DATACHAT This Madison company, founded in 2017, developed an intelligence interface that allows business users to extract insight from their data simply by talking to a chatbot. DataChat was created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
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Rock County medical isotope companies mark milestones
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, one of two Rock County companies developing radioactive isotopes for medical imaging and therapies, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its new method of making a key isotope that …
SmarTrac can help alleviate shortage of physical therapists
Physical therapy can make the difference for a quick post-surgery recovery. Unfortunately, the U.S. is experiencing an extreme shortage of physical therapists that is only expected to get worse, according to a UW-Madison computer sciences …
Startup created by UW-Madison professor debuts specialized computer chip
A startup company created by a University of Wisconsin-Madison computer science professor is gearing up to sell its high-performance, programmable computer chip, which the company’s founder said can crunch data at higher capacities for data …
Local Startup Spotlight: DataChat with Co-Founder Rogers Jeffrey Leo John
DataChat was founded by UW-Madison computer sciences professor Jignesh Patel, a serial entrepreneur for whom the startup is his fourth, and Ph.D. student Rogers Jeffrey Leo John (WAVE ’18 and MEB ’18) back in June …
Student uses COVID quarantine to build sneaker customization business
When UW–Madison first-year student Matt Burzec was sent to isolation after contracting the COVID-19 virus, he spent most of his free time building his customized shoe business. He won a $1,000 Dream, Big Grant, from …
Women Are Underrepresented In The Music Industry—LÜM Is Trying To Change That
With the music industry being dominated by men, women are often faced with sexism and discrimination. According to She Is The Music, only 21.7% of women are artists, 12.5% of women are songwriters and only 2.7% …
Podcast with Karu Singkaralingam, founder of Simple Machines
Sankaralingam, who is also a professor of computer sciences at UW-Madison, set out in 2017 to design a streamlined computer chip. Today, Simple Machines is in the process of bringing it to market. The chip …
Student startup makes safe dining easier for restaurants, universities during COVID-19
An idea developed before the pandemic has turned into software to help restaurants and universities succeed in the COVID age. UW-Madison sophomores Abhijeet Manohar and Sourish Kundu have co-founded a secure menu and ordering platform …
Madison-based startup DataChat secures $4 million in private investments
Madison-based startup DataChat raised $4 million in an early-stage investment round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firms. DataChat, which was founded by researchers and engineers at UW-Madison, aims to help businesses analyze data in …