University of Arizona program helps researchers commercialize inventions

May 1, 2026

By Stacy Sullivan

Tech Launch Arizona at the University of Arizona, which assists with finding personnel, securing financing for companies, helping file for patents, and developing pitches, has produced $3.3 billion in economic output, $1.2 billion in labor income, and $122.2 million in tax revenues over the past nine years, Tucson’s KOLD News 13 reports.