BusinessSaturday, November 7
Viirtue moves its headquarters to First Central Tower as St. Pete's tech scene grows
The 5AM St. Petersburg team
Viirtue, a St. Petersburg telecommunications and AI company, recently moved its headquarters from 401 16th Street N. to 360 Central Ave. (First Central Tower). It started in 2017 in a small office with room for about six employees. Now it has approximately 70, about 20 of them in Florida.
“We’re the biggest telecom company that you’ve never heard of, and that’s by design.”
95,163tech jobs in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro
That's from CompTIA's 2026 State of the Tech Workforce report. The figure includes Tampa and Clearwater, so St. Petersburg's share isn't clear.
Source: St Pete Catalyst
- Metro tech impact: $19.2 billion a year, per CompTIA
- Webull: bought a 157,755-square-foot Carillon building for $29.5 million
- spARK Labs: full in March, with 45 companies and a waiting list
- Viirtue hiring: more expected in 2027
Tech companies keep choosing St. Pete for headquarters
- 2017Viirtue is founded in a small office on Martin Luther King Jr. Street.
- 2021ARK Invest relocates its headquarters from New York.
- 2022Webull relocates its headquarters from New York.
- 2022Data analytics firm PVM relocates to St. Petersburg.
- Oct. 2025Oncore Cloud Services moves its U.S. headquarters from Atlanta.
Source: St Pete Catalyst
If you'd rather shop local makers, Shopapalooza returns to Vinoy Park this month with 365 vendors. The annual festival is in its 16th year.
Sources: St Pete Catalyst, Tampa Bay Times