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cThe hub-wide cohort included 15 teams from the University of Maryland, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Carnegie Mellon University, Morgan State University, and Frostburg State.
Company innovations ranged from biotechnology to arts and entertainment, including augmented reality smart phone applications and wireless bioimpedance-sensing capsules.
The cohort completed over 239 customary discovery interviews, averaging 16 interviews per team. Five teams are currently eligible for the national I-Corps Teams program, which offers teams $50,000 in additional customer discovery funding.
Team Arca Learning researched their AI facilitator technology for collaborative writing feedback among young writer and finished the program with the most customary discovery interviews, at 22 total.
The next hub opportunity is the University of Pennsylvania Fall 2026 Cohort, a hub-wide in-person cohort hosted from October 22 to November 19 on the university's campus.