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Empire State Development Announces Applications Open for GENIUS NY Cohort 10
The World’s Largest Business Accelerator for Uncrewed Systems is Accepting Applications through May 27, 2026Empty heading GENIUS NY awards a total...
Liverpool High School Drone Tech Students Visit GENIUS NY at INSPYRE
More than 25 Liverpool High School students stopped by INSPYRE Innovation Hub this week to hang out with the GENIUS NY Cohort 9 teams and get an...
GENIUS NY Round 9 with NewsChannel 9: Applications Are Open—Here’s What You Need to Know
CenterState CEO’s Kara Jones, Director of Programs & Engagement for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, recently joined NewsChannel 9 to...
Applications Now Open for GENIUS NY Round 9—$3M in Investments Up for Grabs
The world’s largest accelerator for uncrewed systems is back. GENIUS NY Round 9 is officially accepting applications through May 28,...
GENIUS NY Awards $3M to Game-Changing Drone Startups
Aviant, a Norway-based drone logistics company, took home the $1 million grand prize at the GENIUS NY Round 8 Pitch Finals, held...
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Transformational Expansion of The Tech Garden Kicks Off
$32 Million Project Will Add 46,000 Square-Feet of Space to the Facility, Including the Addition of a Second and Third...
Empire State Development Announces Five Teams Selected to Compete in Round Seven of GENIUS NY Accelerator
Selected Teams from Around the World Will Compete for a Total of $3 Million in Investments and Participate in Yearlong UAS...
CenterState CEO Launches Syracuse Surge Accelerator Program
New Program Seeks Minority Entrepreneurs in Tech Program is part of Syracuse Surge’s efforts to position Syracuse as...
What’s Happening at The Tech Garden in 2023?
CenterState CEO is excited to announce that The Tech Garden expansion project is scheduled to begin this spring. This...
GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF GENIUS NY, THE WORLD’S LARGEST ACCELERATOR FOR UNCREWED AERIAL SYSTEMS
Archangel Imaging Wins GENIUS NY $1 Million Grand Prize; Four Other Finalists Receive $500,000 investments as Part of $3...
GENIUS NY Finals Night 2022 is coming up!
On Thursday November 3rd, at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown at 5:00 pm, five extraordinary technology companies from around...
GENIUS NY Applications Now Open for 2021 Program
Empire State Development (ESD) today announced that the application window is now open for the fifth round of GENIUS NY–...
Geopipe Wins GENIUS NY 2020 Accelerator – $1M Grand Prize Awarded
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Geopipe of New York City the winner of GENIUS NY’s $1 million grand prize. The GENIUS NY...
TruWeather Solutions Hires SUNY Oswego Meteorology Students and Partners with Past GENIUS NY Teams
TruWeather Solutions recently hired two meteorologists who graduated from SUNY Oswego this past spring. The 2018 GENIUS NY...
First Ever Startup Night at The Tech Garden Highlights Local Innovation – Pitches, Updates and GENIUS NY 2020 Finalists Revealed
The Tech Garden held its first annual Startup Night and Holiday Party that included announcing the GENIUS NY 2020...
GENIUS NY 2017 Teams Make Final Pitch at Innovation Celebration Event December 12
What a year it has been for the first round of GENIUS NY finalists. They were welcomed to Central New York back in January...
GENIUS NY Announces Sixteen Semi-Finalists Companies to Compete for Investments totaling $3 Million
More than 250 high-quality applications from around the world submitted for program’s second round GENIUS NY, a business...
GENIUS NY Sponsors Drones Over Downtown Event
Come enjoy an afternoon of drones at The Tech Garden! GENIUS NY is sponsoring Syracuse, New York's first ever Drones Over...
GENIUS NY Finalist SkyOp Offers Drone Training Class this Summer at The Tech Garden
SkyOp, one of six GENIUS NY finalists, is offering an introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) course beginning...
GENIUS NY 2.0 Now Accepting Applications From Startups Focused On Unmanned Systems, Hardware, Software And Analytics
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that applications are now being accepted for the second round of GENIUS NY – one...
GENIUS NY Awards $2.75 Million to Competition Finalists
AutoModality Wins $1M Top Prize GENIUS NY, a year-long a business accelerator, hosted its capstone 315 Finals event on...
Six Finalists Selected to Compete in $2.75 Million GENIUS NY Competition
GENIUS NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, today introduced six finalist teams who...
GENIUS NY Update
GENIUS NY applications have officially closed and teams from around the world have submitted their technologies for...
GENIUS NY Increases Cash Awards for Startups, Gains International Attention
GENIUS NY, a $2 million business accelerator based in Central New York, has increased the prize amounts it will award its...