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This Week at Silicon Slopes: News From Utah's Community, Businesses, and Events
Slopes Cup Foursomes and Sponsor slots going FAST!
In today’s email:
Slopes Cup: Foursome and sponsor slots are almost SOLD OUT!
The Best Four-Letter Word in Golf: Free
Slopes Sponsors Utah SMB Summit
Catch the Premiere of Utah & The Future of Health
SaraAI Institute Offers a Great Deal for Slopes Members
Guidepoint Security Launches Solutions Summit in SLC
Hard Tech Week: Save the Date for the Zero Gravity Summit
Keep The Learning Going with Start School
Slopes Cup: Foursome and Sponsor Slots Almost SOLD OUT!

This October, trade the conference room for the golf course and spend the day with Utah's startup founders, executives, investors, and community leaders at the Slopes Cup.
You'll make new connections.
You might close a deal.
But, you probably won't fix your slice.
Slots are almost SOLD OUT!
More details here:
A FREE Slopes Cup Foursome? Yes, We Are Serious

Silicon Slopes is partnering with SAVVOS Health for our upcoming golf event, and we’re giving one lucky group a FREE FOURSOME.
That means you + three friends, coworkers, clients, or suspiciously talented golfers can hit the course on us all while supporting a great cause and spending the day with the Silicon Slopes community.
Enter for your chance to win!

Upcoming Events
Silicon Slopes Is Betting Big on Utah’s Small Businesses

Silicon Slopes is proud to be a Title Sponsor of the 2026 Utah Small Business Summit & Expo, a one day gathering of hundreds of small business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals. We'll also have a booth on the floor sharing information about our Start School.
Put your business in front of 1,000+ attendees. As a Silicon Slopes community member, you get 25% off exhibitor booth packages with code: 25Slopes
Booths are limited and the event is coming up fast. → Reserve your booth today!
BioHive Premieres: Utah & The Future of Health

Join BioHive Utah for their next big event — BioHive Premieres: Utah & The Future of Health | October 8, 2026
BioHive puts Utah’s health innovation up on stage. Across multiple theaters, each session spotlights a different frontier of health and the breakthroughs taking shape across the state.
BioHive Premieres will bring together 30+ hand-selected life science innovators for a full day showcasing the breakthroughs happening across Utah. Presenters will take the stage live throughout the day to share work spanning cancer, digital health, neurotechnology, clinical trials, biodefense and more.
Learn more and register at: biohive.com/biohivepremieres/
Silicon Slopes Members: $0 Due Today To Build Real AI Projects

Everyone is exploring agentic AI. Almost none of them have a GitHub repo to prove it.
Most programs teach concepts. Only a few make you actually ship something.
Saras AI Institute's Advanced AI Engineer Certification does. Generative AI, Autonomous Agentic Systems, and Multimodal AI --- 5 months, 6–10 hrs/week, alongside your full-time job. Curriculum designed in collaboration with Microsoft's Chief Data & AI Officer and Google Cloud's Head of AI Research.
You will build a GitHub portfolio of 4 production-grade projects, from autonomous multi-agent dev teams to multimodal intelligence engines, using LangGraph, Claude Code, PyTorch, and Docker. You will also earn 12 academic credits stackable into a complete Master's in AI Engineering.
Start with $0 due today. Test-drive the curriculum and code the first module risk-free for 14 days.
Registration closes October 15th. Enroll Now.
Enroll now: https://www.sarasai.org/masteraidev
Guidepoint Security Launches Solutions Summit

Join GuidePoint Security on October 22 in Sandy for the inaugural GuidePoint Security Solutions Summit SLC for an afternoon built for security leaders who want to stay ahead.
On the agenda:
AI adoption in security
The evolving threat landscape
Identity governance
Data security...and more
Eligible for 4 CPE credits.
Plus enjoy a vendor showcase, Tiger Cage competition, and real networking with the Utah cyber community. Click here to register:
47G Hosts Hard Tech Week: Oct 26 - 30

Silicon Slopes is proud to partner with 47G for its first-ever Hard Tech Week, October 26 - 30, which supports the founders, engineers, and companies building the future of aerospace, defense, space, and advanced manufacturing in Utah.
We're also opening our Silicon Slopes offices during Hard Tech Week to any team or group that needs a place to host their own event. If you're building something in hard tech and want space to bring people together, come use our space.
Email Lindsey Ivie to reserve Silicon Slopes HQ space: [email protected]
Start School Calendar: Learning Live!

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