McGinnis Venture Competition Final Round Celebration
The McGinnis Venture Competition, a platform exclusively for Carnegie Mellon University's community of student entrepreneurs, brings together Carnegie Mellon's best and brightest student entrepreneurs to compete for $60K in investments.
Congrats to the 2024 McGinnis Venture Competition Winners!
Graduate TrackFirst Place: J.P. Robotics is mapping big problems in small pipes using robotics and AI. Team members include Tina Tian. Second Place: Galen Health is AI for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer. Team members include Logan Nye, MD and Kushagra Agarwal. Third Place: Sitewiz is AI-driven iterative optimization for e-Commerce websites. Team members include Ram Potham, Rohit Malhotra and Drake Som. |
Undergraduate TrackFirst Place: Assurif.ai boosts efficiency for mortgage underwriters in lower markets, plagued by redundant tasks making up to 75% of workflow. By blending AI with human input, assurif.ai speeds up work, enhance accuracy and slash costs by over 40%. Team members include Alex Chen, Joey Park, Andrew Kang, Erik Wang and Meher Kaky. Second Place: KnitFit custom-fits compression garments using machine knitting. Team members include Pratyay Didwania, Astha Shah, Advika Jayanti and Sreekar Kunaparaju. |
This year's McGinnis Competition is in loving memory of Jerry McGinnis, founder of Respironics.
Help cheer the final round teams to victory by attending our in person event.
The McGinnis Venture Competition is made possible by a generous endowment from Gerald E. McGinnis, founder of Respironics.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Final Round Team Presentations
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Award Ceremony & Networking Reception
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper Quad
, 3rd Level
4765 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Visitor parking available at the East Campus Garage
Schedule of Events
Undergraduate Team Pitches
Undergraduate Teams: 5 min pitch and 5 min Q&A
2 min break between presentation
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1:00 - 1:10 p.m. |
PitchDeck |
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1:12 - 1:22 p.m. |
assurif.ai |
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1:24 - 1:34 p.m. |
KnitFit |
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1:36 - 1:46 p.m. |
Metaverse Museum Alliance Program |
Graduate Team Pitches
Graduate Teams: 5 min pitch and 5 min Q&A
2 min break between presentations
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2:15 - 2:25 p.m. |
Plus Systems |
| 2:27 - 2:37 p.m. |
Spiral Technologies |
| 2:39 – 2:49 p.m. |
Compos Mentis |
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2:51 – 3:01 p.m. |
Galen-Health |
| 3:03 – 3:13 p.m. |
J.P. Robotics |
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3:15 – 3:25 p.m. |
Modara AI |
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3:35 – 3:45 p.m. |
Mycelium Sports |
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3:47 – 3:57 p.m. |
NLegal |
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3:59 – 4:09 p.m. |
ORbiters |
| 4:11 – 4:21 p.m. |
Sitewiz |
| 4:23 – 4:33 p.m. |
TurnUp |
| 4:35 – 4:45 p.m. |
Wallet Warrior |
Networking Reception + Awards Ceremony
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. EST
Join us as we announce the winners of the 2024 McGinnis Venture Competition.
Awards to be announced between 6:10 - 6:30 p.m. EST.
2024 Final Round Teams
assurif.ai
Undergraduate Track
Alex Chen, Joey Park, Andrew Kang, Erik Wang and Meher Kaky
Assurif.ai boosts efficiency for mortgage underwriters in lower markets, plagued by redundant tasks making up to 75% of workflow. By blending AI with human input, assurif.ai speeds up work, enhance accuracy and slash costs by over 40%.
Compos Mentis
Graduate Track
Nate Patterson and Derek Sun
Compos Mentis help small law firms specializing in medical malpractice and workers' compensation handleand win more cases by automating document review and case analysis.
Galen Health
Graduate Track
Logan Nye, MD and Kushagra Agarwal
AI for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
KnitFit
Undergraduate Track
Pratyay Didwania, Astha Shah, Advika Jayanti and Sreekar Kunaparaju
Custom-fit compression garments using machine knitting
Metaverse Museum Alliance Program
Undergraduate Track
Selena Meng, Eunice Yang and Nicole Huang
The Metaverse Museum Alliance Program showcases local and university museums through VR and web applications. The goal is to provide students and other potential visitors with affordable, accessible, interactive and customized educational field trips to deepen their understanding of art and history genuinely and engagingly.
Modara AI
Graduate Track
Dhruv Jain and Jash Shah
Elevating fashion intelligence with 3D personalized virtual try-ons for unparalleled fit and style
Mycelium Sports
Graduate Track
Coleman Isner, Lloyd Brooks and Roshni Surpur
College is the new “pro,” and high school is the new “college” in terms of sports media engagement. At the same time, sports video consumption is shifting toward short highlight clips, and the main bottleneck for creating more content is breaking down hours of footage. Mycelium is building an AI Video Editor that clips key moments from game footage to save sports content creators 20+ hours a week, creating highlights 20x faster to be sold to players/teams or posted on social media with ads.
NLegal
Graduate Track
Ana Alfaro Pizana, Inaki Fernandez, Hugo Contant, Raul Meana and Isaak Haras
NLegal’s mission is to automate all legal proceedings in the world, making legal services more accessible, transparent, efficient and user-friendly.
ORbiters
Graduate Track
Gaurav, Jinkai, Robert, Roman, Siddharth and Tanmay
Building the future of hospital logistics, saving time and saving lives
PitchDeck
Undergraduate Track
Maria Sultana Mina, Eric Gao and Sara Guessous
PitchDeck empowers individuals to enhance their presentation skills, providing a judgment-free environment. PitchDeck offers an AI-powered feedback system, real-time mentoring, a growth-tracking dashboard, as well as resources and networking opportunities.
Plus Systems
Graduate Track
Elvis Nishimwe Ndabaye, Jean Claude Makuza and Yvan Ndabarasa
Smart Healthcare For All
Sitewiz
Graduate Track
Ram Potham, Rohit Malhotra, Drake Som
AI-driven iterative optimization for e-Commerce websites
Spiral Technologies
Graduate Track
Temitope Oguntade, Julius Zannu, Adedayo Akinade and Olumide Adeboye
Spiral Tech transforms energy access in Africa with AI-powered, multi-tenant metering for reliableand accessible grid solutions.
TurnUp
Graduate Track
Nicholas Swaminathan, Jefferey Mamone, Suriya Ganesh and Adam Bournes
Helping US small manufacturers address an industry wide 2.1M worker shortage costing $1T by providing an ai retention platform that predicts who is a flight risk and why as well as recommends and enables next steps to improve retention.
Wallet Warrior
Graduate Track
Frank Brown, Mark Morrison and Padmesh Puthiyadom Pushpadhandakumar
Every cent, every point, every mile - every time
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