AI
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06/09/2026
Chicago Tech: 8 Years in 8 Stories
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…
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Chicago Unicorns
CHICAGO
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07/13/2021
Unicorn Day 2021: Chicago’s Record Class of Unicorns
In 2021 Chicago minted around a dozen unicorns and celebrated Unicorn Day: project44, ShipBob, M1 Finance, Cameo, ActiveCampaign and more. The boom, and the…
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CHICAGO
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08/06/2020
VillageMD and the Year the Pandemic Rewired Chicago VC
VillageMD's 2020 Walgreens megadeal, and a pandemic that moved venture capital to Zoom, reset the odds for Chicago startups and set up the 2021…
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AI
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04/11/2018
How Tempus Labs Kicked Off Chicago’s Unicorn Era
Tempus Labs became Chicago's standout unicorn in 2018, opening a historic run. How Eric Lefkofsky's precision-medicine company built on the Groupon and Grubhub era.
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