The Advance - The Team Pennsylvania Newsletter - October 2025
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OCTOBER 2025

FEATURE

Team Pennsylvania Launches AI Scaling Initiative for Small and Mid-sized Manufacturers

Team Pennsylvania is advancing an AI Scaling in Manufacturing Initiative to accelerate AI adoption among small and mid-sized manufacturers across the commonwealth. Building on significant new investments from hyperscalers, the initiative aims to reduce barriers to entry, support early adopters, and share learnings across the sector.

As a neutral broker, Team Pennsylvania will connect manufacturers with tech partners, align efforts with regional collaborators, and help position Pennsylvania as a national leader in AI-driven manufacturing competitiveness.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INITIATIVE

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IN OTHER NEWS

 

SPARK 2050

Earlier this month, a cross-section of Pennsylvania’s energy practitioners, labor representatives, public sector leaders, academic experts, and industry innovators gathered in Harrisburg for SPARK2050, hosted as a partnership between Team Pennsylvania, Penn State University, Shell, and the Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council (PCIC). . . . READ ON

 
 
 

Pennsylvania Unveils 10-year AI and Energy Roadmap

Central Penn Business Journal: Pennsylvania leaders have developed a 10-year roadmap to capitalize on the state’s energy resources, developments in artificial intelligence (AI), and the growing need for data centers, while calling for the creation of up to five “innovation corridors”. . . . READ ON

 
 
 

Google Pennsylvania AI Accelerator Workshop

Join us for the next free workshop, November 6th in Pittsburgh. Join the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the PA Chamber of Business and Industry, Team Pennsylvania, and Grow with Google to learn practical strategies, and get hands-on training and real-world examples to start using AI for your business today. . . . LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

 
 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

 

Pennsylvania Newsmakers Interview

Team Pennsylvania has a lot to say about energy, data centers, and AI. President & CEO Abby Smith shares the details in this interview with Steve Aaron on Pennsylvania Newsmakers. . . . READ ON

 
 
 

Innovating Energy and Water Solutions for Tomorrow’s AI Data Centers

President & CEO Abby Smith opened the Center for Advancing Community Electrification Solutions (ACES) forum on Innovating Energy and Water Solutions for Tomorrow’s AI Data Centers at Lehigh University, sharing details about our newly released Energy, Data Centers, and AI Roadmap, and how differing veiwpoints came together to inform it. . . . READ ON

 

STAFF SPOTLIGHT

 

Lisa Riggs

Meet Lisa Riggs, our Senior Managing Director of Economic Growth Strategy and Partnerships! Lisa came to Team Pennsylvania from a regional economic development role in Lancaster County and has continued to build trusted relationships across the commonwealth. Those connections are now helping drive collaboration at the heart of Team Pennsylvania’s mission. . . . READ ON

 

Our Contributors

Accenture
Allegheny Hardwood Utilization Group
ASK Foods, Inc.
AT&T
B. Braun Medical Inc.
BEAM Collaborative
Bingaman & Son Lumber, Inc.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
ByHeart
Carnegie Mellon University
Center for Dairy Excellence
ChatterBlast
Clean Air Task Force
Clemens Food Group
Consortium of Public Education
Constellation
Core Natural Resources
Deloitte
DMI Companies
Doral Renewables LLC
Dunmore
Eichenlaub Inc.
Electro Soft, Inc.
Energy Transfer
Erie Insurance Company
Eurofins
FirstEnergy Foundation
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba
Geisinger
Goodwill Keystone Area
Horizon Farm Credit
IBEW 3rd District
InnovatePGH
Insight Partners
Jefferson Health
Johnson Matthey
KPMG
Lampire Biological Laboratories
Lincoln University
LS Power
Lycoming Engines
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
MHI Hydrogen Infrastructure
NRG Energy, Inc.
OIC Philadelphia
OraSure Technologies, Inc.
Painterland Sisters
Penn Medicine
Pennoni Associates Inc.
Penn State Health
Penn State University
The Philadelphia Foundation
Saxton & Stump
Science Center
Shell
Shippensburg University
Sigma Resources
Steinman Foundation
St. Luke's University Health Network
TE Connectivity
The Giant Company
Tierney
UGI Energy Services
United States Steel
United Steelworkers
University of Pittsburgh
Verizon
Washington & Jefferson College
Winner International Inc.
 
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