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Surface Design Solutions uses physics-informed machine learning to reduce costs for manufacturers
Surface Design Solutions uses physics-informed machine learning to reduce costs for manufacturers 2560 1440 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Pittsburgh-based Surface Design Solutions has raised $925,000 and hired four employees to help manufacturers achieve dramatic cost reductions by optimizing surfaces.

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Aneurisk uses AI to improve care for abdominal aortic aneurysms
Aneurisk uses AI to improve care for abdominal aortic aneurysms 768 433 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Aneurisk, a Pittsburgh-based medical software startup, has hired eight employees and raised over $1 million to develop AI-enabled tools to improve the diagnosis and management of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

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Biotechnology Researchers Immerse in Customer Discovery at BIO
Biotechnology Researchers Immerse in Customer Discovery at BIO 1000 562 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

For the third year, the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) led a hybrid I-Corps regional course that included a funded customer discovery trip to the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest biotech industry event. 

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Lygenesis Raises $37 Million, Creates 6 Local Jobs
Lygenesis Raises $37 Million, Creates 6 Local Jobs 2560 1709 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Lygenesis, a biotech startup based in Pittsburgh, has raised over $37M to create cell therapies
for life-threatening diseases.

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ECM Therapeutics Raises $26 Million, Employs 7
ECM Therapeutics Raises $26 Million, Employs 7 2560 1752 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

ECM Therapeutics, developers of tissue repair gel Hydrogel and biotherapeutic agent Matrix- bound Nanovesicles, has raised $26M and hired a team of 7 at its Pittsburgh headquarters.

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Photo: Pitt School of Medicine student Adi Mittal meets Katalin Kariko, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine, at the National Collegiate Inventor's Competition.

Astria Biosciences Wins $275K SBIR Award
Astria Biosciences Wins $275K SBIR Award 936 702 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Astria Biosciences, which spun out of research conducted at the University of Pittsburgh, is developing the first simple, whole blood-based test to detect the presence and monitor the progression of cerebral aneurysms.  

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Photo: teams in the 2023 BIO Regional Course

BioTech Innovators Engage with Customers at BIO
BioTech Innovators Engage with Customers at BIO 2560 1722 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

This June, a group of researchers developing biotechnology innovations conducted customer discovery interviews at the 2023 BIO International Convention (BIO) in Boston through a tailored I-Corps regional course hosted by the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps).

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Energy Researchers Perform Customer Discovery at ARPA-E Summit
Energy Researchers Perform Customer Discovery at ARPA-E Summit 2560 1920 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

The Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) led a specialized regional course for energy researchers in March 2023 that involved tailored virtual entrepreneurship training, followed by sponsored travel to Washington, D.C. for the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit.  

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NSF Awards Cornell University $15 Million to Lead I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region Hub 
NSF Awards Cornell University $15 Million to Lead I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region Hub  2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell University a $15 million, five-year grant to lead the newest Innovation Corps Hub, I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region.

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