From the MRI to the Web browser to LED technology to whipped cream in a can, the Champaign-Urbana community has a rich legacy of innovation that is virtually unmatched. Today, Champaign-Urbana remains a hotbed of technology and innovation, full of opportunity.?
Champaign-Urbana is a community with the best of both worlds: active city living paired with easygoing affordability. Our education system is top-ranking, from toddlers on up to Ph.D.s,
With major tech giants like Yahoo, Intel and Wolfram Research and top-ranked engineering and computer science programs at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana offers a vibrant technology ecosystem. For entrepreneurs, Champaign-Urbana offers incubators and access to
Built from the ground up, Champaign-Urbana offers community-funded, nonprofit-powered Internet access up to one gigabit per second. If that doesn’t sound like much, trust us. It’s fast. Like, really fast. You’re welcome to drop by and give it a try.?
Sixteen years ago, when my brother and I decided to start up a software engineering consulting company, it was clear to us that Champaign-Urbana offered a fertile ground to begin building our business. At a time when major markets were unable to find top-notch programming and engineering talent, we were able to build our team within our budget and without any turnover.
- Lori Gold Patterson, CEO at Pixo
I love being able to own a house and still have money left to take a vacation now and then. I can walk or bike to work or school here. ?If I were on the west coast, for the cost of owning a home in CU, I could only get an apartment with an hour-long commute!
- Brandon Bowersox-Johnson, CTO at Pixo
CU has so many opportunities in the tech industry. There are many startups and people who are doing amazing things.
- Landi Lark, Support Engineer at Pixo
The best part of living in Champaign-Urbana is that you’re never more than 20 minutes away. I hate big city traffic. Here I can spend more of my time living my life than from getting from point a to point b.
- Terrance McGhee, Senior Developer at Pixo
Where 90+ high-tech companies, from startup to Fortune 500, take innovation to new heights. Home of EnterpriseWorks incubator.
Bringing computation and knowledge to everything. Creators of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Language, and Siri’s go-to database.
More than 95% of Yahoo employees in Champaign are software engineers - the highest portion of any Yahoo office in the U.S. and the second highest portion of all Yahoo offices worldwide.
The market-leader in customer experience software solutions and services for the world’s largest communications, entertainment and media service providers.
