# Startup ecosystem

Concept · [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community)

Also called: ecosystem, three-legged stool, three legged stool, startup community, tech scene

The people, money and organizations in one place that help new companies start and grow. One common picture is a three-legged stool: finance, [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) and [talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent). A company needs all three.

**For example:** A city has investors and [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder), but few [engineers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) who will join a young company. The [talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent) leg is short, so startups there stall when it is time to build.

## Connects to (298)

- [Founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder): A person who starts a company and owns part of it from the beginning.
- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [Venture capital](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/venture-capital): Money that professional investment firms put into young companies in exchange for equity.
- [Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/accelerator): A program with a fixed length that helps a group of early companies grow faster through coaching, introductions and sometimes funding.
- [Techlahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/techlahoma): The largest tech community in Oklahoma, with 7,000 members in its Slack.
- [George Kaiser Family Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gkff): A charitable foundation in Tulsa, set up as a supporting organization of the Tulsa Community Foundation.
- [Brain drain](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/brain-drain): When skilled people leave a place for jobs elsewhere, so the place loses the talent it trained.
- [Coworking space](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/coworking-space): A shared office where people from different companies rent a desk, a private office or a meeting room, often by the month or by the day.
- [Philanthropic foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/philanthropic-foundation): An organization that gives money to causes it wants to advance, such as education or a city's economy.
- [Economic development organization](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/economic-development-organization): An organization whose job is to grow the economy of a city, region or state.
- [Chamber of commerce](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chamber-of-commerce): A membership organization of businesses in one place or one community.
- [Soft-landing program](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/soft-landing-program): A program that helps a company from another country or region set up in a new place.
- [Gradient](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gradient): A nonprofit entrepreneur hub and coworking space in downtown Tulsa, formerly called 36 Degrees North.
- [Latam to Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/latam-to-tulsa): A Tulsa program that brings growing Latin American startups to the city to enter the US market.
- [Entrepreneur's Cup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/entrepreneurs-cup): A statewide business plan competition for Oklahoma college students, run by i2E.
- [Oklahoma Commercialization Network](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-commercialization-network): A statewide partnership that acts as a front door for Oklahoma entrepreneurs, pointing them to the organizations that can help.
- [TYPROS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/typros): Tulsa's Young Professionals, a community development initiative of the Tulsa Regional Chamber.
- [Startup Grind Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/startup-grind-tulsa): The Tulsa chapter of Startup Grind, a community for founders with chapters in many cities.
- [Global Entrepreneurship Week](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/global-entrepreneurship-week): An annual week of events for entrepreneurs, held in many countries.
- [Tulsa Tech Week](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-tech-week): A week-long series of tech events across Tulsa, each one hosted by a different person or organization.
- [Black Tech Street](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-tech-street): A Tulsa organization that works to revitalize historic Black Wall Street, the Greenwood district, through technology and innovation.
- [Gitwit](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gitwit): A venture studio in Tulsa.
- [Apricot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/apricot): A software company that makes an AI documentation tool for home health care.
- [Tulsa AWS User Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-aws-user-group): A Tulsa user group for people who build on Amazon Web Services and other cloud tools, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Tulsa.Net](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-dotnet): A Tulsa user group for developers who use Microsoft's .NET tools, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Tulsa Agile Practitioners](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-agile-practitioners): A Tulsa user group for people who practice Agile, a way of running software projects in short cycles.
- [Tulsa UX](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-ux): A Tulsa user group for user experience designers, listed among Techlahoma's user groups.
- [Google Developer Group Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gdg-tulsa): Google Developer Group Tulsa, a local chapter in Google's community program for developers.
- [OKC Web Devs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-web-devs): An Oklahoma City programming user group in the Techlahoma network.
- [OKC LUGnuts](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-lugnuts): Oklahoma City's Linux user group, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Oklahoma Game Developers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-game-developers): A monthly meetup for game developers in Oklahoma, based in Oklahoma City and part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google): The company behind Google Search, Gemini and Google Cloud.
- [Oklahoma Innovative Technology Alliance](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oita): An alliance of technology and IT companies that have their headquarters in Oklahoma.
- [Downtown Tulsa Partnership](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/downtown-tulsa-partnership): The organization that champions downtown Tulsa.
- [Oklahoma City Innovation District](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-innovation-district): A district in northeast Oklahoma City and the organization, OKCID, that builds partnerships and programs there.
- [City of Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/city-of-tulsa): Tulsa's city government.
- [Builders + Backers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/builders-backers): A venture studio that helps people turn an idea into a business by combining AI-powered guidance with help from experienced entrepreneurs.
- [Dockware](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dockware): A Tulsa company that uses AI and computer vision to capture freight dimensions, identifiers and visible condition.
- [Prefix cache](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prefix-cache): A provider feature that remembers the opening of a request it has just handled.
- [Cache tokens](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cache-tokens): Input tokens the provider did not need to process again because they matched the start of a recent request in its cache.
- [Transformer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/transformer): The design that most modern language models are built on, introduced by Google researchers in 2017.
- [AGENTS.md](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/agents-md): A plain text file in a project that many coding agents read automatically at the start of every session.
- [Subagent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/subagent): A second agent that the main agent starts to handle one piece of a job in its own separate session.
- [MediaStream Recording API](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mediastream-recording-api): A browser feature that records audio or video from a microphone, camera or media element so a web app can save or process it.
- [IRS Section 7216](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/irs-section-7216): A US tax rule that limits how tax return preparers may use or disclose clients' tax return information without the client's consent.
- [Human Interface Guidelines](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/human-interface-guidelines): Apple's official design guidance for apps on its platforms.
- [Liquid Glass](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/liquid-glass): Apple's design material, introduced in 2025, that looks like see-through glass, reflecting and bending what is behind it.
- [Opportunity zone](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/opportunity-zone): A designated low-income area in the US where investors can put money through special funds and postpone tax on certain gains.
- [501(c)(6)](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/501c6): A US tax-exempt category for business leagues, such as trade associations, chambers of commerce and professional associations.
- [Agent skills](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/agent-skills): A packaged set of instructions, sometimes with scripts, that an agent loads when a task calls for it, such as how to write a press release…
- [Hacker News](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hacker-news): A news and discussion site about technology and startups run by Y Combinator.
- [Indie Hackers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/indie-hackers): An online community where founders share how they build profitable, often self-funded, businesses, with posts, interviews and revenue…
- [Claude Cowork](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/claude-cowork): Anthropic's name for Claude carrying out multi-step tasks across a person's files and tools, such as organizing folders or assembling a…
- [ChatGPT Sites](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chatgpt-sites): A ChatGPT and Codex feature for creating, previewing, publishing and sharing simple websites and web apps, which OpenAI hosts.
- [Sign in with ChatGPT](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sign-in-with-chatgpt): A way for other apps and websites to let people log in with their ChatGPT account.
- [Gemini Notebook](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gemini-notebook): A Google research tool, formerly called NotebookLM, that answers questions using the documents a person adds, with citations, and can turn…
- [Amazon Q](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amazon-q): Amazon Web Services' AI assistant, now focused on developers: it helps write, review and run code on AWS.
- [Arc](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/arc-browser): A web browser made by The Browser Company that organizes tabs in a sidebar and into separate spaces.
- [Relay](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/relay-financial): An online business banking app for small businesses, with several accounts and cards to organize money by purpose.
- [NIST AI Risk Management Framework](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nist-ai-rmf): A voluntary framework from NIST, the US standards agency, that helps organizations manage the risks AI can pose to people, organizations…
- [Center on Rural Innovation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/center-on-rural-innovation): A US 501(c)(3) nonprofit that partners with rural leaders to help rural people take part in the tech economy through digital skills, tech…
- [Cerebral Valley](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cerebral-valley): An AI community that runs hackathons and events around the world for AI labs, companies and builders, and publishes a weekly newsletter…
- [Code for America](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code-for-america): A nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works with governments to improve public services using people-centered technology.
- [Codecademy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/codecademy): An online platform for learning technical skills through interactive lessons, with courses in languages such as Python, JavaScript and SQL…
- [DevFest](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/devfest): A community tech conference held in cities around the world, each one organized independently by a local Google Developer Group, with…
- [E-Rate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/e-rate): A US program, administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company, that gives schools and libraries discounts on internet access…
- [ForHumanity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/forhumanity): A nonprofit public charity that examines the risks of AI and develops criteria for the independent audit of AI systems, written by…
- [freeCodeCamp](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/freecodecamp): A 501(c)(3) nonprofit where people learn to code for free by building projects in the browser, with free certifications, a forum and a…
- [Federal Trade Commission](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ftc): The US federal agency that enforces laws against unfair, deceptive and anticompetitive business practices.
- [FutureCon](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/futurecon): A series of one-day cybersecurity conferences in cities across North America, run by FutureCon Events, with talks, a panel and sponsor…
- [Google Ad Grants](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-ad-grants): A Google program that gives eligible nonprofits advertising credit to show ads on Google Search, so people searching for their cause can…
- [Google Educator Groups](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-educator-group-oklahoma): Free local communities of educators, led by volunteer teachers and run independently, who meet in person and online to share ways of using…
- [Google Maps Platform Innovators](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-maps-innovators): A Google community program for developers who build with Google Maps Platform.
- [Nava](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nava): A technology company and public benefit corporation formed in 2015 to improve government services, programs and agencies through…
- [Nielsen Norman Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nielsen-norman-group): A user experience research and consulting firm.
- [OKC WordPress Users Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-wordpress-users-group): An Oklahoma City Meetup group for people who build with WordPress, part of WordPress's network of local meetups, with monthly meetings…
- [Codex Ambassadors](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/openai-codex-ambassador): An OpenAI volunteer program for people who build communities around Codex, its coding agent.
- [SheCodes Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/shecodes-tulsa): A Tulsa meetup for women in tech that welcomes people starting a coding career, people building their skills and supporters of women in…
- [Tulsa Salesforce User Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-salesforce-user-group): A Salesforce Trailblazer Community Group in Tulsa that holds talks, release-notes reviews and socials for people who use Salesforce.
- [Tulsa WordPress Meetup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wordpress-tulsa): A free monthly meetup in Tulsa where WordPress users of every level, from beginners and business site owners to developers, teach and…
- [Women-owned small business certification](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wosb-certification): A free US Small Business Administration certification that lets small businesses at least 51% owned and controlled by women who are US…
- [Belle Isle Library](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/belle-isle-library): A Metro Library branch in Oklahoma City that reopened in 2022 after a renovation that added study rooms, two large meeting rooms and a…
- [Brut Hotel](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/brut-hotel): A boutique hotel in Tulsa's SoBo district with a lobby cafe meant for coffee and focused work, a rooftop restaurant, a pool and a spa.
- [Chicken N Pickle Oklahoma City](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chicken-n-pickle-okc): An Oklahoma City venue that combines pickleball courts and yard games with a restaurant and bar.
- [Don't Stress Meowt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dont-stress-meowt): A family of cat businesses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa that includes a cat cafe, grooming and boarding, and an online shop.
- [Factory Obscura](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/factory-obscura): An Oklahoma City company that makes immersive art experiences, best known for Mix-Tape, a large hand-built art space downtown.
- [Gray Owl Coffee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gray-owl-coffee): A worker cooperative coffee shop and roastery in downtown Norman.
- [Greenwood Griot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-griot): A Tulsa tour company that leads walking tours and indoor presentations on the history of the Greenwood District and Black Wall Street…
- [Historic Big 10 Ballroom](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/historic-10-ballroom): A historic music venue in Tulsa that was restored by the nonprofit A Pocket Full Of Hope.
- [Inheritance Kitchen + Juicery](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/inheritance-kitchen-juicery): A restaurant and juice bar in south Tulsa that serves organic food and cold-pressed juices and caters business events.
- [Oklahoma City Convention Center](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-convention-center): A convention center in downtown Oklahoma City built by the City as a MAPS 3 project and completed in 2020.
- [Project 3810](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/project-3810): A product innovation hub in a former factory in Oklahoma City, with a makerspace, shop spaces, workspaces and incubator companies.
- [Slate at Founders Tower](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/slate-founders-tower): An event venue that fills the 20th floor of Founders Tower, a 1964 landmark in Oklahoma City.
- [StarSpace46](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/starspace46): A coworking space in Oklahoma City with desks, conference rooms, private offices and day passes, which calls itself a community of…
- [Welltown Brewing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/welltown): A brewery and taproom in downtown Tulsa with skyline views.
- [WOMPA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wompa): A creative compound in a historic Tulsa warehouse with coworking, private offices, studios, galleries and six event venues for small to…
- [Oklahoma City Java User Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-java-user-group): A free user group that promotes Java and related topics in the Oklahoma City area, with talks on programming topics.
- [Oklahoma Salesforce Community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-salesforce-community): An Oklahoma City user group for people who want to improve their Salesforce skills.
- [UX Connect OKC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ux-connect-okc): An Oklahoma City user group for user experience (UX) design, listed among Techlahoma's user groups.
- [AMD](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amd): A chip company that makes processors for computers and servers and AI accelerators for data centers.
- [Frontend Masters](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/frontend-masters): An online learning platform for software developers, now called Master.dev, with in-depth courses, learning paths and live workshops on…
- [Google DeepMind](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-deepmind): Google's AI research team, formed by combining Google Brain and DeepMind.
- [NVIDIA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nvidia): NVIDIA makes GPUs, chips that help computers train AI models and run them to produce answers.
- [Big Idea](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/big-idea-tulsa): A one-day technology event in downtown Tulsa, produced by Flywheel Tulsa, that brings technology leaders from large organizations together…
- [Black Dog Law](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-dog-law): A Tulsa intellectual property law firm that helps inventors, creators and founders with patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing and…
- [Bridge2](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bridge2): A cohort program for early-stage Oklahoma startups, presented by i2E, that ends with a demo day where founders pitch the ventures they…
- [Endeavor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/endeavor): A global network supporting growth-stage entrepreneurs with mentorship and strategic connections.
- [Flywheel Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/flywheel-tulsa): A Tulsa events company, launched in 2022, that produces events about music, art, food and technology, including Big Ride, Big Bite, Big…
- [Gradient CHROMA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gradient-chroma): Gradient's innovation conference, held at Gradient's building in the Tulsa Arts District.
- [Greenwood District](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-district): A historic district in Tulsa, famous as Black Wall Street, that grew in the early 1900s into a busy center of Black-owned businesses and…
- [Idea Forge Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/idea-forge-foundation): A 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation in Oklahoma City that supports Oklahoma's innovators, entrepreneurs and creators.
- [Inasmuch Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/inasmuch-foundation): An Oklahoma City foundation, established in 1982, that makes grants to nonprofits in community enhancement, education, human services and…
- [InnoTech Oklahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/innotech-oklahoma): An annual business and technology conference and expo at the Oklahoma City Convention Center, presented by InterWorks.
- [Manna](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/manna-drone-delivery): A drone delivery company that flies medicine, groceries and everyday items from local stores to customers' yards.
- [Neighborhood Academy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/neighborhood-academy-of-tulsa): A free three-session course run by the City of Tulsa that teaches residents how to work with City departments, boards and commissions and…
- [Northeast Oklahoma Regional Alliance](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/northeastern-oklahoma-regional-alliance): A 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on economic development, advocacy and collaboration among the rural counties of northeast Oklahoma.
- [OK AI Roundtable](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ok-ai-roundtable): An Oklahoma City group that calls itself Oklahoma's industry-led convener, educator and champion for AI.
- [Oklahoma Bar Association](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-bar-association): The association of lawyers in Oklahoma, based at the Oklahoma Bar Center in Oklahoma City.
- [Oklahoma Bitcoin Association](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-bitcoin-association): An Oklahoma group for people interested in Bitcoin.
- [Oklahoma Grassroots Rural & Ag Business Accelerators](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-farm-bureau-accelerator): Oklahoma Farm Bureau's accelerators for rural and agricultural ventures, with two tracks: AgCelerate Oklahoma for agricultural innovations…
- [OKATE](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-technology-association): A 501(c)(3) nonprofit association for education technology in Oklahoma, formerly known as OKSTE.
- [Oral Roberts University](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oral-roberts-university): A Christian liberal arts university in Tulsa with undergraduate, graduate and online programs, including degrees in computer science and…
- [Pitches, Pizza & Pints](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitches-pizza-pints): The Verge OKC's monthly founder event in Oklahoma City, where entrepreneurs pitch what they are building and an experienced founder shares…
- [PMI Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pmi-tulsa): The Tulsa chapter of the Project Management Institute, a group that educates and connects project managers in the Tulsa area through…
- [The Summer Startup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/summer-startup): A weekend event in Oklahoma City where participants try to build a startup from zero to one in 54 hours, with mentorship, cash prizes and…
- [TechAccess Oklahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/techaccess-oklahoma): A digital accessibility conference held in Oklahoma City, organized by the Digital Accessibility Team at Oklahoma ABLE Tech at Oklahoma…
- [Tulsa AWS Community Day](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-aws-community-day): A community-led conference in Tulsa for cloud practitioners, developers and architects, with sessions on AWS, cloud computing, AI and…
- [Open Tulsa Data Portal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-open-data-portal): The City of Tulsa's portal for public data, part of its Open Tulsa transparency initiative.
- [Tulsa World](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-world): Tulsa's daily newspaper and news site, covering Tulsa, northeastern Oklahoma and the Green Country region, including local business news.
- [WeDreaminOK](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wedreaminok): A community-led, nonprofit Salesforce conference in Oklahoma City for admins, developers, analysts, designers and business people.
- [Greenwood Cyber + AI Lab](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-cyber-ai-lab): A Microsoft and Black Tech Street collaboration within the Greenwood AI Center of Excellence supporting AI and cybersecurity innovation…
- [Access Optics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/access-optics): Micro-optical imaging components.
- [Cadenza Bio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cadenza-bio): Drug development.
- [Recuro Health](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/recuro-health): Digital healthcare.
- [Sway](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sway-medical): Mobile balance assessment.
- [ZERO Health](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/zero-health): Employer healthcare navigation.
- [SendaRide](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sendaride): Medical transportation.
- [AliveCor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/alivecor): Mobile cardiac monitoring.
- [Myri Health](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/myri-health): Maternal care coordination.
- [Onto Health](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/onto-health): Fertility care.
- [Percipio Health](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/percipio-health): Remote patient monitoring.
- [Firehawk Aerospace](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/firehawk-aerospace): Rocket propulsion.
- [Compound Foundry](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/compound-foundry): Consumer brand development.
- [KiZE](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/kize): Food products.
- [BPEndo](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bpendo): Endoscopy devices.
- [D6 Labs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/d6-labs): Industrial IoT.
- [Deka Biosciences](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/deka-biosciences): Biotechnology.
- [IV Ensure](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ivensure): Portfolio company listed by Plains Ventures.
- [Linear Health Sciences](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/linear-health-sciences): Medical tubing safety.
- [MaxQ](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/maxq): Thermal packaging.
- [Medefy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/medefy): Healthcare benefits navigation.
- [Moleculera Biosciences](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/moleculera): Clinical diagnostics.
- [Monscierge](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/monscierge): Hospitality communications software.
- [MS Pen Technologies](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ms-pen): Diagnostic devices.
- [Rest Sensor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/rest-sensor): Property noise monitoring.
- [Ordinal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ordinal): AI for local government.
- [PhotoniCare](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/photonicare): Ear imaging.
- [Progentec](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/progentec): Lupus diagnostics.
- [Simergent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/simergent): Dialysis devices.
- [Ten-Nine Technologies](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ten-nine-technologies): Advanced materials.
- [Tetherex](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tetherex): Biopharmaceuticals.
- [THG Energy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/thg-energy): Energy management.
- [Vault Ice](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vault-ice): Cocktail ice.
- [Vespr Solar](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vespr-solar): Portfolio company listed by Plains Ventures.
- [Wheeler Bio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wheeler-bio): Biologics development.
- [Wilder Systems](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ws-robots): Aerospace robotics.
- [Aalyria](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/aalyria): Space networking.
- [Agentech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/agentech): A company making AI tools for insurance claims teams.
- [Agile Space Industries](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/agile-space): Space propulsion.
- [AI Driller](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-driller): Drilling technology.
- [Anduril](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/anduril): Defense autonomy.
- [Aptly](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/aptly): Enterprise authority management.
- [ArborXR](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/arborxr): XR management.
- [Ardley Technologies](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ardley): Mortgage automation.
- [Array](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/array): Business forms.
- [Basalt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/basalt): Satellite autonomy.
- [Bastazo](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bastazo): Infrastructure cybersecurity.
- [CorriXR Therapeutics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/corrixr): Cancer therapeutics.
- [d-Matrix](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/d-matrix): AI computing.
- [Drov Technologies](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/drov): Truck technology.
- [Equipt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equipt): Asset management.
- [Exum](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/exum): Scientific instruments.
- [Fluid Efficiency](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fluid-efficiency): Fuel additives.
- [Glycologix](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/glycologix): Tissue repair.
- [Lumata Health](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lumata-health): An eye care management company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, with an Oklahoma City location listed on its own company profile.
- [MITO Material Solutions](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mito-materials): Polymer additives.
- [Moove.ai](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/moove-ai): Transportation modeling.
- [Motive](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/motive): Automotive retail.
- [nSight Surgical](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nsight-surgical): Surgical safety.
- [Nuview](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nuview): LiDAR mapping.
- [oPRO.ai](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/opro-ai): Process optimization.
- [Ox](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ox): Warehouse fulfillment.
- [PatchRx](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/patchrx): A medication adherence company that developed the PatchCap smart pill bottle cap.
- [Payfactory](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/payfactory): Payments.
- [Pipedream Labs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pipedream-labs): Underground delivery.
- [Prelude](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prelude): A software company in Tulsa that helps funeral homes guide families through planning and paying for funerals in advance.
- [Purple Rhombus](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/purple-rhombus): Defense drones.
- [Quantum Space](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/quantum-space): Spacecraft.
- [Relativity6](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/relativity6): Industry classification.
- [Safety Radar](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/safety-radar): Operational risk.
- [Senslytics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/senslytics): Predictive analytics.
- [Sensulin](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sensulin): Diabetes treatments.
- [Shield AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/shield-ai): Defense autonomy.
- [Sober Sidekick](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sober-sidekick): Recovery community.
- [Teren4D](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/teren4d): Environmental risk.
- [Tobe Energy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tobe-energy): An Oklahoma City company developing electrolyzers, machines that split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
- [True Anomaly](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/true-anomaly): Space operations.
- [Volt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/volt): SMS compliance.
- [Watkins Conti Products](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/watkins-conti): Women’s health.
- [Wyvern](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wyvern): Satellite imaging.
- [MYAVANA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/myavana): A hair care technology company based in Atlanta.
- [Palo Alto Networks](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/palo-alto-networks): A cybersecurity company that sells firewalls and security software to businesses, schools and governments.
- [U.S. Economic Development Administration](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/us-economic-development-administration): A federal agency within the U.S.
- [Argonaut Private Equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/argonaut-private-equity): A private equity firm based in Tulsa.
- [Boyd Street Capital](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/boyd-street-ventures): A venture capital firm known earlier as Boyd Street Ventures, based in Norman.
- [LLR Partners](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/llr-partners): A private equity firm based in Philadelphia that invests in technology, healthcare and services businesses.
- [Orca Sciences](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/orca-sciences): A research organization in California and Washington that develops energy and materials projects into companies.
- [Comstock Inc.](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/comstock): A company based in Virginia City, Nevada, with renewable metals businesses and strategic investments.
- [Bioleum Corporation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bioleum): A company headquartered in Oklahoma City that develops technology for turning biomass, such as wood residues, into low-carbon fuels.
- [Standard Thermal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/standard-thermal): An industrial heat storage company with locations in Oklahoma City and Washington.
- [Endeavor Orthopaedics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/endeavor-orthopaedics): A medical device company based in Tulsa.
- [Airwise Solutions](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/airwise-solutions): A drone operations software company in Tulsa.
- [Prairie Surf Media](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prairie-surf-media): An Oklahoma City film production business backed by Echo Investment Capital.
- [EightTwenty](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/eighttwenty): A solar energy company based in Oklahoma City.
- [B2B Reviews](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/b2b-reviews): A software research company with offices in Tulsa and Salt Lake City.
- [Expert TA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/expert-ta): An education technology company with a Tulsa business address.
- [Spiers New Technologies](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/spiers-new-technologies): An electric vehicle battery services business in Oklahoma City, now part of Cox Automotive's EV Battery Solutions.
- [CareATC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/careatc): A healthcare company based in Tulsa that runs employer-sponsored clinics and supports them with population health software.
- [Consano Healthcare](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/consano-healthcare): An Oklahoma City company that supplies contract therapy staff and management services to home health agencies.
- [Lifetone Technology](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lifetone-technology): An Oklahoma City company making bedside fire alert devices designed to help sleeping people notice a smoke alarm, including people who…
- [Encore Communications](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/encore-communications): A Tulsa business providing internet connections, business phone systems and cabling.
- [Tailwind (marketing software)](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tailwind-marketing): An Oklahoma City software company that helps businesses create, schedule and analyze Pinterest marketing.
- [Pryer Aerospace](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pryer-aerospace): A manufacturer in Tulsa that makes aerospace components and assemblies for commercial and defense customers.
- [Tulsa Inspection Resources](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-inspection-resources): A Tulsa company providing inspection and integrity management services for energy infrastructure.
- [BioLytx Pharmaceuticals](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/biolytx-pharmaceuticals): An Oklahoma City drug development company working on antimicrobial peptides for infections, including bacteria resistant to existing…
- [Amethyst Research](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amethyst-research): A technology company with a U.S.
- [Roll-2-Roll Technologies](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/roll-2-roll-technologies): A company based in Stillwater that makes sensors and control systems for keeping moving sheets of material aligned during manufacturing.
- [Valve Systems International](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/valve-systems-international): A Tulsa company that develops control valves for demanding industrial conditions.
- [Well Checked Systems](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/well-checked-systems): A company headquartered in Sapulpa that monitors remote industrial sites.
- [Otologic Pharmaceutics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/otologic-pharmaceutics): An Oklahoma City biotechnology company developing treatments for hearing loss and related disorders.
- [SeedStep Angels](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/seedstep-angels): An Oklahoma angel investor network founded and managed by i2E.
- [American Power Innovations](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/american-power-innovations): A Tulsa manufacturer of custom power distribution centers, motor control centers and control panels.
- [Crimson Steel Supply](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/crimson-steel-supply): An Oklahoma rebar and structural steel fabricator with locations in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Muskogee.
- [MIRATECH](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/miratech): A Tulsa company supplying emissions control and noise reduction systems for industrial engines.
- [Andolini's Pizzeria](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/andolinis-pizzeria): A Tulsa-area restaurant business serving pizza and Italian food.
- [Cabin Boys Brewery](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cabin-boys-brewery): A craft brewery and taproom in Tulsa.
- [Economasters](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/economasters): A Tulsa manufacturer of pressure vessels and structural steel products.
- [L.E.F.](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lef-laser-fabrication): A Tulsa company providing laser processing and metal fabrication, including cutting, marking and machining.
- [STEMcell Science Shop](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/stemcell-science-shop): A science and hobby business profiled in Tulsa by TEDC Creative Capital.
- [Flash Flood Print Studios](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/flash-flood-print-studios): A Tulsa screen printing and graphic design business profiled by TEDC Creative Capital.
- [Capital For Business](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/capital-for-business): A private equity firm based in St.
- [Malone's CNC Machining](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/malones-cnc-machining): A Grove, Oklahoma, manufacturer of replacement aircraft parts and assemblies.
- [Preston-Eastin](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/preston-eastin): A Tulsa manufacturer of welding positioners and manipulators, including equipment used in robotic welding systems.
- [Wave Function Ventures](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wave-function-ventures): A venture investor focused on early-stage aerospace, defense, energy and other technical companies.
- [Techstars](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/techstars): A global startup investor and accelerator operator.
- [ARC-H / GreenUAS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/arc-h-greenuas): The Tulsa Tech Hub's commercialization project for autonomous systems.
- [SAFE-T](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/safe-t): The Secure Autonomy Feedback and Evaluation Testbed, a Tulsa Tech Hub project centered on Skyway Range.
- [TARMAC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tarmac): The Tulsa Advanced Research and Manufacturing Acceleration Center, a Tulsa Tech Hub project.
- [Autonomous Systems Workforce Program](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/autonomous-systems-workforce-program): A Tulsa Tech Hub initiative connecting workforce data, internships and education with the needs of autonomous systems employers.
- [Tulsa Community Foundation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-community-foundation): A charitable foundation based in Tulsa that helps donors support community organizations and projects.
- [The University of Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/university-of-tulsa): A private research university in Tulsa.
- [Oklahoma State University](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-state-university): Oklahoma's land-grant research university, with its main campus in Stillwater.
- [Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oaire): Oklahoma State University's aerospace research and education division.
- [Tulsa Higher Education Consortium](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-higher-education-consortium): A collaboration of Tulsa-area colleges and universities working on degree completion, transfer pathways and workforce needs.
- [Skyway Range](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/skyway-range): A drone flight test range serving the Tulsa region, with urban and rural testing environments.
- [Osage LLC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/osage-llc): The Osage Nation's economic development company, headquartered in Tulsa.
- [meerir](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meerir): An aviation technology company providing airspace intelligence and analysis.
- [Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/auvsi): A nonprofit industry organization for uncrewed vehicles and autonomous systems.
- [SeedAI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/seedai): A national nonprofit working on AI literacy, adoption and policy.
- [ResilienX](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/resilienx): A company building software and shared infrastructure for autonomous aviation.
- [High Lander](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/high-lander): A company developing drone fleet management and uncrewed traffic management software.
- [OneSky](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/onesky): An uncrewed traffic management company headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania.
- [Asemio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/asemio): A Tulsa social enterprise building data infrastructure for coordination across institutions.
- [Tulsa For You](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-for-you): A collection of talent attraction and economic growth programs listed by Tulsa Innovation Labs, including inTulsa.
- [OK Autonomous](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ok-autonomous): A Tulsa-based organization connecting Oklahoma manufacturers with buyers in drone and autonomous systems supply chains.
- [Cherokee Federal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cherokee-federal): The federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, providing technology, manufacturing and other services to government…
- [TCF TARMAC LLC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tcf-tarmac-llc): An entity named alongside Cherokee Federal as a lead for the Tulsa Advanced Research and Manufacturing Center in Tulsa Innovation Labs'…
- [Austere Environmental](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/austere-environmental): A Golden, Colorado company building equipment to recover oil, water and other fluids from drilling waste.
- [BiaTech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/biatech): An industrial AI company headquartered in Houston, according to its own company profile.
- [BigMachine AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bigmachine-ai): A Houston company using AI to turn engineering drawings and industrial documents into connected, searchable information.
- [Intellicess](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/intellicess): An Austin company building drilling advisory software from operating data, physics-based models and analytics.
- [EIC Rose Rock](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/eic-rose-rock): A Tulsa-based venture fund investing in seed and early-stage energy technology companies.
- [Energy Innovation Capital](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/energy-innovation-capital): A venture capital firm investing in energy technology.
- [WindShape](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/windshape): A drone testing company headquartered in Switzerland, with a U.S.
- [Cherokee AcceleratHER Fellowship](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cherokee-accelerather): A fellowship co-created by the University of Tulsa's Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the Cherokee Nation.
- [Cherokee Nation Small Business Assistance Center](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cherokee-small-business-assistance-center): A Cherokee Nation service offering Native-owned businesses guidance, coaching and routes to capital.
- [Osage Nation Small Business Program](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/osage-small-business-program): A credit-support program for Osage-owned businesses and small businesses in Osage County.
- [Muscogee Nation Capital Fund](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/muscogee-nation-capital-fund): A Muscogee Nation program offering loan participation, collateral support and equity investment through the federal State Small Business…
- [Mvskoke Fund](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mvskoke-fund): A nonprofit Native community development financial institution in Okmulgee, in the Tulsa metro.
- [Cherokee Nation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cherokee-nation): The sovereign government of the Cherokee people, based in Tahlequah.
- [Osage Nation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/osage-nation): A federally recognized tribal government headquartered in Pawhuska, in the Tulsa metro.
- [Muscogee (Creek) Nation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/muscogee-nation): A sovereign tribal government headquartered in Okmulgee, in the Tulsa metro.
- [Accenture](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/accenture): A global professional services company providing consulting and technology services.
- [Helmerich & Payne](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/helmerich-payne): A drilling technology and services company headquartered in Tulsa.
- [ONEOK](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oneok): An energy infrastructure company based in Tulsa.
- [Williams](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/williams): An energy infrastructure company based in Tulsa.
- [Devon Energy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/devon-energy): An oil and gas producer whose current company site lists its corporate headquarters in Houston.
- [Regent Capital Corporation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/regent-capital-corporation): The holding company for Regent Bank.

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