September 4, 2025
Utah has grown into a hotspot for entrepreneurship thanks to its thriving business environment, supportive policies, and culture of innovation. These companies showcase the state’s dynamic startup community.
During the past year, AI has become a game-changer across the tech space and business ecosystem. While innovation has fueled global progress, concerns about energy use have grown. Intactis Bio Corp hopes to address this with efficient, flexible computation using neural biocomputers.
“There is not enough electricity on earth to sustain its growth,” said founder Daniel Rodriguez-Granrose. “I’m deeply motivated by the urgent need to curb the impact of artificial intelligence, so I founded Intactis because I believe we can build a future where computing power doesn’t come at the cost of our environment.
To fund this goal, Intactis has raised $35,000 from grants, $35,000 from Altitude Lab, $5,000 from a pitch competition, and personal investments.
Through working with Altitude Lab, Rodriguez-Granrose was able to connect with several Utah biotech founders. Kinect Capital also helped refine Intactis Bio Corp’s story for its first public pitch.
“If it takes a village to raise a child, the same is true of an entrepreneur,” Rodriguez-Granrose said. “Utah has a thriving biotech and startup ecosystem. Here, I can develop our technology, meet investors, and go on a world-class hike all in one day.”
Great ideas often arise from the desire to solve a pain point and the inability to find the right tools to do so. That was the case for Matthew Dickerson, who realized booking home services wasn’t as simple as it could be. This led him to create Tdooz, a product to streamline the process.
“Most platforms just gave me work to do — vetting vendors and chasing quotes,” he said. “I wanted a service that already handled that, allowing easy bookings for a set day, time, and price. When I couldn’t find that, I decided to create it.”
While Tdooz was built using personal funds, Dickerson was aided by Scale STG, a network that helped him connect with other tech companies and businesses in southern Utah. “Surrounding myself with more experienced individuals has both challenged me and helped foster my growth,” he said.
When starting a business, Dickerson cautions, “it’s going to be a lot of work and long hours with difficult moments, but nothing compares to the feeling of creating something that didn’t exist before and watching it grow.”
Thank you to Intactis Bio Corp and Tdooz for being a part of Utah’s startup community. Do you own a small business in Utah? Share your story with us for the chance to have your company featured, or learn how to start your business here.
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