Program · Tulsa and Oklahoma ecosystem
Tulsa Tech Hub
Also called: THETA, Tulsa Hub for Equitable and Trustworthy Autonomy, Tulsa Hub for Equitable & Trustworthy Autonomy, Tech Hub, Tulsa's Tech Hub
A regional effort to make Tulsa a center for autonomous systems, such as drones. The US Economic Development Administration designated it a Tech Hub in 2023, and Tulsa Innovation Labs leads it with local partners. Its formal name is the Tulsa Hub for Equitable and Trustworthy Autonomy. NVIDIA's 2025 announcement of its collaboration with Black Tech Street says NVIDIA will partner with the Tulsa Tech Hub.
For example: A founder building navigation software for drones hears that Tulsa's Tech Hub includes a flight test range and training programs in that field, and asks Tulsa Innovation Labs how to take part.
Funding
- EDA awarded $2,109,750 to Tulsa Community Foundation for the Tech Hub governance component in September 2024, recorded on USAspending. Source: api.usaspending.gov
- The Tulsa Tech Hub consortium, led by Tulsa Innovation Labs, was awarded approximately $51 million by the U.S. Economic Development Administration in July 2024. Source: utulsa.edu
Figures are as published by the linked source.
Official site: tulsainnovationlabs.com
Connects to 15
- Tulsa Innovation Labs Organization
- Economic development organization Concept
- Hard tech Concept
- Talent Concept
- NVIDIA Organization, tool
- Black Tech Street Organization
- Greenwood AI Center of Excellence Program
- U.S. Economic Development Administration Government
- ARC-H / GreenUAS Program
- SAFE-T Program
- TARMAC Program
- Autonomous Systems Workforce Program Program
- Tulsa Community Foundation Organization, nonprofit
- Microsoft Organization
- Manna Organization
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Accounts of Tulsa Innovation Labs:
Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nvidia_today-we-announced-a-new-collaboration-with-activity-7369136064881414145-quKD
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/economic-development-us/
- https://utulsa.edu/news/tulsa-to-secure-u-s-position-as-global-tech-leader-with-51m-award/
- https://www.eda.gov/funding/programs/regional-technology-and-innovation-hubs/2023/Tulsa-Tech-Hub
- https://www.eda.gov/news/press-release/2024/07/02/Tulsa-Hub-for-Equitable-Trustworthy-Autonomy
- https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/awards/ASST_NON_ED24HDQ0G0383_013/