# Laramie engineer's EcosAtlas platform, drawing on 100+ datasets, is in pilot in Wyoming and Idaho

- Published: 2026-11-09 01:45 UTC
- Section: Machines & Making › Manufacturing
- Tags: EcosAtlas, reshoring manufacturing, supply chain platform, Uplink Robotics, Christian Bitzas, Manufacturing Works, Reshoring Initiative, domestic suppliers, Wyoming manufacturing, WyoHub
- URL: https://realtech.media/news/rt-a143293e91a07ed2f1a822f0_laramie_engineer_s/

**Christian Bitzas, co-founder of Uplink Robotics, built a platform that helps manufacturers find domestic suppliers as reshoring grows. It is in pilot in Wyoming and Idaho.**

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*Cowboy State Daily*

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Christian Bitzas, former CEO and co-founder of Uplink Robotics, a Laramie company that makes robotic inspection devices, has built EcosAtlas, a supply-chain platform for finding U.S. manufacturers and service providers, Cowboy State Daily reports. [1] The platform is being piloted in Wyoming, and a paid pilot is under way in Idaho. [1]

The platform targets a problem of the reshoring trend. According to the nonprofit Reshoring Initiative, announcements of reshoring and foreign direct investment projects are projected to account for roughly 309,000 manufacturing jobs in 2026. [1] In a separate 2026 survey, the organization found that 57% of original equipment manufacturers named policy uncertainty as their primary challenge. Other hurdles were import-price competition and shortages of skilled workers. [1]

## How EcosAtlas collects data

Bitzas said he started the project from his own experience finding domestic suppliers for Uplink. In his words, available sources are stale, outdated or incomplete, and search results favor companies that are good at search engine optimization. [1] According to Bitzas, EcosAtlas pulls from more than 100 datasets across the U.S., including federal sources. [1]

The platform surfaces companies with government contracts, OSHA inspections or other quality indicators, regardless of their search ranking. Automatic algorithms bring in data as it updates, so a user can watch a company start up, add services or change location, Bitzas said. [1] The software can also show where businesses and agencies pay outside vendors for something that could be provided in-state. [1]

## Pilot use in Wyoming

Eric Carman-Murray, southwest Wyoming regional director of Manufacturing Works, is helping pilot the platform. He used it for a pesticide company considering a return of some production to the state. [1] The company's question concerned services rather than goods: Wyoming's insurance insolvency rules. Carman-Murray queried the platform and put together a list of companies that had already resolved such questions in the state. [1]

He said he still has to evaluate each option and connection himself, but the platform gives him the information faster. He also uses it for startups and established businesses that want to try something new. [1]

Bitzas said he hopes to commercialize the platform further and is talking with other Wyoming organizations. [1] EcosAtlas grew out of his earlier project, WyoHub, a free interactive resource map for local entrepreneurs. Keeping that map current proved difficult. [1]

## Sources

1. [Cowboy State Daily](https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/11/08/how-a-laptop-in-laramie-could-help-bring-american-manufacturers-back-home)

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