Pittsburgh Startup News for the Week of March 10th
Pittsburgh startup Hellbender joins AI Avenue as first artificial intelligence manufacturer - Post-Gazette
Mapless AI and Sway AI Launch the Corktown Carshare pilot in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood - The EV Report
The SoftLedger Journey: Building the Future of Accounting Software in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Technology Council
Timeline: Astrobotic’s rise from CMU spinout to trusted NASA moon partner - Technical.ly
Here’s what VCs are looking for in women entrepreneurs — and why it’s different for men - Technical.ly
How artificial intelligence is helping soldiers in the battlefield, and pedestrians on city streets (feat. Carnegie Robotics) - Post-Gazette
Duquesne New Venture Challenge names five finalists - Pittsburgh Inno
What’s Happening This Week:
Monday, March 10th - Tuesday, March 11th
The K&L Gates – CMU Conference in Ethics and Computational Technologies. Generative AI: Ethics and Governance
Simmons Auditorium | 8:30 AM
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Tuesday, March 11th
BioBreakfast
Riviera Building | 8 AM
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Office Hours: Human Resources – Ginny Nemchick
Virtual | 10 AM - Noon
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CMU Energy Week 2025 - Registration Deadline
Virtual | 11:55 PM
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Wednesday, March 12th
AI in Production 2025: Challenges of Working with Voice Agents with Rex Harris
Virtual | 12:25 PM
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Office Hours: Legal – Eryn Correa
Virtual | 1 PM - 3 PM
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Life Sciences PA - 2025 Annual Dinner & Showcase
Philadelphia Museum of Art | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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ProductTank Meeting of the Minds: Product and Design Unite
Virtual | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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2025 Cleantech Open Northeast Pittsburgh Kickoff Party
Virtual | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Ascender Incubation Program Info Session
Virtual | 6 PM - 7 PM
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Thursday, March 13th
AI Alliance Workshop: Hands-on with Docling
Virtual | Noon - 1 PM
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CONNECTS: How to Come Up With Ideas Worth Pursuing?
Virtual | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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Office Hours: Legal – Wei Yu
Virtual | 1 PM - 4 PM
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Pittsburgh Video Game Developers - Game Talk
Virtual | 7 PM
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CocoaHeads Pittsburgh - Monthly Discussion
Virtual | 7 PM
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Friday, March 14th
Pitch and Run Pgh
Bakery Square | 7 AM - Group Run, 8 AM- Coffee
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Saturday, March 15th
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
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Epistemix
Full Stack Software Engineer | Lawrenceville
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Gecko Robotics Honey
Full Stack Software Engineer | Northside
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Honeycomb Credit
Account Executive | East Liberty
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Innovation Works
Accelerator Operations Lead | Lawrenceville
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Treatspace
Sales Development Representative - Medical Software | East Liberty
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Tactical Resources
Math 101: Technology Startup Founder Resources - Troy Henikoff
Programs Worth Considering:
Ascender’s 2025 Incubation Program—a year-long incubator that equips entrepreneurs with over $20k in business services, mentorship, and tailored programming through a Pre-Incubation Bootcamp, empowering you to launch, build, and grow a sustainable business.
Beta Testers / Early Feedback Wanted
Struggling to gather and structure web data? Gumbo, a CMU startup, transforms unstructured web data into clean, customized datasets at scale. Sign up to be a pilot user & you'll get exclusive early access to streamline market trend tracking, research aggregation, and competitor monitoring.
Apply now to GraySwan’s Agent Red Teaming Challenge: design targeted adversarial test cases, expose decision-making vulnerabilities in AI agents, document your findings, and compete for a share of the $100k prize pool.