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ThermoAI is decreasing industrial emissions and optimizing operations
Aiden Livingston was inspired to start ThermoAI, based in St. Louis, as a response to the pollution he encountered while running tests in South America for a company he founded in New York.
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Sling Health Demo Day at Cortex in St. Louis draws 20 teams
Sling Health, founded in 2013 at Washington University in St. Louis, hosted the 7th annual Demo Day at Cortex Innovation Community on Saturday, April 13. Sling Health is a national network of student-run biotechnology incubator with chapters at Harvard, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, LSU, Georgia Tech, Emory, Drexel, Texas Tech, and UCLA.…
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Prepare.ai draws a sell-out crowd in its second year in St. Louis
The Prepare.ai Conference on Artificial Intelligence marked its second year last week at the Eric P. Newman Education Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 9. The conference has grown since its inauguration last year, attracting 500 attendees from across the country to hear from a top-notch lineup of speakers on a range of Artificial…
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Kansas City-based PayIt raises $100 million plus from Insight Partners
On March 28, Kansas City-based PayIt announced that they had reached terms to infuse $100 million of new capital into their company. This round was led by Ryan Hinkle of Insight Partners’ New York City office. PayIt uses a proprietary, patent-pending payment platform to simplify paying government entities. The goal of the platform is to…
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AGOGIE wearable resistance pants help improve performance
“Life is hectic. Finding time to work out shouldn’t be. Imagine burning fat, increasing calorie burn, building muscle, all by living your daily life. Now you can, and it’s as simple as putting on a pair of pants. The AGOGIE wearable resistance pants enable you to work out with every movement throughout the day.”…
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Virtual experience company Geniecast brings the speaker to you
Looking to book a thought leader for your next event? Look no further. Imagine gathering a group of friends, flipping on your flat screen, and voilà – your favorite chef greets your guests for an interactive cooking class. Perhaps your company is looking to engage a notable author for a company retreat, or you are…
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DisruptOps raises $2.5 million seed round
KANSAS CITY, MO – DisruptOps, founded in 2014, has raised $2.5 million in a seed round funding from California-based Rally Ventures on July 20, 2018. Cyber Security Veteran, Gary Fish, and seed investor and Director of Phantom Cyber and former Sourcefire CFO Todd Headley also participated in the round. The company is a provider of…
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Lightgliders aims to inspire hope and purpose through fun and games
Zach Fay and his sister Julie McWilliams are the startup founders of Kingdom Scene, which launched Lightgliders in 2014. Their idea was to utilize digital games and activities as a way to engage kids and impart biblical principles. The St. Louis-based company has created a digital game world and online community for kids that is…
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Provider Pool seeks to connect healthcare professionals with healthcare facilities at a lower cost
Janna Westbrook, Tiffany Davis, and Terry Williams are three nurses who decided to create a solution to decrease staffing costs for healthcare facilities. The entrepreneurs quit their jobs and started Provider Pool in August 2018. Silicon Prairie News met with Ms. Westbrook at the tech incubator, T-REX, where the three co-founders have been building their…
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