eShip News – August 2024

eShip News – August 2024

Director’s Note: Welcome Back!!

Our fall semester is off to a great start, with our eShip Kickoff event on Thursday, September 5th.  It is wonderful to have the students back on campus and feel all the entrepreneurship energy!  Reminder, if you want to be on top of the Cornell eShip ecosystem, join our listserv – just go to https://eship.cornell.edu/, scroll down to the bottom and you will see where to join. Thanks!

-Zach Shulman ’87, JD’90
Director, Entrepreneurship at Cornell

Cornell Tech Announces Largest Cohort to Date of New Startups on Campus for Fall 2024

Cornell Tech today announced the newest cohort of 13 startup companies that will enter its established Runway incubator program this September.

Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellows Pitch Biotech Startups in NYC

Cornell University’s Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellows (LSTIF) gathered in midtown Manhattan at Cornell’s 570 Lexington Avenue space to pitch their startup ideas and celebrate a successful year at their culminating showcase event on March 16.

Startup Cornell Episode #35: Josh Gully ’83

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Josh Gully ‘83, managing director of NewEdge Wealth and founding member of their New York office.

Milstein Program alum named to Forbes 30 under 30 list

Kush Jain ’22 has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for work by his company, ORama AI, which has developed a high-tech glove to help people learn to read Braille.

David Reiss to Lead Cornell’s First NYC Law Clinic

Cornell Law School and Cornell Tech are pleased to announce that David Reiss joined their faculties on July 1, 2024, as Clinical Professor of Law and Research Director of the Blassberg-Rice Center for Entrepreneurship Law.

How Angela Chen’s Award Winning Designs Integrate AI and Responsible Design

The lines between two of New York City’s defining industries – artificial intelligence/technology and design – are increasingly blurry.

Funding Roundup: Assistance Program Helps Startups Win SBIR/STTR Grants

Each year, eleven federal agencies allocate a portion of their budget toward non-dilutive seed funding for early-stage and startup companies. The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR and STTR) grants are competitive, and the application process can be daunting.   The SBIR/STTR Assistance Program helps connect eligible researchers with SBIR/STTR consultants to […]

SciAI Center, Pasteur Labs partner to reshape human-AI collaboration

Cornell Engineering’s Scientific Artificial Intelligence (SciAI) Center has partnered with Pasteur Labs, an alumnus-founded startup, to break new ground in human-AI collaboration for scientific discovery and industrial applications.

Special thanks to our corporate sponsor partnerships

Entrepreneurship at Cornell is delighted to receive support from a wonderful group of Corporate Sponsor Partners who help make our work possible.