AI-powered Ecosystem Intelligence™ company delivers solutions that help strengthen local and regional ecosystems, accelerating growth.
September 30, 2025 — Across the country, ecosystem leaders share a common challenge. The programs, resources, and networks to support entrepreneurs are in place, yet they are often disconnected and hard to navigate, making impact difficult to measure. With the right digital infrastructure, those same assets become integrated, AI-ready systems that strengthen the country’s economic engine and power regional growth.
EcoMap Technologies, an AI software company specializing in Ecosystem Intelligence™, is helping leaders put that potential to work. Over the past three months, the company has launched new products and added statewide and regional ecosystems across the country – including small business, arts networks, and advanced industries like AI, advanced manufacturing, and life science – to connect resources, track outcomes, and strengthen collaboration.
EcoMap’s latest releases — the Ecosystem Relationship Manager (ERM), Nonprofit Intelligence Dashboard, and EcoMap Discover — address the points where ecosystems most often lose momentum. ERM gives Entrepreneur Support Organizations and economic developers a shared system to track relationships, coordinate support, and measure results. The Nonprofit Intelligence Dashboard helps leaders assess nonprofit support organization stability and guide collaborative conversations. EcoMap Discover keeps information accurate and accessible for entrepreneurs, small businesses, innovators, workforce stakeholders, and investors by automating resource data collection directly on an organization’s website. These AI-driven solutions give leaders the clarity, efficiency, and connected systems they need to act against their most strategic priorities with precision.
“It’s no longer enough to fund programs or launch initiatives and hope they connect,” said Sherrod Davis, co-founder and CEO of EcoMap. “Leaders need AI-enabled systems that move at the speed of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and innovators, and that means combining real-time data with the human networks that make ecosystems work.”
That digital infrastructure is already transforming how ecosystems operate. For example, Tennessee’s TN SmartStart™ provides an online tool to connect businesses with resources, tools, and mentorship.
“TN SmartStart is already a trusted resource in the state, and the new platform takes it a step further—expanding connections and ensuring small business owners have access to the right tools and resources when they need them most,” said Wisty Pender, State Director, Business Enterprise Resource Office at the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development.
Kansas and Philadelphia are also building stronger systems for small business support and entrepreneur services. Maryland is applying EcoMap’s technology to accelerate advanced industry growth, while BioForward in Wisconsin is elevating the state’s life sciences sector for investors and partners. The Greater Cleveland Partnership is preparing tools to deepen regional industry networks, and the Association of University Research Parks is using EcoMap to link innovation districts nationwide.
“Our customers are building the systems their ecosystems will rely on for the next decade,” Davis said. “When you connect the right person to the right opportunity at the right time, you create measurable economic impact and prosperity for families and communities.”
With these launches and partnerships, EcoMap is reinforcing its position as a leader in AI-powered digital infrastructure for ecosystem building. From economic development agencies to industry associations, arts councils, and research institutions, more regions are adopting solutions that combine real-time data with human insight to drive sustainable growth.
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