JEFFERSON
MOSS

WHAT DO YOU DO?

As Associate Commissioner of Innovation, I help spearhead efforts to bridge academia and industry including leveraging the power of AI. In addition, I lead the Innovation efforts at The Point, where we advance innovation by creating a place that promotes a culture of creativity and ingenuity, attracts outstanding talent and investment, promotes solution-oriented research, fosters the growth of promising early-stage companies, eliminates regulatory barriers, and facilitates interdisciplinary industry and academic partnerships to generate and commercialize new ideas. I also help to manage the Utah Innovation Fund that invests in emerging technology including AI that will have a significant impact.

WHAT DOES YOUR COMPANY DO?

Utah’s Innovation Fund acts as a launchpad for impactful solutions, with AI playing a prominent role. It finances promising AI startups, bridges the gap between university research and real-world applications, and fosters a vibrant AI ecosystem within the state, accelerating development and deployment of AI solutions that tackle major challenges and benefit Utah and beyond.