Pittsburgh Startup News for the week of May 13th
Special Introductory PSN Subscription Pricing:
This Week’s Headlines:
Kloopify and ISM Announce Strategic Partnership to Unlock Sustainable Procurement - Pittsburgh Startup News
10 Questions with NoRILLA Inventor Nesra Yannier - Pittsburgh Startup News
Pittsburgh’s AI Opportunity: Insights from the 2024 Work Trend Index - Pittsburgh Startup News
'A built-in customer': How the military grows Pittsburgh startups - Post-Gazette
Does Pittsburgh need an AI avenue? - Post-Gazette
Here’s how a proposed SEC rule change could boost small business investment - Post-Gazette
As NASA chief warns of space race with China, Pittsburgh plays a part - Pittsburgh Inno
GrowMark and Optimus Technologies Partner on Decarbonization Pilot - GrowMark
Meet FoodSocial - Alphalab
Celebrating 35 Years of Reed McManigle's Contributions to Entrepreneurship in Pittsburgh - CMU
Robots in agtech: what's next? A conversation with Robotics Factory Managing Director, Kevin Dowling - John Koetsier
StudioMe open The Meetup, an AI-powered podcast studio in Oakland - Pittsburgh Business Times
SciAccess wins NASA innovation award - Pittsburgh Inno
RealLIST Connectors 2024: Meet 20 leaders spreading innovation throughout Pittsburgh - Technical.ly
Using Sales, Persuasion and Maybe a Little Cringe for Good - Hannah E. Hardy, PhD, MPA
3 Tips To Help You Defy The Odds As An Entrepreneur - CrunchBase
What’s Happening this Week:
Tuesday, May 14th
Aviation & Robotics Summit
Pittsburgh | May 14th - 16th
BioBreakfast
Riviera Building | 8 AM - 9:30 AM
ActiveAngels Network In-Person Meeting
Virtual | 4:30 PM - 8 PM
Prototyping: Taking Ideas into Physical Reality
6901 Lynn Way | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Wednesday, May 15th
PyCon US 2024
David Lawrence Convention Center | 8 AM - 5 PM
Unleashing Innovation: Harnessing the Power of Generative AI
Virtual | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Thursday, May 16th
Top Talent Hire Up
CoHatch Shadyside | 4 PM - 7 PM
Friday, May 17th
Pitch & Run Pittsburgh
1900 Smallman | 9 AM
Saturday, May 18th
Intro to Tig Welding
Hack Pgh | 11 PM - 5 PM
Pgh Game Makers In-Person Game Development Meetup
Looking for Group | 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
May Pittsburgh Unreal Meet-Up
Virtual | 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM
This Week’s Startup Job Opportunities:
Mayvue
Software Development Manager / Lead | 3+ YOE | Pittsburgh
Diamond Kinetics
Senior Backend / API Engineer | 5+ YOE | Pittsburgh
Free Market Health
Director of Commercial Insights & Pricing | Pittsburgh
Latitude AI
Software Engineer II | Pittsburgh
Honeycomb Credit
Account Executive | East Liberty
Tactical Resources:
Sean Amirati’s Generative AI Opportunity Canvas - A structured framework comprising seven blocks that prompts users to explore and define opportunities for leveraging GenAI with their team.
Code & Supply PyCon 2024 Job Fair Voucher random selection form - Code & Supply is giving away 10 free tickets for the PyCon job fair on May 19. Winners will be randomly selected on May 13.
Comprehensive Rust - free Rust course developed by the Android team at Google.
Programs Worth Applying for:
HubSpot’s INBOUND Million-Dollar Pitch - Offers six startups the chance to pitch at HubSpot's INBOUND conf in September, and be considered for up to $1Mil investment from HubSpot Ventures.
ERA Accelerator Summer 2024 Cohort - Join office hours with the ERA team to learn about their 4-month program that includes $100K in seed capital, access to a 500+ mentor network, and culminates at NYC’s Largest Demo Day.