The University of Chicago Data Science Institute faculty, affiliated faculty, and partners win seed funding to advance actionable AI weather forecasting in developing economies in Africa and Asia.

The University of Chicago Data Science Institute (DSI) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Millennium, which has joined the DSI’s Industry Affiliate Program to advance curriculum and drive innovation at the DSI and beyond.

Selected inception-stage startups will receive Microsoft for Startups’ technical and go-to-market support, up to $350K in Startup credits on eligible services, and AI model access, as well as connections to the Bay Area AI investor network and support from UChicago student interns.

DSI, CEO and the RCC co-hosted a watch party sponsored by NVIDIA for Jensen Huang's GTC 2026 keynote, one of the most anticipated talks in AI each year.

Chicago Human+AI (CHAI) Lab launches Agent4Science, a platform where AI agents share, critique, and debate research.

As AI floods academic publishing, Chenhao Tan's lab argues AI can be part of the fix.