{"id":22652,"date":"2025-08-21T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigancentral.com\/?p=22652"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:50:15","slug":"the-innovation-brief-episode-1-grounded-justair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigancentral.com\/the-innovation-brief-episode-1-grounded-justair\/","title":{"rendered":"The Innovation Brief Episode #1: Grounded &#038; JustAir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Central and SiriusXM are hosting a new joint, nationwide series, Innovation Brief, where Michigan Central companies discuss how they are designing, testing and deploying next-generation technologies that address some of society&#8217;s most pressing challenges. Check out the first 10-minute episodes featuring two of our Newlab Detroit members below:<\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"659\"><strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\"><u data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Grounded<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"670\">Listen below to hear <a class=\"_mizu194a _1ah31bk5 _ra3xnqa1 _128m1bk5 _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0\" title=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fsambshapiro%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Caharwood%40onemagnify.com%7C7becb91842984435699608dddf44f5e5%7C2a929c48bbea4ef1b71c0d4e3a7d0422%7C0%7C0%7C638912209514953820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=96daiTd4PiZkO3CvRI8ln1T%2B%2Bv9nQ2AKsnPcQowv5B0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sambshapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-renderer-mark=\"true\" data-is-router-link=\"false\" data-testid=\"link-with-safety\">Sam Shapiro<\/a>\u00a0from <a class=\"_mizu194a _1ah31bk5 _ra3xnqa1 _128m1bk5 _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0\" title=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fgrounded-rvs%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Caharwood%40onemagnify.com%7C7becb91842984435699608dddf44f5e5%7C2a929c48bbea4ef1b71c0d4e3a7d0422%7C0%7C0%7C638912209514979710%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4%2FbDm3%2BxrtdRjo%2B68XlhSp%2BULQDnBL2EsU0vrEi2or0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/grounded-rvs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-renderer-mark=\"true\" data-is-router-link=\"false\" data-testid=\"link-with-safety\">Grounded<\/a>\u00a0talk about his conception of the company, Grounded&#8217;s evolution as part of the Michigan Central ecosystem and the company&#8217;s latest product and expansion into new verticals.<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1N3ryRdJktAFHGF2MFADXI91_Yl7-Zw9w\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-prosemirror-content-type=\"mark\" data-prosemirror-mark-name=\"link\">Listen Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\"><strong data-prosemirror-content-type=\"mark\" data-prosemirror-mark-name=\"strong\"><u data-prosemirror-content-type=\"mark\" data-prosemirror-mark-name=\"underline\">Just Air<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">Do you know the story of why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/darrenrashaunriley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-prosemirror-content-type=\"mark\" data-prosemirror-mark-name=\"link\">Darren Riley<\/a>, a native of SW Detroit, started JustAir and what his technology was trying to solve? Did you know JustAir&#8217;s air quality data infrastructure has now been adopted by 11 different states? Find out all this and much more on his episode of the Innovation Brief below.<\/p>\n<p data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"paragraph\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1UKpYc32Q4_ZBD9AX85NKoNbFGnkRbHzO\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-prosemirror-content-type=\"mark\" data-prosemirror-mark-name=\"link\">Listen Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Central and SiriusXM are hosting a new joint, nationwide series, Innovation Brief, where Michigan Central companies discuss how they are designing, testing and deploying next-generation technologies that address some of society&#8217;s most pressing challenges. 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