News Transform Data Science and AI Accelerator Accepts 6 Startups into Latest Cohort The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute today announced the six early-stage companies accepted into the fourth cohort of the Transform accelerator for data science and AI startups. “This...
Event Distinguished Entrepreneur Series: Fireside Chat with Michael Polsky and Andy Karsner April 10, 2025 Join the Polsky Center for a fireside chat between Michael Polsky, MBA ’87 and Andy Karsner, moderated by Dean Madhav Rajan, where they will discuss their careers and leadership journeys...
News 16 UChicago Researchers Awarded $7.2 Million from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago has funded its first cohort of Investigators at its partner institutions – including 16 researchers from the University of Chicago. The funding – a total...
News Solarmer Energy Inc. Expects Sun to Shine on Chicago Invention Solarmer Energy Inc. is developing plastic solar cells for portable electronic devices that will incorporate technology invented at the University of Chicago. The company is on track to complete a...
News Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Devshi Mehrotra Polsky member Devshi Mehrotra joined the Polsky Exchange as a first-year undergraduate at UChicago. Now, Mehrotra’s interests in entrepreneurship and technology have only deepened.
News Chicago Booth-Led Startup Punchh Closes $40 Million Series C Round Marketing platform Punchh just closed a $40 million series C round. Founded in 2010 by Shyam Rao, MBA ’08, and Sastry Penumarthy, MBA ’00, Punchh has grown from an online...
News AI, Measurements Workshop to Explore the Intersection of Machine Learning and Physics The University of Chicago’s Office of Research and National Laboratories Joint Task Force Initiative earlier this year awarded a second round of AI + Science grants to three projects and...
News Climate Neutral Certified, Open Water Eyes Retail Space for Aluminum Canned Water In 2009, Nicole Doucet, MBA ’16, and Jess Page watched a documentary on ocean pollution that inspired them to co-found Open Water (previously Green Sheep Water), the first bottled water company...
News Honey-Sweetened ‘Nice Cream’ Expands Nationally, Gives Back to the Bees When Jessica Gartenstein, AB ’17, and Erik Nadeau, AB ’18, entered the 2017 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC), Frönen (formerly BeeNana) was just an idea. “We weren’t really thinking about...
News Business Insider Names 8 Women Entrepreneurs Under 30 to Watch in 2021 In recognition of the disproportionately negative effect that COVID-19 has had on women-owned businesses, citing research published by the University of California at Santa Cruz, Business Insider recently published a list of young women...
News Electrochaea Produces Clean, Renewable Methane Using Catalyst Developed at UChicago The natural gas grid is the largest battery – one that could be used to store and distribute clean, renewable methane created through a unique process first developed at the...
