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Midwest Startup Technology News

Midwest technology news — covering AI, quantum computing, clean energy, biotech, SaaS, blockchain, and deep tech innovation across the region's startup ecosystem.

Midwest Startup Technology News

Vote in the 2026 Startup Benchmarks Survey

Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy reports on AI in Wisconsin

As GM swaps workers for robots in Detroit, Chicago's Automate show previews what's next

Midwest states courted data centers for years. Now some are asking who pays.

OhioX releases 2026 State of AI report: talent is new bottleneck

Microsoft begins limited operations at first Wisconsin data center facility

Indiana launches IN AI, a statewide initiative to drive employer AI adoption

University of Chicago partners with Microsoft and Nvidia to support Midwest AI startups

Most University Innovations Aren’t Meant to Be Startups

VC firm lets AI decide $50,000 investment at ClawCon Michigan

Minnesota workers at risk with highest generative AI ‘exposure’ in Midwest

Ann Arbor startup EGI Battery closes $10 million seed round

How a UW-Madison Startup Is Rethinking Data Center Cooling

Calls for pause on data center growth in Minnesota

Ford and GM Expand into Energy Storage Markets

John Deere announces new cohort of 2026 startup collaborators

CES 2026: the future of tech is now physical, industrial, and operational

Minnesota’s Vyriad closes $85 million Series B and plans trial for myeloma.

How Rapid Radicals Is Advancing Water Tech in the Midwest

Why a Bay Area Biotech Company Set Up Shop in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

John Deere Introduces Electric Mower with Removable EGO Batteries

Lilly and Indiana University Expand Clinical Trial Access and Innovation

Dual HQ, Singular Vision: Inside Kernel’s Plan to Scale a Breakout AI Company

Midwest Innovation: the AI Forum building a regional center of gravity

Rockwell Automation to Build Wisconsin Factory in $2 Billion U.S. Expansion

Purdue and Google Expand AI Research and Education Initiatives

Michigan: OpenAI Stargate project “largest investment in state history”

Alchemist Accelerator and University of Chicago Launch Quantum Cohort

Indiana plant funded for Rare-Earth Magnet Production

Indiana Bioscience Innovation: IU LAB and Plug and Play Cohort

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