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Plus, Aspinity is launching an advisory board, Dashcam’s going to Boston and Abridge notches another California partnership.

The once-promising Pittsburgh biotech firm that developed precision genetic medicines set a board vote for May 13.

A year ago, Pittsburgh’s public tech companies saw the overall price of their shares fare worse than that of the broader Nasdaq index, though it’s been more of a mixed-bag performance for the stock price of the region’s largest tech firms over these past 12 months.

Maggie's Farm opening a restaurant and retail shop in Upper St. Clair.

Plus, Aspinity raised $5 million, Coherent got a $1 billion investment and more local funding news.

The raise so far — half of an expected $40.2 million — is already one of the city's biggest of the year.

Plus: Carmell Therapeutics made a $65 million acquisition, Gov. Shapiro announced a $400 million workforce training program, and NeuBase has halted production.

Inc. released its annual roundup of companies that have seen high growth over the past three years, and 22 local firms of all types made the cut.

Pittsburgh's publicly traded autonomous vehicle company raised the funding through a combination of public and private investments.

Plus, CivicScience is using OpenAI tech, Aurora has two new partnerships, and Pack Up + Go made its first acquisition.