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A consortium of 15 state colleges, nonprofits and health companies are working together to vie for millions of dollars in federal money and a designation of Wisconsin as a regional tech hub. If the federal Economic Development Administration selects Wisconsin for the...

Microsoft Corp. has started moving dirt for its $1 billion data center development in Mount Pleasant, and has locked in the lead contractor for the work. Chicago-based megabuilder Walsh Construction recently signed on as the top contractor, and is starting the process...

State Rep. Steve Doyle, D-Onalaska, has been appointed vice chairman of the recently announced Speaker’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. The task force was created to study the transformative potential of artificial intelligence while ensuring its responsible...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has called for Illinois and Chicago to become "the Silicon Valley of quantum development," and while there has been strong activity in the space in recent years, the key will be to keep the momentum going, local experts say. Chicago is home...

Video game publisher Midwest Games, created by a Wisconsin native and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay alumni Ben Kvalo, has officially launched in Green Bay with the release of its first game. Midwest Games is a TitletownTech portfolio company with its headquarters...

The health care system finds itself adrift at sea, Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said Tuesday at the company’s annual Users Group Meeting. The 80-year-old billionaire founder — dressed as a washed-up island explorer in torn clothes, beads and a feathered...

Advancements in electric vehicle battery packs, lithium extraction methods and cancer treatment are among the projects funded through the UWM Research Foundation’s Catalyst Grant program this year. The program, supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and...

A few months ago, Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr made a bet with U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher that the representative wasn’t brave enough to climb a cell tower. The federal lawmaker proved the commissioner wrong during a stop in his district...

Leah Roe was on maternity leave when she was called into work and told that her job as a vice president at a local startup was being eliminated. Her husband had recently left his job to start his own business, so as she drove back from the office, the former...

Green Bay-based video game publisher Midwest Games officially launched this week with the support of lead investor TitletownTech, an innovation fund formed in 2019 out of a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft. Midwest Games operates out of the...

Joe Connolly watched his mom struggle for years. She would vomit from such extreme pain during her periods. She also suffered at the hands of the doctors who repeatedly dismissed her. “She was basically told to take some Ibuprofen and tough it out,” he said. Her first...

In his latest effort relating to the state’s workforce, Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #211 creating the Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence. The move comes as Gov. Evers announced earlier this month he is calling a special...

The winner of this year’s Pressure Chamber contest, Child Health Imprints, is seeking to establish its neonatal care platform in the United States after finding success in Asia. The company beat out four other finalists this week during the pitch competition hosted by...

Far too often, employees of small and mid-size companies are thrown into positions of leadership without any real guidance or training. That’s why Milwaukee-based software startup Secchi was founded: to simplify the process of performance management for HR...

According to Brian Walsh, Senior Technology Commercialization Manager at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research Foundation (UWMRF), startups are a key source of technological innovations in the United States. In his role, Walsh helps connect UW-Milwaukee students,...

RedFox AI, a leading conversational artificial intelligence startup, is thrilled to announce two pivotal additions to our leadership team. Greg Collins will be joining as RedFox AI’s newest Advisory Board Member, and Dustin Frank will be joining as the company’s Chief...

A computer science professor at UW-Madison says certain AI tools pose a cybersecurity threat when in the wrong hands, and urges skepticism about potential defenses. In a presentation held as part of Madison’s Forward Festival, Prof. Somesh Jha yesterday discussed how...