LaunchPad Spring Fellowship selects record number of innovative teams
LaunchPad Spring Fellowship selects record number of innovative teams
The University of Texas (UT) at Austin recently announced the student teams that were accepted into the Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars Spring Fellowship program. According to UT News, this was the highest number accepted in one semester. Some student teams leveraged artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), cloud, and blockchain, while others are solving problems related to remote communication.
The Longhorn founders chosen to participate in the LaunchPad Spring 2021 Fellowship include:
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- Paige Cabianca, (advertising, 2021), the founder of VR Inclusive, a nonprofit set up to facilitate experiences that enhance the lives of elderly adults through virtual reality.
- Management information systems junior, Apoorva Chintala, CEO and co-founder of Clocr, a tool that allows individuals to assign beneficiaries for their online accounts, securely store and share important documents, and pass on messages and stories to loved ones.
- Senior computer science major Becky Xu, one of three co-founders of Throw-A-Weigh, a data collection and analysis tool that measures, manages, and reduces food waste at grocery stores.
- In February 2021, Rajya Atluri launched Leela, a health and wellness social app helping women connect with other women going through similar health experiences.
- Abhishek Dasgupta (biomedical engineering, 2021) is the CEO of Loop Medical Innovations. Their spirometer would be easy enough for patients to use and accurate enough for medical professionals to trust.
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