Deal Engine are automating hotels, restaurants and travel across South Florida. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400 Companies staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/miami-startup-hub-what-founders-say-holds-it-back/ https://ainews.miami/miami-startup-hub-what-founders-say-holds-it-back/ Endeavor Miami says Florida startups raised $5.7 billion in 2025. Founders tell IBTimes the Miami startup hub still lacks talent depth and a funding pipeline. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Startup Funding staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/a-florida-case-shows-ai-chats-can-reach-police/ https://ainews.miami/a-florida-case-shows-ai-chats-can-reach-police/ Investigators say a chatbot's review team alerted police to a Lee County woman's messages. The case raises a question for every executive who uses AI. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Security staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/deepseek-funding-nears-12b-as-us-rivals-chase-trillions/ https://ainews.miami/deepseek-funding-nears-12b-as-us-rivals-chase-trillions/ DeepSeek funding is set to top $11.9 billion, Reuters reports. Moonshot, OpenAI and Anthropic are all lining up raises or listings. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400 AI Investment staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/sibos-2026-miami-poll-finds-banks-cant-track-ai-token-costs/ https://ainews.miami/sibos-2026-miami-poll-finds-banks-cant-track-ai-token-costs/ A panel poll at Sibos 2026 in Miami found 61% of firms have little visibility into AI token costs. Bank leaders on how they measure returns. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 AI Investment staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/brokerage-ai-moves-past-marketing-delta-media-survey-says/ https://ainews.miami/brokerage-ai-moves-past-marketing-delta-media-survey-says/ A Delta Media Group survey finds brokerage AI expanding beyond marketing into customer management, back-office work and agent coaching. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Research staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/nicholas-mohnacky-bundleiq-alani-connect/ https://ainews.miami/nicholas-mohnacky-bundleiq-alani-connect/ In a MAIN exclusive, West Palm Beach company bundleIQ explains how it built Alani Connect to keep conference knowledge working after the keynote. CEO Nicholas Mohnacky lays out the model. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Conversations staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/fsu-nsf-career-award-targets-ais-number-problem/ https://ainews.miami/fsu-nsf-career-award-targets-ais-number-problem/ Florida State's Michael Gubanov won an NSF CAREER Award to build an AI model that reasons about numbers, starting with cancer research data. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400 Research staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/florida-data-center-tariffs-are-in-how-do-they-score/ https://ainews.miami/florida-data-center-tariffs-are-in-how-do-they-score/ Florida data center tariffs are now on file under SB 484. FSU's Mark McNees scores each utility's filing against the law's full-cost test. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 AI Infrastructure staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/china-has-more-ai-papers-miami-is-getting-a-2b-campus/ https://ainews.miami/china-has-more-ai-papers-miami-is-getting-a-2b-campus/ China has more AI papers at ICML 2026, but the U.S. still leads frontier models. Carnegie Mellon's planned Miami campus opens into that split in 2028. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Opinion staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/sovair-ai-miami-beach-air-gapped-ai-for-energy-operators/ https://ainews.miami/sovair-ai-miami-beach-air-gapped-ai-for-energy-operators/ AirNode, a Strong Interactive venture in Miami Beach, now operates as SOVAIR.AI. It builds air-gapped AI for utilities and other regulated sectors. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 Companies staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/miami-ai-jobs-mckinsey-sees-11-million-career-switches/ https://ainews.miami/miami-ai-jobs-mckinsey-sees-11-million-career-switches/ McKinsey says AI will create more U.S. jobs than it removes, but 11 million workers may need new careers. Miami is building the pathways. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400 Research staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/goforisrael-miami-israeli-tech-meets-investors-dec-14/ https://ainews.miami/goforisrael-miami-israeli-tech-meets-investors-dec-14/ GoforIsrael Miami, the first U.S. edition of Israel's investor conference, is set for December 14 at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 Events staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/miamis-doxx-net-raises-38m-for-agentic-networking/ https://ainews.miami/miamis-doxx-net-raises-38m-for-agentic-networking/ Miami’s doxx.net raised a $38 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and opened its beta for private networks that people and AI agents share. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400 Startup Funding staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff) https://ainews.miami/miami-tech-hub-how-emerge-americas-draws-investors/ https://ainews.miami/miami-tech-hub-how-emerge-americas-draws-investors/ Investors once asked why Miami. Now they ask how to get involved, eMerge Americas CEO Melissa Medina says. Here is how the pipeline works. Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Companies staff@ainews.miami (MAIN Staff)