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Rethinking How Clinicians Interpret Patient Data with Systema Med

Meet Systema Med, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge team developing a clinical platform that interprets continuous streams of patient vital data rather than isolated measurements. The system aims to support faster and safer intervention through real-time decision support and automation.

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Rethinking Music Production Collaboration with ColDAW

Meet ColDAW, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge venture creating a collaborative music production environment that enables creators to work in parallel across tools while maintaining synchronized version control. The platform organizes sessions, tracks changes, and keeps project files aligned across contributors.

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Building Predictive Hormone Health Tools with SymptoLab

Meet SymptoLab, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge venture with a digital health platform that helps women with hormone-related conditions track and predict symptom fluctuations over time. It converts daily health inputs into actionable patterns and forecasts that can support more personalized care decisions.

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Standardizing clinical trial setup with Concordare Trials

Meet Concordare Trials, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge startup that’s developing a universal digital protocol that standardizes clinical trial setup across software systems. Its platform converts protocols into ready-to-run workflows, reducing manual configuration time and operational errors.

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Managing AI agents with Nyantrace.ai

Meet Nyantrace, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge startup that helps you manage multi-agent AI—tracking every agent in real-time so your Mona Lisa doesn’t get stolen in 7 minutes because Agent A disabled alarms, Agent B opened the back door, and Agent C optimized surveys instead.

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The Origin Story of Spendcodes by Michael Curry

Meet Spendcodes, the startup that lets Retail Merchants accept Stablecoins (USDC) and sends them Dollars (USD) to their bank. Customers pay in 2 seconds from their mobile, while Businesses reduce their transaction fee by 2%.

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Challenge Alumni CaroRhythm Selected for VentureWell E-Team Program

Former Healthcare Venture Competition winners continue their momentum with acceptance into a nationally recognized venture development program...

Inside NYU’s Conversation on Deploying AI at Scale

From founder pitch coaching to a discussion on enterprise AI deployment, the NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and NYU's AI Innovation Accelerator convened founders, investors, and industry leaders for a day of learning and innovation...

Remembering Bill Berkley

The NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship joins the Stern and NYU communities in mourning the passing of William R. Berkley (BS ’66, NYU Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus), whose vision, generosity, and deep personal commitment to students helped shape the Center that bears his name...

Introducing the Winners of the 2026 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

NYU’s top startups took the stage at the 2026 Entrepreneurs Challenge Final Pitch-Off, the University’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. With hundreds of guests in attendance, ventures competed for $225K+ in prizes. See the winners across New Venture, Digital Tech, and Healthcare tracks!...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet the Finalists of the 2026 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

After months of hard work growing their ventures and honing their pitches, the teams of this year's NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge faced the judges for the first time at this year's Semi-Finals! The anticipation in the air was palpable as the teams waited to hear the results of judges' intense deliberation. Silence fell across the room as the Berkley Center team took to the podium to announce the Finalists...

Inside NYU’s 2026 Healthcare Access Hackathon

Students from across NYU came together for the 2026 Healthcare Access Hackathon Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, tackling urgent issues from rural care gaps to aging in place and digital mental health. Through hands-on workshops and a fast-paced pitch showcase, teams turned human-centered ideas into actionable solutions with real potential for impact...

Crafting the Perfect Pitch: Turning Family Need Into a Scalable Business

Meet Pupil, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge venture with a college guidance platform that combines AI with near-peer mentorship to support families navigating education decisions. It matches students with relatable mentors and provides personalized exploration of schools and career paths...

Engineering the Future of Regenerative Medicine with ScriptBio AI

ScriptBio AI develops AI-guided stem cell therapies that enable adults with age-related diseases to restore tissue health by using causal AI to discover disease-driving genes and programming cells to correct them, starting with knee osteoarthritis...
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