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Midwest AI Startups & Artificial Intelligence News

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending October 9 2026 Piggy Bank

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending October 9, 2026

October 10, 2026

Oracle secures nuclear power deal for AI campus in Wisconsin

Oracle secures nuclear power deal for AI campus in Wisconsin

October 8, 2026

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending September 11 2026

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending September 11, 2026

September 12, 2026

Founder Interview: Ryan Stevens of Digital Reference - From startup COO to Founder

Founder Interview: Ryan Stevens of Digital Reference - From startup COO to Founder

September 11, 2026

Founder Stories: Nikhil Teja Kolli of MokSa - AI-powered security for retail

Founder Stories: Nikhil Teja Kolli of MokSa - AI-powered security for retail

September 8, 2026

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending September 4 2026

Midwest Startup Funding for the week ending September 4, 2026

September 4, 2026

Can we Measure Midwest Grit?

September 3, 2026

Humanoid Robots in a factory

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

www.start-midwest.com/news/founder-story-brian-moore-of-voxel51-data-for-physical-ai

Founder Stories: Brian Moore of Voxel51 - Data for Physical AI

StartMidwest Centsight raises one and a half million for CFO insights platform

CentSight: providing small businesses CFO clarity for less from Ohio

StartMidwest - Aria Spears Experiments and lessons from small town ecosystems

Experiments and lessons learned from small town ecosystems

StartMidwest Automate Chicago 2026 Humanoid Robot forum

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

Trestle, the team that won the StartMidwest challenge at the HackMI hackathon during Michigan Tech Week in Detroit

Could a Hackathon solve the Midwest visibility Gap?

Nox Metals, the Y Combinator-backed Detroit metal manufacturing startup that raised an $11.5M seed round

Y-Combinator backed Nox Metals raises $11.5m seed round for metal manufacturing in Detroit

StartMidwest Utilidata rack-level AI power module Ann Arbor Michigan

Ann Arbor's Utilidata closes $100M Series C with $40M extension

StartMidwest State of AI Report OhioX

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

Chicago-based sponsorship intelligence platform Trajektory announces $8 million funding round

Trajektory Raises $8M in Chicago for Sponsorship Intelligence Platform

StartMidwest - Backing Wonder in Growth Stage Companies by Michelle Erikson of Straylight Capital

Backing Wonder in Growth Stage Companies

Microsoft begins limited operations at first Wisconsin data center facility

StartMidwest Madison Wisconsin healthtech company EnsoData raises from CIBC

Madison's EnsoData secures growth capital from CIBC Innovation Banking

Chicago’s definity Unveils Agentic Data Engineering Platform with $12M Series A

Indiana Governor Mike Braun announcing the IN AI artificial intelligence initiative for businesses across the state.

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

StartMidwest Polsky Center Third Coast Foundry Microsoft and Nvidia Partnership

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

StartMidwest Ann Arbor's Sygaldry raises $139M to build quantum computers for AI data centers

Ann Arbor's Sygaldry raises $139M to build quantum computers for AI data centers

StartMidwest - eLab Agent First Startup Challenge at ClawCon

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

StartMidwest - Minnesota workers most exposed to AI in Midwest

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

Purdue Innovates Accelerator

Purdue Innovates launches second accelerator cohort

Censys - StartMidwest - 70 million fundraise

U of M spinoff Censys Raises $70 Million to Expand Internet Intelligence Platform

StartMidwest - Straylight Capital - Michelle Erickson - the case for tech enabled services

Human-Powered Trust is the Real Moat: A Case for Tech-Enabled Services

StartMidwest Letter AI Raises $40M Series B

Letter AI Raises $40M Series B

StartMidwest - Newity raises 11m

Chicago’s NEWITY raises $11M: tying AI underwriting to blockchain capital

February 25, 2026

Future in the Making: How AI is changing Manufacturing

February 13, 2026

StartMidwest Startup Wisconsin Podcast: Shantanu Singh of Obviate.ai

Startup Wisconsin Podcast: Shantanu Singh of Obviate.ai

December 17, 2025

StartMidwest Nebraska startup CompanyCam becomes first unicorn in that state after $415m round

Nebraska startup CompanyCam becomes first unicorn in that state after $415m round

December 12, 2025

StartMidwest Omaxn and HPA Founder Pete Wilkins is building the AI Forum which is a regional center of gravity

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

December 8, 2025

Indiana-based Sortera Technologies raises $45 Million in Funding for Mixed Aluminum

November 24, 2025

Purdue and Google Expand AI Research and Education Initiatives

November 21, 2025

U.S. Manufacturing Focuses on Workforce Upskilling and Technology

November 19, 2025

StartMidwest OpenAI Stargate project “largest investment in state history”

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

November 13, 2025

StartMidwest Lay of the Land #169: Aaron Slodov of Atomic Industries — Techno-Industrial Optimism and Exascaling American Manufacturing

Lay of the Land #169: Aaron Slodov of Atomic Industries — Techno-Industrial Optimism and Exascaling American Manufacturing

October 6, 2025

Indiana approves electrical spinoff for Data Center power and protect pricing

September 25, 2025

StartMidwest Microsoft Data Center in Wisconsin

Wisconsin: Home to the world’s most powerful AI Data Center

September 23, 2025

StartMidwest Michigan’s Swept AI raises $1.4 million for AI safety

Michigan’s Swept AI raises $1.4 million for AI safety

August 21, 2025

StartMidwest Conesville Ohio Data Center

Data Centers transform Conesville Industrial Park into AI hub in Eastern Ohio

Arrive AI plans 40 new jobs in Indiana

StartMidwest University of Wisconsin Milwaukee AI Co-Innovation lab

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee opens AI Co-Innovation Lab

StartMidwest University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point launches ethical AI degree.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point launches ethical AI degree.

StartMidwest Woodchuck Raises 3.7m in Grand Rapids for waste to energy tech

Woodchuck raises $3.7m for waste-to-energy technology

StartMidwest A Fireside Chat featuring Scott Ryder of Flow at SxSW: Midwest House

A Fireside Chat featuring Scott Ryder of Flow at SxSW: Midwest House

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