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David Politis

David makes the complex understandable, sees previously unseen connections, and delivers valuable data as either bite-sized insights or comprehensive, deep-dive information and analysis.

Lehi-Based Entrata Files to Go Public, Revealing a Profitable $509 Million Utah Software Platform

Lehi-Based Entrata Files to Go Public, Revealing a Profitable $509 Million Utah Software Platform

The Silver Lake-controlled property-management technology company has applied to list on the NYSE under the ticker ENT, giving Utah another potential public-market anchor in vertical software, AI-enabled property operations, and rental-housing infrastructure. LEHI, Utah, 1 June 2026 — After five-plus months of nibbling at the edges, Lehi-based Entrata has made it

Lake Mountain School District’s $19.75 Million Eagle Mountain Land Deal is Likely the First Step Toward a $500 Million-ish K-16 Campus in Western Utah County

Lake Mountain School District’s $19.75 Million Eagle Mountain Land Deal is Likely the First Step Toward a $500 Million-ish K-16 Campus in Western Utah County

The planned 100-acre campus would bring together a new high school, Mountainland Technical College, and Utah Valley University, turning western Utah County’s population boom into a major education, workforce, real estate, and public-infrastructure play. EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah — 27 May 2026 — The nascent Lake Mountain School District has taken the

More Than $120 Million in Recent Utah Funding Shows Capital Moving Toward AI-Native Operating Infrastructure

More Than $120 Million in Recent Utah Funding Shows Capital Moving Toward AI-Native Operating Infrastructure

Recent funding rounds for Enzo Health, Findd, Fortem Technologies, pmtbox, and Tava Health point to a broader Utah capital signal: investors are backing companies embedded in the operating systems of behavioral health, commerce, healthcare, labor, and national defense. LEHI, LINDON, OREM, PROVO, and SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah’s latest

Utah’s Deal Market Rebounded to a Record 435 Transactions in 2025, Even as the Disclosed Total Deal Value Dropped to $17.2 Billion on a YoY Basis

Utah’s Deal Market Rebounded to a Record 435 Transactions in 2025, Even as the Disclosed Total Deal Value Dropped to $17.2 Billion on a YoY Basis

The biggest money signal from the MWCN's annual Deal Flow Report (2025) is not a new dollar-value record, because that is not accurate. Rather, it is that Utah’s deal engine kept running in 2025 across a record number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), public offerings,

Provo-HQ'd Qualtrics Completes $6.75 Billion Press Ganey Forsta Acquisition, Deepening Utah’s Role in Healthcare AI and Experience Data

Provo-HQ'd Qualtrics Completes $6.75 Billion Press Ganey Forsta Acquisition, Deepening Utah’s Role in Healthcare AI and Experience Data

The eXperience Management giant’s purchase is one of the largest Utah-linked tech acquisitions ever, though not larger than Qualtrics’ own $12.5 billion take-private deal in 2023. Nevertheless, the acquisition expands Qualtrics' expertise strongly into the HealthTech space, while dramatically expanding its leadership position into what Press Ganey

Motorola Solutions is Spending $100 Million to Scale and Diversify in Utah

The $100 million will build a 165,000-square-foot Salt Lake City-based manufacturing facility for Silvus Technologies, a Los Angeles subsidiary of Motorola Solutions that it acquired last August for $4.4 billion. Beyond the headline, however, this is not just a jobs announcement. Instead, this is a post-purchase manufacturing, supply-chain,

Fervo Energy’s $1.89 Billion IPO Turns Utah’s Cape Station Into a Public-Market Geothermal Test Case

Houston-based Fervo Energy soared in its Nasdaq debut yesterday, but the company’s most important proving ground is in Beaver County, Utah where its planned 500-megawatt Cape Station project could help determine whether next-generation geothermal becomes bankable and scalable infrastructure. 14 May 2026 — HOUSTON, SALT LAKE CITY, and MILFORD, Utah