We’re getting nearer to placing our highlight on Pittsburgh, and there’s fairly a bit happening behind the scenes. We’ve been spending a ton of time chatting with people who’re on the bottom within the metropolis, and we’ve had a good time studying and listening, which we predict will make this installment of our Spotlight sequence essentially the most dynamic but.
As we share extra particulars on who will likely be collaborating, akin to CMU’s President Farnam Jahanian, we nonetheless wish to hear from these of you constructing corporations within the ‘Burgh.
We’ve heard from practically 50 corporations specializing in issues like digital well being, small enterprise loans, patent growth, robotics and clear tech, and we’ll be selecting three corporations to pitch stay throughout the occasion on June 29th.
Because we count on all varieties of attendees, together with traders, this could possibly be a possibility to take issues to the subsequent stage, be it via recruiting new workers or discovering a brand new advisor. After all, something can occur at a TechCrunch occasion.
Simply fill out this kind and your organization could possibly be chosen to pitch through the occasion.
Additionally, and to study extra about who’s who and what’s what in Pittsburgh, we’re going to be internet hosting a dialog on Twitter Spaces tomorrow (Friday) at four p.m. ET. Co-hosting will likely be one in every of our favourite Yinzers, Kit Mueller. Expect a little bit of trivia, updates on information and happenings within the metropolis and extra.
Register for the occasion right this moment, come chat with us tomorrow and submit your organization or move the phrase alongside to somebody who ought to!
Agenda
June 29, 2021
2:00 p.m. EDT
Building Pittsburgh. Speaker to be introduced!
2:20 p.m. EDT
Developing Duolingo. Karin Tsai, head of engineering, is about to talk on the trade-offs between engagement and edtech, scale and satisfaction, and the way a easy A/B check might help.
2:40 p.m. EDT
From Student to Startup. CMU President Farnam Jahanian will converse on the college’s cutting-edge robotics and automation analysis and the way it’s maintaining revolutionary startups in Pittsburgh.
3:10 p.m. EDT
Pittsburgh Pitch-off. Startups may have two minutes to ship their pitch, and our audio system may have 4 minutes to provide their suggestions. Pittsburgh startups ought to apply right here
