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Chicago Startups Industrialized Innovation

Thursday, 11 December 2025 by Paul O'Brien

This is a city that burned to the ground and responded by inventing the skyscraper. It turned its geography into the nation’s freight yard, its politics into a machine, and its universities into research engines. It engineered futures markets, modern cellular telephony, and now wants to industrialize quantum computing. If you’re trying to understand how

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Significant Developments in Midwest U.S. Chicago and Wisconsin

Monday, 16 December 2024 by Paul O'Brien

Monday Ventures: Weekly What’s Shaping the Startup Economy Chicago’s Ambitious Quantum Computing Hub Initiative Chicago is set to establish the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) on a 128-acre site, formerly U.S. Steel’s South Works, according to The Wall Street Journal. This initiative, led by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, aims to position Chicago as a

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