Romix Biosciences, a stealth-stage biotech building a transformative platform to tackle major challenges in human health. Romix, led by Dr. Conor Loy and Dr. Iwijn De Vlaminck, is coupling AI with a unique liquid biopsy platform to unlock insights into disease biology.

Dr. Conor Loy is an Ignite Fellow for New Ventures at Cornell, having previously earned a B.S. in Biology and Data Analytics from Denison University and a PhD from Cornell University in Genetics, Genomics & Development.

Dr. Iwijn De Vlaminck is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell and a pioneer in genomics-based medicine, with training in applied physics (PhD, KU Leuven/IMEC), biophysics (TU Delft), and genomics (Stanford).

Navii by Neopolis, is a personalized, voice-powered AI agent that understands your professional story, clarifies your goals, and proactively represents you to opportunities that align with your strengths and aspirations. Whether you’re a job seeker aiming for meaningful roles or a hiring manager looking to assemble high-performance teams, Neo offers intelligent, bias-resistant screening and alignment tools.

Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Neopolis is founded by seasoned innovators, Aakansha Upadhyay and 3x founder Saurabh Palan (10+ patents in AI & robotics). 

The company’s mission is to redesign talent engagement through agentic AI, bringing structure, clarity, and human-first screening to hiring and career development.

See|Me is a next-gen platform redefining how artists are discovered and supported, connecting them to art world professionals, collectors, and new art consumers through storytelling, exhibitions, competitions, and licensing opportunities. From its curated online shop to high-impact shows at Art Basel Miami and Armory Week NYC, See|Me makes it easier than ever for emerging artists to be seen and celebrated.

See|Me solves this with a proprietary AI engine that builds a living, artist-first database and performs deep meta-tagging of artwork at speeds 60x faster than ChatGPT and leading industry tools giving collectors better ways to discover and engage with art they love.

Led by CEO Brendan Burns, a 6x founder (3 exits) and co-lead of the Greenhouse Program at Columbia Business School, the team includes leaders from Sotheby’s Institute, X/Twitter, Meta, Columbia, and Stanford. With a global network of 15,000+ artists across 35 countries, See|Me is at the forefront of art and technology.

Icarus Quantum is building the foundational infrastructure for quantum data centers through efficient, scalable quantum interconnects. Its full-stack interconnect platform enables quantum information to be transmitted over room-temperature fiber optics, unlocking a modular and networked architecture for next-generation quantum computing systems.

The company’s technology is based on semiconductor quantum dots developed and validated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These quantum dots power some of the world’s most efficient single-photon sources and ultra-low-noise microwave-to-optical transducers, providing a universal solution for interconnecting superconducting quantum computers across distance and scale.

Icarus Quantum is led by Founder and CEO Dr. Poolad Imany, a quantum photonics and quantum networking expert with over a decade of experience in the field. Dr. Imany earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, where his research focused on quantum light generation. He later served as a postdoctoral researcher at NIST, advancing on-demand photon source technology. During his tenure at NIST, Dr. Imany founded Icarus Quantum to commercialize quantum dot–based networking technologies and bring scalable quantum interconnects to market.