Strategic Partnerships The University of Kansas is actively expanding collaboration across higher education and industry, including recent partnerships with Stanford Medicine, Simplar Foundation, and AI-focused summits. This signals ample opportunities for enterprise tech, analytics, and research administration solutions that support cross-institutional programs, curriculum development, and joint research funding.

AI and Education KU is prioritizing AI through hosting the Falling into AI Summit and engaging with industry leaders like Google, AWS, and Apple. This presents opportunities for AI-enabled teaching platforms, data analytics, and AI governance tools, as well as professional development offerings for faculty and staff.

Research and Innovation With a large research ecosystem including 38 centers and 40 core labs and an annual economic impact of nearly $8B, KU represents a strong market for research infrastructure software, data management, cloud services, cybersecurity, and collaboration tools that scale across multiple campuses.

Campus Expansion KU’s multi-campus footprint (Lawrence, KU Medical Center, Overland Park, Salina, Wichita) and upcoming collaborations (biomedical campus projects) indicate demand for secure IT estates, centralized identity management, device management, and scalable network solutions across dispersed sites.

Talent and Engagement With a large workforce and ongoing leadership transitions in libraries and ombuds services, there are sales opportunities in workforce productivity tools, employee engagement platforms, learning and development solutions, and integrated HR/communication suites to support campus-wide operations.