I-Corps alum Assurtek Surgical is commercializing the world’s first AI-powered dental drill technology.
Nanopath is developing molecular diagnostic platforms to detect viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens using a single patient sample.
Angelo Niforatos, a recent Syracuse University graduate with master’s degrees in engineering and business, used his NSF I-Corps experience to accelerate his startup, Niffy Drone Solutions.
I-Corps alum Burlington Bio, a biotech startup spun out of the University of Vermont, was recently awarded a $305,000 Phase I SBIR grant from the NSF.
I-Corps alum Biobe, a startup founded at the University of Vermont, is leading the conversation around emotional wellness for children and families.
Dr. Yuguang Chris Li, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University at Buffalo, founded PlasmaChem Solutions to commercialize a novel plasma-based method to more efficiently convert atmospheric nitrogen and water into ammonia.
Dr. Andrew Talal, a University at Buffalo Professor of Medicine and leading liver disease expert, first participated in I-Corps in 2020 to evaluate the market fit of a facilitated telemedicine approach for hepatitis C (HCV) treatment in opioid treatment programs.
Bluminate (formerly VAPGuard) is transforming infection prevention in critical care with a novel, patent-pending medical device that reduces the risk of the most costly and deadly hospital-acquired infections, such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
Cellec Technologies incorporated in 2016 after completing the NSF I-Corps national program and successfully identifying a product-market fit through customer discovery.
Pittsburgh-based Surface Design Solutions has raised $925,000 and hired four employees to help manufacturers achieve dramatic cost reductions by optimizing surfaces.
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).
Binghamton University’s team of Assistant Professor Jayson Boubin and Ph.D. student Melika Dastranj developed REMIX, a drone-mounted hyperspectral camera system capable of processing massive amounts of data in real time to detect early signs of crop disease.
Sodium-ion battery solution company Standard Potential conducted in-person customer discovery interviews at The Battery Show through a 2023 I-Corps course.
A $1.25 million grant will help I-Corps alumni startup Photonect Interconnect Solutions advance the commercialization of its photonics innovation. Photonics technology can make data centers and telecommunications networks, which require a lot of power to handle internet traffic and cloud storage, more cost- and energy-efficient.
This June, an I-Corps cohort of oncology researchers – each working on a cutting-edge solution to improve care and outcomes for cancer patients – took to Chicago for the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting to interview clinicians about their biggest problems.
This February, Cornell health technology startup SensVita, which has developed a touch-free way of monitoring of heart and lung functions, was awarded a $305,000 STTR Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation.
I-Corps alumni startup AreaHub has taken a major step in their mission to inform businesses and individuals with environmental risk intelligence.
In September, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Neuralenz a $500k Phase I STTR grant for developing a new, non-invasive measurement of cerebral blood flow that could enable doctors to rapidly detect neurological damage and treat it more accurately.
EchoICs, an I-Corps regional course alum and 2022 National I-Corps Team participant, received a $275,000 STTR Phase I Award from the National Science Foundation in August. Founded by Dr. Alyssa Apsel, Director of Computer Engineering at Cornell University, and postdoctoral student Thomas Tapen, EchoICs developed a new flexible spectrum radio for more efficient military communications and commercial cellular usage.
NASA recently collaborated with the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) to run a specialized NSF I-Corps regional course for wildfire technology management innovators, an initiative that complements the agency’s wildfire management efforts.
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.
In May, researchers developing innovative clean-technology solutions conducted customer discovery interviews at the 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Dallas, Texas, as members of a ‘hybrid’ National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps regional course hosted by the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub.
The SBIR award supports the commercialization of Soctera’s power amplifier which will help boost signal range and incentivizes broadband coverage in more rural areas through reduced costs.
Verde Technologies, a 2021 I-Corps alumni company from the University of Vermont, is developing a lightweight and flexible way to capture solar energy using perovskite.
Sostos, an I-Corps alumni startup developing a cutting-edge AI technology for cancer treatment optimization, recently secured two SBIR Phase I grants — a $275K award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a $400K award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
I-Corps alumni startup Carbon To Stone is an emerging leader in the carbon capture and utilization industry. A recent influx of funding will help the company advance its mission to transform CO2 and residual materials into valuable resources.
This January, a regional I-Corps cohort comprised of optics and photonics researchers traveled to San Francisco to explore the market potential of their innovations at SPIE Photonics West, a convention that brings together researchers, engineers, and industry leaders to learn about the latest updates in light-based technologies.
In January, the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) led its annual “Ag-Corps” regional course, focused on entrepreneurship training for STEM researchers developing agriculture technology solutions.
Safe Pro AI, co-founded by Binghamton University alumni Jasper Baur and Gabriel Steinberg, is a Safe Pro Group company leveraging AI and machine learning to detect, label, and map mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Clairways leverages AI to provide a comprehensive, long-term picture of respiratory health for clinical trials and eventually for pulmonary care.
