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Ann Arbor’s Data Startups Making Complex Information More Accessible

By Lindsay Li, Purpose Jobs

In a world of information overload, data-driven startups are finding the stories and solutions that matter by creating clarity, enabling better decision making, and turning the complex accessible. Whether they’re using data science to improve healthcare, advance public infrastructure, or drive smarter hiring, these companies are harnessing the power of data for good.

From civic-tech to biotech, here are 3 inspiring startups transforming industries by turning messy, complicated datasets into actionable insight.

Ready Signal

Forecast the future with plug-and-play predictive data. Ready Signal serves up curated, real-time data streams that help businesses build smarter forecasts and models. This empowers businesses to make better predictions, whether it’s consumer behavior, economic signals, or even weather trends. Ready Signal helps companies make faster, more informed decisions with an accessible platform for even the smallest teams.

Genomenon

Cracking the code on rare diseases. Genomenon connects genetic data with published research using AI to help doctors and scientists interpret DNA faster. Genomenon’s Mastermind search engine streamlines genomic interpretation so clinicians and researchers get the genomic insights they need, fast. By organizing scientific literature and AI-mapping it to DNA sequences, they’re speeding up diagnoses and helping create more targeted treatments. More than 1,000 labs and hospitals around the world already rely on them.

LiveRoad Analytics

From raw logistics to real-time decisions. LiveRoad Analytics combines weather science and real-time data to help supply chains, fleets, and infrastructure respond to changing conditions with agility. With visualizations that deliver high-resolution microclimate weather forecasting, they make fleet performance, cost management, and route optimization easier to manage and improve.

Check out the full list of data startups here: https://www.purpose.jobs/blog/10-data-startups-making-information-accessible