AI & Robotics Venture Day 2025 is an exclusive, one-day investor showcase spotlighting the most promising early-stage startups in artificial intelligence, robotics, health tech, and deep tech—born and built in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
AI & Robotics Venture DAY
CMU Start-Up Week 2025
September 24, 2025 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
AI & Robotics Venture Day is an invitation only event and the intended audience is limited to “Accredited Investors” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1922, as amended, and members of the press.
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Tech investors get one-day access to curated, pre-selected founder talent, research spinouts, and early-stage companies in one of the country’s most concentrated hubs for AI, robotics, health tech and deep tech commercialization.
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30 High-Potential Tech Founders
No filler. Just 30 high-potential founders delivering sharp, investor-ready pitches. All teams are pre-screened and venture-backable.
1:1 Deal Room Meetings
Meet the founders behind the tech. Network with fellow investors. Schedule follow-ups that matter.
BUILD HERE. SCALE ANYWHERE.
These companies are deeply rooted in Pittsburgh’s unique innovation ecosystem—with unmatched access to AI talent, capital-efficient founders, and energy-aligned infrastructure for deep tech scale.
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Pittsburgh builds the foundations for industry. As the birthplace of robotics and machine learning, the region is now a rising AI infrastructure corridor powering the next generation of scalable tech companies.
CMU Lab to Market gives a curated gathering of deep tech investors for an exclusive look at Carnegie Mellon University’s bleeding edge research and promising research-driven startups. This day-long event spotlights breakthrough ventures emerging from CMU labs, including those led by CMU faculty, PhDs and postdocs—advancing the frontier in AI, robotics, cybersecurity, healthcare, and beyond.
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Please book your hotel room at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square by May 23 to receive Innovation Works’ specialty guest rate of $219.
Onsite parking is available at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel Parking Lot for a daily rate of $34. To learn more about hourly pricing, please click here.
Use the following address in Uber, Lyft, or Google Maps:
Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square
300 W Station Square Dr,
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Pittsburgh is an emerging, growing ecosystem for technical innovation leading in industries like AI, robotics, and life sciences.
Each year, EY publishes an extensive report of the region and we invite you to review this publication.
Visit the Innovation Works website for further details on Innovation Works.
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