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Wharton AI & Analytics Accelerator Helps RxSense Tackle AI Challenges in Healthcare

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Rick Bates, WG’96, CEO of RxSense, joined the Wharton AI & Analytics Accelerator to explore new solutions to two high-priority challenges: automating long-range drug pricing forecasts and reverse-engineering pharmacy benefit plans. Through the 8-week collaboration, RxSense gained fresh modeling approaches, actionable AI frameworks, and a clearer path to full automation—outcomes that are now directly shaping the company’s internal analytics strategy and future hiring. The project exemplifies how companies can leverage the Accelerator to solve complex problems and accelerate innovation.…Read More

Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative Launches the Wharton Causal Data Science Lab, Led by Professor Dylan Small

The Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative introduces the Wharton Causal Data Science Lab (WCDSL), a new research lab dedicated to advancing the science of causal inference and its application to real-world business and policy challenges. …Read More

Fighting Dyslexia, Breaking Chatbots: Inside the Winning Projects of Wharton’s 2025 Hack-AI-thon

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The second annual Wharton Hack-AI-thon challenged Penn students to push the boundaries of artificial intelligence — and they delivered. From helping educators support students with dyslexia to convincing a medieval knight made of cardboard to spill company secrets, this year’s winning teams took wildly different paths to AI excellence.…Read More

WAIAI Offers a Powerful New Way To Engage

WAIAI’s new Membership Program is here. Designed for professionals and organizations, this program offers exclusive access to events, research, and a growing network at the intersection of AI, analytics, and business.…Read More

From Oversight to Advantage: Governing AI with Confidence

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For firms deploying AI, the tech’s upside is real: operational efficiencies, enhanced insights, and new capabilities. However, the risks around bias, data quality, and model accuracy are significant, to say the least. In conversation with the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative, Kevin Werbach, faculty lead of Wharton’s Accountable AI Lab, and other thought leaders offer insights for how companies can implement and govern AI effectively. …Read More

When More Data Isn’t Better: Rethinking Granularity in Marketing Analytics

Wharton AI & Analytics Insights When More Data Isn't Better: Rethinking Granularity in Marketing Analytics Choosing the right level of detail when analyzing data—whether by time, geography, or customer segment—is a daily challenge for marketing leaders. New research, led by Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean for AI & Analytics at Wharton,…Read More

“AI Across Disciplines” Event Kicks Off Exciting New Vision for Wharton and Penn

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On Tuesday, April 1, the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn AI initiative hosted AI Across Disciplines at Amy Gutmann Hall. This panel-style conversation featured affiliated AI faculty who demonstrated the potential benefits and challenges of AI in their respective fields.…Read More

Introducing the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative’s Executive in Residence Program

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The Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative is thrilled to welcome Ajay Anand, Senior Vice President, Global Services, Strategy & Business Services, Johnson & Johnson and Achim Welter, WG’08, Senior Director ERP, Digital & IT Strategy, The Hershey Company, as our inaugural Executives in Residence. This program is designed to bring industry-leading expertise into the heart of Wharton’s AI research and student initiatives.…Read More

AI in Our Lives: How Wharton Prepares Students to Lead in the Age of AI

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As artificial intelligence continues to shape industries, careers, and daily life, students at the Wharton School have a unique opportunity to explore AI from a behavioral science perspective in the course AI in Our Lives: The Behavioral Science of Autonomous Technology. Taught by Stefano Puntoni, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing and Faculty Co-Director of AI at Wharton, this class examines the ways AI impacts individuals, organizations, and society, offering students a chance to critically assess both the benefits and risks of this rapidly evolving technology.…Read More

IKEA Retail (Ingka Group) Leverages Wharton AI & Analytics Accelerator for Strategic Innovation

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For the past three years, IKEA has participated in the Wharton AI & Analytics Accelerator, an experiential learning program offered by the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI) which pairs teams of qualified students with companies to solve real business challenges. We spoke with Christine Cox, WG’01, Head of Digital Data and Analytics for IKEA Retail (Ingka Group), and Tania de Sousa Dias, Global Vice President of AI Adoption & Governance at IKEA, to learn how IKEA continues to find value in the Accelerator year after year.…Read More