Pittsburgh Startup News for the week of May 20th
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This Week’s Headlines:
10 Questions with Confetti Founder, Daniela Munoz - Pittsburgh Startup News
He considered dropping out of CMU. This weekend, he graduates — and has already launched a startup - Post-Gazette
Uber launching shuttle service to and from Star Lake Pavilion this summer - Pittsburgh Inno
Aviation and Robotics Summit kicks off at Heinz History Center - Pittsburgh Inno
The Challenges in Keeping Medical Device Software Updated - Healthcare InfoSec
Government funds hit Pittsburgh’s innovation ecosystems as leaders plan for the region’s future in tech - Technical.ly
The Death of Enterprise-Only Software Companies - Greg Coticchia
AI Robots with Purpose with Jake Loosararian of Gecko Robotics ▶️- This Week in Startups
Dillan DiNardo: Mindsate Design Labs 🔊- Mycopreneur
IMPACT AI: Sankalp Arora, CEO/ Cofounder of GatherAI ▶️- Corporate Startup Lab
Sunday Business Page with Advanced Optronics CEO Jay Reddy▶️ - KDKA
What’s Happening this Week:
Monday, May 20th
What’s Your Business Idea?
Avenu | 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Awesome Pgh: Awesome Funders for Awesome Projects
East End Cooperative Ministries | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, May 21st
BioBreakfast
Riviera Building | 8 AM - 9:30 AM
The Tech Forge Meetup
Aslin Beer Co. | 6 PM - 8 PM
Wednesday, May 23rd
Meet the VCs: Mission BioCapital & Portal Innovations
Virtual | Noon
Friday, May 24th
Pitch & Run Pittsburgh
1900 Smallman | 9 AM - 10 AM
This Week’s Startup Job Opportunities:
Duolingo
Director of Prodcut Management | Pittsburgh
Diamond Kinetics
Senior Backend / API Engineer | Pittsburgh
Latitude AI
Software Engineer II | Pittsburgh
Honeycomb Credit
Account Executive | East Liberty
SkillBuilder.io
Sales Support and Marketing Specialist | Hybrid
The Wolfe Companies
Account / Growth Relationship Manager | Pittsburgh
Tactical Resources:
35+ Best Pitch Deck Examples from Successful Startups - Slidebean
Responsible investing in AI - a handbook for VCs
Suno - Text-to-music generator that can whip up full songs in seconds from a simple text prompt.
Programs Worth Applying for:
Bunker Labs Amabassador Program - Unites entrepreneurial servant leaders nationwide to strengthen local business ecosystems. Over 12 months, receive training and support to help creating business-friendly environments for veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs and connecting them with key resources.
UpPrize Social Innovation Challenge 2024 - Powered by Innovation Works and funded by the BNY Mellon Foundation of Southwestern PA, creates cross-sector partnerships to solve some of our community’s most pressing problems.
Beta Tester Requests:
Sensi Fit - Attention High-Performance Athletes! Experience the future of fitness testing with Sensi Fit's advanced hardware sensors and real-time data analytics. Elevate your training— visit Sensi Fit to learn more and request a demo today!
TurnUp - Is seeking HR professionals and SMB owners to beta-test our ML platform that helps predict employee turnover with 90% accuracy up to six months in advance, and can save you 15% on your hiring costs. Contact: nick@turnuptalent.ai