by Katharine Downey | Apr 20, 2026 | Class of 2025, Events
Students from the eLab Student Startup Accelerator, the Runway Startups Postdocs Program at Cornell Tech, and BioVenture eLab at Weill Cornell Medicine, made their annual trek to San Francisco for the Cornell Silicon Valley: Student Startup Showcase to pitch their...
by Katharine Downey | Feb 10, 2026 | Blog, Class of 2025, Events, News
33 startups were accepted for the eLab student startup accelerator fall cohort, and 15 will advance to the spring cohort. These startups have made significant progress and identified a viable pathway to a scalable business. The student startups...
by Katharine Downey | Nov 6, 2025 | Class of 2025, Events
The night before the conference, students in Cornell’s eLab business accelerator pitched their businesses to a crowd of alumni, entrepreneurs and potential investors and mentors. The event included a panel discussion hosted by Big Red Ventures. “As a...
by Katharine Downey | Oct 7, 2025 | Blog, Class of 2025, News
Cornell’s student startup accelerator, eLab, is proud to announce the 33 student teams selected for its Fall 2025 cohort! The program accepts student founders from any field of study across Cornell’s Ithaca campus and readies them to launch their businesses. This...
by Katharine Downey | Apr 15, 2025 | Class of 2024, Events, News
Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator; the Runway Startup Postdocs Program at Cornell Tech; and BioVenture eLab at Weill Cornell Medicine pitched their innovative business ideas at the annual Cornell Silicon Valley: Student...
by Augustine Daudu | Mar 20, 2025 | Blog, Class of 2019, Companies, News, Success Stories
Response, an eLab alumni (Class of 2019) founded by Keivan Shahida ’20 and Kais Baillargeon ’20, has secured $4 million in seed funding. The round was led by Y Combinator and Twenty-Two Ventures, with participation from strategic angel investors from Flexport,...
by Katharine Downey | Mar 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
GradeWiz, an artificial-intelligence teaching assistant founded by Cornell undergraduates Max Bohun ’25 and Aman Garg ’25, has been accepted into startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 Batch. GradeWiz uses AI and computer vision to grade homework and...
by Augustine Daudu | Feb 28, 2025 | Class of 2024, News
24 startups were accepted for the eLab student startup accelerator Fall cohort, and 13 will advance to the spring cohort. These startups have shown remarkable progress in validating their ideas and refining their business models. The eLab program has been an...
by Katharine Downey | Oct 16, 2024 | Blog, Events, News
Twenty-four student teams have been selected for the Fall 2024 cohort of eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator. Now welcoming its 16th credit-bearing cohort, eLab accepts student founders from any field of study across Cornell and trains them to launch...
by Katharine Downey | Apr 19, 2024 | Class of 2024, Events, News
Student teams from eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator, and Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute Runway Startup Program at Cornell Tech pitched their innovative ideas at San Francisco’s Autodesk Gallery on March 28. The event brought...
