AI in West Virginia
Compiled by Kenzie Dye
Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly reshaping the way people live and work. From predictive text and virtual assistants to advanced automation, AI is embedded in daily life—often in ways that go unnoticed. GATC Health uses AI to accelerate drug discovery while Intermed Labs and M&S Consulting apply AI to enhance health outcomes, scale behavioral health services and improve efficiency. ROC’s Vision AI strengthens public safety with advanced biometrics and threat detection. Rhetoric uses AI to refine communication and legal skills, and Manpower uses AI for resume building, interview preparation and process automation. Together, these efforts are positioning West Virginia as a leader in AI-powered innovation.
GATC Health
Tyrone Lam
Chief Business Officer
GATC Health is transforming the $1.6 trillion pharmaceutical industry by using AI to develop safer, more effective medicines faster and at lower costs. Its proprietary Multiomics Advanced Technology (MAT) platform combines neural networks and machine learning to simulate human biochemistry, analyzing 400 trillion biological data points in minutes. MAT generates high-quality drug candidates in months, predicting safety and efficacy with more than 85% accuracy. GATC has cut timelines from over a decade to under two years and reduced costs by up to 90%.
LG NOVA West Virginia
Shilpa Prasad
Head of Incubation (AI Ventures)
LG NOVA, LG Electronics’ North American Innovation Center, develops new businesses and independent ventures using an AI-first approach. It prioritizes concepts where AI is the core foundation shaping strategy,infrastructure and value. Unlike current AI applications, LG NOVA aims to build AI-native businesses that deliver exponential efficiency, hyper-personalized experiences and scalable operations. LG NOVA backs ventures where AI creates a step-change in economics, usability or intelligence, generating value beyond what legacy models can achieve.
Manpower
Zach Treister
Director
Manpower has embraced new AI tools to help enhance tone and efficiency. The company uses AI to aid job seekers in polishing their resumes, preparing interview questions for specific positions and supporting workflow automation such as interview scheduling, onboarding paperwork and scheduled reminders or communications for stakeholders. AI has helped team members accomplish more in less time, whether it be redrafting an outdated policy or establishing revised KPI reports. Manpower finds the technology works best when given good examples and specific prompts.
M&S Consulting
Ashok Aggarwal
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
M&S Consulting has long led in AI adoption, helping organizations achieve transformative results. It supported U.S. Olympic teams in winning two silver medals at the 2016 Brazil games by analyzing device and physiological data with predictive analytics to boost performance. Its Braided AI platform enables secure, instant generative AI deployment across workforces, while InnovAgents AI advances
agentic automation for Salesforce users. In partnership with Intermed Labs, M&S launched Moodr Health, which applies AI-driven behavioral insights to improve outcomes in maternal mental health, PTSD, substance use disorder and employee wellness.
Rhetoric
Luke Yingling
CEO
Rhetoric helps perfect the art of persuasion. Whether preparing a legal brief, sharpening interview skills, screening candidates with AI interviews or practicing a closing statement, Rhetoric offers AI-powered tools to guide users toward better outcomes. Its lead product, Cicero, lets users deliver long-form presentations or answer AI-generated questions aloud, then provides feedback on delivery, clarity, confidence, tone, pace and substance. By offering access to tools once reserved for large corporations, Rhetoric is building and scaling from the heart of West Virginia.
ROC
B. Scott Swann
CEO
ROC built Vision AI to create a smarter, safer world. This advanced form of discriminative AI allows machines to see and understand their surroundings like humans. ROC’s multimodal platform includes NIST-ranked biometrics, tactical video analytics and AI threat detection—powering critical U.S. systems in defense, identity, law enforcement and public safety. Built with responsible AI, it enables secure digital identities through face recognition, identity proofing, age estimation, deepfake detection and liveness checks. Vision AI unlocks new potential for two-factor authentication, advanced identity proofing and adaptive video intelligence.
