Aero Systems West
Builds Hardware and Software to Make Drone Operations — Not Just Drone Flight — Truly Autonomous. Automatic Deployment, Remote Data Analytics, AI-Based Self Inspection, and Hassle-Free Maintenance Enable Companies to Unlock the Value of Commercial Drones. Team: Charles Neal (Developer for Ardupilot, Leading Open Source Autopilot; M.S. Unmanned Systems Design, Air Force Institute of Technology; B.S. Systems Engineering, US Air Force Academy); Ron Marconet (eBay, Amazon, M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UCLA); Daniel Neal (Master's Human Systems Integration, Naval Postgraduate School; B.S. Systems Engineering – Human Systems, US Air Force Academy)
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AgriData, Inc.
Helps Farmers of Trees and Vines Manage Their Yield by Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision. Team: Cyrille Habis (Amazon, CFI, MS Robotics @Stanford), Abe Brody (Full Stack Engineer and Analytics @Campus Steps, Lootsie, Channel Factory), Prasad Nair (PhD Controls @UMass, 11 Patents, 20+ years Algorithms, Machine Learning and Computer Vision)
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Avid Secure Inc.
AI Powered Multi-Cloud Security Platform. Team: Nikhil Gupta (20+ years in startups/ large companies - Buss Dev/Strategy @ForeScout, Product Mgr @ VMware, Cisco, Sales/Eng @Entrisphere/Ericsson, Bell Labs, MBA (Columbia Business School), B.S. & M.S); Ganesh Krishnan (20+ years of experience as Security Leader. Ex-Head of Security at LinkedIn, Vice President of Security at Yahoo, Ex-Head of Security at Atlassian. M.S. (Comp Sc - Purdue)); Deepak Yadav (16+ years Software Architecture , Chief Architect @Intel, Mcafee, Solidcore. Built product >100M+ revenue, MBA & B.S (Comp Sc))
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Back4app
Backend Platform for SaaS Applications. Team: George Batschinski (Sales, Stanford LP7, former GTAC Software, CHC Helicopters, Embraer), Antonio Davi Macedo Coelho de Castro (Product, Stanford LP7, former GTAC Software, IBM), Alysson Campos Melo (Marketing, Stanford LP7, former GTAC Software, Embraer)
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Bartini, Inc.
Engineered the First eVTOL with 4x Flight Endurance, Top Comfort, and Lowest Cost-Index deal for Private Use and Urban Air Taxi Market. Team: Ilya Khanykov (Ph.D., Strategic Management, Business Analysis, Business Systems); Vladimir Salatov (18 Years of Test Flight Engineering, MS, Kiev International Civil Aviation University), Nikolay Fonurin (MS, Moscow State Aviation Institute)
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BidWorks
A Tech-Driven Auction Marketplace for Discovering, Buying, & Selling the Best New Construction Homes & Condos in the Market. Team: Mikael Hastrup (Stanford GSB, former IrvineCo., Fifth Wall VC, Matterport, Deutsche Bank), Akshay Rampuria (Stanford CS, President of Stanford VC, various early-stage startups, machine learning expertise), Erin Allard (RE Broker, Formerly CS Instructor @ Girls Who Code, CS Fellow @ Hackbright)
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Blitzz
A Video, AI and AR Powered Workflow Platform for Field Service Teams. This Platfrom is to Provide Exceptional Support Especially for Physical Equipment, Devices and Hardware Where Visualization is the Cornerstone of Support. Team: Rama Sreenivasan (Product Support, Scientist, MIT, Applied Materials), Keyur Patel (Developer, Intel, Ex-Googler) Scott Swisher (Sales Coach & Advisor, Service Max, SuccessFactors)
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Carrum Health
Marketplace for planned healthcare procedures. Team: Sachin Jain (Booz&Co., Chicago Booth, IIT Delhi), Frank Bird (Humana, Aetna, United, Stanford), Sumant Kaul (Dignity Health, AON Hewitt, UIC, Kellogg), Brent Nicholson (Booz&Co., Accenture, USC).
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Cleer Networks
Enables The Delivery Of Highly Interactive Digital Media And Applications -- Cloud-Delivered Streaming Games, Augmented And Virtual Reality, Interactive IPTV -- From The Cloud. Team: (1) Madhu Sharma - IIT Bombay, UIUC, MIT; Chips and Systems Architect, XBOX Advanced Projects; Leading Architect for Supercomputer-class systems, Networking and Data Center gear; 20+ patents (2) Raj Yavatkar - IIT Bombay, Purdue; Noted architect, though leader, and product builder in Internet, Cloud and DC Infrastructure, Virtualization, and other spaces. Intel, VMWare Fellow. 30+ patents, 60+ papers.
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Cognito Networks
Automate Building Operations for HVAC, Lighting, and Safety and Security and Save 20-35% in Energy and Operational Costs. Team: Kittur Nagesh (Sr. Dir Solutions at Juniper, Dir. Pdt Mgmt, Cisco, Dev. HP, Intel. MSEE, MBA - Wharton, 32+ patents filed, 16 granted), Ajit Sarnaik (SW Engr. AMD, NetBoost, Procket, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks. MS; 7 patents filed, 2 granted)
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Everykey
Universal Smart Key that Wirelessly Unlocks your Phone, Computer, Tablet, Doors, and Automatically Logs you into your Online Accounts when you're Nearby, then Locks Everything Down when you Walk Away! Team: Serial Entrepreneurs, Co-Founder of Ripple (XRP), former CEO of Mercedes Benz, former President of Chrysler & GM, former VP of Verizon, Founder of McAfee Antivirus
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Fleetsimplify
Fleet Management Platform for Mobility as a Service. Team: Balqis Chepkwony (University of Nairobi, Bsc. Actuarial Science, C.A, Hass Petroleum Limited, CFO, Texas Energy Ltd); Salim Omar (University of Nairobi, Political Science and Sociology; UI/UX Designer, 5+ Yrs in Mobility); Kenny Awosika (George Washington University, MIS-IST,15+ years in Federal Government Contracts as Project Manager, Senior Business Analyst and Microsoft Exchange Administrator, 9+ Yrs Entrepreneur)
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FunnelBeam
AI Driven Account Based Sales. Uses Deep Learning Across 1B URLs and Enterprise Silos to Deliver a Holistic Account View, Deep Sales Signals, Personalized Outreach and Next Best Actions for Sales Teams. Team: Rafat Alvi (Stanford MS, Citrix, Zenprise (acq), Kno (acq), HisBlackBox (acq), eBay), Mirjana Marjanovic (UC Berkeley MBA, Incyte Genomics (IPO)), Umair Rashid (Vocera, Citrix, Zenprise (acq), Kno (acq)), Ted Benakis (UserTesting, JobVite)
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GridRaster
Build a Cloud-Based Platform for Powering High Quality AR/VR on Mobile Platforms.. Team: 40+ years of experience in building, deploying and shipping next-gen network based products such as 3G/4G-Wimax/VOIP with 12 patents. Rishi Ranjan, (15+ Yrs as Lead Systems Engineer, Broadcom, Beceeem, Qualcomm, M.S/Georgia Tech), Dijam Panigrahi, (Texas Instruments, Freescale, 14+ yrs across of taking products to multiple international markets), Yaranama Venkat Ramana Dass (14+ years in system architecture, software development and deployment/ Broadcom, Beceem)
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Jirav
Smarter Financials, Faster Insights. Intuitive, Integrated, Real-Time Analytics for SMB Finance. Team: Martin Zych (B2B SaaS Finance Career, U.Washington Lecturer - Financial Modeling); Steve Turner (LiveVox, Alcatel-Lucent & Genesys, 6 Patents, MIT Technical Staff); Sameer Halai (Microsoft, IBM, Amdocs, U.Michigan Social Computing).
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Litmus Automation
End-to-end IoT cloud PaaS for connecting any device to any enterprise application (ERP, CRM, Databases, Analytics…) Team: Vatsal Shah (Rockwell Automation, MS Entrepreneurship, BTech Industrial Eng.), Isha Sheth (Linde Germany, Motorolla, MBA, BTech Industrial Eng), Sacha Sawaya (MSc Finance, BComm), John Younes (MS Entrepreneurship, Bcomm)
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NachoNacho
Subscription Management for SMBs, Using Virtual Credit Cards. Provides Direct Control, Security and Visualization of Company-Wide Subscriptions. Team: Sanjay Goel (Stanford, NYU, UCLA, IIT; 2 Prior Startups, 1 Exit; Citigroup, HSBC, DeutscheBank); Alan Szternberg (Amazon, BNP Paribas, Microsoft)
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Netifi
Enterprise Microservice Platform that Lowers Development Costs, Infrastructure Costs, and Speeds Time to Market. Team: Robert Roeser (Netflix, Nike), Greg Whitaker (Nike, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank), Ryland Degnan (Netflix, Cisco, Harvard, Oxford)
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Nunetz
Smart System to Automatically Integrate, Collect, Visualize, and Analyze Medical Data, Creating a Battle Plan for a Patient’s Personalized Situation. Team: Tal Rusak (MS, Stanford University; BS, Cornell University, Summa Cum Laude; Cisco); Dr. Guy Rosenthal (Director of Neurocritical Care, Hadassah - Hebrew University Hospital; Neurosurgeon, UCSF; MD, University of Michigan, Forbes Best Doctor); Advisor: Dr. Gregory Hawryluk (University of Utah Hospital)
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Operant Networks
Edge Communications Platform with Advanced Cybersecurity for Distributed Networks. Team: Randall King (NTU, MS Eng Mgt, Univ. of WA, MSE Applied Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Univ. of OR, BS Physics; Winner of Photonics Circle of Excellence Award, Sucessful Start-ups); Dave Bass (Stanford, Boston Univ., Univ. of IL; managed $350M division at Agilent); Keith Rose (MBA AGSM/UNSW, Fordham Business School, Rutgers; R Industry Expert, Sucessful Start-up Acquisition)
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Particle.One
AI-driven Commodity Market Insights. Team: Tanya Lyubimova (MSU Physics Dept, Major in Quantum Electronics, 1 Exit.); Ilya Nikolskiy (CPO, MSU Economics Dept, 1 exit); GP Saggesse (PhD CTO (HPC, Quant at a HF, 20 Papers)); Paul Smith CDS, PhD (UC Berkley, Google, Quant at HF, 14 Papers)
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PenguinSmart Inc.
Intelligent, Individualized Rehab Services for All. We Expand the Reach of Therapists by 8x through Empowering Caregivers, First Focusing on the 1-in-7 Communication Delayed Children. Team: Amy Kwok, MD, MPH (Harvard, Peking University, Wellframe, Designed Mobile Health Diagnosis Apps); Matt Kwok, MBA (PM & PMM@Microsoft & VMware Cloud Services, MIT Sloan MBA, UC Berkeley)
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QC Ware Corp.
Bringing quantum computing power to the enterprise. We are developing application software that runs on QC machines. Team: Matt Johnson (Ex MD @ Apollo - MBA, Wharton); Tayo Oguntebi (Ex Intel, Nvidia - PhD, Stanford), Randy Correll (Ex - USAF, NASA, SAIC - PhD, UT-Austin), Kin-Joe Sham (Serial Entrepreneur - PhD & MBA,UMN; MEng, MIT)
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ShoppinPal
Embeddable m-commerce platform that captures lost sales for brick & mortar retailers. Team: Sriram Subramanian (PayPal, UC Berkeley MBA, Carnegie Mellon CS); Pulkit Singhal (JPMC, Trustgenix – acq by HP, NYU CS), Lalatendu Satpathy (Intuit, PayPal, CMU HCI), Kush Khandelwal (PayPal - Sales and PM), Jeff French (Architect, wrote one of the fastest mobile apps in the industry) .
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Stratodyne
Autonomous Near-Space Balloons for Real-Time Aerial Crop Scouting. Team: Edward Ge (Crop Research/Finance, University of Missouri, 6 yrs. HAB ops, Op. Finance, GM); Amit Pinnamaneni (Comp Eng, University of Michigan, 5 yrs HAB ops, 3 yrs consultant, AbsoMax); Bryce Edmondson (FInance, University of Missouri, 3 yrs financial services, 2 yrs fundraising at NGO), Victoria Lofland (Physics Major, University of Missouri, 2 yrs Drone-Tech Projects, Mizzou Space Program)
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Tocca
Sales and Marketing Virtual Events for B2B Companies. Team: Tommaso Trionfi (INSEAD, MBA; Monsoon, Merchantry, Wimba); Stephane Paquet (Telecom ParisTech, MD in CS; Watee, Airbus Multicoms); Bob Stillerman (Columbia Engineering BSEE, UC Berkeley, MS Computer Science, INSEAD MBA, RS International, Harris)
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