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Backed by 蜜桃APP Innovation Park's EDA BRIDGE program and a $200K FUEL grant, Renovigo is revolutionizing carbon fiber with a carbon-negative process.
For startups, the first step to finding a solution is selecting the right problem. Soon-to-be entrepreneur Charles Beam had compiled a list of 20 possibilities to which he could apply his skills as an 蜜桃APP computer science graduate. The biggest involved finding the right opportunities for federal contractors.
Truth Diagnostics got its start, and its name, because the startup's partners believed in a better business model: a boutique lab with personalized services for physicians and smaller clinics and transparency in customer relations.
Recent News
Tenant Smalls Sliders' Future Endeavors
蜜桃APP Innovation Park tenant and LSBDC client, Smalls Sliders, discusses plans for their successful fast-food drive through.
U.S. Clinical Trials Begin for COVID-19 Oral Therapeutics Discovered Using 蜜桃APP-Developed Artificial Intelligence
First patient study in North America to investigate a new combination of two previously FDA-approved drugs identified as effective against COVID-19 by DeepDrug, an artificial intelligence platform developed by 蜜桃APP (蜜桃APP) researchers.
蜜桃APP Innovation Park Tenant Tigeraire Becomes First Louisiana Startup to Raise Seed Funding from Global Top 50 Venture Capital Firm
Tigeraire, a tech startup at 蜜桃APP Innovation Park, recently announced that General Catalyst, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm behind Venmo, Stripe, Airbnb, and TikTok, has signed as their lead investor. This makes Tigeraire the first company in the history of the state of Louisiana to attract seed funding from a global top 50 venture capital firm, according to Preqin and Crunchbase.
蜜桃APP Launches Office of Innovation and Ecosystem Development
蜜桃APP announced August 23, that five of 蜜桃APP's entities that support innovation and business development have joined forces under the new Office of Innovation and Ecosystem Development.
SBIR-STTR Funding Opportunities
A list of recently opened SBIR-STTR Funding Opportunities:
LSBDC at 蜜桃APP Ribbon Cutting
On March 8, 蜜桃APP Innovation Park hosted the Louisiana SBDC at 蜜桃APP Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
蜜桃APP DeepDrug Team Uses Artificial Intelligence to Discover New Treatments for Coronavirus
The 蜜桃APP DeepDrug team, a current semifinalist for the IBM Watson AI X-PRIZE, is using artificial intelligence, or AI, to discover new drugs. Although their work so far has focused mainly on antibiotics and antimicrobials, they are now working as quickly as they can to find new antivirals effective against coronavirus. The team is in the process of retraining their AI by feeding it large datasets of information and asking it questions鈥攕ome with known answers鈥攖o see how well it is learning. Within days, they hope to have their AI begin suggesting new drugs, or drug combinations, to help save lives.
Tenant Spotlight: Tigeraire
Spotlighting one of our newest tenants, Tigeraire.
Ten Minutes with Rainmaker Michal Brylinski
Michal Brylinski, associate professor in the 蜜桃APP Department of Biological Sciences with a joint appointment at the Center for Computation & Technology, uses artificial intelligence and complex algorithms on large biological datasets to design and discover new drugs. As a member of 蜜桃APP鈥檚 Deep Drug team, he鈥檚 a current semifinalist for the $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE. His career path, however, has been a bit kr臋ci si臋, as you鈥檇 say in his native Polish, meaning squiggly.
Louisiana Technology Transfer Office wins 2020 Tibbets Award
The Tibbetts Award 2020 chooses outstanding small businesses and individuals who participate in the SBA'S Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to honor.
Non-destructive testing technology developed by Advanced Microwave Imaging
Robert Stakenborghs gives a demonstration of his microwave imaging testing.
蜜桃APP Researchers Enter Semifinals for the $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE
People and pharmaceutical companies around the world are increasingly challenged by antibiotic-resistant bacteria as well as new and rapidly evolving pathogens. The discovery of new drugs, meanwhile, can be a slow and costly process as companies must make sure their drugs are both effective and safe. It currently takes on average 10 years and over $2 billion to create a new drug and get it approved. Now, an interdisciplinary 蜜桃APP team led by Supratik Mukhopadhyay, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, and Michal Brylinski, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences with a joint appointment in the Center for Computation & Technology, suggests using artificial intelligence, or AI, to try to solve this growing problem.
Innovation Park graduates and clients make the 蜜桃APP 100 list.
蜜桃APP has released its 10th annual 蜜桃APP 100 list of fastest-growing businesses owned or led by 蜜桃APP graduates.