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CMU VentureBridge (VB) Announces Investments in
Eleven Startups
As part of the VB '24 funding cycle, CMU VB, an initiative of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, is excited to invest in eleven-CMU-alumni-founded startups located in Pittsburgh, San Francisco and New York. These alumni founders represent the School of Computer Science, Robotics Institute, College of Engineering Material Sciences, Information Networking Institute, Integrated Innovation Institute, College of Fine Arts School of Design Industrial Design and the Tepper School of Business.
Congratulations Founders!
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Sankalp Arora Discusses How Gather AI is Taking Drone Tech to New Heights In Bloomberg Interview
Gather AI CEO Sankalp Arora was recently interviewed on Bloomberg discussing multiple topics including: how, with e-commerce, inventory has to be accurate to ensure that goods arrive on time, how robotics now enables you to use off-the-shelf hardware and make that hardware autonomous, how Gather AI customers have a 66% reduction in inventory errors with their solution being 15X faster than manual inventory counting and how Gather has turned facilities from reactive to proactive.
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|  | Simon Kalouche, CEO of Nimble
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| TA3 SWIM Partners With Nimble to Scale Operations
TA3 SWIM announced last week its partnership to leverage Nimble's fully autonomous 3PL fulfillment. The e-commerce fashion brand can now access Nimble’s network of next-gen robotic fulfillment centers that use intelligent general-purpose warehouse robots to pick, pack and ship orders without any CapEx investment. TA3 was featured on Shark Tank and in People, Forbes, and Business Insider, TA3 is the leader in women’s swimwear and apparel with built-in shapewear.
Nimble is founded by Simon Kalouche, who is also a 2015 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow.
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| Artyc Named Technology Pioneer by The World
Economic Forum
Artyc, the company that designs and manufacturers IoT battery-powered coolers for healthcare, life sciences and premium food cold chains, has recently been named Technology Pioneer by The World Economic Forum. A 2022 VentureBridge company, Artyc is co-founded by Hannah Sieber, CEO. Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Mark Langer is CTO.
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| Interpretable AI: A Night of Discovery at PyData Pittsburgh
This past Tuesday, over 60 data scientists, ML engineers and Python enthusiasts from across the region gathered at CMU's Swartz Center for an evening dedicated to unraveling the complexities of neural networks and their interpretability. Patrick Harrison and Dr. Rory Brenner led the discussions, providing unique insights into the current and future state of AI.
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|  | Saisri Akondi and Zilin Zhang, co-founders of D.Sole
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Carnegie Mellon University Startups Among Ten
Pittsburgh Startups to Watch in 2024
When the Pittsburgh Business Times selected this year’s list of ten Startups to Watch in 2024, it consulted with industry experts and looked at a variety of factors including size, scalability, investments, team background and, most importantly, one basic question — how is the company pushing us toward the future? On the list are Carnegie Mellon University startups including: D. Sole, Edulis Therapeutics, Core Power Magnetics, Efficient Computer Corp and Stack AV.
All ten companies will be recognized at a Startups to Watch 2024 event on Thursday, June 27 at Workscape on the South Side.
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Hello Health: Integrative & Functional Health, Simplified
Hello Health, a Tepper School of Business startup founded by alumna Pamela Wirth, is looking to disrupt the health and wellness industry and seeking to connect with individuals who have professional experience in lab testing, telehealth and personalized supplement offerings.
If interested in having a conversation with the team, reach out to pamela@hello.health.
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| CMU Celebrates Juneteenth 2024: Freedom Day
June 17 and 18, 2024
Find out more and register for this year's CMU Juneteenth events.
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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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