Microsoft and TitletownTech Collaborate to Advance AI-Driven Scientific Research
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In partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and powered by Microsoft’s Discovery platform, the initiative connects academia and industry to accelerate scientific progress
MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 30, 2025) – Earlier today, Microsoft announced it will bring its new Discovery platform, an advanced agentic AI technology designed to help researchers and industry accelerate scientific discovery, to a collaborative initiative between TitletownTech and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The effort is one of two collaborations, alongside a parallel initiative with the New Jersey Artificial Intelligence Hub (NJ AI Hub) in partnership with Princeton University.
With early access to the Microsoft Discovery platform as its technical foundation, researchers will gain the ability to design, simulate, and analyze scientific problems with greater precision and at significantly reduced time scales. The collaboration will enable integration across disciplines and support partnership among university researchers, corporate R&D teams, and emerging ventures developing next-generation technologies. The collaborations form a network that connects academia and industry into a single continuum of discovery, translation, and value creation.
“Wisconsin’s spirit of collaboration and innovation is at the heart of this partnership with TitletownTech, UW-Madison, and Microsoft,” said Microsoft Executive Vice President Jason Zander. “By connecting leading industry and academic expertise with Microsoft Discovery, we can accelerate breakthroughs in materials science, manufacturing, and life sciences, delivering solutions that matter for the region and beyond.”
TitletownTech will oversee operations and enterprise engagement for the Wisconsin collaboration, providing on-site leadership in Madison and coordinating connections between university research, Microsoft Discovery experts, and industry. This approach will create a stronger feedback loop between fundamental research and practical application.
“This collaboration is about shortening the distance between discovery and impact,” said TitletownTech Managing Partner Jill Enos. “Progress in both science and innovation depends on iteration and feedback, and by connecting UW-Madison’s research excellence with Microsoft’s Discovery platform and our ecosystem of industry partners, we’re creating a model where experimentation and market insight continuously inform one another.”
The collaboration builds on Microsoft and TitletownTech’s long-standing partnership with the Universities of Wisconsin, drawing on the flagship university’s decades of leadership in applied research and innovation. UW-Madison, home to the nation’s first degree in quantum computing, also holds a distinguished record of excellence in life sciences, biotechnology, food sciences, and materials research.
“By linking UW-Madison’s world-class research with Microsoft’s Discovery Platform and technology expertise, and TitletownTech’s strengths in creating innovation ecosystems, I am confident great things are possible. This partnership reflects the incredible potential when academia, industry, and technology come together to build new bridges between discovery and impact, here in Wisconsin and beyond,” said Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin.
TitletownTech, Microsoft, and UW-Madison will prioritize forming a strategy to bring together early partners and innovators working on high-impact challenges. The collaboration will center on bridging Wisconsin’s research strengths and its core industries, including life sciences, biotechnology, healthcare, food and agriculture, and manufacturing, with new applications of advanced technology.
For more information on the collaboration, click here.