WCTC broke ground on a 12,200-square-foot second-floor addition to its Applied AI Lab in Pewaukee, funded by major local gifts and due to open in spring 2027.

Fiserv confirmed a July rollout for FIUSD, a bank-focused stablecoin built on Solana with partners Paxos and Circle, and has lined up pilots including North Dakota's Roughrider Coin.

Jobseekers and HR teams in Milwaukee are using AI to draft and screen applications, prompting new training and fresh questions about fairness and skills. Local universities and workforce boards are responding.

Versiti’s 79,000-sq-ft, $79M research wing is topping off in Wauwatosa, promising new labs, roughly 100 jobs and closer ties with local medical research partners.

Philanthropist Lynde B. Uihlein gave $10 million to UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences to fund research, water policy and upkeep for research vessels.

A viral TikTok shows a Milwaukee user editing a DoorDash meal photo with ChatGPT and collecting roughly $39 in account credit, reigniting worries about AI refund fraud.

A Madison nonprofit won a federal voucher to speed FDA review of psilocybin for major depression, joining two other programs selected under an April executive order. Local researchers say the award validates years of work but leaves rollout questions.

Waukesha and La Crosse counties have put Aurelian’s Ava chatbot on non‑emergency 911 lines, handling thousands of routine calls while routing emergencies to human dispatchers.

AB657 carves out a state sales-tax exemption for fusion project equipment as Wisconsin leans on UW–Madison research and a new WEDC grant to attract startups and suppliers. Backers say the move fast-tracks pilots and supply-chain opportunities.

Concordia University Wisconsin has rolled out AI degrees and an AI & Quantum Innovation Lab as a $15B Vantage campus rises nearby, emphasizing ethics and workforce training. The moves aim to prepare students for new regional AI jobs while shaping how the technology is used.

Abbott has closed its roughly $21B purchase of Exact Sciences, paying $105 a share and folding Cologuard and other cancer‑testing assets into its diagnostics arm while keeping Exact’s Madison operations intact.

State regulators approved the Dawn Harvest solar and battery project in Rock County. We Energies will be majority owner and the facility is expected to start serving customers in 2028.

Technicians who relocated for Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant data center say they were cut after weeks on the job; Microsoft says the roles were short-term contractor work. Local leaders point to long-term investments but the human cost is immediate.