Work With Us
Build and Test What’s Next in Your Industry
Work directly with student teams to explore real problems, prototype solutions, and develop deployable innovations and venture opportunities using emerging technologies.
Staying competitive in today’s rapidly evolving AI-driven world requires more than insight—it requires the ability to test ideas quickly and see what works.
The Tech Exploration Lab (TEL), brought to you by the Wisconsin School of Business in collaboration with the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, is a hands-on platform for activating new ideas. We bring together student builders, alumni, and industry partners to move from problem → prototype → opportunity.
Why Work with TEL?
We start with real-world industry challenges and work with cross-disciplinary student teams to:
- Prototype and test solutions using applied AI and emerging technologies
- Develop deployable innovations in real-world contexts
- Surface new use cases and venture opportunities
- Engage directly with next-generation technical and business talent
This is not advisory or theoretical work—teams are building, testing, and advancing ideas in real time.
From concept to prototype, and from experimentation to venture direction, the Lab enables fast, creative progress on challenges that matter.
You don’t have to have it all figured out—we’ll help you shape and guide the process.
Ways to Engage
- Bring a problem to explore
Partner with a student team to prototype and test solutions around a focused challenge - Sponsor innovation
Support student-led experimentation through funding, tools, or data access - Mentor and engage
Work directly with teams as a mentor, advisor, or Executive-in-Residence - Join the ecosystem
Join the Lab’s Technology + Innovation Circle to plug in to Lab opportunities. Attend mixers, salons, and Demo Night to see innovation in progress and connect with teams
Ready to Get Started?
Contact sandra.bradley@wisc.edu to explore how we can help you move from problem to prototype to opportunity.