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Entrepreneurship
Spring/Summer 2025

MakersHub

MakersHub was born out of Phong Ngo WG20’s frustration at a past job with the cumbersome process of trying to accurately and completely enter accounts-payable data. He often found that information he needed from bills and receipts was entered incorrectly and that data was missing. Alongside co-founder Charley Howe WG20, Ngo launched MakersHub for businesses with significant accounts-payable needs. With its proprietary tool, the company — a Venture Lab VIP-X alum — aims to eliminate manual entry by fully capturing data from bills and receipts in any format, saving hours of tedious input. MakersHub’s work recently earned $7 million from venture capital investors, boosting its total raised to $11.5 million.

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Entrepreneurship
Spring/Summer 2025

Standard Bots

Watch and learn: That’s the idea behind Standard Bots, a startup co-founded by David Golden WG08 that’s developing AI-powered robots with the ability to learn tasks from human demonstrations. Created initially to tackle common manufacturing tasks, the company’s six-axis robotic arms may also one day be used for other jobs, such as doing laundry, washing dishes, and assisting seniors. The company last year announced $63 million in funding, with its latest investment round attracting Amazon and Samsung as notable backers.

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Entrepreneurship
Spring/Summer 2025

Carpl

This startup’s stated mission is to “democratize access to high-quality health care” with its marketplace of radiology AI apps. Led by Dr. Vidur Mahajan WG16, the firm aggregates apps in a one-stop shop for health-care organizations and other customers. “We want to be the place where health-care providers go to connect with the technology developers who can help them achieve better outcomes for their patients,” Mahajan told Forbes last year, fresh off a $6 million funding round. The firm, which seeks to simplify the process of identifying cutting-edge radiology AI and integrating it into existing workflows, counts Massachusetts General Hospital and the Singapore government among its users.

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Ideas
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AI/Analytics
Spring/Summer 2025

Are You Ready to Embrace AI?

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman spoke with Dean Erika James about his cautious optimism and the need to create “superagency.”

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AI/Analytics
Spring/Summer 2025

Is a Tech Takeover Inevitable?

A thought-provoking course challenges the idea that technology’s workplace impacts, including job replacement, are imminent.

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Ideas
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Marketing
Spring/Summer 2025

See! Think! Buy!

Elizabeth “Zab” Johnson and Barbara Kahn discuss how they combined neuroscience and marketing expertise to co-write Visual Marketing.

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School News
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AI/Analytics
April 02, 2025

New MBA Major: Artificial Intelligence for Business

Wharton adds new undergraduate concentration and MBA major centered on AI

Alumni Spotlight
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Finance
March 31, 2025

Taking Calculated Risks

Former Visa executive Carleigh Jaques WG95 reflects on a pioneering career in fintech.

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Blog Network
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AI/Analytics
February 24, 2025

Building Dreams, No Code Required

Lauren Eve Cantor WG98 on how AI can spark creativity

Blog Network
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AI/Analytics
February 10, 2025

DeepSeek’s Lessons for Leaders

The AI company has collaboration at its core.

Mark Pincus W88
School News
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AI/Analytics
December 17, 2024

Mark Pincus W88 Pledges Visionary Gift to Elevate AI

The $5 million gift is the largest contribution to Wharton's Generative AI Labs thus far

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School News
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School News
November 25, 2024

Wharton in Focus Series Launches at Full Speed

Making stops in California and around Asia, Dean Erika James joined Wharton professors to discuss AI, entrepreneurship, and the future of business with alumni.

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Leadership
October 31, 2024

How Optimistic Is Your CEO?

Vincent Firth WEV87 G94 distills results from a Fortune/Deloitte survey of 80-plus CEOs.

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Blog Network
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Alumni Authors
October 17, 2024

Alumni Book Roundup: Fall 2024

Startups for kids, advice for AI strategies, and a guide to improving your community

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ESG
October 14, 2024

Saving Every Drop

How alumni are making a difference in the water industry

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School News
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School News
September 05, 2024

University of Pennsylvania Launches Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy

The Center will bring together six schools at Penn with $10 million in support from the Knight Foundation and the University

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