Startups

Autotech startup revs after patent stall; signature tech removes emissions, waste from diesel logistics

By Tommy Felts / November 6, 2025

Fresh fuel is pumping into NORDEF after the Kansas City autotech company finally received patent approval for its signature product, co-founder William Walls said, pushing the pedal on its mission to disrupt the automotive fluid industry. Four years after applying for a provisional patent for its technology to produce diesel exhaust fluid on-demand — and…

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Summer funding pushes CarePilot to team hires, AI accolades, healthtech product launch

By Tommy Felts / November 4, 2025

Fresh off its summer capital infusion, a Kansas City-built AI startup that helps doctors focus on patients instead of administrative tasks is earning industry recognition and dropping another new product, said Joseph Tutera, sharing credit for the milestones with behind-the-scenes talent. “We have a young team and they don’t have the encumbrance of a prior…

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Ronawk lauds departing chief science officer as she launches her own biotech startup

By Tommy Felts / November 4, 2025

Kansas City’s life sciences ecosystem continues to expand, the founders of Ronawk said Monday, celebrating plans for the Overland Park biotech company’s chief scientific officer to launch her own venture — returning to her roots in diagnostics and drug development, and growing the region’s culture of innovation. Dr. Amy Manning-Boğ is transitioning from her role…

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LISTEN: Ground Truth Ag puts real-time objectivity into grain grading; here’s how it makes your food safer

By Tommy Felts / October 31, 2025

On this episode of our 12-part Plug and Play Topeka podcast series, we speak with Kyle Folk, CEO and founder of Ground Truth Ag — a next-gen ag-tech company using AI, machine vision and near-infrared spectroscopy to deliver real-time grain-quality data across the farm-to-market workflow. Folk shares how his upbringing on a Canadian farm inspired…

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