EcosAtlas – How A Laramie, Wyoming Startup Is Bringing Manufacturers Back To Wyoming And The U.S.

A Laramie startup’s platform aggregates over 100 datasets to support reshoring efforts.

Christian Bitzas, former CEO and co-founder of Uplink Robotics, developed EcosAtlas to help manufacturing companies reshore operations by connecting fragmented and outdated supply chain data. This innovation addresses a significant structural gap, as policy uncertainty and incomplete information have hindered domestic manufacturing’s revival.

EcosAtlas integrates data from federal sources, government contracts, and OSHA inspections, employing automatic algorithms and AI components to maintain up-to-date, comprehensive supply chain insights. Piloted statewide in Wyoming and in Idaho, the platform aids companies, including a pesticide firm navigating Wyoming-specific insurance rules, to identify local manufacturing capabilities and economic development opportunities. The Reshoring Initiative projects reshoring could generate roughly 309,000 manufacturing jobs in 2026, yet 57% of manufacturers cite policy uncertainty as their chief obstacle. EcosAtlas aims to clarify these complexities by providing transparent, region-specific data.

Bitzas plans to commercialize EcosAtlas nationally following the current pilots and is exploring collaborations with Wyoming organizations to detect economic leakage and retain business spending within the state.

Bitzas is not just developing the platform for the Cowboy State. He’s also looking at ways to take its reach national.

In addition to the pilot in Wyoming, Bitzas is also doing a paid pilot in Idaho with an organization similar to Manufacturing Works.

How A Laramie Startup Is Bringing Manufacturers Back To Wyoming And The U.S.
By @daily_cowboy, Cowboy State Daily