Uptake

Uptake | November 12, 2016

Brad Keywell's Big Data startup, Uptake, definitely has the "big" part figured out. Headcount has more than doubled in the past year to some 650 at its River North HQ and a satellite office in Naperville, making it one of Chicago's fastest-growing tech companies. It's also valued at more than $1 billion, putting it in an exclusive group of fewer than 100 privately held "unicorns" in the nation....

Uptake | November 10, 2016

Data scientists at Uptake, the Chicago startup doing predictive analytics for big industry, are aiming to make a difference by applying their skills to social issues.Uptake was launched by Brad Keywell ⇒, who co-founded Groupon and venture-capital firm Lightbank and started Chicago Ideas Week. Uptake, which employs 650, has been valued at more than $1 billion....

tdworld.com | January 24, 2020

For many utilities, this world is not far off. For PECO Energy Co., a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., this world is here now as a result of the Exelon Utilities Analytics Academy. This program is aimed at enabling employees to adopt digital skills, such as machine learning, operational analytics, visual storytelling and automated analysis. This ensures the people who are most familiar with the meaning behind the data also can conduct their own analysis, rather than having to rely on a central group ...

yourstory.com | January 23, 2020

As of June 2019, there were over 4.4 billion internet users in the world. This statistic represents an 83% percent increase in the number of people using the Internet in just five years! Right now, over 5 quintillion bytes of data are generated in a single day (that’s 5 followed by 18 zeros). Simply put, there’s an ocean of data out there, and AI is our best bet to analyze, understand, and innovate with it. It’s no surprise, therefore, that when it comes to the tech landscape a...