Pittsburgh Startup News for the Week of January 21st

• Nonprofits are training AI chatbot ‘employees’ to take over tasks that cause burnout and stress (feat. SkillBuilder.io) - Technical.ly

• Pittsburgh’s CEM (computer, engineering, and management) jobs grew 27.4% since 2010, but we’re falling behind - Pittsburgh Business Times

• Pittsburgh sees $278Mil in Q4 2024 VC investment, including

  Abridge’s $250Mil Series D and 13 other deals - Technical.ly

• The next leg of the new moon race is about to kick off — and it could be the most exciting yet (feat. Astrobotic) - CNN

• South Side biotech firm Carmell Therapeutics acquires skincare company - Pittsburgh Inno

• Accelerate Program of Pittsburgh Robotics Factory opens applications for its third cohort - The Robot Report

• Swartz Center Success Stories: Alison Alvarez, BlastPoint - Swartz Center

• Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote - TechCrunch

• Everyone In Retail Is Talking About This Technology Right Now (feat. ProfitMind) - Forbes

• Make Procurement Green (Again): Corporates and Startups Unite (feat. Kloopify) - DPW