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Friday, June 13, 2025

Back in the 70's, Carnegie Mellon had all the components that experts believed were necessary for innovation: strong engineering, a world-class business school, novel approaches to urban planning with a focus on community needs and a tradition of industrial design and the practical arts. 바카라 온라인 추천 leaders claimed that the school was smaller, younger, more interdisciplinary and more agile than MIT.

The main reason that 바카라 온라인 추천 received an NSF Innovation Center, however, was its director, Dwight Baumann. Baumann exemplified a new kind of educator-entrepreneur. 

Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Entrepreneurial Development, Baumann believed that a modern university should provide entrepreneurial education. Baumann’s goal was to establish entrepreneurship education as a core function of a modern technological university. 

Friday, June 13, 2025

announced this week that it has raised an additional $125M in Series D funding, raising its valuation to $1.25B, which means the Pittsburgh-based company has reached unicorn status. Co-founded by 바카라 온라인 추천 alumni Jake Loosararian and CPO Troy Demmer, Gecko uses robots and AI to help organizations including the U.S. military inspect and monitor critical infrastructure.

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Tepper School of Business Alumni Receive 2025 Tepper Alumni Awards

The Tepper School Alumni Awards recognize excellence in the alumni community for outstanding career accomplishments or achievements and for impressive service to the school and alumni community. At a special ceremony held on May 3, three Tepper School alumni—two founders and an accomplished product marketing lead, received alumni awards.

Lifetime Achievement Award

• John Levinson, Founder and President, Westway Capital (McGinnis Venture Competition judge, funder of the Moonshot Boardroom, mentor and investor for the 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center

Recent Masters Alumni Award

• Anna Fuller, Founder of Halo (VentureBridge company)
• Stephen Feyer, Senior Product Marketing Manager - Competitive Intelligence, WalkMe - (James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow and mentor, 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center)

Congratulations to all of the awardees!

Read more at the Tepper School of Business.

Friday, June 6, 2025

바카라 온라인 추천's VentureBridge Demo Day Makes a Hit in the Big Apple! 

Several investors, along with tons of 온라인바카라 alumni packed the Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Law office in New York on Monday, June 2 for another successful VentureBridge Demo Day, which was a part of New York TechWeek. The new VentureBridge cohort, another inspiring group of 바카라 온라인 추천 alumni founders, pitched in front of over 100 investors and founders that included hardware and software demos and pitches from companies that are changing gaming, AI training, drug delivery, nutrition, fitness training and more. 

Led by Venture Bridge Sr. Director Namrata Banerjee and assisted by Program Manager Steven Guo, the Demo Day was followed by a networking reception featuring the new cohort and select VentureBridge alumni in the portfolio.

온라인바카라’s VentureBridge (VB) program is a pre-seed fund and an accelerator program, part of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, focused on supporting Carnegie Mellon founders working on their startups full-time. Since 2018, the VB program has supported dozens of startups collectively valued at over half a billion dollars.

The 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center would like to thank Matt Kirmayer of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman for being an amazing champion of 바카라 온라인 추천 founders—welcoming our alumni to their New York office and continually supporting the 바카라 온라인 추천 founder community.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

The Keystone Space Collaborative and early-stage investor Innovation Works has awarded five local aerospace startups with $200K in funding as part of an innovation challenge. , founded by 바카라 온라인 추천 Mechanical Engineering Ph.D Mitchell Fogelson, received $50K. The company is developing a pop-up shelter system for space and military uses. 

Fogelson also won second place and $20K at this year's McGinnis Venture Competition.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

바카라 온라인 추천 VentureBridge Film Production Startup Erosion Accepting Investments

Erosion (VentureBridge 2023), an independent film production company dedicated to creating conservation and climate comedy film and TV, is now accepting investments for its first feature film "Hiking Buddies" on the securities platform. Horror films are traditionally the most profitable film genre and Erosion co-founders Megan Morrison and Tracy Held are leveraging their 20+ years in the entertainment industry, as well as their expertise of conservation and comedy storytelling to engage untapped film audiences.

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Rising AI & Art Startup SeeMuseums is Hiring!

, a 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center startup co-founded by Tepper School of Business alumna Yifan Wang, is an AI + Art company developing the world’s first agentive museum tour guide—a mobile app that enhances museum visits with personalized, contextual insights. The company's mission is to make art appreciation accessible to everyone.

SeeMuseums officially launched on the App Store and Product Hunt on May 10th and within just two days, soared to the #1 Product of the Day, as well as earning the #1 Product of the Week in both the Education and User Experience categories. At SeeMuseums, every artwork tells a story—and that story should speak to all, not just experts.

The founders are currently hiring for roles in Full Stack Development, UI/UX Design, Marketing. If you are interested in their mission, learn more and apply . If you or anyone else in the museum industry is interested in the mission at SeeMuseums, reach out to admin@seemuseums.art.

Friday, May 30, 2025

OctaPulse Founder Paul Grech Accepted Into Hult Prize Digital Incubator

When Tepper School of Business alumnus Paul Grech and his team won in the graduate track of this year's inaugural Social Enterprise Competition, a newly added track of the McGinnis Venture Competition led by 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center EIR Leah Lizarondo, it only went up from there. The co-founder of , a company aiming to revolutionize aquaculture using AI-powered fish inspection systems that reduce waste, improve yields, and protect ocean ecosystems has gone on to receive the Tepper School of Business Entrepreneur of the Year Award and has now been accepted into the . Paul and his team, which includes Rohan Singh and Andres Castrillon, are working to build the future of sustainable seafood.

Among his many other accomplishments, Paul has also been an integral member of the organization as an MBA partner, a Robotics Institute Pathways Fellow and Consortium Fellow. 

Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute has named a new CEO, the former founder and CEO of RE2 Robotics. Jorgen Pedersen started RE2 in 2001, growing it to a team of over 100 employees before the company was acquired by Sarcos Technology in 2022 for $100M. On June 17, Jorgen will begin leading the Department of Defense's primary Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, working to foster relationships and collaborations between robotics and manufacturing companies, government agencies and universities.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) awarded more than $100K in cash prizes at the Spring 2025 EPIC Pitch Competition, where startups presented their groundbreaking energy technologies.

Second place at $20K went to , a company focused on enhancing U.S. energy security by developing polymer-based materials to recover critical minerals from industrial waste streams.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

바카라 온라인 추천 alumnus Prashant Reddy has announced that his company, , has raised $8M in funding to accelerate the company's ambitious goal of reliable autonomous multi-agent AI systems for business-critical enterprise processes—at scale. The round was led by Work-Bench, with participation from Foxe Capital/Anthemis and a phenomenal group of early investors and domain experts.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

2025 Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar Saisri Akondi Harnessed 바카라 온라인 추천's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem to Revolutionize Care for Diabetics

After 온라인바카라 alumna Saisri Akondi earned her bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in India, Dave Mawhinney, founding executive director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, convinced her to pursue her entrepreneurial ambitions at
온라인바카라.

While at 바카라 온라인 추천, Akondi found the perfect ecosystem in which to build her medical device startup,
, which develops tools that monitor foot biomechanics and provide early warnings to prevent ulcers and infections.

Read more on 바카라 온라인 추천 News.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Partner, Head of TxO at Andreessen Horowitz Kofi Ampadu Named to 2025 Power100 Presented by Blueprint Capital Advisors, LLC

Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business alumnus has recently been recognized by the . "This recognition reflects the impactful work I have the privilege of doing every day alongside the a16z Talent x Opportunity team to make entrepreneurship more accessible", Ampadu shared in a recent LinkedIn post.

Kofi is also the Founder and General Partner at and recently began hosting a new podcast, the , targeted to founders seeking answers to a wide range of questions related to startups.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

온라인바카라 ECE '19 alumnus Saurabh Misra, founder of , the platform working to bring AI optimization to workflows, recently shared how his company is championing the recent shift of AI not only assisting with coding, but how it's also pioneering novel, efficient solutions.

Codeflash offers a practical, accessible solution for developers with its AI-powered tool that optimizes Python codebases, ensuring high performance and efficiency.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

The 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center's Project Olympus and the NSF Innovation Corps Hub Mid-Atlantic Region recently hosted entrepreneurs and researchers in AI and Robotics to help faculty, students and alumni transform their research into the next generation of companies.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Metagigs Co-Founder and CEO Alex Garcia Returns to the Swartz Center While Seeking Early-Stage Funding

Tepper School of Business alumnus and Innovation Scholar Alex Garcia returned to the 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center this week to work with his Pittsburgh team as they seek early-stage funding for his company , a platform that allows video game players to find and hire experts through an official marketplace natively inside the game.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

The 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center's Project Olympus Awards Five Spark Grants

The Project Olympus Spark Grant Fund helps 온라인바카라 founders kick-start their startup ideas. This Spring, five grants of up to $3K each were awarded to the following startups: Basilisk Robotics, PianoCam, Wok On, Perflection AI and SpoilSafe.

Spark Grants are funded by charitable gifts from alumni and other community donors. The next round of Spark Grant funding will take place in the Fall of 2025.

Find out more.

Friday, May 16, 2025

James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows and Innovation Scholars Participate in 바카라 온라인 추천's 2025 Commencement

During 온라인바카라's 2025 Commencement Weekend, which took place May 9-11, the 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center celebrated several James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows and Innovation Scholars who participated in the graduation ceremony, even at 바카라 온라인 추천 Qatar's campus.

Each of these students have been a significant part of the Swartz Center family as they embarked on their entrepreneurial careers, won startup competitions, participated in entrepreneurship club activities, attended the annual Entrepreneurship Trek to Silicon Valley, and participated in many other programs to help them on their startup journeys. Here is a snapshot of some of the graduates.

Above photos (in order from left):

(Swartz Fellow), Tepper School of Business, Co-founder and CEO, Sabana
(Swartz Fellow), Master's of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services (MIIPS)
(Swartz Fellow), Master of Design, Design for Interactions
(Innovation Scholar), 바카라 온라인 추천 Qatar (Business Administration, Finance)

Below photos (in order from left):

(Swartz Fellow) Tepper School of Business ('25 STEM)
(Innovation Scholar), School of Computer Science
(Swartz Fellow), Information Networking Institute (INI), recipient of this year's INI Leadership AwardBelow photos (in order from left):
(Innovation Scholar), Tepper School of Business, founder of BAM!

Congratulations Swartz Fellows and Innovation Scholars!

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Ivy+ 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz in the City Series Event Highlights Two 바카라 온라인 추천 Alumni Swartz Center Founders

Two 바카라 온라인 추천 Tepper School of Business alumni founders, also current and past winners of the Swartz Center's McGinnis Venture Competition, were featured speakers at the 'Swartz in the City' series event held at Pittsburgh's Allegheny HYP Club on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Kaitlyn Chow, founder of and Chibuike Dumebi-Kachikwu, CEO and founder of , shared their exciting journeys with their startups and the latest technology they are using with the Penn and other Ivy+ alumni who were in attendance.

BAM! is the home of self-heating containers that provide hot meals on the go, and Thursday Thrift is providing customers with the first digital thrifting experience powered by AI.

The event series is led by Dave Mawhinney, Founding Executive Director at the 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center and Donald Bonk, 바카라 온라인 추천 alumnus and President of the Penn Club of Western PA.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry has been awarded a grant from the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) to integrate Pearl Calibrate, the first AI-powered clinical calibration tool, into its educational and research programs. The grant-powered collaboration will enable faculty, residents, and students to incorporate advanced AI technology into their curriculum and in preparation for clinical work. Insights garnered from the implementation are expected later this year.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

co-founder Matt Spettel has announced that Trainwell is now offering completely free trainer-curated workout plans for its users, with the accountability of a team of fellow users to back you up. With , users can build a team consisting of family and friends that can work together to hit consistency and desired goals. 

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Ruben Antonio Quesada, Tepper MBA and 2023-25 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow, has had an incredible journey from architect to startup founder. As CEO and Co-Founder of , an AI-driven data management platform designed to simplify how architects and engineers manage, document and collaborate on product selections and construction specifications, Ruben embodies the passion, grit and drive that propels entrepreneurs forward and is a key leader in the Tepper School's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Strip District-headquartered autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation Inc. announced that it has successfully deployed a completely driverless semi-truck in Texas, making it the first company to ever operate a self-driving heavy duty truck on public roads.

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Lovelace AI, the stealth AI startup founded by Andrew Moore, former dean of the School of Computer Science at 온라인바카라 and former Google Cloud AI General Manager, announced it has closed a seed round backed by RRE Ventures. Financial terms of the funding round were not disclosed. 

"Lovelace AI is not just building another AI company, it's solving one of the most fundamental bottlenecks in modern computing, the ability to synthesize data across environments at operational speed," RRE COO Will Porteous said in a prepared statement. 

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Near Earth Autonomy's Barry Rabkin Named to 바카라 온라인 추천's 2025 Tartans on the Rise

Tepper School of Business alumnus Barry Rabkin (MBA '14), Director of Marketing at , is a recipient of 바카라 온라인 추천's 2025 class of Tartans on the Rise. Rabkin is shaping the future of aviation through “flight beyond sight.” His strategic leadership is driving Near Earth’s revolutionary autonomous aircraft technology, forming key partnerships with the U.S. Department of Defense and leading aircraft manufacturers.

Read more at Tepper School of Business.

Friday, May 2, 2025

The 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center Hosts the AI Venture Studio AI//VS 2025 Demo Day

Hundreds attended the highly successful 2025 Demo Day event held at the Tepper School of Business and 바카라 온라인 추천 Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The event kicked off with the Open Coffee: AI Edition event and 1:1 investor meetings, followed by the live Demo Day and ending with faculty and alumni Demos/Research Breakthroughs.

Created in 2024 by Adam Paulisick, CEO of SkillBuilder.io, Professor of Entrepreneurship at 바카라 온라인 추천's Tepper School of Business and Sean Ammirati, Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship at 바카라 온라인 추천's Tepper School of Business and co-founder and former Director of the 바카라 온라인 추천 Corporate Startup Lab, AI//VS has adopted proven methods with a modern view to not only build AI solutions or be assisted by AI but to "recruit" AI to teams early and often to act as a founding member.

The AI//VS event gave twenty four companies an opportunity to pitch and network with 25+ investors after the Open Coffee: AI Edition event, where participants were able to meet leading founders, researchers and teams building with AI, and over thirty investors from across the country in town for 바카라 온라인 추천 AI Venture Studio Investor Day. Investors held drop in meetings for any founders ready to raise.

See the 2025 AI//VS companies .

Thursday, May 1, 2025

CB Insights has launched the 9th annual AI 100—a ranking of the world's top emerging AI companies. From observability to infrastructure security to vertical AI agents, this year's winners are shaping the future of intelligent systems across industries. , co-founded by 바카라 온라인 추천 alumni Sankalp Arora, Daniel Maturana and Geetesh Dubey, made the list.

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Three 온라인바카라 startups, , and , have been included in Pittsburgh's Startups to Watch in 2025 list.

SkildAI, headquartered in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood and backed by a significant amount of venture capital, is working to build artificial general intelligence for robots. SkildAI was founded in 2023 by 바카라 온라인 추천 professors Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta. UltronAI, founded in 2022 by 온라인바카라 Professor Marios Savvides, is developing computer vision software for retailers. Its software is capable of recognizing and matching items from images, giving retailers a wide variety of possible uses, including self checkout monitoring and inventory management. Netail, Inc., first incubated as part of renowned computer scientist Andrew Ng’s LandingAI in 2021 and launched as its own company in 2022 by CEO Mark Chrystal and CTO Barney Govan, provides retailers with an artificial intelligence-powered analytics tool called Profitmind that is capable of identifying and quantifying opportunities to adjust pricing and inventory to meet consumer demand.

The annual Startups to Watch event is on Wednesday, May 7 at Workscape on the South Side.