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U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Aren’t Gone — They’re Evolving
Tammy Xu Tammy Xu
Published on April 08, 2025

U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Aren’t Gone — They’re Evolving

Some estimates say 2.4 million U.S. manufacturing jobs will go unfilled by 2028, due to lacking technical expertise.

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on April 08, 2025

Saggezza Acquired, LongJump Launched, and More Chicago Tech News

Last week was a busy period for venture capital firms in Chicago as a few of them are raising funding of their own, launching new funds and making other moves. This is the Built In Chicago weekly refresh.

Updated on April 08, 2025

Year One at Code Academy

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on April 08, 2025

Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Invests in EarlyBird’s $4M Seed Round

EarlyBird allows parents and family to set aside investments for children.

Michael Hines Michael Hines
Updated on April 08, 2025

Scout's honor: Dscout will triple headcount after raising $7.5M Series B

Chicago-based Dscout has closed a $7.5 million Series B funding round.

Andreas Rekdal Andreas Rekdal
Updated on April 08, 2025

Why Outcome Health is building its new sales team like a startup

Outcome Health grew from a scrappy startup into a multi-billion dollar company by selling its product to one doctor's office at a time. Now it's building a new sales team to court major healthcare systems.

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