{"id":176918,"date":"2026-01-12T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/in-the-nyck-of-time\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:20:10","slug":"in-the-nyck-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/in-the-nyck-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Nyck of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.northwestern.edu\/innovation\/nyck-ai-artificial-intelligence-procurement-garage-jumpstart-kellogg-marc-davis\">In the Nyck of Time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.northwestern.edu\/innovation\/nyck-ai-artificial-intelligence-procurement-garage-jumpstart-kellogg-marc-davis\">https:\/\/magazine.northwestern.edu\/innovation\/nyck-ai-artificial-intelligence-procurement-garage-jumpstart-kellogg-marc-davis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-12 11:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"magazine.northwestern.edu\">magazine.northwestern.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nyck AI leverages artificial intelligence to automate procurement processes for small and medium businesses (SMBs), designed to significantly reduce the time and effort involved in these tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Developed by MBA students from Kellogg School of Management, Nyck AI streamlines procurement activities which typically include inventory checks, purchase order drafting, and supplier communications, into a quick 15-minute process.<\/li>\n<li>The platform was conceived based on the feedback from over 60 SMBs indicating substantial time spent and frustration with procurement activities, as exemplified by the Milwaukee-based chain Colectivo Coffee.<\/li>\n<li>Nyck AI&#8217;s automation features include immediate inventory data upload, optimal purchase order calculations, auto-drafting of purchase documents and emails, and supplier alternatives in case of stock or delay issues.<\/li>\n<li>Benefits from using Nyck AI include up to a 90% reduction in procurement time, 2% to 5% cost savings, improved cash flow, and significant reduction in procurement-related errors.<\/li>\n<li>Nyck AI competed and won first place in Jumpstart, The Garage&#8217;s pre-accelerator program&#8217;s Demo Day, highlighting the platform&#8217;s innovation and potential impact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Nyck of Time https:\/\/magazine.northwestern.edu\/innovation\/nyck-ai-artificial-intelligence-procurement-garage-jumpstart-kellogg-marc-davis Publish Date: 2026-01-12 11:11:00 Source Domain: magazine.northwestern.edu Nyck AI&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/magazine.northwestern.edu\/assets\/2026\/Winter\/Nyck-AI__FocusFillWyIwLjA4IiwiLTAuNjciLDEyMDAsNjMwXQ.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-176918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176922,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176918\/revisions\/176922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}