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Honey Homes Raises Series A Led
By Khosla Ventures
Honey Homes, co-founded by CMU alumnus Vishwas Prabhakara (Yelp’s first general manager) and his wife, Avantika Prabhakara, has raised a Series A led by Khosla Ventures. The company helps make home ownership less painful by offering up a dedicated handyman to take care of random tasks.
Since inception, the company has raised a total of $12.1M.
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| Gather AI Acquires Drone Inventory Competitor, Ware
Gather AI, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered autonomous inventory management solutions using commodity hardware, announced that it has acquired the business of Ware, another large player in the market. With this acquisition, Gather AI, co-founded by CEO Sankalp Arora, said it now has 25 customers, more than any other autonomous inventory management solution provider.
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Espire Dental Selects Pearl As AI Provider Across All Practice Locations
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Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions founded by CEO Ophir Tanz, and Espire Dental, a fast-growing, doctor-led Integrated Dental Organization (IDO), has announced a partnership to implement Pearl’s Second Opinion® and Practice Intelligence® solutions in Espire’s 27 practice locations.
Pearl has also has secured its tenth patent, covering the technology that powers chairside disease detection with AI.
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Duolingo Named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Time magazine has named Duolingo Inc. to its annual list of the 100 Most Influential Companies across the globe. It's the second time that the edtech platform provider has been featured among the biggest and most innovative companies around the world following Time's debut of the inaugural list in 2021.
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The Swartz Center Hosts One America Works
Investor Event
One America Works and Director/CMU alumnus Nathan Pitzer invited multiple investors to the CMU Swartz Center on Thursday morning, June 29, 2023 to hear from CMU startup founders as part of an Investor Event. Some of the investors in attendance were: 412 Ventures, 1888 Ventures, Blue Tree Capital, Drive Capital, Foundation Capital, Comback Capital, Early Light Ventures, Tech Square Ventures, Valley Capital Partners, Armory Square Ventures, Gigafund and Revolution.
The startups who presented were: Shift Robotics, founded by Xunjie Zhang, Mach 9 Robotics, founded by Alexander Baikovitz and Blastpoint, founded by Alison Alvarez.
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CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
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| See the full Spring 2023 schedule here.
Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
The CONNECTS seminars have ended for the Spring semester and will resume at the start of the Fall semester in September, 2023.
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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 connects the CMU community, alumni and students, to build an entrepreneurial culture and provide resources to help the community succeed. There are multiple region-based chapters within the group. Find out more and join the CMU T&E blog,
the CMU Tech Entrepreneur!
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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 in-person office hours at the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor. 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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Swartz Center Patron Office Hours
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours with Matt Kirmayer
Mondays 1:00-3:00 PM ET (10-12 PT)
To sign up for a 30 minute session, please contact Daria Stokes and she will arrange an appointment with Matt. If you need to schedule an office hour outside of these regular hours, please inform Daria.
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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours
Sign up for weekly office hours.
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble (P&G) serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks® and Whisper®.
The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries with thirteen research and development centers worldwide. Since 1837, P&G’s success is rooted in research and development and strong external partnerships with academia, entrepreneurs and start-ups. P&G would like to continue this legacy by partnering with you to bring your ideas to life. Find out more here.
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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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The undergraduate Innovation Scholars program fosters innovation and entrepreneurship and seeks to increase the number of successful startup companies initiated by or involving Carnegie Mellon University’s undergraduate students. Find out more.
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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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Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center For Entrepreneurship
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