Cornell AI Startups
A directory of 224 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in artificial intelligence and machine learning, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.
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Kumo.AISeries BJure Leskovec, PostDoc ’09Query large scale data warehouses
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OpenEvidenceSeries DZachary Ziegler ’17Organizing the world’s medical knowledge
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Liquid AISeries ADaniela Rus, PhD ’93Foundation models from first principles
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Coram AISeries BAshesh Jain, PhD ’16AI software for security cameras
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F2 AISeedDon Muir ’15AI platform for private market
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Infinity ConstellationSeries AFrancis Pedraza ’11AI-native service companies
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KreaSeries BDiego Rodriguez, MS ’23 Dropout, Víctor Perez, MS ’24 DropoutAI visual design tool
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Arize AISeries CAparna Dhinakaran, PhD DropoutLLM evaluation platform
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AKASASeries CMalinka Walaliyadde ’12Generative AI solutions for the healthcare revenue cycle
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KoBold MetalsSeries CJosh Goldman ’02Critical mineral exploration
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InceptionSeedStefano Ermon, MS ’13, Volodymyr Kuleshov, ProfessorFast Diffusion LLMs
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MangoBoostSeries BJangwoo Kim ’97, MEng ’01Data center boost for AI workflows
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AnacondaSeries CPeter Wang ’99Open source AI platform
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OpenlayerSeries AGabriel Bayomi Tinoco Kalejaiye ’17Quality assurance for AI and ML
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MarqVisionSeries BDK Lee ’16Remove counterfeits of branded goods
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David Ehrich ’85Credit card for financial opportunity
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Sixfold AISeries BAlex Schmelkin ’97, Brian Moseley ’96Generative AI for insurance underwriting
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TabsSeries BAli Hussain ’11, Deepak Bapat ’11, MEng ’12B2B accounts receivable platform
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PloySeedWill Gao ’22Website for business growth
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Distyl AISeries BArjun Prakash ’10Generative AI solutions for enterprises.
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VivunSeries CJoseph Miller, PhD ’18Technical copilot for the sales team
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HyroSeries BIsrael Krush, MBA ’18, Rom Cohen, MEng ’18Automate conversations on any channel
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Jon Dorando, PhD ’10AI productivity for investment managers
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Samaya AISeries AMaithra Raghu, PhD ’16, Jack Hessel, PhD ’20AI knowledge domain expertise for financial services
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Vali HealthSeedSerena Dang ’15AI assistant for home care
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Mark Schwager ’06Smart autonomous tractors for farming
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Chrissa McFarlane ’11Web3 for health data
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Topline ProSeries BNick Ornitz ’15Service business marketing platform
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Xscape PhotonicsSeries AYoshi Okawachi ’02, PhD ’08Photonics for semiconductor manufacturing
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RevvSeries ARashmi Sinha, MS ’22SaaS solutions for the automotive industry
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Steven Ren ’193d simulations for robot training
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Niamh O’Hara, PostDoc ’18Infectious disease diagnostics
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Rising TeamSeries AJennifer Dulski ’93, MBA ’99Help managers engage and connect their teams
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Maximilian Constant ’11AI for more efficient logistics yards
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Ash Kalb ’00Cybersecurity from bot attacks
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Whitney Anderson ’88Fraud prevention with machine learning
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BuildWithinPre-SeedMichelle Rhee ’92Workforce onboarding
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MidshipSeedKieran Taylor, MEng ’20Extract documents into spreadsheets
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CareerspanPre-SeedVrijen Attawar, MBA ’22Job application AI
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Orchard RoboticsSeries ACharles Wu ’24 DropoutPrecision agriculture with robots and AI
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Flip CXSeries ABrian Schiff ’18, Jacob Cooper ’16, MEng ’17Voice AI for customer service on the phone
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DreamBig SemiconductorSeries BSohail Syed, MBA ’16Semiconductor chiplet manfuacturing for faster R&D
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Sylvia Kang, MBA ’13Hormone monitor and supplements
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AvantosSeries ARabih Ramadi, MEng ’00Client onboarding and servicing AI
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JARS AISeedChris Kruger ’14, MEng ’19Interactive shows by generative AI
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CleerlySeries CJames Min, ProfessorPrecision medicine for heart health
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Shay David, PhD ’07Hire and retain knowledge workers
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Translucent AISeries AJack O’Hara, MS ’19, MBA ’19FP&A for healthcare
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AkridataSeries ASanjay Pichaiah, MBA ’07AI data visualization
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OboeSeries ANir Zicherman ’08Personalized courses for learning
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Adaption LabsSeedSudip Roy, PhD ’14AI that adapts to real world
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BlumindSeries ANiraj Mathur, MBA ’11Semiconductors for edge AI
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OumiSeedMatthew Persons ’16Open source AI platform
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LEASeedMax Klein ’08Automation for wealth management workflows
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Vince Hartman ’08, MS ’22, Ritika Poddar, MS ’22Medical clinical notes AI assistant
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CrayonSeries BJonah Lopin ’00Competition monitoring for sales teams
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Numerion LabsSeries DAbraham Heifets ’01, MEng ’02AI drug discovery
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NumeraiSeries CRichard Craib ’12Long/short global equity strategy hedge fund
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ZenginesSeedCarl Drisko ’81Software data conversion
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EventualSeries AJay Chia ’18Data warehouse for ML and AI
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Matt Stein, MBA ’10Weather prediction models
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Ardent AIPre-SeedVikram Chennai, MEng ’23Coding agents for data
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William Glaser ’87Checkout-free tech for grocery stores
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Roger HealthcareSeedYusef Iskandar, MEng ’23, Keyur K Shah, MEng ’23, Yunus Ansari, MEng ’23Home healthcare with AI
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Rezo TherapeuticsSeries AGeorge Scangos ’70Mapping biological networks for drug discovery
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Ardalan Khosrowpour, Postdoc ’18Construction intelligence for real estate investors
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Casey Call ’12Greenhouse robots to pick fruit
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Timur Ozekcin ’14, MEng ’15, Sean Abraham ’14Healthcare IoT platform
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QuillBotSeedAndrew Grauer ’10AI for better writing
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ExostellarSeries AZhiming Shen, PhD ’17, Hakim Weatherspoon, ProfessorReduce cloud costs by CPU and GPU optimization
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ZeroClickSeries ARyan Hudson ’02Ad network for AI
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OfferFitSeries BGeorge Khachatryan, PhD ’11, Victor Kostyuk, PhD ’11Replace A/B testing with AI
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Vibranium LabsSeedSang Lee, MS ’18Incident alert and analysis
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MakoraSeedMohamed Abdelfattah, ProfessorAI model deployment
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DeLorean Artificial IntelligenceSeries ASeverence MacLaughlin ’00Harness ROI from structured and unstructured data
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ExtuitiveSeedChong Guo ’13Shopify store ads
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Miku Jha, MBA ’11Food inspection AI
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Spotlight RealtyPre-SeedRaymond Allie ’27, Jacob Phelan ’25AI-powered realtor for reduced commissions
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HangSeries ABrian Bendett ’13AI-native marketing platform
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DistributionalSeries AScott Clark, PhD ’12Platform for AI testing and evaluation
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Opencall.aiPre-SeedEric Mei ’18, MEng ’19AI call centers for customer service
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BoneSeedDK Lee ’16Robot intelligence
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Avallon LabsSeedCornelius Schramm, MEng ’25 Dropout, Bryan Guin, MEng ’25 Dropout, Jet Semrick, MEng ’25 DropoutAI for insurance claims operations
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Advait Raykar, MEng ’22, Ken He, MS ’23, Aparajita Thakker, MBA ’23Supply chain sustainability tracking
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Open AdmissionsPre-SeedAnthony J. DiValerio III ’12College admissions AI
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Bubble LabPre-SeedSelina Li, MEng ’25, Zach Zhong, MEng ’25Automated production workflows
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CloudforceSeries ALee Wang ’97, MEng ’97Microsoft cloud solutions
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GAIBSeedJun Liu, PhD ’14AI and robotics on blockchain
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Tony Chen ’97, Oliver Yu ’97, MEng ’98Biotech regulatory software
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Brian Distelburger ’01AI performance reviews for employees
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Fiber AISeedAdi Agashe ’17Marketing automations platform
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SkyrampSeedNithin Michael, PhD ’13AI-driven software testing
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Tomato.aiSeedOfer Ronen, MBA ’06Change accents in real-time using AI
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Daniela Rus, PhD ’93Derisk AI models from unreliable outputs
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OptiCoreSeedMengjie Yu, PhD ’18Photonics to accelerate AI compute
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Lucky Gunasekara ’05, Andy Hsieh, PostDoc ’17AI search engine for businesses
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Uplift AISeedHammad Malik, MS ’14Voice AI for underserved languages
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HalluminatesPre-SeedWyatt Marshall ’22, Jerry Wu ’22Datasets to train AI models
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Siddharth Sinha ’01, Abhishek Kirti, MEng ’11Marketing images created by AI
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Siloam VisionSeedPaul Chan, MS ’08Reduce preventable blindness
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Elm AISeedAdvait Raykar, MEng ’22, Ken He, MS ’23, Aparajita Thakker, MBA ’23Supply chain sustainability tracking
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AltitudeSeedPrabhjot Singh, MD ’11AI for healthcare clinician execution
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BrightHireSeries BBenjamin Sesser ’06AI copilot for hiring
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ScritchPre-SeedRachel Lee ’21Veterinary care AI agents
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AGIPre-SeedDiv Garg ’19AI lab for general intelligence
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OperandSeedAkhil Iyengar ’25AI consultant for consumer brands
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Sanchi Poovaya, MEng ’09Monitor health and well-being
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Logic AISeedSteve Krenzel, MEng ’10Agents for engineering teams
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Predict HealthSeedShub Debgupta, PhD ’99Putting seniors at the center of their healthcare experience
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BotBuiltSeedBarrett Ames ’12Robots, AI, and computer vision to build houses
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KonaSeedJohn Bell ’18Real-time coaching for managers on Slack and Zoom
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Dune SecuritySeedDavid DellaPelle ’16Employee risk management
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BluePillSeedAnkit Dhawan, MBA ’16AI consumers for marketing research
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Katie Brown ’98Storytelling with AI personalities
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AvinaSeedMike Wang, MEng ’16, Vivek Sudarsan, MEng ’16, Ron Fisher, MBA ’16Signals for B2B sales teams prioritization
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Daniel Rothenberg ’10Weather and climate prediction
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ZendataSeedNarayana Pappu ’07Security and compliance for AI systems
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Leash BioSeedAndrew Blevins ’10Unleashing machine learning to solve medicinal chemistry.
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CollimatorSeedReda Dehy ’04Modeling and simulation software built for the cloud
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Pair AIPre-SeedParth Detroja ’17Mobile education platform that's personalized with AI
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H3TechSeedMichael Gilbert ’03Software consulting for healthcare services
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StampPre-SeedArchit Mehta ’24AI for email inbox
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Auguria, Inc.SeedKeith Palumbo, JD ’03Cybersecurity knowledge layer platform
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Christian Tarala ’26AI-driven dating platform
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Meadow AISeedMax Jai Sim ’10Software for retail operations
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AmpotechSeries AWilliam Temple, MEng ’11AI-enabled internet of things electricity solutions
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Elena Zhizhimontova, MEng ’18AI to identify customer issues
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Ceretype NeuromedicinePre-SeedEmily Stern, MD ’87fMRI for neuropsychiatry
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CytoHub Inc.Pre-SeedFrank Teoh, MEng ’13Cellular therapies for heart health
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LucitePre-SeedJason Spector ’20, Richard Greenbaum ’20Automating deliverables for finance professionals
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Powerbroker AIPre-SeedMarcus Gallagher ’08AI insurance specialist
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Mobile X GlobalSeedDan Cohrs, PhD ’82Customizable mobile carrier
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AmbytechSeedAbhijit Bose ’94AI for manufacturing processes
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Ran Ci ’15, Simon Wu ’20Eyeglasses with display for AI
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Sung-tsan Yeh, MS ’19Convert sound into data
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SavantPre-SeedKevin Yu ’26AI data memory
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AiseptorPre-SeedAkshay Aggarwal, MBA ’26Security layer for remote assessments
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Upswing HealthSeedJay Kimmel ’81A new way to conveniently deliver orthopedic care
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SynthiumPre-SeedNicolas Savva ’11, PhD ’16Humanoid robots training
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Fig MedicalSeedFlorence Luna, MBA ’23, Abhinav Girish, MEng ’23AI prior authorization support for healthcare providers
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John Hohm, MS ’16Utility lines quality inspection
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MustardSeedRocky Collis ’06Baseball coaching computer vision
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Anthony J. DiValerio III ’12College admissions AI
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Modern RealtyPre-SeedRaymond Xu ’17AI real estate agent
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LayupSeedRyan Xue ’14, Michael Lemm ’14Software product user guides
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Soundry AIPre-SeedMark Buckler, PhD ’19Music generation with AI
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Layup LabsSeedRyan Xue ’14, Michael Lemm ’14Software product user guides
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Deepen AISeedCheuksan Wang ’93, Andrew Lee ’02LIDAR tools platform
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TestworksSeries BDale Sukwon Yoon, MS ’04High-quality data sets and validation solutions for safer AI
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TripleZipPre-SeedYash Sahota ’20, MEng ’20AI for CRE accounting
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CandytrailPre-SeedAyush Mahna ’24, Aditya Mahna ’28AI for growth marketing and sales
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Cosmos AIPre-SeedKaran Shah, MEng ’24AI for debt collection and recovery
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CoblocksPre-SeedKevin Schaich ’17, Nisola Shobayo ’17Data pipelines with AI
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Roger Mann ’81Eliminating miscommunication and missed communication.
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VaionexSeedSamuel Schmidt, PostDoc ’22AI and blockchain technology
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RadMate AIPre-SeedAdam Skrocki ’21, Mohamed Khalifa ’21Radiology reporting by AI
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Gigit.aiPre-SeedSaran Krishnasamy, MEng ’18Personalized ecommerce on shopify
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GIANT BioSystemsPre-SeedMorteza Azizi, PhD ’20Rapid disease testing
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David Duffield ’62, MBA ’64Software for investment managers
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ArcanePre-SeedLucas Switzer ’20AI powered games with endless adventures
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EpsillaPre-SeedRichard Renchu Song, MS ’15AI platform for building LLM applications connected with your own data
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PatentPlusAISeedRyan Coles, PhD ’20AI for patent law
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SmartfluenceSeedDavid Ko ’15Connect brands and social media influencers
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HistowizSeries AKe Cheng, PhD ’08Histology for biotech research
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VoidPre-SeedAndrew Pareles ’21, Mathew Pareles ’21AI code editor
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PolicybotSeedDan Witte, MS ’21Reduce hospital administrative burden
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CreatorMLPre-SeedCharles Weill ’12, MEng ’13AI to help YouTube creators choose topics, titles, and thumbnails
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Jason Yosinski, PhD ’16Wind farm analytics
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PassuSeedAndreas Overmeer ’17Fixed Income research
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Michael Dezube ’12Bespoke data science consulting
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AIWORKXSeries BDale Sukwon Yoon, MS ’04High-quality data sets and validation solutions for safer AI
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Ann Sastry, PhD ’94AI-driven applications
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SublayerPre-SeedRachel Sitman ’15Code review AI
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Birth ModelPre-SeedAnish Shah ’11AI for labor and delivery
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Semantic FinancePre-SeedJoshua Ying ’19, MEng ’19AI to maintain software codebase
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HeyPurplePre-SeedJosh Passell ’21, Ryan Ali ’21Real estate leasing AI assistant
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SwayableSeedJames Slezak, PhD ’07Advertisment performance testing
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Mango HealthPre-SeedZach Gittelman, MS ’21Bridge primary care with mental health
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John Horvatis ’99, Sean Bellefeuille, DVM ’24Medical 3d modeling solutions
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FeatureByteSeedRazi Raziuddin, MBA ’01AI data scientist
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Adam Tso ’03, MEng ’03AI in the metaverse
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KaveatPre-SeedDorothee Grant, MEng ’22, Elizabete Ludborza, LLM ’22, Christine Shen ’19, MEng ’22Simpler media and entertainment deals
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Charles Inokon, JD ’97Expert coaching for small businesses
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Brian Bendett ’13Brand loyalty customer data platform
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AtrixSeedVera Kutsenko ’13Medical affairs data AI
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Andrew Altfest ’03AI for financial planning
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Divyansh Lohia, MS ’22AI for automated account development
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PartclPre-SeedWilliam Salcedo ’23Faster semiconductor chip design
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Velaura AISeedYJ Kim, MEng ’88Ultra-low power compute in data centers
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Giby Raphael, MBA ’143D-printed industrial robots
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Stably AISeedJinjing Liang ’16, Neil Parker ’15Automating software testing for every company
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ThreesAISeedJared Cooperman ’14IP licensing for premium content
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Timothy Gee ’88Planning software for infrastructure projects
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SottoSeedJosh Bowen ’98Customer acquisition messaging
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Via AIPre-SeedDavid Chang ’92AI relationship management
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Adam Barr-Neuwirth ’20NIL campaigns for college athletes
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Niru Anisetti, MBA ’14Product catalog data
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Budbreak InnovationsPre-SeedJonathan Moon ’21, MS ’24, Ertai Liu, PhD 24Robot platform for crop maintence
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Charles Elkan, PhD ’90Real-time pricing for fixed income bonds
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Super TeacherSeedTim Novikoff, PhD ’12Private tutoring for students
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Monterey AISeedChun Jiang ’18Copilot for product insights
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Alexander Spivak ’21AI for commercial real estate
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Lindsey Aliksanyan, MBA ’25Software for strategic decisionmaking
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Victor Oribamise, MS ’21Prediction analysis for airports and aircrafts
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SourcererSeedPeter Cetale ’19Autonomous supply chain
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Tiffany St. Bernard, PhD ’22Personal health AI
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CostreamPre-SeedAditya Mahna ’23, Ayush Mahna ’26Stealth
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HireBoltPre-SeedAlexander Zhou ’17Faster hiring for hospitality
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Katie Cummiskey ’13AI to create immersive audio
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SignalFlare AIPre-SeedMichael Lukianoff, MMH ’00Decision intelligence for restaurants
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Alexander Veach, MS ’13Help PE/VC firms scale
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SnapfiPre-SeedJoao Paulo Felix, MBA ’15AI-driven tools for small and medium businesses
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Ashwin Kamlani, MMH ’03Hospitality marketing AI
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DwellingIQPre-SeedKimberley Mark, MBA ’14Home maintenance platform
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Tingzhen Ming, MEng ’10AI for product development workflkow
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Adam Wolford ’14Planning for nonprofits
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SudocodePre-SeedAlex Ngai ’14, MEng ’14AI that turns ideas into code
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DepartSeedSeojin Ceci Kim ’07Design work
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Angela Wu, MS ’13AI for research and automation
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Navdeep Singh, MBA ’18Education language test prep for Indians
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Daniel Miin, MBA ’07AI for anesthesia
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Tom Neyarapally, JD ’02, MBA ’02Computational drug discovery
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NitrodeSeedRichard Gu ’24, MEng ’25, Brian La ’25, Ben Kim ’25AI for game development
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David Duffield ’62, MBA ’64HR software