Hello Incubator Family,

As we welcome you to the very first newsletter of 2026, I want to begin with deep gratitude for this remarkable HI-Hub community: our students, mentors, investors, and founders who make this program so vibrant and meaningful. HI-Hub is more than an incubator; it is a shared space of imagination, experimentation, and growth where ideas are nurtured, challenged, and brought to life through collaboration.

Looking back on Fall 2025, we are incredibly proud of everything this community has accomplished together. Our current cohort is now in full swing, diligently preparing their pitches, refining their ventures, and engaging with mentors to sharpen both their ideas and their entrepreneurial mindsets. Watching their progress has been inspiring, and we cannot wait to see how their work continues to evolve in the months ahead.

As we move into 2026, we are more excited than ever about what this year will bring—new innovations, deeper partnerships, bold risks, and transformative learning moments that will shape the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders. The momentum coming out of last semester has set a powerful tone for what lies ahead.

And in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, let me say it plainly: we truly love our HI-Hub Incubator. We love the curiosity you bring, the resilience you show, and the way you support one another through every stage of the entrepreneurial journey. You are the heart of this program, and we are honored to grow alongside you.

Here’s to a year filled with creativity, courage, and meaningful impact—and many opportunities to celebrate this community together.



With appreciation and excitement,
Dr. K.

Altura, meaning “the vertical rise to the highest point.” Altura Lacrosse Series goes beyond the traditional tournament by blending elite lacrosse competition with empowerment, education, and leadership development to help athletes grow both on and off the field. This series not only offers high-level competition but also hands-on training workshops, product demos, and inspiring panel discussions with collegiate and professional athletes, creating an engaging curriculum designed to strengthen the athletes skills and confidence. With this holistic solution for coaches and players, we stand by our mission to provide more meaningful experiences that are accessible to players from all backgrounds. Altura Lacrosse Series ensures that every athlete leaves with more than just a score. This is an experience built to elevate their game and their future; ultimately, redefining the youth sports experience.

Breadcrumb is an agentic business-to-business reporting platform. We empower hospitality and travel businesses to scale personalized reporting to every customer, partner, and stakeholder without needing a data team. In hospitality and travel, business reporting is often slow, manual, and bottlenecked by manual data work. Operators and vendors struggle to personalize insights for each property, partner, or market. As a result, opportunities are lost because decision-makers can’t access the right data when it matters. Breadcrumb solves this “last mile” of personalization by empowering non-technical users. Through an intuitive, conversational interface, business users can combine, explore, visualize, and share data - while AI agents handle the manual work.

The story of Care Metric Hub begins with a simple but powerful observation: in a system as advanced as American healthcare, it's astounding that a primary care physician still cannot get a simple, consolidated view of how their patients are doing and how their practice is performing. This daily reality of administrative burden and data blindness is what fuels our mission. We saw that the move to value-based care, while well-intentioned, was adding another layer of complexity without providing the necessary tools for success.

This deep empathy is baked into our platform—a single, unified environment that feels less like a software product and more like a capable partner. It automatically highlights care gaps, forecasts a practice's standing in its shared savings programs, and facilitates meaningful patient follow-up. We are building Care Metric Hub not just as a company, but as a catalyst for a more humane and rational healthcare system, where technology serves people, not the other way around, and where every stakeholder is empowered to succeed.

Clairdoc is building the future of medical billing with AI. Our platform acts as a denial-prevention copilot for outpatient clinics — automatically scanning claims to catch and correct issues before submission. By transforming complex billing data into clear, actionable insights, Clairdoc helps clinics reduce denials, recover revenue, and focus on what truly matters: delivering care.

The Hyperlocal Ad Network REACHHH creates a new-age hyperlocal a network powered by these real, trusted people. For example, a protein bar manufacturing brand could use the REACHHH platform to activate 50 gym trainers in a specific set of zip codes instead of putting the fund into buying a billboard. The platform organizes these "invisible" local professionals and firms into a scalable, trackable, and verifiable network, turning them into "America's New Billboards,” a new advertising channel that is more authentic and targeted.

The "Swipe UiUX" Matchmaking that connects the two sides of the network. A brand can log in, browse creator profiles on the "Reachhh Map," and filter by ZIP code or venue. Creators have their own dashboard where they can see brands and campaign offers. They can "swipe right" on the brands or campaigns they are interested in.

We.Tour LLC is a New York-based tour company that employs local college students as licensed tour guides. The company's goal is to offer more affordable tours compared to standard market prices by utilizing students as guides. The company operates on the idea that local students who have lived or studied in the area for a long time can provide tours of local places. Tours can be offered as private or as part of a tour plan listed on the platform. 

Yasha’s Breakfast Sandwiches is an elevated breakfast restaurant concept that blends creativity and innovation with genuine and personalized hospitality. The aim at Yasha's is to combine the familiarity and comfort of a classic breakfast sandwich with bold flavors, elevated culinary techniques, and thoughtful presentation—all served quickly for those on the go. Each sandwich is built with intention, from house-made toppings to carefully sourced breads and proteins, creating a memorable morning experience that feels both indulgent and accessible.

Airlines are experimenting with AI, but not yet treating it as a true revenue driver. New research from Accenture shows most carriers are layering AI onto legacy systems rather than embedding it into their core operations, potentially limiting its impact. While tech leaders see major potential, especially in dynamic pricing, merchandising, and agentic AI, regulatory concerns, complex operations, and risk aversion are slowing progress. The question remains: will airlines move from pilots to real transformation before others in the travel ecosystem outpace them?

Read the full article by PhocusWire.

Warren Buffett says the most important career advice he ever received didn’t come from Wall Street—it came from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Guided by his father’s interpretation of Emerson’s 1841 essay Self-Reliance, Buffett was encouraged to follow his own instincts rather than expectations, a lesson he later passed on to his own children. The result? A philosophy that shaped both his legendary career and how he raised the next generation.

Read the full article by Entrepreneur.

Cloud migration is becoming a quiet engine of innovation in travel. In conversation with AWS’s Tedd Evers, PhocusWire explores how cloud not only cuts costs and boosts efficiency, but also gives companies—from startups to global airlines—the flexibility to experiment with AI, choose the right models for the right use cases, and build new traveler experiences faster than ever.

Read the full article by PhocusWire.