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Deaf AI Is Closing the Information Gap for Deaf Travelers
For deaf travelers, a missed airport announcement can mean a missed flight. Deaf AI is changing that. Since joining the Aerospace Accelerator Program, founder Mehdi Masoumi has turned a deeply…
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Protecting People from Exploitation and Harm Using Capacity Clinic’s Evidence-Based Model
When someone can no longer make decisions for themselves, who steps in and how do they know when the time is right? For too long, the answer has depended on…
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AC:Studio Spotlight: Vivek Burhanpurkar, CEO of Cyberworks Robotics
The robots of science fiction novels, television, and movies have inspired our imaginations for decades. From the Maschinenmensch in Metropolis to Lost in Space’s Robby the Robot in the 1960s…
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Groupthink Labs Is Rewiring How Organizations Make Decisions
When organizations make decisions about limited resources, human nature has a habit of getting in the way. Budgets get inflated, information gets hoarded, and the best ideas don't always win.…
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How NetZenAI is Solving the IT Service Desk’s Biggest Bottleneck
Can AI end the frustration of the IT support ticket? NetZenAI founder Shweta Mishra thinks so. Learn how this Waterloo-based startup is giving technicians the context they need to solve…
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Global Impact Creator Spotlight: Lucas Wen Tang and Felix Xu of Lumos
If you’re not a morning person, then there’s probably a morning person in your life who you’d wish was a little less chipper. But what if we told you that…
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Aerospace Accelerator Spotlight: Ali Taleb, CEO of Vigelon
From a childhood surrounded by airplane models to pioneering electric aviation in California, Ali Taleb’s journey has been defined by a singular focus on flight. Now, as the founder of…
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AC:RevLab Spotlight: Rhyse Maryniuk, founder and CEO of Audesse Automotive
When Rhyse Maryniuk and his team hit a wall developing a new electric vehicle at the University of Waterloo, they built their own solution. That innovation became the foundation for…
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AC:Studio Spotlight: Zachary McCue, founder and CEO of REPWR
Timing is everything in both marketing and entrepreneurship. For REPWR Founder and CEO Zachary McCue, the right idea came more than a decade before the world was ready for it.…
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AC:Incubate Spotlight: Qasim Parekh, co-founder of CellaraRx
When Qasim Parekh saw how few promising cancer drugs ever reach patients, he set out to change that. With co-founder Zjardyn Liera-Hood, he launched CellaraRx, a healthtech startup using single-cell…
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Founder Spotlight: Chanakya Ramdev, founder of Sweat Free Telecom
Some founders build one company. Chanakya Ramdev has built three—without ever changing the name. Through every pivot, Sweat Free has remained constant. What started as a textile innovation to protect…
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AC:Incubate Spotlight: Salar Enjedani, Founder and CEO of Innorobix Automation
Innorobix Automation is proving what’s possible when innovation meets mentorship. Since joining the AC:Incubate program in 2022, founder and CEO Salar Enjedani has transformed the company’s sales strategy, expanded into…
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