K-AIRES News

Stay up-to-date on the happenings surrounding K-State Salina's historic K-AIRES project!

K-AIRES groundbreaking
August 30, 2024

Kansas State University Salina and Pure Imagination Labs have broken ground on the Kansas Artificial Intelligence Research & Entertainment Studio, or K-AIRES, Center, a spatial computing and learning facility that will propel the state of Kansas to the forefront of the technology entertainment industry. Read more.

K-AIRES Groundbreaking photo
K-State Salina and Pure Imagination Labs broke ground on the new K-AIRES facility. Pictured from left: Mitch Robinson, Salina Community Economic Development Organization; Kelly Dreyer, MultiStudio; Eric Woltje, McCown Gordon Construction; Joshua Wexler, Pure Imagination Labs; Joshua Jefferson, Kansas Department of Commerce; Richard Linton, Kansas State University president; and Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University Salina CEO and dean.

 

Historic partnership announced between K-State Salina and Pure Imagination Labs
August 23, 2023

Kansas State University Salina, in partnership with Pure Imagination Studios, the Salina Airport Authority and the state of Kansas, will establish a $41 million, one-of-a-kind spatial computing studio and learning center. Read more.

K-AIRES Announcement Photo

K-State Salina, the Salina Airport Authority and the state of Kansas are partnering with Pure Imagination Studios to build a one-of-a-kind spatial computing studio and learning center. From left: Mitch Robinson, Salina Community Economic Development Organization; Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University Salina; Jerry Moran, U.S. Sen., Kansas; Joshua Wexler, Pure Imagination Studios; Tim Rogers, Salina Airport Authority; Lt. Gov. David Toland, Kansas; and Tim Zimmerman, Kansas Department of Commerce.