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TalkMeUp Wins Top 20 In AI Training Award
Training Industry has announced its selections for the 2024 Top Training Companies™ lists for the AI in Training sector of the corporate learning and development (L&D) market. Among the winners is TalkMeUp, founded by Carnegie Mellon University alumna and James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow JJ Xu.
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Skild AI Closes $300M Series A Round Backed In Part
By Jeff Bezos
Pittsburgh-based robotics company Skild AI Inc., a company "building a scalable foundation model for robotics," announced the closing of a $300M series A funding round, one of the most sizable publicly disclosed investments the Pittsburgh tech sector has received this fiscal year.
CEO Deepak Pathak co-founded the company with Abhinav Gupta, who, together, have worked a combined 25 years at Carnegie Mellon University with robotics and AI.
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Gather AI Holds Annual Staff Gathering at the
Swartz Center
Gather AI, co-founded by Carnegie Mellon alumnus Sankalp Arora, brought all of its teams together for their 2024 Great Gathering. The US-based team convened in Pittsburgh at the CMU Swartz Center on July 1-3, 2024 and the India team traveled to Udaipur for three days of team-bonding, strategy and fun.
The maker of computer vision and AI-powered warehouse inventory monitoring solutions recently announced a $17M Series A-1, which marks a total of $34M raised to date. The funding will be invested in scaling operations as Gather AI continues to attract customers by solving supply chain issues with richer data and AI.
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CMU, Meta Announce Collaboration to Research
Wearable Sensing Technologies
Carnegie Mellon University and Meta Platforms Inc. announced a collaborative project today to make computer-based tasks accessible to individuals with different motor abilities.
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| James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow Spencer Matonis
Successfully Defends His Thesis
This past Monday, Dr. Spencer Matonis, Ph.D. (CMU Materials Science and Engineering), successfully defended his thesis, "Edible origami for intestinal-retentive medical devices".
In his post on LinkedIn, he thanked his advisors, Christopher Bettinger and Zeynep Temel, "for their guidance and support along the journey as well as my committee members for their thoughtful questions and advice". Also a James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow, the first from CMU's Materials Science and Engineering department, Dowd Fellow and Innovation Commercialization Fellow, Spencer gave a shout out to the department along with his lab mates for supporting his research.
Co-founder at Edulis Therapeutics, developer of a new platform to administer small molecule medications in patients with gastrointestinal pathologies, Spencer will be working full-time at the company and continuing some academic projects at CMU.
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Next Week - Don't Forget to Register!
'Wefunder x Sly Fox Founders Networking Event!
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024
Time: 5-7 PM | EST
Location: Sly Fox PGH Brewery at the Highline
If you're a founder building something cool, interesting, helpful or to make this world a better place, the folks at Wefunder would love to meet you! Wefunder helps founders with a vision raise money for their startups from the broader community. Think Robinhood, but with private companies instead of public.
The entire company is traveling coast-to-coast on a train to spotlight founders who can restore our faith in America. They will be visiting thirteen cities over fourteen days and filming a documentary about the founders they meet. They will also help some raise funding on Wefunder.
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| CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
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Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
Find out more and see the full schedule.
The CONNECTS seminars will return in the Fall.
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The mission of 99 Tartans is to partner with the highest potential, early-stage CMU alumni companies and accelerate their success through access to capital and networks. Find out more.
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CMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS
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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. Find out more and
get involved!
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The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
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| Pillsbury and Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC are holding office hours for the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. The office hours are for any interested CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni interested in entrepreneurship or connecting with members of the Swartz Center network.
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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 for office hours outside of these regular hours.
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub is a digital platform that provides free access to the latest AI tools and 1:1 guidance from experts to help founders solve challenges as they grow their business. We provide the right resources at the right time in a startup’s journey so founders can build faster and dream bigger. Sign up for Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub!
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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. Find out more.
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Project Olympus Incubator Program
Want more help with finding product/market fit, developing your business model, making connections and attracting funding? Project Olympus will team you up with a business coach to develop a personalized ‘roadmap. Find out more.
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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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