Pittsburgh Startup News for the Week of March 31st
Draper Associates invests $1Mil in Pittsburgh's Mito Robotics to automate wet labs. -Pittsburgh Inno
Pittsburgh's Slice on Broadway wins World's Best Cheese Slice at International Pizza Expo. - Post-Gazette
Covestro chairman urges Pittsburgh to 'think big' and compete even more globally. - Pittsburgh Business Times
Gov. Josh Shapiro joined leaders from OpenAI, CMU and the local labor community to unveil the results of the state’s first-in-the-nation generative AI pilot program - Government Technology
Duolingo launches free early learning program Duos Treehouse at Kinsgsey Center - Axios Pittsburgh
New Scott Institute award gives entrepreneurship a boost - Carnegie Mellon University
Keystone Innovation Zone extended to include focal stretches of Penn Avenue and Hazelwood Green - Pittsburgh Business Times
Why Pittsburgh Was Never A BackUp Plan - Duolingo
Navigating a Shifting Landscape - Farnam Jahanian
What’s Happening This Week:
Monday, March 31st
Pittsburgh B2B Software Meetup
Alloy 26 | 4:30 PM
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Code & Supply - Build Night
Alloy 26 | 6 PM - 8 PM
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Tuesday, April 1st
BioBreakfast
Riviera Building | 8 AM
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2025 Scalable Expo
Wyndham Graham | 11 PM - 3 PM
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Plant Day Happy Hour
Ascender | 4 PM - 6 PM
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Wednesday, April 2nd
LLM Agent Developers
Hackers Guild Pgh | 7 PM
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Pgh Video Game Developers - Game Talk
Discord | 7 PM
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Thursday, April 3rd
CONNECTS: Digital Health and Healthcare Technology
Swartz Center | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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Start SMART: Startups v. Investors: How to Structure your Capital Raise – Part 2: Negotiating the Term Sheet Workshop
Virtual | 5 PM - 6:15 PM
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Friday, April 4th
Founders & Funders Series: Meet the Parents - David Motley & Dr. Carrington Motley
Swartz Center | 12:30 PM
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Saturday, April 5th
Pitch and Run Pgh
The Terminal Building | 9AM
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In-Person Game Development Meetup
Looking for Group | 1:30 PM
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This Week’s Startup Job Opportunities:
ESTAT Actuation
Data & Testing Engineer | Lawrenceville
Apply Here
Gecko Robotics
Full Stack Software Engineer | Northside
Apply Here
Mayvue
Project Manager - Cloud Hosting | Northside
Apply Here
Onward Robotics
Senior Enterprise Software Engineer
Apply Here
Zensors
Account Executive, GTM Strategy | Oakland
Apply Here
20 yr old Sharpsburg Horseradish salesman, H.J. Heinz circa 186
via OddPittsburgh
Programs Worth Considering:
Submit your proposal for the Hometown Heroes track at PyCon US 2025 to showcase your Python work in a 30-minute talk or 5-minute lightning talk. Proposals are due by April 6th.
CMU Alumni Founders based in Pittsburgh building startups with unicorn potential, apply to the CMU Swartz Center's new Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund to receive $100K in funding over 2 years along with mentorship and guidance. Apply by April 11, 2025 to be considered.
Beta Testers / Feedback Wanted
Lint Scout is developing a smart sensor to detect lint buildup in dryer vents, preventing fires and improving efficiency, and would like your input to help shape their innovation. Please complete the survey here.