Sirti, formerly known as the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, is a Washington State economic development agency focused on accelerating the development and growth of innovative technology-based companies in the Inland Northwest. Through a collaboration of business, higher education and government, Sirti fosters an environment where entrepreneurs and small start-up companies can flourish and high-growth companies can focus on their efficient growth.

Sirti owes its existence to countless dedicated citizens, regional partners and leaders. In the late 1980s, many of them convened around Momentum, the Spokane area’s effort to re-shape its economy. Central to Momentum, was the notion that higher education, especially at the graduate level, mattered to a new economy. But these leaders looked beyond increased enrollments. They imagined a higher education presence that would collaborate with the regional business community.

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