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Michigan Central, a 30-acre tech and culture hub in Detroit, brings together the brightest minds working side-by-side to accelerate their missions. By converging startups, Fortune 500 companies, universities, government organizations, artists, investors, non-profits, and many others with different expertise and priorities, we facilitate the exposure, exchange of insights, partnership opportunities, talent access, and cross-sector collaboration needed to solve society’s biggest challenges.

Today, we’re highlighting some of the impactful work happening at Michigan Central and sharing how you can be a part of the network to build, work, learn, and collaborate. Get connected here.

The Network in Action

There are already 2,000 people and 240 companies working across Michigan Central’s 30-acre district. They leverage the hub’s infrastructure, services, and network to drive results for their organizations.

Here are some recent highlights from our network:

  • Cummins Inc., a global power solutions leader, is the latest to join the Michigan Central ecosystem. Cummins provides a broad portfolio of products across power systems, engines, components, and distribution. One of its first initiatives at the innovation hub will be to support workforce training on clean technology.

  • Samaritas, a human services nonprofit, recently joined the Michigan Central network, as well. Their work here will support their goals of collaborating on innovation at the intersection of social service and tech.

  • The Michigan Central network also includes organizations that foster entrepreneurship and help the 150+ startups already working at the hub commercialize. This includes Newlab, a venture platform for critical technology startups and Michigan Central Founding Partners since 2023. It also includes community builders Black Tech Saturdays and Femology. Femology provides an economic development platform for female founders and just held their first-ever statewide Female Founder Tech Summit this earlier this month, uniting female founders, investors, and leaders to help accelerate entrepreneurship and growth.

  • Numerous universities and education organizations partner with Michigan Central to deliver talent development through training programs, internships, fellowships and more for all aged learners to succeed in the future workforce. Wayne State University was the first to sign on as an academic partner in 2024 and since then have used Michigan Central as a satellite location for their campus and created work opportunities through multiple programs, such as the Michigan Mobility Fellowship and Warrior Impact internship program.

  • Google, through their philanthropic arm Google.org, provided $2M in funding for Michigan Central to continue expanding our STEM programming for youth in the community.

  • The innovation hub explores how art, design, installations, and performances can foster creative innovation and connection. Artists Tin & Ed’s Kaleidoscopic Home and Life Forces exhibit was open at The Station in August and September.

Joining the Network at Michigan Central

As these organizations and programs and the many others here continue their progress and growth, Michigan Central’s network continues to expand. Michigan Central offers different models for getting involved designed for various needs and budgets. Options include access to flexible coworking space, customized private offices, or larger partnerships around programming, technology pilots, workforce development programs, brand visibility, and other needs. Regardless of each organization’s model of joining the network, all who join benefit from:

  • Proximity, collaboration opportunities, and visibility with the hub’s network

  • Special access to events, programs, networking, skills development, and workforce training at the hub

  • 24/7 access to the state-of-the-art workspace, manufacturing areas, meeting rooms, and a fully equipped content and podcast studio at the Newlab at Michigan Central building

  • Private wellness rooms, kitchens, fitness center with showers and lockers, and outdoor and rooftop areas

  • Security, enterprise-grade Wi-Fi, printing, IT concierge services, and complimentary coffee & tea

  • A digital platform for operations needs, event discovery, communication, and networking

  • Discounted pricing for event venue rentals to host events, labs, testing infrastructure, and food (and to the Nomad Hotel in The Station when it opens in 2027)

  • Flexible terms to scale your involvement as your team evolves

To discover more about the network that can help turn your work into market success, learn more about the Michigan Central network here and get connected here.