Companies & startups
Baton Rouge / New Orleans · Capital / Greater New Orleans
CodeGig
CodeGig
A Louisiana Growth Network cohort company using AI and machine learning in software for carbon-emissions tracking, prediction, and tax-credit workflows.
- Louisiana Economic Development identified CodeGig as an inaugural Louisiana Innovation Cohort company.
- LED describes the company as specializing in AI, machine learning, and custom software development.
Announced 2025-03-07Review by 2026-10-31
Companies & startups
Louisiana (city not stated in source) · Statewide
QiMana
QiMana, Inc.
QiMana is a Louisiana Innovation Cohort startup identified by LED in 2025. LED says the company is developing Solomon, an AI product for business and entrepreneurship that combines automated guidance with human insight. Current operating status is not verified.
- Louisiana Economic Development identified QiMana as an inaugural Louisiana Innovation Cohort startup.
- LED describes Solomon as an AI platform designed to help bridge business ideas to execution.
Announced 2025-03-07Review by 2026-08-01
Events
Baton Rouge · Capital
AI in Action Symposium 2026
LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business
The second LSU AI in Action symposium convened Louisiana business, education, healthcare, and public-sector leaders around responsible adoption, governance, talent, and human judgment.
- LSU held the symposium on March 20, 2026.
- The official recap documents speakers from Louisiana industry, higher education, healthcare, and state government.
Occurred 2026-03-20Review by 2027-03-20
Grants & funding
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Tulane Provost's Proof of Concept Fund — fall 2026
Tulane University Innovation Institute
An open, technology-neutral commercialization grant of up to $50,000 for eligible Tulane researchers. Its official portfolio includes an AI healthcare platform, but the fund is not dedicated only to AI.
- Fall 2026 applications are open through August 28, 2026.
- Eligible applicants include current Tulane faculty, research staff, and specified trainees with an invention disclosure filed or in preparation.
- The official award portfolio includes a prior AI platform for healthcare research.
Closes 2026-08-28Review by 2026-08-28
Grants & funding
Statewide · Statewide
Direct Student Services AI-powered interventions
Louisiana Department of Education
A 2026–27 competitive grant lane for Louisiana public school systems to implement or expand evidence-based AI tools that personalize instruction and provide real-time data.
- The competitive Super App deadline was January 23, 2026; this is not presented as an open application.
- The 2026–27 grant period began July 1, 2026, and eligible applicants are Louisiana public school systems.
Starts 2026-07-01Ends 2027-06-30Closes 2026-01-23Review by 2026-12-31
Procurement
Statewide · Statewide
Source Louisiana supplier portal
Louisiana Economic Development
A free statewide supplier directory connecting Louisiana contractors, service providers, and suppliers with major-project procurement opportunities, including data-center development.
- LED says the directory connects Louisiana businesses with procurement opportunities from companies investing billions across the state.
- LED explicitly states that registration does not guarantee an award or business opportunity.
Procurement
Statewide · Statewide
LED LA.IO AI business-toolkit RFQ
Louisiana Economic Development
A closed state procurement record for an AI-powered small-business toolkit with authoritative-source retrieval, hallucination controls, evaluation requirements, and human handoffs.
- LED issued the RFQ on October 8, 2025, with a November 5, 2025 submission deadline.
- The scope called for generative AI, a source registry, retrieval-augmented generation, response evaluation, and ongoing support.
Announced 2025-10-08Closes 2025-11-05Review by 2027-01-01
Public-sector use cases
Ascension Parish · Capital
Ascension Parish AI flood-prediction pilot
Ascension Parish Government and Louisiana State University
A live public-sector pilot combining parish drainage observations, weather forecasts, and machine-learning models to improve localized flood intelligence for human decision-makers.
- LSU reported in June 2026 that the model was being calibrated and tested against observed parish conditions.
- The model uses hourly data from more than 30 parish facilities and produces updated 24-hour local stream-level forecasts.
Announced 2026-06-09Review by 2026-11-30
Events
Baton Rouge · Capital
LSU AI in Construction Week
Louisiana State University College of Engineering
LSU's College of Engineering is holding a three-day Baton Rouge program, October 14–16, 2026, on building AI infrastructure and using AI in construction, including an Anthropic Claude Code workshop.
- The College of Engineering page dates the program October 14–16, 2026, in Baton Rouge.
- The published schedule is a Dean's Distinguished Lecture on October 14, an accelerated data-center delivery workshop on October 15, and a free Claude Code workshop on October 16 presented at LSU by Anthropic's Claude Workshops with Tenex.
Starts 2026-10-14Ends 2026-10-16Review by 2027-04-16
Events
Baton Rouge · Capital
Baton Rouge AI Week 2026
Geaux Learn Educational Solutions
Geaux Learn Educational Solutions is producing Baton Rouge AI Week on October 25–31, 2026, with mixed virtual and in-person sessions and an AI for Impact Summit on October 31 at the Leon R. Tarver II Cultural & Heritage Center.
- The organizer's Eventbrite listing dates the week October 25–31, 2026, and names Geaux Learn Educational Solutions.
- The same listing places the AI for Impact Summit on October 31 at the Leon R. Tarver II Cultural & Heritage Center and says other in-person locations will be shared with registered attendees.
Starts 2026-10-25Ends 2026-10-31Review by 2027-04-30
Events
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Black Tech NOLA Creator + AI Summit and HBCU AI Hackathon
NOLAvate Black
NOLAvate Black is holding the Black Tech NOLA Creator + AI Summit on November 7, 2026, at Gallier Hall in New Orleans, with a virtual HBCU AI hackathon the evening of November 6.
- The organizer site dates the summit Saturday, November 7, 2026, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Gallier Hall in New Orleans, and says doors open at 9 a.m.
- The hackathon page dates Hack Day as a virtual sprint on Friday, November 6, 2026, from 5 to 10 p.m., with finalists pitching at Gallier Hall the next day.
Starts 2026-11-06Ends 2026-11-07Review by 2027-05-07
Events
Baton Rouge · Capital
Business Report AI Academy, fall/winter 2026
Business Report Leadership Academy
The Business Report Leadership Academy is running a five-session in-person AI Academy for small and mid-sized business leaders from November 13 through December 16, 2026, at 9029 Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge.
- The academy page lists sessions on November 13, November 20, December 4, December 11, and December 16, 2026.
- It places every session at the Business Report Leadership Academy Training Center inside Melara Enterprises headquarters at 9029 Jefferson Hwy., Suite 300, Baton Rouge, LA 70809.
Starts 2026-11-13Ends 2026-12-16Review by 2027-06-16
Upcoming · starts 2026-11-18 Google AI for Professionals, Module 3: AI for Research and Insights
Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce
The Thibodaux Chamber calendar lists a Google AI for Professionals session on November 18, 2026, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Bayou Region Incubator, 203 West 2nd Street in Thibodaux.
- The chamber event page dates the session November 18, 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CST.
- It locates the session at the Bayou Region Incubator, 203 West 2nd Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301, and lists information@bayouregionincubator.org as the contact.
Occurred 2026-11-18Review by 2027-05-18
Events
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Louisiana IT Symposium 2026
Louisiana IT Symposium
The Louisiana IT Symposium's own site schedules a one-day gathering for IT executives on November 17, 2026, at the Higgins Hotel and Conference Center in New Orleans; the agenda page did not confirm AI-specific sessions.
- The symposium site dates the event November 17, 2026, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT.
- It names the venue as the Higgins Hotel and Conference Center, 1000 Magazine Street, New Orleans, and describes the event as a single-day program for the IT executive community.
Occurred 2026-11-17Review by 2027-05-17
Events
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Info-Tech LIVE New Orleans
Info-Tech Research Group
Info-Tech Research Group is holding Info-Tech LIVE on January 26–28, 2027, at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, with AI and exponential technology listed among the themes.
- Info-Tech's event page dates the conference January 26–28, 2027, at the Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana.
- The same page lists 'AI & Exponential Tech Capabilities' as part of the 2027 framing and names an agentic-AI speaker among featured speakers.
Starts 2027-01-26Ends 2027-01-28Review by 2027-07-28
Events
Baton Rouge · Capital
SEAMUS 2027 National Conference
LSU Experimental Music & Digital Media and SEAMUS
LSU is hosting the SEAMUS 2027 national conference on AI, immersive audio, and cultural computing from March 31 to April 3, 2027, with the Digital Media Center at LSU's Center for Computation & Technology as the primary site.
- The conference site dates SEAMUS 2027 as March 31–April 3, 2027, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and names the theme AI, Immersive Audio, and Cultural Computing.
- It lists the primary location as the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, 888 South Stadium Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, and a Symposium on AI in Electroacoustic Music opening March 31, 2027.
Starts 2027-03-31Ends 2027-04-03Review by 2027-10-03
Events
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
New Orleans Entrepreneur Week 2027
Loyola University New Orleans Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development
Loyola University New Orleans is producing New Orleans Entrepreneur Week on March 8–13, 2027, with The Summit at Loyola on March 11–12; it is an entrepreneurship week, not an AI-only conference.
- NOEW's about page says NOEW 2027 returns March 8–13, with The Summit at Loyola on March 11–12.
- The same page says the week is produced by Loyola's Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development and spans venues across New Orleans.
Starts 2027-03-08Ends 2027-03-13Review by 2027-09-13
Events
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
New Orleans Entrepreneur Week 2026
Loyola University New Orleans Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development
New Orleans Entrepreneur Week 2026 ran March 9–14 across the city, with The Summit at Loyola's Danna Student Center; it was an entrepreneurship week, not an AI-only conference.
- NOEW's 2026 FAQ says programming ran the week of March 9–14 across New Orleans.
- The FAQ places The Summit at the Danna Student Center, 6363 St. Charles Avenue, on the Loyola University New Orleans campus.
Starts 2026-03-09Ends 2026-03-14Review by 2027-03-14
Events
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
AI: From Code to Consequences
The Murphy Institute at Tulane University
Tulane's Murphy Institute held a free public AI research symposium on April 17–18, 2026, at NOCHI on Howard Avenue and at Tulane's Steven and Jann Paul Hall.
- The Murphy Institute page dates the symposium Friday, April 17, 2026, at the New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute, 725 Howard Avenue, and Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Steven and Jann Paul Hall on Tulane's uptown campus.
- The page describes keynotes and panels on AI technology, labor, and responsible and ethical AI, hosted with several Tulane schools including the Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science.
Starts 2026-04-17Ends 2026-04-18Review by 2027-04-18
Events
Lafayette · Acadiana
StateChain Summit 2026
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
UL Lafayette hosted the inaugural StateChain Summit on September 30 and October 1, 2026, at the LITE Center, with artificial intelligence among the government-technology topics.
- UL Lafayette's October 6, 2026, news post says the summit was held September 30 and October 1 at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise Center in University Research Park.
- The post says topics included artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, payments and digital assets, digital identity and data, government technology and procurement, energy and physical infrastructure, and workforce development.
Starts 2026-09-30Ends 2026-10-01Review by 2027-10-01
Companies & startups
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
NOLA AI
NOLA AI
NOLA AI, at 840 Camp Street in New Orleans, says its ATOMIC IQ layer turns an organization's documents and domain knowledge into deployable AI intelligence.
- The company site lists 840 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, and a 504 phone number.
- The same page describes ATOMIC IQ as infrastructure that structures knowledge, provenance, and evidence so specialized AI can be deployed in the cloud, in a private enterprise, or offline.
Companies & startups
Mansura · Central Louisiana
Subterra Technologies
Subterra Technologies
Subterra Technologies says it is headquartered at 7845 Highway 1 in Mansura and builds custom AI systems, agents, and private deployments for client workflows.
- The company page states headquarters at 7845 Hwy 1, Mansura, Louisiana 71350.
- It says engagements can include AI strategy, custom development, workflow automation, agents, retrieval-augmented generation, private deployments, training, and governance.
Companies & startups
Baton Rouge · Capital
Envoc
Envoc
Envoc, founded in Baton Rouge in 2003, describes its current work as digital identity, privacy-preserving biometrics, and AI orchestration for regulated institutions.
- Envoc's about page says the firm was founded in 2003 in Baton Rouge and lists Baton Rouge as headquarters, with offices in Hammond and an innovation lab at Southeastern Louisiana University.
- The page describes the firm as specializing in digital identity, privacy, AI orchestration, and modernization, and says it divested LA Wallet in December 2025.
Companies & startups
Baton Rouge · Capital
Sparkhound
Sparkhound
Sparkhound says Baton Rouge is its headquarters and that it added an AI strategy practice in 2026, led by partner Henry Hays.
- Sparkhound's Baton Rouge page says the firm started there, remains headquartered at 515 Mouton Street, Suite 201, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, and lists founder and CEO Shawn Usher.
- The same page identifies Henry Hays as Partner, AI Strategy, and says he joined in 2026 to lead that practice after building an AI curriculum at LSU.
Companies & startups
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Revelry
Revelry
Revelry is a New Orleans custom-software company, established in 2012, and its about page identifies the firm as the team behind revelry.ai.
- Revelry's about page says it is a custom software strategy, design, and development company based in New Orleans, established in 2012, and lists 3014 Dauphine St, Suite A #88689, New Orleans, LA 70117.
- The page calls Revelry the team behind revelry.ai and names Gerard Ramos as CEO and founder.
Companies & startups
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
LookFar Labs
LookFar Labs
LookFar Labs is a New Orleans software studio that says it uses a 4As partnership to teach AI to advertising teams and offers an AI audit for agencies.
- LookFar's company overview lists 2831 St. Claude Ave. Ste. 203, New Orleans, LA 70117, and describes product strategy, design, and engineering.
- The same page says a 4As relationship is its bridge to the advertising world via AI education.
Companies & startups
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Resilia
Resilia
Resilia describes its nonprofit and grantmaker platform as human-centered and AI-enabled, and it publishes a New Orleans mailing address.
- Resilia's homepage says grantmaking and nonprofit excellence are achieved through human-centered, AI technology-enabled solutions, and it has a section titled AI Built for Philanthropy.
- The contact page lists a mailing address at 3014 Dauphine St., Suite H, New Orleans, LA 70117; it does not label that address as headquarters.
Companies & startups
Lafayette · Acadiana
Unknown Cyber
Unknown Cyber
Unknown Cyber, which lists Lafayette, Louisiana, on its contact page, says it uses AI for genomic detection of zero-day malware and software supply-chain threats.
- The contact page lists Lafayette, Louisiana, the phone number 1-888-678-6992, and an email address.
- The company homepage describes AI-powered genomic threat detection for zero-day malware and software supply-chain risk, and the about page names Dr. Arun Lakhotia, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette computer-science professor, as CTO and co-founder.
Companies & startups
Louisiana · Statewide
Ailectric
Ailectric
Ailectric's website calls the firm a Louisiana AI startup applying machine learning and deep learning to industry, but the contact page checked on Oct. 8, 2026, does not name a city.
- The homepage says Ailectric applies machine learning and develops deep-learning technology for manufacturing, diagnostics, safety, supply chains, commerce, cybersecurity, and healthcare, and it names Richard J. Barbalace as CEO.
- The contact page lists only email addresses for support, general inquiries, media, and sales, with no street address or city.
Companies & startups
Louisiana · Statewide
FarmMind
FarmMind
FarmMind's site describes an AI agricultural assistant for growers and consultants, and it quotes Louisiana Farm Bureau calling the company an LSU-linked startup; the site does not name a headquarters city.
- FarmMind's homepage describes an AI assistant for field mapping, document management, pest identification, dashboards, and weather and irrigation, and says an acres-supported figure was updated July 9, 2026.
- The page quotes Louisiana Farm Bureau describing FarmMind as a startup led by an LSU alumnus and two current LSU students.
Companies & startups
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Ochsner Health
Ochsner Health
Ochsner Health, announcing from New Orleans on September 18, 2025, said it was the first provider in Louisiana to use Volta Medical's AI software during atrial fibrillation ablation.
- Ochsner's September 18, 2025, release says the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute is the first in Louisiana to use Volta's AI software for real-time analysis of 3D heart maps during catheter ablation.
- The release describes Ochsner Health as the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in the Gulf South and datelines the announcement New Orleans; Volta Medical, the software maker, is described as founded in Marseille, France.
Announced 2025-09-18Review by 2027-04-08
Companies & startups
Lafayette · Acadiana
CGI Lafayette onshore delivery center
CGI
CGI lists Lafayette as one of its U.S. onshore delivery centers and describes an AI-enabled global delivery model; the page does not call Louisiana the company headquarters.
- CGI's U.S. onshore delivery page lists Lafayette, Louisiana, among centers in six states.
- The same page says CGI DigiOps integrates AI and automation into service delivery and that global capability centers use AI-driven technologies.
Companies & startups
Baton Rouge and Shreveport · Capital / North Louisiana
DartPoints Louisiana data centers
DartPoints
DartPoints, which lists a Dallas headquarters, operates colocation data centers in Baton Rouge and Shreveport and says those sites support AI, analytics, and hybrid workloads.
- DartPoints' Louisiana page lists BTR01 at 7127 Florida Blvd and BTR02 at 7139 Florida Blvd in Baton Rouge, and SHV01 at 601 Milam St in Shreveport.
- The same page says the facilities are high-density ready to support AI, analytics, and hybrid workloads, and it lists the company headquarters at 1601 Elm Street, Suite 3650, Dallas, TX 75201.