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The underdeveloped U.S. Steel South Works site is set to host America's first utility-scale quantum computer by PsiQuantum, amid community skepticism stemming from past…
Chicago's new executive order on data centers lacks a clear definition of what constitutes a data center, complicating regulatory measures. Mayor Brandon Johnson faces…
Illinois' Quantum and Microelectronics Park is home to various quantum computing approaches including PsiQuantum's ambitious plans for a utility-scale machine and IBM's operational commitments.…
Infleqtion will deploy its Sqale neutral-atom quantum computer at the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park by 2027. What 50 logical qubits actually means, why…
NVIDIA's B300 yields are stabilizing. That is not the story. The story is CoWoS: TSMC's packaging bottleneck that sits between Nvidia and the demand…
Eight years of Chicago tech in eight stories: Tempus, the unicorn boom, Rivian's EV corridor, the 2022 exodus, Aurora, Outcome Health, and more. A…
From the lakefront to Arlington Heights to a billion-dollar Indiana offer, here is the full Chicago Bears stadium saga, taxes and fiscal schemes included,…
Chicago's AI is industrial, not chatbots: robotics, logistics and insurance startups with real customers. Why applied industrial AI may be the smarter bet.
mHUB gives Chicago something no pure-software city has: a hardware incubator with prototyping labs and a manufacturing supply chain, positioned perfectly for the physical…
The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park is turning a shuttered South Side steel site into North America's largest quantum hub. The plan, the money,…
Chicago's data center market hit 1.9% vacancy with $11 billion in new builds, as hyperscaler spillover from Northern Virginia turns the Third Coast into…
Chicago AI startups have a new engine: UChicago's AI Research Commons with Microsoft and Nvidia, plus the Transform accelerator. Why homegrown AI may finally…
Chicago's fintech ecosystem was born on the trading floor, and the derivatives culture that created CME, Morningstar, and the prop trading firms is the…
Chicago's flagship tech incubator 1871 leaves the Merchandise Mart after 13 years, ending an era but not the network that produced Tempus, a dozen…
McDonald's runs one of the most used consumer AI platforms on the planet from its Chicago HQ, and the city should claim it as…
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