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Research cited

  1. Public-company biography documenting board service, Uptake, and Gigawatt roles (TKO Group Holdings) investor.tkogrp.com
  2. Contemporaneous report on the Starbelly acquisition (Chicago Tribune) chicagotribune.com
  3. Groupon public filing documenting founders, governance, and company history (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) sec.gov
  4. Company announcement of the Donovan Data Systems and MediaBank merger forming Mediaocean (Donovan Data Systems / MediaBank, via PRNewswire, September 25, 2011) prnewswire.com
  5. Founder and chair role in the civic ideas platform (Chicago Ideas) chicagoideas.com
  6. Founding-chair record and cross-venture biography (Future Founders) futurefounders.com
  7. State announcement creating the Illinois Innovation Council (State of Illinois) illinois.gov
  8. Independent profile documenting the Booth teaching role and entrepreneurship record (Chicago Tribune) chicagotribune.com
  9. Independent report on Uptake’s $117 million round and $2 billion valuation (VentureBeat) venturebeat.com
  10. Uptake founder narrative and 2019 entrepreneurship award (EY) ey.com
  11. GE complaint, General Electric Co. v. Uptake Technologies, Inc., No. 1:18-cv-08267 (N.D. Ill.), stating disputed commercial and personnel allegations against Uptake and six former GE employees (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois / CourtListener) storage.courtlistener.com
  12. Court docket, including the June 25, 2019 order on the motions to dismiss (Dkt. 34) and the August 1, 2019 stipulated dismissal (Dkt. 37) (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois / CourtListener) courtlistener.com
  13. Trade report, citing the Chicago Tribune, on Uptake laying off 51 employees in January 2018 (TechStartups) techstartups.com
  14. Uptake press release on Kayne Grau becoming CEO and Keywell becoming executive chairman (Uptake / PR Newswire) prnewswire.com
  15. Independent report that the opposing GE and Uptake suits settled without disclosed terms (Chicago Business Journal) bizjournals.com
  16. Independent account identifying the wider WNDR creative operation (Newcity Design) design.newcity.com
  17. Independent report on WNDR expansion and its studio team (The Daily Aztec) thedailyaztec.com
  18. Archived museum page recording Keywell’s 2020 installation (the live page now redirects to the museum home page) (WNDR Museum, via the Internet Archive) web.archive.org
  19. Local report that WNDR Museum Chicago would close on September 7, 2026 (ABC7 Chicago) abc7chicago.com
  20. Local report that WNDR Museum Boston would close on August 30, 2026 and Chicago on September 7 (Boston.com) boston.com
  21. Current operating team and founder role at Gigawatt (Gigawatt AI) gigawatt.ai
  22. First-person statement introducing the utility-AI thesis (Brad Keywell / LinkedIn) linkedin.com

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