Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
News The University of Chicago Partners with IBM to Strengthen Quantum Computing Startups in Illinois Today IBM and the University of Chicago announced their intent to offer Duality startups resources and support to develop quantum software and explore algorithms and applications that could help unlock the...
News Polsky Center I-Corps Teams Test Commercialization Potential of Research The Polsky I-Corps program helps scientists, researchers, and students test the commercial potential of their research and ideas. Supported with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Great...
News CavilinQ Secures $8.8M Seed Round to Unlock Utility-Scale Quantum Computing CavilinQ has raised $8.8 million in seed funding to develop scalable quantum computing architecture based on pioneering research at the University of Chicago. The round was led by QVT, with...
News UChicago, Duality Teams to Pitch at 2021 Chicago Venture Summit Several teams from the University of Chicago and Duality – the world’s first accelerator focused exclusively on quantum technologies – pitched at the 2021 Chicago Venture Summit. The venture capital...
Event Tech Enablement Workshop: Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity May 22, 2025 The Tech Enablement series provides an eight-workshop overview of how adoption of tech products and services increases market reach and automates operational tasks. This session will focus on “Leveraging Cloud...
News Duality Quantum Accelerator Announces Startups Selected for Cohort 2 Duality, the nation’s first accelerator exclusively for quantum companies, has accepted five startups from across the globe into the second cohort of the year-long accelerator based in Chicago, IL. Duality...
News This Chicago Startup is Bringing Supercomputing to the Cloud Supercomputing has changed the way we process big data in a wide range of industries. Unsurprisingly, these capabilities to perform multiple complex tasks in the least possible amount of time...
News Super.tech Receives $150,000 from George Shultz Innovation Fund to Lay the Groundwork for Quantum Computing The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has awarded $150,000 from its George Shultz Innovation Fund to Super.tech, a company that is “supercharging” near-term quantum...
News Duality Quantum Accelerator Welcomes 5 Startups into Fourth Cohort The Chicago-based Duality quantum accelerator has accepted its fourth cohort of startups into its program as the quantum revolution arrives in Illinois. The five startups in this cohort are developing...
News Meet the Transform Cohort 2 Startups: IBIS Computing (Ibis Computing Logo) Team Members Hugh Hoford – CEO Mark Kumleben – COO Ross Hackshaw – Operations Manager What does your company do? We are making a platform for...
News Meet the Inaugural Alchemist Chicago Cohort Alchemist Accelerator and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of Alchemist Chicago. Alchemist Chicago Cohort 1 is made up...
