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Thursday, May 21, 2026
Emerging as a foundational platform for Physical AI, —the robotics engineering and hardware firm—leverages an arsenal of IP to unlock on-edge computer vision for autonomous systems. The company has announced the closing of a $12.5M seed funding round, co-led by Magarac Venture Partners and Veredas Partners, with significant participation from Mana Ventures, Gaingels, Sum VC, and the Active Angels Network.
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Masters of Robotics Systems Development alumnus Roger Nasci, is Co-Founder and
VP of Projects.
Friday, May 15, 2026
Graduate Swartz Fellows, Undergraduate Innovation Scholars and PhD Innovation Commercialization Fellows
This past weekend, many of our Undergraduate Innovation Scholars, Graduate Swartz Fellows, as well as a PhD. Innovation Commercialization Fellow participated in ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s graduation ceremonies. This year's commencement address was given by NVIDIA CEO Jason Huang, who told the graduates, "Your career starts at the beginning of the AI revolution".
We are incredibly proud of each of these students and the hard work they've put into exploring entrepreneurship, starting companies, participating and winning competitions and further reaching their entrepreneurial goals, all while balancing their busy academic schedules. These newly crowned alumni will continue to be a part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem here at Carnegie Mellon, staying connected with their respective programs by becoming ambassadors and mentors to future cohorts and returning to campus to participate in and attend future Swartz Center events.
The graduates pictured above (from left):
Swartz Fellows: , Tepper School of Business; , PhD, , AI Engineering/MechE; , MIIPS, Business, Design & Engineering; , Tepper School of Business and , Tepper School of Business.
PhD Innovation Commercialization Fellow: (center)
Innovation Scholars: , Master of Computational Data Science, , Business Administration (minors in Finance and Entrepreneurship); , Tepper School of Business; , Business Administration/Computer Science.
Thursday, May 14, 2026
In an announcement via LinkedIn on Tuesday, Co-Founder and CEO Glen Wise announced the company has raised $41M Series B funding to scale its AI-powered infrastructure, which is designed to protect the internet from AI-generated abuse and bad actors. The funding round was led by Radical Ventures, with ongoing participation from existing investors Accel and Y Combinator.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
(YC W26), Co-Founded by ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s Mitchell Fogelson, PhD (Mechanical Engineering), has been named to the Black Flag 100 List, which gives 500+ founders the opportunity to share which companies they're most excited about.
Friday, May 8, 2026
Kaavio, co-founded by Tepper School of Business alumnus Derek Gregg and Sam Bobb, has recently raised a $2.9M pre-seed round led by Baukunst, with participation from Techstars, Looking Glass Capital, and a number of other great investors.
"We're already working with some of the largest manufacturers and distributors in the world, including Fortune 500 companies. We're not just helping them go from thousands of bare-bones SKUs to rich, publishable product pages in weeks instead of years—we're helping them build the agentic future of commerce", says Gregg.
Thursday, May 7, 2026
, a smart medical device system that prevents secondary spinal injuries during transport, is the winner of the 2025 – 2026 Duquesne New Venture Challenge (DNVC). Co-founded by ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ team Mary Squire and Alyssa Theroux, HeadStrait was one of 15 teams to advance to the competition's semi-final round from more than 150 initial entries.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The Swartz Center Partners with ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s LEAP Program and Duolingo Social Impact Group for Pitch with Purpose Event
This past Saturday, the Swartz Center hosted the Pitch with Purpose: Storytelling for Sustainable Impact event, organized by the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ LEAP program (joint ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Dietrich College/CFA) and Duolingo's Social Impact group.
The session kicked off with inspirational words given by Jerome Bettis, Steelers Hall of Famer and Director of the Bus Stops Here Foundation, to the attending 27 ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ LEAP high school students. Bettis shared a few words about his own journey, as well as general advice and guidance on navigating the challenges of creating and running your own business.
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Swartz Center Undergraduate Innovation Scholars Thomas Kanz, Caden Chico, Aanya Chidananda, Graduate Swartz Fellows Kousalya Mohan, Edward Chanquín, and Duolingo social impact representatives Sean Beauford and Allison Yu answered questions and shared their entrepreneurship experiences and guidance.
A highlight from the event was the students working in groups to identify Pittsburgh problems that they wanted to solve and pitching sustainable solutions to address them. Proposed projects included addressing food deserts, supporting Pittsburgh farmers raising organic food, building communities and a system for sharing Pittsburgh news in one place. The teams received feedback from their peers, as well as the mini judging panel composed of Jerome Bettis, LEAP Porgram Director Sarah Ceurvorst, and Duolingo Impact Specialist, Allison Yu.
Friday, May 1, 2026
Sancho is also partnering with Multiply Labs to help with production requirements.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
The company has opened a private SPV round via WeFunder.
Friday, April 24, 2026
The Ultimate Draft Pick: ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Showcases the Winning Power of Sports Innovation
Pittsburgh once powered America’s industrial economy, and it is now galvanizing the era of artificial intelligence. This week, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿—the birthplace of AI—and the AI Strike Team hosted a first-string lineup of global visionaries to highlight the city's power at the intersection of sport and innovation during NFL draft week.
"Powering the Future of Sport: A Draft Week Showcase," was a sports-themed day of engaging discussions, live robotics demonstrations and industry innovations on AI’s extraordinary potential to transform the future of sports. Hosted at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿’s Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) at Hazelwood Green, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ President Farnam Jahanian said the site reflects the evolution of the Steel City and its vitality.
Hundreds looked on from chairs draped with Terrible Towels as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro took the stage at the Showcase and talked about making the region and the state more competitive for investment and development. He underscored ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿’s role in driving that change. A highlight was hearing from NFL legend Jerome Bettis, whose perspective grounded the conversation in how these innovations connect back to the athletes and the game itself.
What stood out most wasn’t just the technology—it was the collaboration and conviction in the room. The Forge to Field AI Pitch Competition, emceed by the Swartz Center’s own Meredith Meyer Grelli, brought that energy to life—while investors and executives made real, game-time commitments to back top AI founders from across the nation, signaling that this isn’t just exploration—it’s execution at speed.
The six finalists teams that pitched were: (ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿), , (ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿), , ServeSense (ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿) and (ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿).
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Idelic’s safety intelligence platform unifies day-to-day safety management activities such as training, monitoring, reporting and coaching into a single solutionw with an AI analytics workflow designed to measurably impact driver behavior.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Niche, founded in 2002 as College Prowler, is a ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ spin-out founded by CEO Luke Skurman.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
The Swartz Center Hosts Final Family Business Initiative Peer Advisory Group Session of the Year
The Swartz Center closed out this year’s Family Business Peer Advisory Group with ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Professor Brandy Aven, who challenged the group to think more intentionally about AI, change management and how family businesses evolve without losing their identity.Key themes included how organizations adopt AI responsibly; the role of networks and internal champions in change; where resistance originates—and how to anticipate it; and
how family governance structures uniquely shape adaptation.
A reunion and wrap-up gathering will take place on May 28.
Friday, April 17, 2026
The Swartz Center Announces the Newest Cohort of Undergraduate Innovation Scholars
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Swartz Center is excited to announce its next cohort of Undergraduate Innovation Scholars. The 2026-28 cohort, a mix of fourteen entrepreneurially minded students from across ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s campus, was chosen after a competitive application process which included over 70+ undergraduate student applicants. Each of the students are actively exloring their own startup and will continue working with the Swartz Center's resources and EIR's to further their progress.
The students in the cohort are (in order of the above photo):
- Garrett Arendt, Tepper School of Business
- Daniel Baytin, Tepper School of Business
- Caden Chico, School of Computer Science/Tepper
- Aanya Chidananda, Tepper School of Business
- Ivan Cornejo, Dietrich College
- Trisha Jha, Tepper School of Business/Dietrich College
- Abhay Kadambi, School of Computer Science
- Manya Khemka, Dietrich/Information Systems
- Surabhi Komanduri, School of Computer Science/Tepper
- Pranavi Rohit, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Vivaan Sawant, Electrical & Computer Engineering/Robotics
- Vir Toolsidass, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Ariana Watson, Mechanical Engineering/EDIE
- Advika Vuppala, Electrical & Computer Engineering
The new cohort will be welcomed at the final Spring semester Proseminar on Friday, April 17, where they will meet and network over lunch with current and past Innovation Scholars. The students will officially start programming in the Fall, when they will also join the newest cohort of graduate James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Some members of the Swartz Center team attended the PIttsburgh 30 Under 30 awards ceremony held at the Sea Monkey venue in the Strip District on Tuesday to celebrate Steven Guo, Program Manager for the Swartz Center's VentureBridge program, who was an honoree. Not only did Steven choose the best walk up music to the podium (Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Someoby"), he also added a spirited dance move that captured his personality perfectly.
Congratulations again Steven!
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
For more than 50 million people, acne appears as a prolonged negotiation with uncertainty, one that ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ alumnus and James R. Swartz Fellow Aimee Langevin, the founder of Skintuition AI, knows all too well. She founded Skintuition AI, a platform designed to follow the full arc of a user's experience, encompassing daily habits, product usage, environmental factors and professional input, all working in tandem. "The goal is to connect people to an expert and actually give them context," Langevin explains.
Friday, April 10, 2026
Swartz Center Powers National AI Showcase During NFL Draft Week
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ and partner the AI Strike Team unveiled new details this week for the Powering the Future of Sport: A Draft Week Showcase—an invite-only gathering that will bring together global investors, founders, innovators and sports leaders to Carnegie Mellon during one of professional football’s most high-profile weeks. The high-impact, four-hour showcase includes remarks from state and city leaders, demonstrations, and culminates in a Shark Tank-style AI pitch competition, led by the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Swartz Center and AI Horizons, during which select AI startups will pitch live to a high-profile panel of judges for a part of a $1.75M prize pool.
Friday, April 10, 2026
Three startups have advanced to the 2026 Microsoft Imaging Cup World Finalists, two of which are founded by ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ students. , founded by Tepper School of Business MBA Surya Kukkapalli and , founded by ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ students Vivaan Sawant, Advika Vuppala, Rohan Ganesh and Troy McBride have advanced to the finals.
SpoilSafe is addressing a critical gap in the cold chain, where limited visibility into food freshness leads to waste, rejected inventory, and lost revenue. Revora Health is addressing a critical gap in how patients access and experience recovery, where long wait times and limited support often leave individuals navigating rehabilitation on their own.
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Pittsburgh's Meter Feeder and Mapless AI Test Robotaxi Parking Payment System in Bid to Prevent Lost City Revenue
and Mapless AI tested a machine-to-machine system that lets autonomous vehicles pay for parking on their own, just in time for Waymo’s planned local launch.“Cities have spent decades building analog parking infrastructure for humans,” Jim Gibbs, CEO of Meter Feeder, told Technical.ly. “We are ensuring municipalities don’t lose millions in revenue just because driverless vehicles can’t feed meters.”
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
, a startup that focuses on foreign-exchange market making and remittances,announced it has raised $94M in a funding round led by several venture capital firms, as it looks to use stablecoins to speed up cross-border payments.The capital raise was led by investors including Accel, Atomico, Lightspeed Faction, M13, Northzone and Pantera.
Tepper School of Business alumnus and James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow Daniel McDade is Head of Operations at OpenFX.
Friday, April 3, 2026
NVIDIA Co-founder Jensen Huang Among 2026 ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Honorary Degree Recipients
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ will award honorary degrees to four individuals at its 2026 Commencement ceremony set for Sunday, May 10 in Gesling Stadium. Jensen Huang, the electrical engineer, philanthropist and business executive who co-founded , will be the Commencement speaker and receive an Honorary Doctor of Science and Technology degree in recognition of his extraordinary contributions as a visionary founder and technology leader.
Thursday, April 2, 2026
BlastPoint, Inc. CEO Alison Alvarez to Receive Tepper Recent Masters Alumni Award
Tepper School of Business alumnus Alison Alvarez (MS/CS, 2007, MBA 2016), CEO and co-founder of , is among the recipients of the 2026 Tepper School Alumni Awards. She will receive the Tepper Recent Masters Alumni Award at a ceremony to be held on May 2, 2026 during the Reunion 2026 celebration dinner.
BlastPoint, Inc., is a B2B provider of customer intelligence and analytics solutions that companies across sectors rely on to optimize revenue growth.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
, co-founded by ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s Mitchell Fogelson, PhD, is building deployable solar arrays that expand from the size of a dining table to a football field in orbit, giving satellites 10x more usable power without increasing launch mass or volume. Their patented deployable truss architecture enables this while maintaining structural rigidity.
The company is targeting a first in-space demonstration flight for Q2 2027 and has already secured multiple LOIs from space companies totaling over $175M.
Friday, March 27, 2026
Zipline, a 12-year-old South San Francisco company that operates autonomous drone delivery systems for the on-demand delivery of medical supplies, food and retail items, has raised a $200M Series H round at a $7.6B post-money valuation. The deal was led by Fidelity, with Baillie Gifford, Valor Equity Partners, Tiger Global and Paradigm also participating.
Zipline co-founder Ryan Oksenhorn, participated on a panel with ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ School of Computer Science Dean Martial Herbert at February's Lab to Market event in San Francisco, CA.
The next to Lab to Market event will be held on September 17, 2026 in Pittsburgh.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Founders Make ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s Tartans on the Rise 2026
Tartans on the Rise celebrates recent alumni who are making an impact in their organizations and in their communities, across the nation and around the world through leadership, innovation and career achievements.
Several honorees are ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ founders, including:
- David Ajoku, Founder and CEO, Aware.ai (ENG 2021)
- Tracy Held, Entrepreneur, Writer and Filmmaker (CFA 2015)
- Susana Lau, Founder and CEO, EtyaLab (ENG 2015)
- Sakshi Mishra, Co-founder, Verber Studio (ENG 2015)
- Antonina Simakova, Co-founder and EVP of Research, Myris Therapeutics (MCS 2015)
- Serano Tannason, Co-founder, Bang Jamin (SCS 2020)
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Gather AI Named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026
, co-founded by Sankalp Arora, CEO, Daniel Maturana and Geetesh Dubey, was recently named to Fast Company's 'Most Innovative Companies of 2026' in the Logistics category.
Warehouses run the global economy, yet for decades operators have been making critical decisions without a clear view of what’s actually happening on the floor. We built Gather AI to change that - bringing real-time, reliable data into physical operations and turning it into action.
This recognition reflects the scale of that shift and the team and customers driving it forward.
Over the past year, we’ve doubled our operational footprint, grown bookings 250%, and raised a $40M Series B to expand globally. Still early, but the direction is clear.
Friday, March 20, 2026
The annual McGinnis Venture and Social Enterprise Prize Competition was held at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ and the Swartz Center on Tuesday, March 17, with startups competing for the largest prize pool ever at $375K.
The competition, which has been held since 2004 and was established by an endowment from the Swartz Center's long time friend and entrepreneur Gerald McGinnis, founder of Respironics, was the largest competition yet with over 400 in attendance. Held at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s McConomy Auditorium and the Swartz Center, the event was kicked off by Meredith Meyer Grelli, Swartz Center Managing Director, with opening remarks given by Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O'Conner, County Executive Sara Innamorato and U.S. Senator Dave McCormick. This year's event was the most competitive to date, with a 70% increase in student entries over last year.
Throughout the day, 22 student-led startups pitched to a panel of 17 investors, who then judged the competition. Pitches ranged from a variety of industries and concepts, including drug discovery, video game hardware and of course, artificial intelligence.
The $375K prize pool was backed in part by new support from the David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund. In total, the competition awarded $125K in cash investments and $250K in Amazon Web Service credits.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
The Swartz Center Hosts Fireside Chat with Tris Jahanian and Martha Harty, Founders of EdTech Startup Martris
Last Friday, the Swartz Center hosted a Fireside Chat over lunch with special guests Tris Jahanian and Martha Harty, founders of edtech startup, Martris. During the talk, entitled "It's a Business, Not an App: Lessons Learned", Tris and Martha shared how they came to launch Martris, an edtech startup that brings conflict management to mobile, what it really takes to turn research into product, build across disciplines, navigate the startup journey and learn (and relearn) as founders.
Martha built her career in conflict resolution, developing pioneering interactive tools at Carnegie Mellon and helping teams learn how to navigate hard conversations, and Tris spent 30+ years engineering secure financial systems, holding two patents in high-performance distributed transaction authorization and building technology used by financial institutions nationwide.
The conversation was moderated by Anika Halappanavar, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Human Computer Interaction/Business student and 2025-27 Undergraduate Innovation Scholar.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
RoboForce ('24 VentureBridge), a pioneer in Physical AI-powered Robo-Labor, has announced it has secured a $52M oversubscribed funding round, bringing the total raised to $67M. The new capital will accelerate the company’s next-generation robot foundation model, scale general-purpose Physical AI robots, and drive manufacturing readiness for commercial deployment.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Gecko Robotics has announced it has secured a five-year contract from the U.S. Navy with a ceiling of $71M. The company utilizes a suite of robotics and artificial intelligence to perform inspections of infrastructure that would be difficult or dangerous for a human to complete. Gecko, which has previously worked with the Navy, will now start working on 18 ships in the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
, a New Delhi, India-based developer of a digital visa processing platform, has raised $36M in Series C funding. The company, founded by ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ and Innovation Scholar alumnus and CEO , intends to use the funds to accelerate its international expansion, specifically targeting new markets in Europe and the Middle East, and to advance its AI roadmap for automated document verification, eligibility checks and real-time traveler support.
Monday, March 16, 2026
Shiv Panjwani, Tepper School of Business MBA, James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow and co-founder of Agilow, was selected to Poets & Quants' 2025 Most Disruptive MBA Startups list. reduces meeting and messaging overload for software development teams by creating conversational, voice-AI teammates who can literally call you, talk to you on the phone and carry information across the team.
Working out of the Swartz Center, Shiv and his Agilow teammates were finalists and pitched in this year's McGinnis Venture Competition.
Friday, March 13, 2026
We are proud to join seven institutions in launching Third Coast Foundry, a new San Francisco hub designed to strengthen connections between Midwest research universities and one of the world’s most active venture ecosystems.
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ founders are building companies at the forefront of robotics, artificial
intelligence, biotech and other deep technologies. A significant number ultimately grow their ventures in the Bay Area—and as a global university, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ is committed to supporting founders wherever they are most likely to succeed.
Third Coast Foundry will provide a shared base for university startups, researchers and partners traveling to the Bay Area, creating new opportunities to engage with investors, mentors and alumni across institutions.
The initiative also complements Swartz Center programs, such as the
VentureBridge pre-seed Accelerator and Lab to Market, our semiannual showcase highlighting deep-tech startups, which regularly brings our deep tech startups to the Bay Area.
We look forward to collaborating with partners across the Midwest to help more university innovations reach the marketplace and scale their impact.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Announcing the Gebhardt Sandbox Fund 2026 Cohort
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Swartz Center is excited to announce the twenty ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ student founders that each will be awarded $1K from the Bruce S. Gebhardt Sandbox Fund for the 2026 cycle. This fund established in 2025 provides crucial early stage capital to founders as they build, test, and launch their ventures.
This year marked our most competitive application cycle yet, with applications more than doubling from last year. The surge in interest reflects the remarkable momentum we are seeing across the Carnegie Mellon entrepreneurial ecosystem, as more students and researchers take the leap to build and scale bold new ideas.
As a special addition this year, an additional three founders will be selected from the McGinnis Venture Competition and Social Enterprise Prize Final Round founders to complete the 2026 cohort.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
For the past five years, the Pittsburgh Business Times has annually highlighted startups in the region's various technology sectors worth watching. This year's list of ten Startups to Watch in 2026 spans across the greater Pittsburgh region and a variety of sectors, including hardware, artificial intelligence and life sciences.
Among the startups that made the list are ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s , co-founded by Alyssa Theroux and Mary Squire, and , co-founded by Dr. Kataki Desai and Christina Ramirez.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Miranda Nover, ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Mechanical Engineering alumna, VentureBridge '25 cohort participant and CEO, co-founder of strength training wearable company, (YC W26), is featured in this month's edition of Wired.
Fort, a slim wearable that automatically tracks strength training, recently launched with its final production hardware and system and is available for preorder.
Friday, March 6, 2026
The McGinnis VC & SEP Final Round Teams Competing for $375K in Prizes Have Been Announced!
After a rigorous Round 1 and Round 2 process, the final undergraduate and graduate teams for the McGinnis Venture Competition have been announced. With just over a week to go, excitement is building for the final pitches and celebration on March 17.
The finalist teams will compete for the newly expanded $375,000 prize pool. This includes $125,000 in cash investment awards, made possible by the David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund, and $250,000 in AWS Activate credits provided by AWS for Startups.
Join us for the final round and help celebrate the next generation of student founders!
Friday, March 6, 2026
Powering the Future of Sport: A Draft WeekShowcase on April 22
The Swartz Center will host a $1.275M national pitch competition during the NFL Draft week in partnership with the NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers and AI Strike Team. “Powering the Future of Sport: A Draft Week Showcase,” will highlight startups at the intersection of sports and tech on Wednesday, April 22 at the new Carnegie Mellon Robotics Innovation Center.
A panel of high profile judges, including Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank investor; Ed Stack, Chairman of Dick's Sporting Goods and Foot Locker; Will Allen, former Pittsburgh Steeler and Partner at Magarac Venture Partners; and Deap Ubhi of AWS Startups, will decide the top pitches from around the country and the world.
The prize pool is made possible through major investments including $1M in cloud compute credit from AWS for Startups and $250K in investment from Magarac Venture Partners.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Local robotics startup announced it was awarded a $850,000 SBIR Phase II contract from NASA to develop hardware components for use in outer space. HEBI was founded in 2014 as a spin-off of ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s Biorobotics lab.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
, led by CEO John Thornton, announced it was awarded a contract from a French company to develop a wheel that would be used to help astronauts live on the moon. Astrobotic will develop a wheel system to be used to allow the MPH to move along the moon's uneven terrain.
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