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AI startup boom ‘here to stay’ in Virginia
Jun 2, 2025

AI startup boom ‘here to stay’ in Virginia

Virginia’s AI startups are seeing record funding and expansion across biotech, cybersecurity, SaaS and more, driving tech innovation across the state.

Starting small
May 30, 2023

Starting small

Randal Wimmer became a multi-millionaire based off a contract proposal he wrote at his kitchen table and at a Northern Virginia Starbucks. A Navy veteran, Wimmer started his own government contracting firm, McLean-based Analytic Strategies, in 2003. It took three-and-a-half years and a lucky business connection for the company to win its first subcontract — […]

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Jul 20, 2022

EY names eight Virginians mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of year

Eight leaders from six Virginia businesses have been named winners of Ernst & Young LLP’s Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2022. The winners, named in early July by the Big Four multinational professional services company, include: 10Pearls | Imran Aftab, co-founder and CEO, Vienna Aireon LLC | Don Thoma, founder and CEO, McLean ID.me […]

IRS drops plan to use Va. firm’s facial recognition tech
Jun 21, 2022

McLean-based ID.me lays off 54 workers

McLean-based tech company ID.me Inc. has laid off 54 employees, months after the Internal Revenue Service — among other government agencies — said it would drop its plan to require taxpayers to submit to facial recognition via ID.me’s software. Fifty-four employees lost their jobs, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which is […]

IRS drops plan to use Va. firm’s facial recognition tech
Feb 9, 2022

ID.me to drop facial recognition requirement for government agencies

Amid concerns over privacy and data security, McLean-based tech company ID.me announced Tuesday it would drop the facial recognition requirement in its identity verification software, offering a new option to all government clients. Founded in 2010 as TroopSwap, ID.me works with 10 federal agencies, including Social Security and Veterans Affairs, and 30 states, in addition […]

IRS drops plan to use Va. firm’s facial recognition tech
Feb 7, 2022

IRS drops plan to use Va. firm’s facial recognition tech

The Internal Revenue Service is dropping a controversial plan to require taxpayers to submit to facial recognition to access their online accounts, the agency announced Monday. McLean-based contractor ID.me was working on the facial recognition system, which the IRS had earlier said would be implemented on its website this summer. To prevent larger disruptions to […]

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