{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Arterial News","home_page_url":"https://arterial.us/news","feed_url":"https://arterial.us/feed.json","description":"Arterial is an AI infrastructure intelligence platform for public works and transportation agencies. It turns the roads your network already drives into a continuously updating system of record covering pavement condition, signs, markings, and roadside assets.","language":"en-US","icon":"https://arterial.us/android-chrome-192x192.png","favicon":"https://arterial.us/favicon.ico","authors":[{"name":"Arterial","url":"https://arterial.us/"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arterial.us/news/csca-c2-challenge-2026-arterial","url":"https://arterial.us/news/csca-c2-challenge-2026-arterial","title":"Arterial Selected in Connected Colorado (C²) Challenge — Lakewood and Loveland","summary":"Arterial is one of three winning solutions in the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance fifth annual C² Challenge — partnering with the Cities of Lakewood and Loveland for rolling infrastructure inspection.","content_text":"CSCA names Arterial a 2026 C² Challenge winner. Arterial will deploy with Lakewood and Loveland to detect potholes, ADA violations, and faded crosswalks from existing city vehicles.\n\nCSCA selected three AI solutions in the fifth annual Connected Colorado Challenge — Arterial is one of them.\n\nArterial will partner with the City of Lakewood and the City of Loveland to deploy automated infrastructure inspection.\n\nThe system detects potholes, ADA violations, and faded crosswalks from any city vehicle or bike, supplying continuously updated data.","date_published":"2026-04-29T12:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-04-29T12:00:00.000Z","tags":["Arterial in the news","Connected Colorado Challenge","Lakewood","Loveland","Press release"],"authors":[{"name":"Colorado Smart Cities Alliance","url":"https://coloradosmart.city"}],"image":"https://arterial.us/news/csca-c2-challenge-2026-arterial/images/16x9"},{"id":"https://arterial.us/news/ben-colorado-densun-fall-2025-cohort","url":"https://arterial.us/news/ben-colorado-densun-fall-2025-cohort","title":"Denver ScaleUp Network Fall 2025 Cohort","summary":"BEN Colorado introduces the Denver ScaleUp Network (DenSUN) Fall 2025 cohort. Arterial co-founders Kyle Wandishin and Wade Turner are featured.","content_text":"Arterial joins the Fall 2025 DenSUN cohort, BEN Colorado’s scale-stage program backed by the City and County of Denver and CiviCO.\n\nBEN Colorado, CiviCO, and the City and County of Denver announced the Fall 2025 DenSUN cohort.\n\nArterial co-founders Kyle Wandishin and Wade Turner are featured in the cohort writeup.\n\nDenSUN provides scale-stage support: mentorship, peer learning, and an advisor network.","date_published":"2025-09-22T12:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2025-09-22T12:00:00.000Z","tags":["Arterial in the news","DenSUN","BEN Colorado","Denver"],"authors":[{"name":"BEN Colorado","url":"https://www.bencolorado.org"}],"image":"https://arterial.us/news/ben-colorado-densun-fall-2025-cohort/images/16x9"},{"id":"https://arterial.us/news/smart-futures-lab-demo-day-2025","url":"https://arterial.us/news/smart-futures-lab-demo-day-2025","title":"Smart Futures Lab Hosts 3rd Annual Demo Day Showcasing Smart City Innovation","summary":"Smart Futures Lab press release announcing the 3rd Annual Demo Day on August 22, 2025 — Arterial presents alongside nine other cohort companies.","content_text":"Smart Futures Lab’s 3rd Annual Demo Day at the Lawrence Street Center in Denver puts Arterial and the rest of the 2025 cohort in front of municipal and industry leaders.\n\nSmart Futures Lab announced its 3rd Annual Demo Day for August 22, 2025 in downtown Denver.\n\nArterial is one of ten cohort companies presenting to municipal leaders and pilot partners.\n\nThe Lab has supported 29 companies that secured $14.5M in combined investment and revenue across two years.","date_published":"2025-08-06T12:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2025-08-06T12:00:00.000Z","tags":["Arterial in the news","Smart Futures Lab","CU Denver","Press release"],"authors":[{"name":"Smart Futures Lab","url":"https://www.smartfutureslab.com"}],"image":"https://arterial.us/news/smart-futures-lab-demo-day-2025/images/16x9"},{"id":"https://arterial.us/news/smart-cities-world-smart-futures-lab-cohort-2025","url":"https://arterial.us/news/smart-cities-world-smart-futures-lab-cohort-2025","title":"Denver Smart Futures Lab programme announces latest cohort","summary":"SmartCitiesWorld coverage of the third CU Denver Smart Futures Lab cohort, which includes Arterial. Full piece is gated behind a SmartCitiesWorld member account.","content_text":"SmartCitiesWorld notes that ten startups — Arterial among them — joined CU Denver’s third Smart Futures Lab cohort.\n\nSmartCitiesWorld covered the announcement of the third Smart Futures Lab cohort.\n\nThe piece names Arterial alongside the rest of the ten incubator and accelerator startups.\n\nFull reporting requires a SmartCitiesWorld member account; only the public blurb is reproduced here.","date_published":"2025-04-29T15:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2025-04-29T15:00:00.000Z","tags":["Arterial in the news","Smart Futures Lab","Press coverage"],"authors":[{"name":"SmartCitiesWorld","url":"https://www.smartcitiesworld.net"}],"image":"https://arterial.us/news/smart-cities-world-smart-futures-lab-cohort-2025/images/16x9"},{"id":"https://arterial.us/news/cu-boulder-arterial-launch-path-deming-2025","url":"https://arterial.us/news/cu-boulder-arterial-launch-path-deming-2025","title":"Arterial Charts a Bold Path Toward Launch","summary":"Leeds School of Business Deming Center coverage of Arterial’s Techstars win, pilot momentum with Boulder and beyond, and the team’s path toward launch.","content_text":"Deming Center news highlights Techstars validation, pilot progress with Boulder, ecosystem support, and how Arterial is preparing for launch.\n\nLeeds Deming published a follow-up on Arterial’s trajectory after its earlier Entrepreneurship Pulse feature.\n\nThe story covers Techstars Startup Weekend, pilot conversations, and business milestones including Boulder and Denver.\n\nIt frames how Boulder’s ecosystem and programs accelerated the company alongside technical progress.","date_published":"2025-04-29T12:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2025-04-29T12:00:00.000Z","tags":["Arterial in the news","CU Boulder","Deming Center","Press coverage"],"authors":[{"name":"Leeds School of Business, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship","url":"https://www.colorado.edu/business/deming"}],"image":"https://arterial.us/news/cu-boulder-arterial-launch-path-deming-2025/images/16x9"},{"id":"https://arterial.us/news/csca-smart-futures-lab-cohort-3-2025","url":"https://arterial.us/news/csca-smart-futures-lab-cohort-3-2025","title":"10 Startups Join Third Cohort of CU Denver's Smart Futures Lab Program","summary":"Colorado Smart Cities Alliance press release on the third Smart Futures Lab cohort — Arterial joins as one of five companies in the incubator track.","content_text":"CU Denver, the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, and Innosphere Ventures introduce ten startups joining the third Smart Futures Lab cohort, including Arterial.\n\nColorado Smart Cities Alliance announced the third Smart Futures Lab cohort: ten civic-innovation startups split across incubator and accelerator tracks.\n\nArterial is one of five incubator companies — its AI hazard-detection cameras mount in existing city fleet vehicles.\n\nThe six-month program runs at no cost to founders, backed by a $2M U.S. Economic Development Administration grant.","date_published":"2025-04-24T12:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2025-04-24T12:00:00.000Z","tags":["Arterial in the news","Smart Futures Lab","CU Denver","Press release"],"authors":[{"name":"Colorado Smart Cities Alliance","url":"https://coloradosmart.city"}],"image":"https://arterial.us/news/csca-smart-futures-lab-cohort-3-2025/images/16x9"},{"id":"https://arterial.us/news/cu-boulder-arterial-road-maintenance-deming-2025","url":"https://arterial.us/news/cu-boulder-arterial-road-maintenance-deming-2025","title":"Arterial: The CU Boulder Startup Revolutionizing Road Maintenance","summary":"Leeds School of Business Deming Center profile of Arterial co-founders Kyle Wandishin and Wade Turner on passive AI sensing for municipal road maintenance.","content_text":"Deming Center news profiles how Arterial turns ordinary fleet routes into structured road-condition intelligence for cities.\n\nLeeds Deming published a founder profile on how Arterial applies AI dash cameras to roadway maintenance workflows.\n\nThe piece connects mentorship at the Deming Center to product progress and upcoming entrepreneurial competitions.\n\nIt explains why passive collection and structured maps matter for public-sector maintenance teams.","date_published":"2025-02-11T12:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2025-02-11T12:00:00.000Z","tags":["Arterial in the news","CU Boulder","Deming Center","Press coverage"],"authors":[{"name":"Leeds School of Business, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship","url":"https://www.colorado.edu/business/deming"}],"image":"https://arterial.us/news/cu-boulder-arterial-road-maintenance-deming-2025/images/16x9"}]}