We’re excited to announce the Fall 2024 Columbia Build Lab (CBL) cohort following a competitive application process. CBL is an incubator that connects Columbia Business School student-founders with Columbia engineering talent seeking hands-on experience in building a minimum viable product (MVP) with an early-stage startup. Meet the founders and learn more about their ventures:
Airlitz - Joel Dmello ’25 & Ben Tsujiura ’24: An AI-powered platform to purchase products featured on favorite movies, shows, and by top influencers.
AMLAH - Aaron Levin ’25: A seamless platform for scheduling and conducting remote tours with real estate brokers, enhancing efficiency and accessibility.
Bivicare - Andrew Yeager ’25 : Helps self-insured businesses save money by finding cash discounts on employee healthcare, while easing reimbursement hassles for providers.
CareWear AI - Yotam Gur ’25: A software system that enhances the lifestyles of dementia patients by boosting physical activity, monitoring vital health metrics, and providing insights into well-being.
LearnDetect - Francesca Bruna Pipino ’25: LearnDetect revolutionizes learning disability assessment through rapid mobile app screening, AI-powered recommendations, and official evaluations by licensed professionals.
Lithium - Ananya Wanchoo ’25 & Raaghav Salem Karthikeyan ’25: A fully personalized and customizable credit card.
Mayah Design - Alexis Chestnov ’25: An interior design platform that offers busy consumers the easiest furnishing experience based on their own styles and design best practices.
ONESIP - Tomasz Felpel ’25 & Avri Sainte ’25: A mobile app for cocktail enthusiasts to discover, rate, and share their experiences with specialty cocktails at local bars and restaurants.
SARA - Jiaxin Zhang ’25: Sara transforms speech therapy for children with speech disorders with an easy-to-use app that personalizes learning while also empowering speech-language pathologists with better support.
Sumly - Maggi Heneghan ’25: A one-stop-shop for the self-employed to access on-demand AI-assisted bookkeeping, accounting, tax, financial planning, and legal services.
Threepio - Lara Ismail ’25: An AI-driven dialect-aware audio transcription, translation, and subtitle generation platform.
ToothDoc - Zoe Mattana ’25: An integrated dental referral and networking platform that streamlines referrals between general dentists and specialists.
YOBO - Ken Kobayashi ’25: A medication adherence improvement platform, saving 125,000 lives and $300B avoidable healthcare costs.
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