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Four student-founded AI companies win Cornell Tech Startup Awards
The startups each won $100,000 investments during the university’s annual Startup Awards competition, held May 14.
Community-Centered AI
Methodological Innovations for Environmental Justice, Labor Equity, and Data Sovereignty
OPEN SESSIONS:
Monday, May 18 · 1:30-3 p.m. · Lightning Talks & Panel Discussion
Tuesday, May 19 · 1:30-3 p.m. · Community Voices Session
Morgans’ $1.25M gift to support AI fellows program
A $1.25 million seed grant from James C. Morgan ’60, MBA ’63, and Rebecca Quinn Morgan ’60 will support the establishment of an AI fellows program focused on operational and administrative transformation.
Humans are bad at making complex decisions. AI can help
A new tool is designed to help users rank a set of choices – such as job applicants, graduate schools, even Oscar candidates.
New approach designs healthcare robots with, not for, the people who use them
A new Cornell Tech-led study invites healthcare workers, long-term care residents, and community members to help design the robots themselves.
Regular audits would build trust, confidence in AI
J. Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, is a co-author of “Auditing AI,” which offers AI users from all walks of life an introduction into AI evaluation, which is key for developing trust in the technology.
What does it mean to train an AI to speak like you?
Ultra-personalized AI for assisted communication risks muting aspects of the user’s identity and can breach privacy, according to a study from a Cornell Tech doctoral student who trained the technology on himself.
Entrepreneurial students win awards for summer work on their startups
Thirty student startups received Human Spirit, Beck Fellows and Cane Entrepreneurial Scholars awards this summer from Entrepreneurship at Cornell, funding that will allow students to work on their startups rather than take traditional summer positions.
Cornell Tech announces the 2026 Startup Awards and the Inaugural Frontiers of AI Summit
As the 2025–26 academic year comes to a close, Cornell Tech will host a series of events throughout May showcasing student achievement, entrepreneurship, design, and the future of emerging technologies.