Programs and community
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SAFE-T
Program
The Secure Autonomy Feedback and Evaluation Testbed, a Tulsa Tech Hub project centered on Skyway…
Autonomous Systems Workforce Program
Program
A Tulsa Tech Hub initiative connecting workforce data, internships and education with the needs of…
Official site: https://www.tulsainnovationlabs.com/partner-directory
TARMAC
Program
The Tulsa Advanced Research and Manufacturing Acceleration Center, a Tulsa Tech Hub project.
Official site: https://www.tulsainnovationlabs.com/partner-directory
ARC-H / GreenUAS
Program
The Tulsa Tech Hub's commercialization project for autonomous systems.
Official site: https://www.tulsainnovationlabs.com/partner-directory
Tulsa Community Foundation
Organization, nonprofit
A charitable foundation based in Tulsa that helps donors support community organizations and…
Official site: https://tulsacf.org
Tulsa WordPress Meetup
User group
A free monthly meetup in Tulsa where WordPress users of every level, from beginners and business…
Official site: https://www.meetup.com/Tulsa-WordPress-meetup
Tulsa Salesforce User Group
User group
A Salesforce Trailblazer Community Group in Tulsa that holds talks, release-notes reviews and…
Official site: https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/salesforce-user-group-tulsa-united-states/
Oklahoma Data & AI User Group
User group
A free, in-person Oklahoma user group for people who use data and AI in their everyday work…
Official site: https://www.meetup.com/oklahoma-power-bi-user-group/
SheCodes Tulsa
User group
A Tulsa meetup for women in tech that welcomes people starting a coding career, people building…
Official site: https://www.meetup.com/shecodestulsa/
Cherokee AcceleratHER Fellowship
Program
A fellowship co-created by the University of Tulsa's Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and…
Official site: https://sites.utulsa.edu/cie/accelerather/
Muscogee Nation Capital Fund
Investor, program
A Muscogee Nation program offering loan participation, collateral support and equity investment…
Official site: https://www.mcncapitalfund.com/mnp/home
Mvskoke Fund
Investor, nonprofit
A nonprofit Native community development financial institution in Okmulgee, in the Tulsa metro.
Official site: https://mvskokefund.com
Tulsa For You
Program
A collection of talent attraction and economic growth programs listed by Tulsa Innovation Labs…
Official site: https://tulsaforyou.com
Startup ecosystem
Concept
The people, money and organizations in one place that help new companies start and grow.
Accelerator
Concept
A program with a fixed length that helps a group of early companies grow faster through coaching…
Meetup
Concept
An informal, recurring gathering of people with a shared interest.
Founder
Concept
A person who starts a company and owns part of it from the beginning.
Mentor
Concept
An experienced person who gives a founder guidance.
User group
Concept
A club of people who use or study the same technology and meet regularly to share what they learn.
Nonprofit
Concept
An organization that exists to serve a mission and does not pay profits out to owners.
Tech conference
Concept
A one-day or multi-day event with talks, workshops and hallway conversations about technology.
Event venue
Concept
A place that can host a gathering, such as a meetup, talk, workshop or launch party.
Economic development organization
Concept
An organization whose job is to grow the economy of a city, region or state.
Cohort
Concept
A group of founders or companies that go through a program together, on the same schedule.
Hackathon
Concept
An event, often a day or a weekend, where people form teams and build a working project from…
Coworking space
Concept
A shared office where people from different companies rent a desk, a private office or a meeting…
Incubator
Concept
A program or shared space that supports very early companies, often with desks, mentoring and…
Makerspace
Concept
A shared workshop with tools such as 3D printers, laser cutters and electronics benches that…
Demo day
Concept
The event at the end of an accelerator where each company in the cohort presents to an audience of…
Pitch competition
Concept
An event where founders present their companies to judges, who pick winners.
Alumni
Concept
The founders and companies that finished a program in the past.
NVIDIA Inception
Program
NVIDIA's free program for AI startups.
Official site: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/
Pre-accelerator
Concept
A program for people who have an idea but not yet a company or a product.
Civic tech
Concept
Technology built to serve the public good or improve how people interact with government, often by…
Build with AI
Program
A global series of community-led events, run by local organizers with technical content from…
Official site: https://developers.google.com/community/build-with-ai/faq
DevFest
Program
A community tech conference held in cities around the world, each one organized independently by a…
Official site: https://developers.google.com/community/devfest
Google Developer Experts
Program
A Google program that recognizes experienced developers who know one or more Google or open source…
Official site: https://developers.google.com/community/experts
Google Educator Groups
User group
Free local communities of educators, led by volunteer teachers and run independently, who meet in…
Official site: https://edu.google.com/intl/ALL_us/for-educators/communities/geg/
Google for Startups
Program
Google's program for startup founders.
Official site: https://startup.google.com/
Grow with Google
Program
Google's training hub for job seekers and small businesses.
Official site: https://grow.google/
Philanthropic foundation
Concept
An organization that gives money to causes it wants to advance, such as education or a city's…
Venture studio
Concept
An organization that comes up with business ideas itself and builds companies around them, often…
Chamber of commerce
Concept
A membership organization of businesses in one place or one community.
Code of conduct
Concept
The written rules for how people in a community or at an event must treat each other, and what…
Codecademy
Organization
An online platform for learning technical skills through interactive lessons, with courses in…
Official site: https://www.codecademy.com/
Codex Ambassadors
Program
An OpenAI volunteer program for people who build communities around Codex, its coding agent.
Official site: https://developers.openai.com/community/codex-ambassadors
ForHumanity
Organization, nonprofit
A nonprofit public charity that examines the risks of AI and develops criteria for the independent…
Official site: https://forhumanity.center
freeCodeCamp
Organization, nonprofit
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit where people learn to code for free by building projects in the browser…
Official site: https://www.freecodecamp.org/
Indie hacker
Concept
Someone who builds and runs a small software business on their own or with a tiny team, usually…
Office hours
Concept
A set time when founders can bring questions to an expert, a mentor or program staff, usually in…
Y Combinator
Organization, investor, program
A startup accelerator.
Official site: https://www.ycombinator.com
AMA
Concept
Short for 'ask me anything'.
E-Rate
Program
A US program, administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company, that gives schools and…
Official site: https://www.usac.org/e-rate/
Federal Trade Commission
Government
The US federal agency that enforces laws against unfair, deceptive and anticompetitive business…
Official site: https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc
FutureCon
Program
A series of one-day cybersecurity conferences in cities across North America, run by FutureCon…
Official site: https://futureconevents.com
Google Ad Grants
Program
A Google program that gives eligible nonprofits advertising credit to show ads on Google Search…
Official site: https://www.google.com/grants/
Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship
Program
A fellowship run by the Watson Institute and funded by Google for community leaders in places that…
Official site: https://watson.is/google-data-center-community-ai-fellowship/
Google Developer Groups on Campus
Program, user group
Google's program for student developer groups at universities and colleges.
Official site: https://developers.google.com/community/gdg
Google for Education
Program
Google's line of tools and training for schools and teachers, including Workspace for Education…
Official site: https://edu.google.com/
Google for Education Certified Trainer
Program
A Google for Education credential for educators who train other teachers to use Google's classroom…
Official site: https://edu.google.com/intl/ALL_us/teacher-center/programs/certified-trainer/
Google Maps Platform Innovators
Program
A Google community program for developers who build with Google Maps Platform.
Official site: https://mapsplatform.google.com/resources/blog/introducing-the-google-maps-platform-innovators-program/
Make AI Work for You tour
Program
A Grow with Google tour of hands-on AI workshops for small businesses along Route 66.
Official site: https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/grow-with-google/route-66-small-businesses/
Moonlighting
Concept
Doing paid work on the side, outside a full-time job.
Nava
Organization
A technology company and public benefit corporation formed in 2015 to improve government services…
Official site: https://www.navapbc.com
Portfolio
Concept
The set of companies that an investor has funded, or that a program supports.
SBA Mentor-Protégé Program
Government, program
A US Small Business Administration program in which a small business (the protégé) learns from an…
Official site: https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/sba-mentor-protege-program
Soft-landing program
Concept
A program that helps a company from another country or region set up in a new place.
Women-owned small business certification
Government, program
A free US Small Business Administration certification that lets small businesses at least 51%…
Official site: https://www.sba.gov/wosb
501(c)(6)
Concept
A US tax-exempt category for business leagues, such as trade associations, chambers of commerce…
Bylaws
Concept
The internal rules an organization, such as a nonprofit or corporation, adopts for how it is run…
Center on Rural Innovation
Organization, nonprofit
A US 501(c)(3) nonprofit that partners with rural leaders to help rural people take part in the…
Official site: https://ruralinnovation.us/
Cerebral Valley
Organization
An AI community that runs hackathons and events around the world for AI labs, companies and…
Official site: https://cerebralvalley.ai
Code for America
Organization, nonprofit
A nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works with governments to improve public services using…
Official site: https://codeforamerica.org
CS50 AI
Program
Harvard's free online course on the ideas behind modern AI, taught in Python, with topics such as…
Official site: https://cs50.harvard.edu/ai/
Fiscal sponsorship
Concept
An arrangement where an established nonprofit takes in grants and donations on behalf of a project…
Nielsen Norman Group
Organization
A user experience research and consulting firm.
Official site: https://www.nngroup.com
Track One
Government, program
A US Patent and Trademark Office option to pay extra fees so a utility or plant patent application…
Official site: https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/petitions/25-prioritized-examination-track-one
Watson Institute
Organization, school
An educational organization based in Boulder, Colorado that trains entrepreneurs and community…
Official site: https://watson.is/
Western Governors University
School, nonprofit
An online, nonprofit, accredited university founded by a group of US governors.
Official site: https://www.wgu.edu/
American Council on Education
Organization
A US membership organization of more than a thousand colleges, universities and related groups…
Official site: https://www.acenet.edu
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Organization
A national youth mentoring organization that creates one-to-one mentoring relationships between…
Official site: https://www.bbbs.org
Techstars
Investor, program
A global startup investor and accelerator operator.
Official site: https://www.techstars.com
WGU Labs
Organization
An affiliate of Western Governors University that finds and supports new solutions to problems in…
Official site: https://www.wgulabs.org/
Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International
Organization, nonprofit
A nonprofit industry organization for uncrewed vehicles and autonomous systems.
Official site: https://www.auvsi.org
Cherokee Nation Small Business Assistance Center
Program
A Cherokee Nation service offering Native-owned businesses guidance, coaching and routes to capital.
Official site: https://www.cherokee.gov/life-events/building-a-business/
Osage Nation Small Business Program
Program
A credit-support program for Osage-owned businesses and small businesses in Osage County.
Official site: https://www.osagenationsmallbusiness.com/onp/home
SeedAI
Organization, nonprofit
A national nonprofit working on AI literacy, adoption and policy.
Official site: https://www.seedai.org
US Department of Agriculture
Government
The federal department for farming, food and rural America.
OKC WordPress Users Group
User group
An Oklahoma City Meetup group for people who build with WordPress, part of WordPress's network of…
Official site: https://www.meetup.com/okc-wordpress-users-group/
OKC Coffee and Code
User group
A casual user group in Oklahoma City where people write code together or just talk about it.
Official site: https://www.meetup.com/okccoffeeandcode