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Inside Nexus Louisiana’s push to grow Baton Rouge tech

May 7, 2026


When 10 teams of Louisiana college students gathered in March to pitch artificial intelligence solutions for monitoring the state’s bird populations, the judges weren’t just impressed — they were floored. “All of our jaws were on the floor the entire time,” says Beaux Jones, president and CEO of The Water Institute, one of the event’s partners. “Everything those students built was better than things we see in the market every day.”