Cornell Startups in the Boston Area

A directory of 50 startups founded by Cornell University alumni and students based in the Boston area, each listed with its founders, stage, categories, and links. Compiled by Big Red AI.

50 listed

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  Liquid AI Series A

  Daniela Rus, PhD ’93 · Cambridge, MA

  Foundation models from first principles

  Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIInformation Technology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  OpenEvidence Series D

  Zachary Ziegler ’17 · Cambridge, MA

  Organizing the world’s medical knowledge

  Artificial IntelligenceClinical TrialsMedical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Moderna

  Robert Langer ’70 · Cambridge, MA

  mRNA vaccines

  BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth Care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Bios Life Seed

  Zach Taylor ’96 · Boston, MA

  AI cancer surveillance

  Health CareHospitalHospitality

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Obsidian Therapeutics

  Vic Myer ’89, Jeffrey Trigilio ’06 · Cambridge, MA

  Cell and gene therapies

  BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Mine Series A

  Scott Smith ’21 · Cambridge, MA

  Student debit card

  Credit CardsDebit CardsFinancial Services

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Hyperlight Series C

  Kevin Luke, PhD ’16 · Cambridge, MA

  Optical circuits for optical data

  ElectronicsInternetSemiconductor

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  BusRight Series B

  Phil Dunn ’02 · Boston, MA

  School bus platform

  Information TechnologySoftwareTravel

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Cypherpunk Technologies

  Douglas Onsi ’90 · Cambridge, MA

  Cancer therapeutics

  BiotechnologyLife ScienceMedical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Pyxis Oncology

  Lara Sullivan ’94 · Boston, MA

  Oncology medicine portfolio

  BiotechnologyHealth CareOncology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Liberate Bio Seed

  Michael Mitchell, PhD ’14 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  AI for genetic medicine

  BioinformaticsBiotechnologyGenetics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Zordi

  Casey Call ’12 · Boston, MA

  Greenhouse robots to pick fruit

  Artificial IntelligenceFarmingRobotics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Be Biopharma Series C

  Krishnan Viswanadhan, MBA ’10 · Cambridge, MA

  Engineered B cells as medicines

  BiopharmaBiotechnologyPharmaceutical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Crayon Series B

  Jonah Lopin ’00 · Boston, MA

  Competition monitoring for sales teams

  AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceBusiness Development

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Salient

  Matt Stein, MBA ’10 · Cambridge, MA

  Weather prediction models

  Artificial IntelligenceSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  MacroCycle Technologies Seed

  Stwart Pena Feliz ’17 · Cambridge, MA

  Zero-carbon plastic upcycling

  Plastics and Rubber ManufacturingRecycling

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Celsius Therapeutics Series B

  Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80 · Cambridge, MA

  Precision genomics and therapeutics

  BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGenetics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Themis AI

  Daniela Rus, PhD ’93 · Cambridge, MA

  Derisk AI models from unreliable outputs

  Artificial IntelligenceInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  OfferFit Series B

  George Khachatryan, PhD ’11, Victor Kostyuk, PhD ’11 · Boston, MA

  Replace A/B testing with AI

  Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningMarketing Automation

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Surround Insurance Seed

  Jonathon Grayson, MBA ’05 · Cambridge, MA

  Helping consumers navigate the uncertainty of life with smarter insurance

  Financial ServicesFinTechInsurTech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Extuitive Seed

  Chong Guo ’13 · Cambridge, MA

  Shopify store ads

  Artificial IntelligenceE-CommerceWeb Development

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ovelle Seed

  Travis Potter ’05 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Fertility egg production

  FertilityHealth Care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ceretype Neuromedicine Pre-Seed

  Emily Stern, MD ’87 · Cambridge, MA

  fMRI for neuropsychiatry

  BiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Sensorium Therapeutics Series A

  Dick Simon ’75 · Boston, MA

  Psychoactive medicines for mental health

  Health CareMedicalTherapeutics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Copernic Catalysts Seed

  Jacob Grose, PhD ’07 · Cambridge, MA

  Chemical processes for fuel

  ChemicalChemical EngineeringOil and Gas

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Allotex Series B

  David Muller, PhD ’81 · Boston, MA

  Allograft inlays and onlays

  BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical Device

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ribon Therapeutics Series C

  W. Lee Kraus ’89 · Cambridge, MA

  Cancer therapeutics

  BiotechnologyHealth CareMedical Device

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Vibe Bio

  Alok Tayi ’06 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  AI analysis of pharma pipelines

  AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceBiopharma

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  TetraScience Series B

  Siping Wang ’12, Alok Tayi ’06 · Boston, MA

  Data cloud for scientific labs

  BiotechnologyData IntegrationData Management

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  True-Tickets Seed

  Matt Zarracina, MBA ’10, MEng ’10 · Boston, MA

  Digital ticketing for live events

  B2BBlockchainInformation Technology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Elevate Youth Development

  Cole Finke ’18 · Cambridge, MA

  Youth development activities

  Personal DevelopmentRecreationSports

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Charles River Data Seed

  Michael Dezube ’12 · Boston, MA

  Bespoke data science consulting

  AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceBig Data

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Intrinsic Foundries Seed

  Shreyansh Jain, MEng ’16 · Boston, MA

  Convert industrial waste to biochemicals

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Coin Metrics

  Tim Rice ’84 · Boston, MA

  Web3 crypto finance

  AnalyticsBig DataBlockchain

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Rocketbook

  Joe Lemay ’99 · Boston, MA

  Reusable notebooks and planners

  Cloud ComputingMobileSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  ThermoBionics

  Terence Davidovits ’07, MEng ’08 · Boston, GA

  Clothing with battery-powered cooling

  Industrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  MuckRock

  Michael Morisy ’07 · Boston, MA

  Nonprofit news for government transparency

  CrowdsourcingGovernmentInternet

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  TrueSignal Pre-Seed

  Dana Lampert ’08 · Boston, MA

  Data record for service businesses

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Knowledge AI

  Michael Won ’87 · Boston, MA

  Personalized learning for students

  ComputerSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Venova Technologies

  Liz Earley ’88 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  Women contraceptive care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  SpaceRake

  Kerri Cahoy ’00 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  Outer space communications

  Space Travel

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Trova Seed

  Jonathon Parsons ’12 · Boston, MA

  Workplace culture and ommunity

  InternetMobile

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Via AI Pre-Seed

  David Chang ’92 · Boston, MA

  AI relationship management

  Agentic AIArtificial IntelligenceSaaS

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Grocers List Seed

  Ben Jabbawy ’08 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Commerce tools for food brands

  InternetSoftwareSoftware Engineering

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Agency Robotics

  Ryan Jacobs ’08, Tucker Moffat ’10 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  AI for logistics and supply chain

  LogisticsRoboticsSupply Chain Management

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Oatfin Pre-Seed

  Jay Paulynice ’08 · Boston, MA

  Cloud infrastructure environments

  Cloud InfrastructureCloud SecurityEnterprise Software

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Veda Trials

  Lesley Solomon ’93 · Boston, MA

  Clinical trial operations

  BiopharmaClinical TrialsHealth Care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Kykloris

  Jeff Roshko ’11 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  Upcycle seafood shell waste

  Advanced MaterialsCleanTechManufacturing

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals

  Brian Cali ’89 · Cambridge, MA

  Treatments for gastrointestinal diseases

  BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Wayfair

  Niraj Shah ’95, Steve Conine ’95 · Boston, MA

  Home furniture ecommerce

  Consumer GoodsE-CommerceFurniture

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗