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| CORE SWARTZ CENTER EVENTS, PROGRAM DEADLINES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Join the CMU Swartz Center for CMU VentureBridge ’26 Demo Day, held during a16z New York Tech Week - featuring CMU founders building across AI, robotics, biotech, and infrastructure.
Keynote will be followed by founder pitches.
Investors Only. Limited Spots.
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| CMU × YC Founder Mixer
We're bringing together CMU’s most technical founders with the YC community—early-stage, deeply technical and actively building. Come spend an evening with others in the trenches. Meet fellow founders, stay close to what others are building, and plug into the community.
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| CMU Alumnus and Co-founder Announces Launch of Physical API Startup, Sancho
Carnegie Mellon alumnus, Co-founder and CEO Chao Cao recently announced that his first demo debuted on Jensen Huang's GTC Keynote and the launch of his company, Sancho. Sancho builds the intelligence layer for flexible manufacturing, the physical API that enables general-purpose robots to move material, interact with machines and carry work seemlessly from one production step to the next.
Sancho is also partnering with Multiply Labs to help with production requirements.
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CMU Spinoff Edulis Therapeutics Wins Top Prize at
AGA Tech Summit
Edulis Therapeutics, founded by Spencer Matonis, CEO, was recently awarded the grand prize at the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Tech Summit. A participant in the 2025 VentureBridge cohort, Edulis is revolutionizing GI medicine with an endoscopic drug delivery system that enhances lives and provides sustained, maintenance-free medication for 1M+ patients.
The company has opened a private SPV round via WeFunder.
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| CMU"s CTTEC Announces New and Improved Startup
License Terms
Founder-friendly Updates Designed to Better Support Commercialization
Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC) has updated its startup license terms to better support commercialization and startup formation. These updates are the result of ongoing conversations with faculty, researchers, founders, and staff, and reflect CTTEC’s long-standing effort to make the startup licensing process more responsive to the needs of emerging companies. The revised terms are designed to provide a clearer, more founder-friendly framework for licensing Carnegie Mellon technologies.
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STARTUP JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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| ARM Institute Seeks Business Development Intern
The ARM Institute is looking for a motivated Business Development Intern to accelerate the adoption of robotics in U.S. manufacturing. You’ll work directly with the leadership team to identify growth opportunities, support technical scouting and outreach, and help bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and industrial application. This internship offers not only the opportunity to grow your skills, but also the chance to grow your network within the US robotics ecosystem. The internship will conclude with the preparation of a personal portfolio demonstrating your contributions and their concrete impact on the ARM Institute and US Manufacturing. This intern will work directly under the Director of Business Development with daily interactions and weekly one-on-one meetings to discuss progress, strategy and career development.
Find out more and apply here (doc).
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| CMU Founders Dinner #2
Date: Tuesday, May 5
Time: 6-9 PM | PST
Location: TBD in SF (update coming soon!)
Join CMU founders in the Bay Area (or visiting town) for dinner, drinks and an opportunity to share war stories with other post-exit/experienced CMU founders.
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| Dentons 2026 Corporate Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summer Kick-off
Date: May 21, 2026
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM | ET
Location: Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C.
Jump into summer with an evening hosted by Dentons! We are excited to have you once again join us for our annual summer kickoff networking event among the city's innovation and entrepreneurship community.
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| CONNECTS/START SMART LEGAL SEMINARS
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| Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
See the full schedule and register for ALL of the seminars here!
The CONNECTS/START SMART Legal Seminars will resume in the
Fall 2026 semester.
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CMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS
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| Click the images to find out more about each of the Clubs!
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CMU T&E NYC Happy Hour
Date: Wednesday, May 6th from 6-9 PM | ET
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CMU Builder Demo Night & Founder Mixer at Foundation Capital (ft. Powell St)
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 5:30-9:00 PM | PDT
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The CMU T&E has a jobs board, available for people across the community to share and seek new opportunities in the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Find out more and visit the website here.
The CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship group aims to build a bridge between CMU students and alumni across the startup and tech continuum. With main chapters in NYC, Pittsburgh, and SF, we offer a range of in-person and online events and programming in the form of panels, workshops, founder/investor engagements, startup support, and socials to foster collaboration, innovation, and networking opportunities.
Join 7,000+ Tartans on our Slack workspace and mailing list for resources and updates on how you can engage in the community and CMU entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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Legal Services Weekly Virtual Office Hours with Matt Kirmayer
Mondays 1:00-3:00 PM ET (10-12 PT)
Matt Kirmayer of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, is offering office hours for newly established startup and emerging companies. Matt specializes in representing technology startups and emerging growth companies, assisting with entity formation, fundraising and overall growth needs. Startup companies with a founder who is a CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni is eligible to register for
an appointment. Complete the Signup Form for a 30 minute session by the Thursday prior to your
desired appointment.
Contact Daria Stokes or Sean Mawhinney for office hours outside of these regular hours.
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Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is a multi-jurisdictional, full-service law firm that takes a progressive approach to providing counsel at each stage of a client’s life cycle. Our dedicated team works closely with our clients to form entities, advise on the most advantageous entity type, and design and negotiate joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. If a client has a dispute, Steptoe & Johnson has a team of business and product liability litigators and labor and employment lawyers to guide clients through these often stressful and disruptive situations.
Steptoe & Johnson brings a strong skillset for data privacy, cyber security and intellectual property matters which are frequent concerns for startups and technology companies. We offer competitive and flexible rates and aim to provide value to our clients.
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| HOW TO WORK OUT OF THE SWARTZ CENTER
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Swartz Center Education and Resources
No matter what phase of the entrepreneurship cycle you're in, there are programs and resources at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship that will take your idea to the next level.
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COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES/RESOURCES
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FIND OUT WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING
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Have startup news or opportunities to share? Have questions about the Swartz Center Weekly Bulletin? Send news, opportunities or questions to Sonya Ford, Program Manager.
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