
News Archives 2023
September
Friday, September 22, 2023
E-visa Startup Atlys Raises $12M
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Swartz Center Startup D.Sole Accepted Into LifeX
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
IAM Robotics Undergoes Rebranding To Mark Next Chapter
Friday, September 15, 2023
Locomation's Çetin Meriçli Joins Atlas Robotics as CEO and Brings Firm's Headquarters to Pittsburgh
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Refiberd Co-Founder Tushita Gupta Featured in TIME
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Duolingo Announces Future Rollout of Music Learning Lessons
Friday, September 8, 2023
TalkMeUp Press Release: Is AI The Missing Piece To Your Communication Skills Training Strategy?
Friday, September 1, 2023
Refiberd Sews Up $3.4M Seed Round to Use Its AI to Tackle Textile Waste
August
Friday, August 18, 2023
Leah Lizarondo Joins the CMU Swartz Center as an Entrepreneur In Residence
Friday, August 18, 2023
Aug X Labs Integrates Voice Cloning by ElevenLabs
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Two CMU Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering Alumni Double Team Innovation in Sport
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Shelfmark Sees Its Tech Deployed at Select 7-Eleven Locations in Pittsburgh
Friday, August 11, 2023
Jim Jen Takes Over as Director of Carnegie Mellon University's Corporate Startup Lab
Thursday, August 10, 2023
5 Founders Under 25: Isaiah Rodgers, Clutch
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
VentureBridge Company Fluid Reality Wins "Best Demo" Award at the IEEE World Haptics Conference
Friday, August 4, 2023
Adam Paulisick Named to Technical.ly's 2023 RealLIST Connectors
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Fellowship Launches to Train Underrepresented Individuals for Leadership Posts at Pittsburgh Tech Companies
July
Friday, July 28, 2023
Aurora Gets $820M to Drive Operations Until Autonomous Truck Launch
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Astrobotic Wins $34.6M for Power Demo Mission on the Moon
Friday, July 21, 2023
Shift Robotics Moves Its Headquarters to Austin Texas
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Carnegie Mellon University Celebrated at the 2023 Pittsburgh Inno Fire Awards
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Robotics Factory, AlphaLab Accelerators Moving Into Tech Forge Facility in Lawrenceville
Friday, July 14, 2023
Collective Raises $50M to Become First AI-Powered Finance Platform Designed for Solopreneurs
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Hyfé Raises $9M to Transform Wastewater Into Next Gen Feedstocks for Biomanufacturing
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Wisy Becomes Part of the Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Rubber Ducky Labs Is Working to Improve AI Recommendation Systems
Friday, July 7, 2023
Venture Investing Is Booming - If You Know Where To Look
Thursday, July 6, 2023
TalkMeUp AI Technology Adopted by Three Prominent Universities to Bridge Communication Skills Gap Between Students and Business
June
Friday, June 30, 2023
Honey Homes Raises Series A Led By Khosla Ventures
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Gather AI Acquires Drone Inventory Competitor, Ware
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Espire Dental Selects Pearl As AI Provider Across All Practice Locations
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Duolingo Named 2023 TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Friday, June 23, 2023
The Swartz Center Announces the VentureBridge ‘23 Cohort
Thursday, June 22, 2023
TalkMeUp Founder JJ Xu Featured in Economic Innovation Group Series on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Innovation Works Celebrates Latest Round of Startups to Include CMU'sToyz Electronix, Kloopify and Voaige
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
CMU Alumnus Kevin Dowling to Lead Innovation Works' Robotics Factory
Friday, June 9, 2023
BlastPoint Elevates Past $5.25M
Friday, June 9, 2023
Gather AI Featured Among Five Startups with Novel Solutions to Materials Handling and Supply Chain
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Refiberd Wins H&M Foundation's Global Change Award
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Three Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 In Energy
May
Thursday, May 25, 2023
VentureBridge Company ESTAT Actuation Wins $10K at Phoenix Contact Startup Challenge at Automate!
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Endolumik CEO Mara McFadden Named to Pittsburgh Business Times 2023 Women of Influence
Monday, May 22, 2023
Thoro.ai Raises $7M Series A Funding Round
Friday, May 19, 2023
Business Exit Planning Expert Laurie Barkman Launches The Business Transition Handbook
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Christopher Elston, Poets & Quants MBA Best and Brightest Class of 2023
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Idelic CEO Nick Bartel Awarded Leadership in Private Company Governance Award
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The White House Calls Pittsburgh 'A Hub for Innovation' As It Moves to Boost Investment
Monday, May 15, 2023
Duo’s Taqueria Opens as Full-service Mexican Restaurant From Duolingo
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Tepper School of Business Alumnus Steve Feyer Encourages Tartans to Get Their Will and Estate Plans In Place
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Duolingo's Paying Subscriber Count Jumps 63% as theCompany Cites Importance Of AI Tools to Grow Users
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Honeycomb Credit CEO Becomes Member of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
Friday, May 5, 2023
TalkMeUp Adds Technology That Analyzes Video Call Audience Reactions and Engagement
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Howie Choset Wins 2023 PIPLA Inventor of the Year Award
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
AFWERX Awards Contract to Near Earth Autonomy
April
Thursday, April 27, 2023
CMU Spinout Airviz Named a Semifinalist for Semiconductor Sustainability Initiative
Friday, April 21, 2023
Leaficient Wins First Place and $15K at Duquesne New Venture Challenge
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Planmeca Expands AI Capabilities with Pearl Integration
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Project Olympus Show & Tell Returns
Friday, April 14, 2023
Future Ventures Launches $200M Venture Capital Fund
Friday, April 14, 2023
CMU Spinout Liquid X’s $2.5M Raise Means Hiring
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Kloopify Among Pittsburgh Inno's Ten Startups to Watch in 2023
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Pitt Ohio Taps Maven Machines for AI-enabled Deployment and Management Platform for 1,700 Trucks
Monday, April 10, 2023
Tepper School Students Among Winners at McGinnis Venture Competition
Friday, April 7, 2023
An In Depth Look at AI Robotics Shoes
Thursday, April 6, 2023
NetBeez, Inc. Celebrates Ten Years
March
Friday, March 31, 2023
Endolumik Is Ready to Market Surgical Device After Receiving FDA Approval
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Gecko Robotics announces US Navy expands its use of the company’s hull-scaling robot
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Astrobotic doubles footprint following $2.5M purchase of North Side warehouse
Friday, March 24, 2023
Winners of the McGinnis Venture Competition Announced!
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Farm to Flame Energy Inks $4.4M Agreement with Vermont-based Furniture Company
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Gather AI Makes CBInsights Retail Tech 100 List
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Engineering Breakthrough in Softbotics
Friday, March 10, 2023
SpotDraft Raises $26M, Showing that Contract Lifecycle Management Remains Profitable
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Endolumik Receives FDA Clearance for Flagship Product and Safer Technology Designation
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Carrick Capital Partners Invests in LegalSifter
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Abridge Deploying its Transcription Tech at 140 University of Kansas Health System Locations
Friday, March 3, 2023
CMU Students Raise Over $33K for Turkey Earthquake Victims
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Swartz Center Gives Diverse Selection of CMU Grad Students Pathways to Entrepreneurship
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Refiberd's Sarika Bajaj Featured: Why Some Tech Companies are Sticking With the Industry
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
New Student-run Eatery Opens in the Tepper Building
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
How CMU's Po-Shen Loh is Changing the Equation
February
Thursday, February 23, 2023
From Seed Stage to Successful Startup
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Alison Alvarez Selected to EY Entrepreneurs Access Network
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Jim Jen Announces His Departure From Innovation Works After Twenty Years
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Two CMU Alumni Founders Elected to the 2023 Class of 30 Under 30
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
CMU Students Launch Nucleate Chapter in Pittsburgh
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Resilient Lifescience Wins $500K In Richard King Mellon Foundation Pitch Competition
Thursday, February 9, 2023
ApertureDataDB 2.0: Redefining Visual Data Management for AI
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
NetBeez Releases 2023 State of Remote Work Report
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Stratus Materials Emerges from Stealth to Launch Next-Generation Cathode Materials
Friday, February 3, 2023
Boom Breaks Ground on Supersonic Jet Factory in North Carolina
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Tripp, Equa Health Partner to Offer Clinically-Backed VR Mindfulness Training
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Leaf Shave Announces Release of Leaf Dermaplaner
January
Friday, January 27, 2023
The Howe Co. Acquires Mister Snacks
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Idelic Launches Idelic Insurance Agency for Fleets Seeking an Innovative Approach to Lowering Risk
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Makers of the Nest Thermostat Launch Mill Industries, Inc.
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Theresa Mayer Named Vice President for Research
Friday, January 6, 2023
Shift Robotics' Moonwalkers Featured in Video by WIRED
Thursday, January 5, 2023
TDK to Acquire CMU Spinout Qeexo to Enable Complete Smart Edge Platforms