The new Palo District at the site of the former Fiesta Mall in Mesa will host a so-called AI venture studio.
The business will be a place where startups can pitch an AI product and have it developed with the backers LG Electronics and the venture capital firm NovaWave.
“To be able to figure out: how do you commercialize and make these really great problem-solving ideas into reality?” said Vicki Mayo, CEO of Sunny Day Sports and founder of the Palo District.
The business venture studio is expected to be housed inside the women’s health campus Mayo announced last month. She says she envisions office buildings, mixed-use retail, residential units and a stadium facility there.
But she did not provide details on when some of those plans will come to fruition.
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