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Baltimore's 2025 RealLIST Connectors is live! Meet the trailblazers making the region's innovation scene bustle below. Plus, are you looking for podcast recommendations? Keep scrolling to learn about some of this ecosystem's premiere audio storytellers.

— Kaela, Technical.ly lead reporter in Baltimore and DC

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The people making the ecosystem sing 🎶

From Columbia to Carroll County, this year's RealLIST Connectors intuitively understand what linking people and projects can do for the entire region, not just one person's career trajectory.

The latest 20 honorees in our annual series include accelerator managers, meetup organizers, economic development group leaders and others who make up the connective tissue of the Baltimore region's tech and innovation scene. Meet the connectors ...

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Recs for your podcast list 🎤

Baltimore is full of entrepreneurial and tech leaders taking their insights straight to your ears.

For example, “Capitalism: The Remix,” hosted by Conscious Venture Lab's Jeff Cherry, explores purpose-driven capitalism and features high-profile guests like Gov. Wes Moore. "Why Yall Working," co-hosted by RealLIST Connector Michael Ogunsanya, goes into the motivations and journeys of individual entrepreneurs. And that's just the start. Continue reading ...

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Technical.ly Partner Updates

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29 mid-Atlantic tech community events in May

Grow your business and career with these virtual and in-person gatherings all month long.

📰 News Incubator: What else to know

• Check out insights on higher education stats, shared concerns and more details from our RealLIST Connectors lists across Technical.ly's ecosystems. [Technical.ly]

• LifeBridge Health finished a $61.6 million redo of Grace Medical Center after five years of work. [Baltimore Business Journal]

• Most US regions lack a strong institutional venture capital scene, but air travel (especially direct flights) helps connect entrepreneurs across ecosystems to cash. [Technical.ly]

• Local and state officials in Maryland are finding ways to get former feds connected to jobs, from the public sector to high-growth private industries like quantum, cyber and life sciences. Also, Maryland is continuing to join lawsuits against the Trump administration, including ones focused on mass layoffs at the federal level. [Baltimore Banner/Maryland Matters]

• Local company (and 2024 RealLIST Startup) Storytime AI is a semifinalist in the 2025 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, a contest for education entrepreneurs. [Storytime AI/Technical.ly].

• Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott hosted a town hall on Tuesday for comments about the upcoming budget as the city faces an $85 million deficit. [WJZ]

• Remington residents are critiquing BGE’s plan to install an overhead transmission line because of how it could affect the city's skyline. [WYPR]

• Attendees compared the Million Lives Book Festival to the Fyre Festival over poor planning and broken promises. [NBC]

• A food hall in West Baltimore is now open with seven local vendors. [Baltimore Beat]

🗓️ On the Calendar

• Partner event: Hacks/Hackers is hosting a summit May 7 to 8 for journalists and technologists to learn how AI can enhance news sharing. [Details here]

• For teens and young adults: Learn all about advanced manufacturing and explore career paths on May 10. [Details here]

• Celebrate the National Science Foundation's 75th anniversary on May 10 at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. [Details here]

• Network with technologists and entrepreneurs on May 13 at the 200th Equitech Tuesday. [Details here]

• Attend a debate about the AI race and chip controls between the US and China on May 14 at Johns Hopkins University. [Details here]

• Have brunch and listen to lightning talks with Baltimore Climate Tech Meetup on May 17. [Details here]

• The annual National Economic Mobility and Opportunity Conference takes place May 21-23. [Details here]

• Watch demos from local technologists on May 24 at the next Baltimore Code and Coffee. [Details here]

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