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|  | Abridge's current leadership team from left: Zachary Lipton, CTO, Shiv Rao, CEO and Co-Founder, and Julia Chapin, COO
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Abridge Continues Expanding, Partners with Texas-based Health Service Provider
Abridge recently announced an enterprise-wide agreement with CHRISTUS Health, an international, not-for-profit health system based in Texas with 15,000 physicians and more than 600 care centers. With Abridge’s generative AI solution for clinical documentation in use over the last few months, CHRISTUS clinicians have already experienced a significant reduction in burnout and now give more undivided attention to patients. Abridge is co-founded by Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Shiv Rao, CEO.
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Duolingo Celebrates First Refugee Learners At
'We Rise Together' Gala
Duolingo, known for its fun approach to language eduation, recently celebrated a more profound kind of education: one offered for the first time to refugees around the world. Dozens of university leaders from across the U.S. recently gathered at Hotel Monaco in Pittsburgh to honor educators who are expanding access and equity. The fourth annual “We Rise Together” awards celebrated 25 refugee students who recently completed their first year in universities, thanks to a program Duolingo launched in 2022 to provide mentorship and support.
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|  | Erika Ramirez (left) and Audrey Hasson (right)
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2024-26 Innovation Scholars Summer Internship Updates
Newly accepted Innovation Scholars and rising juniors Erika Ramirez, ECE and Audrey Hasson, SCS, will be sharing their innovative ideas and skills over the summer with some pretty impressive companies.
Erika has just announced that she will be joining SpaceX Starlink as a Silicon Engineering Intern. As a part of team, she will contribute to the cutting-edge development of silicon technologies on Starlink and gain invaluable experience. Audrey has joined 1486 Labs in Pittsburgh, an entrepreneurial lab revolutionizing how you buy and use data, as a Product Developer. 1486 Labs is an entrepreneurial lab working with Pitt Business to launch new businesses based on the intersection of data and analytics.
The students in the cohort are eligible to request a $6K stipend to work on their own startup over the
summer of 2025.
Congratulations Erika and Audrey!
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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 have ended for the Spring semester and 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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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours
Sign up for weekly office hours.
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
PwC
PwC: Building trust for today and tomorrow.
Our purpose—to build trust in society and solve important problems—is at the core of everything we do. It guides how we serve our clients, our people and the world. To help our clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes, PwC provides professional services across two segments: Trust Solutions and Consulting Solutions. Within these segments we bring a range of capabilities to help organizations solve faster, solve more and realize more value. These capabilities include cloud and digital, deals, ESG, cybersecurity and privacy, governance/boards, risk, transformation, tax services and more. Across our global network of over 295K professionals in 156 countries, we are committed to advancing quality in everything we do.
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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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