{"id":243571,"date":"2026-04-23T18:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243571\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:04:16","slug":"southwest-florida-highlighted-as-global-hub-for-innovation-at-2026-edison-awards-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/243571\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Florida highlighted as \u2018global hub for innovation\u2019 at 2026 Edison Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five tech-focused companies headquartered in Lee and Collier counties earned praise at the 2026 Edison Awards, generating additional buzz internationally as the region emerges as a thriving hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. The five local companies earned a combined six awards, including a Gold Edison Award for Fort Myers-based ADDMAN. \u201cSouthwest Florida is no longer just the host venue for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/articles\/bonita-springs-ae\/southwest-florida-highlighted-as-global-hub-for-innovation-at-2026-edison-awards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[\u2026]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five tech-focused companies headquartered in Lee and Collier counties earned praise at the 2026 Edison Awards, generating additional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-243571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}