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News featuring the Wisconsin Technology Council or its trusted partners‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Dervis Gursoy of Spraycision
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Dervis Gursoy of Spraycision, which won the Advanced Manufacturing category in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business...
Cap Times: Madison firm aims to revolutionize electronics by replacing silicon
SixLine Semiconductor was the grand prize winner of the 2023 Governor's Business Plan Contest. In a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Katy Jinkins typically starts her day at a filing cabinet full of thin, purple silicon disks that reflect green in the...
WisBusiness: MCW leading health screening effort through Tech Hub initiative
The Medical College of Wisconsin will lead a health screening initiative as part of the Wisconsin BioHealth Tech Hub effort thanks to newly announced federal funding. The U.S. Economic Development Administration last week awarded $49 million to the state-based...
InsideWis: Wisconsin’s Biohealth Tech Hub has a long list of proud parents
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – In case you missed it, Wisconsin has been on a bit of an economic development hot streak of late. It started in early May when Microsoft announced it will build a $3.3 billion data center in Racine County, largely to meet artificial...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin BioHealth Tech Hub set to receive additional $49 million investment
The Wisconsin BioHealth Tech Hub is set to get about $49 million to boost technological innovation, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced today. The state was previously allocated $350,000 in planning funds for the public-private...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin’s biohealth tech hub will receive $49 million federal grant
Wisconsin’s biohealth tech hub will receive $49 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. Last October, Wisconsin became one of 31 regions in the United States to be designated as a Regional Technology and...
New month brings renewed practice time for July 31 Tech Council golf outing to benefit BPC
July is underway with opportunities to celebrate America’s independence and to polish your golf game so you’re primed and ready for the annual Tech Council Golf Outing, to be held Wednesday, July 31 at The Oaks in Cottage Grove. Join us at The Oaks for a scramble golf...
InsideWis: Solar, wind, nuclear: All of the above or other choices for energy transition?
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It must be tough being an energy planner these days. Whether you’re working for a utility company, a public regulator or a private firm hoping to control costs by conserving electricity use, it must be confusing to follow the debate around...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Jonathon Horne of Idea Fund of La Crosse
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Jonathon Horne, managing director of the Idea Fund of La Crosse, who describes how and why the Idea Fund was...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still warns that taking a state-by-state approach to regulating AI could result in a “hodge-podge” of laws that puts some people and businesses at a competitive disadvantage
In a recent column, Still highlighted state-level efforts to get ahead of the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence industry, noting about 400 bills have been introduced or enacted around the country. While California alone has about 50 AI-related bills under...
InsideWis: It’s not possible to put AI genie back in the bottle, but reasonable oversight is
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Nvidia became the world’s most valuable public company for a few days this month – yes, more valuable than even Microsoft and Apple – for one major reason: The boom in generative artificial intelligence means there has been a surge in...
Role of NW Mutual Data Science Institute topic of July 11 Tech Council luncheon in Wauwatosa
What is the “special sauce” that is attracting major tech projects, investment and talent to southeast Wisconsin? In a word: Infrastructure. It’s increasingly available in many forms, from ample physical resources to intellectual power to a will to improve lives...