The startup scene in United States

StartupBlink’s August 2026 listing ranked Cheyenne #301 globally and #81 in the United States, using investment, employee count, and quarterly website traffic as scoring inputs; this is a publisher-attributed ranking. [92056]

Wyoming Business Council and Silicon Couloir’s Startup Wyoming initiative covers 23 counties statewide. Its site displayed founder registration and ecosystem-partner referral routes, with no deadline shown. [92057, 92058]

Historical reporting identified Language I/O as Cheyenne-based and founded in 2011, with real-time, company-specific translation and a $5 million funding announcement in 2021. Green House Data’s company history dates its founding to 2007; it announced a 2020 rebrand as Lunavi, bringing acquired companies and nine North American locations under that brand. [92068, 92072]

WBC reported that Market Expansion Grant applications opened July 1, 2026, first-come, with awards up to $4,000 per application and eligible activities through June 30, 2027. Its notice reported the same opening date for the State Trade Expansion Program, with awards up to $5,000 and eligible activities through September 29, 2027. Remaining funds were unverified in the inspected evidence. WBC’s Kickstart page marked that grant paused until further notice. [92061, 92062, 92065]

Historical reports identified Custodia Bank as Cheyenne-based and said its Federal Reserve membership application was denied on January 27, 2023; AP attributed the Board’s stated rationale to safety-and-soundness concerns. In July 2025, AP reported that a proposed Tallgrass-Crusoe AI data center several miles south of Cheyenne, outside the city proper, would start at 1.8 GW and could scale to 10 GW, subject to state and local approval. [92074, 92076]

The University of Wyoming Technology Transfer Office evaluates university innovations for protection, marketing, and licensing and is located in Laramie, not Cheyenne. gener8tor documented a historical, free, virtual, statewide seven-week gBETA Wyoming cohort in Fall 2024: five companies were selected from 33 applicants, and a Cheyenne showcase was announced for December 18, 2024. The inspected evidence does not establish current accelerator intake. [92080, 92083]