Press Releases

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2025

• 10 Startups Join Third Cohort of CU Denver’s Smart Futures Lab Program
  April 25, 2025

• Colorado Governments Select Innovative Technology Solutions in Fourth Annual Connected Colorado (C^2) Challenge
  January 23, 2025

2024

• Arapahoe Libraries Partners with Colorado Smart Cities Alliance to Launch 2024 Library Innovation Challenge
  December 5, 2024

• National Smart Coalitions Partnership Welcomes Sand Technologies as Founding Industry Member
  October 29. 2024

• 10 Companies Complete CU Denver’s Smart Futures Lab 2024 Program
  October 10, 2024

• Media Advisory: Governor Polis to Attend AI for Government Showcase Hosted by Colorado Smart Cities Alliance
  June 14, 2024

• Colorado Smart Cities Alliance Launches Fourth Annual C^2 Challenge Seeking Technology Solutions for Colorado Communities
  June 4, 2024

• CU Denver Welcomes Second Class of Companies into Smart Futures Lab Incubator and Accelerator Programs
  April 8, 2024

2023

• CU Denver’s Smart Futures Lab Announces 2023 Graduating Class
  November 14, 2023

• Seven Innovative Technologies Selected as Winners for Deployment by Local Governments across Colorado Through Alliance’s C^2 Challenge
  October 31, 2023

• Colorado Smart Cities Alliance Launches Third Annual C^2 Challenge Seeking Technology Solutions for Colorado Communities
  June 28, 2023

• CU Denver Selects 12 Companies for its Inaugural 2023 Smart Futures Lab Incubator and Accelerator Programs
  March 2, 2023

2022

• CU Denver Launches Smart Futures Lab to Support New Businesses Revolutionizing How Cities Work Through 5G
  December 8, 2022

• Alliance Announces 11 Winners of C² Challenge Using Technology to Improve Life in Colorado Communities
  October 20th, 2022

• US EDA Awards $2M Grant for 5G Smart Cities Testbed
  August 30th, 2022

• Colorado Smart Cities Alliance Launches C² Challenge Seeking Technology Solutions for Colorado Communities
  June 30, 2022

• Smart Cities Week Returns! May 23-25, 2022 in Denver, Colorado
  March 21, 2022

2021

• The National Smart Coalitions Partnership Unites 100+ Governments Across Seven Regional Smart Cities Consortiums
  October 4, 2021

• Nation’s Largest Fleet of Autonomous, Electric Shuttles Launches in Colorado
  August 10, 2021

• CU Denver’s Growing Research Enterprise Fuels Partnership with Colorado Smart Cities Alliance
  August 3, 2021

• Alliance Announces Winners of Challenge to Revive Colorado Communities
  July 29, 2021

• Alliance Launches Challenge Seeking Solutions to Revive Colorado Communities
  April 9, 2021