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Skild AI, a Pittsburgh-based start up, announced 300M in Series A funding bringing them to a valuation of 1.5 billion yesterday.   Skild AI develops artificial general intelligence rooted in the physical world. From resilient quadrupeds mastering adverse physical conditions, to vision-based humanoids performing dexterous manipulation of objects for complex household and industrial tasks, their model will enable the use of low-cost robots across a broad range of industries and applications.    The caliber of Skild AI's investors speaks for itself as Pittsburgh continues to deepen it’s roots in the hard tech and AI spaces– Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group, Jeff Bezos (Bezos Expeditions), alongside leading VC firms like Sequoia and Felicis.     As they continue to scale here in Pittsburgh, they are looking to hire in roles across AI, robotics, engineering, operations, and security. Learn more about SkildAi and their open roles by visiting their website: https://lnkd.in/erHQ385Z 

Our CEO & President, Sean Luther, named to Team Pennsylvania Board! Team PA brings together key stakeholders from across the Commonwealth to tackle Pennsylvania's biggest economic challenges. With plans to launch collaboratives in life sciences and biotech along with innovation and tech this year, we are thrilled to have a seat at the table. Sean is proud to represent Pittsburgh’s Innovation Economy through this appointment along with other local leaders such as Joel Burstein, CEO of BEAM Collaborative and Randy P. Vulakovich, Senior Principal, Government Relations, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, pictured here. Learn more about the initiative here: https://lnkd.in/g7_M_mSM

Are you ready to... 📣 Share your business idea? 🗒 Gain audience feedback? 🤝 Make connections with other entrepreneurs? Join us this Thursday evening with Max Polec of The CEO Strategy and Charles Mansfield III of InnovatePGH for our final "What's Your Business Strategy?" roundtable before our summer break. Register and find more info here: https://lnkd.in/dAea4a3d

Always fantastic to see some of Pittsburgh's best and brightest enjoying the sunshine (and Redhawk Coffee) in the Pittsburgh Innovation District. Great work Rena, Charles, and our friends at Nucleate Pittsburgh

Tech equity leaders Kory Bailey✨ of UpSurge Baltimore, Danae Mobley of 1Philadelphia, Maria Underwood of Birmingham Bound and Charles Mansfield III of InnovatePGH met on stage at the 2024 Technical.ly Builders Conference. Their panel discussion focused on building an inclusive innovation ecosystem, seeking partnerships, improving quality of living and practicing “relentless incrementalism” in measuring progress. These goals aren’t just relevant to current entrepreneurs, Mobley said; they’ll also broadly affect how well cities can achieve digital equity and strengthen youth career pipelines. https://lnkd.in/g4z3H5FX #EcosystemBuilding #Innovation #Partnerships #PTW24 #Builders24

List by Dealroom.co on some of the fastest growing startups founded in Pittsburgh! https://lnkd.in/eBAWS7QT

Hey #Pittsburgh #Founders! We are looking for a couple more local startups to highlight at our next What's Your Business Idea? event in a couple of weeks. This is a great opportunity to showcase what you are building through an elevator pitch, network with others, and get connected to all of the local resources in Pittsburgh through the support of InnovatePGH. If you are interested, get a ticket and reach out to me directly. If you know a founder who may be interested. Tag them in the comments. https://lnkd.in/eZWukydb

We had another incredible What's Your Business Idea? event earlier this week highlighting #Pittsburgh Founders. For our 4th event it was fitting that we had 4 entrepreneurs share the startups they are working on. Thank you to those who attended and pitched: Manush Saydmohammed, Ph.D., MBA, Corey Trautman, Avishai Moses, and Alex Garcia. We've got our next two events in May and June! This is a great opportunity to share the startup you are working on or listen to what others are building in Pittsburgh. Thank you to InnovatePGH for your collaboration to make this event series possible! https://lnkd.in/eZWukydb

Congratulations Andy on your well earned retirement. We will miss you! My students and I enjoyed a trip to Dave & Andy's recently after an InnovatePGH pitch event at Avenu Workspace where Nolan Sulpizio and Becca Segel, among other budding entrepreneurs, honed their presentations for a crowd of peers and ecosystem builders. Thanks to Abby Kennedy for knowing the history of local small businesses and suggesting it!

We encourage anyone interested in robotics & entrepreneurship to apply! https://lnkd.in/e2a8PSi6 🤖 🤖 🤖