Welcome to the 2026-2027 Cohort of the Columbia Startup Lab!
The Lab cultivates a cohort of alumni entrepreneurs each year. Hailing from 10 of Columbia’s undergraduate and graduate schools, this community will get tailored programming, mentorship, and community while they and their teams work on their startups full time.
Get to know the ventures and founders below.
2IT
Sebastian Salas, GSAPP
Map-based solutions for organizations with territorial presence.
Arata AI
Apoorv Agarwal, Engineering
Ritika Patni, CBS
Arth is an AI-powered Ayurveda platform building personalized, evidence-backed wellness products and protocols for modern consumers seeking longevity, energy, and preventive care.
Axia AI
Juan Cruz Rabbat, CBS
AI Native Education Agency Company.
Battery Safety Technologies
Lucy Corthell, Engineering
AlphaFire is a retrofit, physics-informed battery safety device that detects early failure signatures in lithium-ion batteries and provides real-time, on-device alerts to prevent fires.
Bearing
Joseph Jun, Mailman School of Public Health
Bearing is an AI caregiving operating system for family caregivers that builds a living map of your caregiving journey, learning your situation from every conversation to predict what you’ll need before crisis hits.
blockbridg3
Leticia Salmon, SIPA | Annie Gergi, SIPA
Blockbridg3 is building end-to-end financial infrastructure that makes stablecoins operational for humanitarian NGOs, enabling faster, cheaper, and more accountable cross-border aid flows.
Derrick Chien Huang, CBS
Cadenova is an AI-native product lifecycle management platform that helps fashion brands manage tech packs, production tracking, vendor coordination, and merchandising intelligence in one workspace.
Helen Zhang, Engineering
At Coffee Elf, we use green chemistry technologies to upcycle spent coffee grounds into value-added biomaterials for the cosmetic and textile industry.
Crosstalk Connections
Chris Chin, Mailman School of Public Health
Crosstalk Connections is a patent-pending telephony platform combatting the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.
Jake Klores, Columbia College
A social platform for professional and collegiate athletes to monetize exclusive content and experiences directly to fans.
FinOptiv AI
Cindy Morand, CBS
Next generation debt matching and capital intelligence platform for Millennials.
Sarah Hwang, CBS
Gamsa is a Korean American food brand making instant, delicious, and savory oatmeal inspired by rice porridge (juk), designed for busy mornings.
Dustin Martelo, SIPA
Financing and managing single family homes on behalf of nonprofits and low-income families.
Hello Steady
Emily Bargabos, CBS
Steady helps people who are directly and indirectly affected by alcohol and substance use; not just individuals in recovery, but also those around them, including family and friends.
Hoist AI
Hidayat Hamidov, CBS
AI Coworkers for Global Logistics.
Innit
Rafat Nigar, Barnard College
Operation System for event organizers.
IVY Engineering Group
Samira Ayati, Engineering
IVY Engineering Group, a WBE, DBE, and SBE-certified firm in New York, specializes in construction management and engineering services for both private and government projects, delivering precision and excellence.
Rafat Nigar, Barnard
LemonJuice is a review-powered platform that helps small businesses get discovered and grow through conversion-optimized profiles and video testimonials.
Beverly Leon, CBS
Local Civics streamlines civics, college, and career education for K-12 schools.
MarginArc
Matt Rothberg, CBS
Vertical software provider for the $100B+ Value-Added Reseller IT space.
Matchbook Partners
Thomas van Haren, CBS
Solving succession issues for family-owned and owner-operated businesses that have created value but do not have a successor to take the reins.
Metlas
Wei Hao, Engineering
Moby Filters
Yoni Ronn, Columbia Climate School
Moby Filters is a Techstars-backed startup that helps businesses reduce utility costs by capturing and reusing microplastics.
MovementBase
Marielle Villar Martiney, SIPA
MovementBase helps social justice changemakers reclaim time, reduce burnout, and scale impact with an affordable, one-stop-shop for managing movements.
Lewis Clements, CBS
nMonica is an AI personal assistant that turns your conversations, messages, and daily context into action items, relationship intelligence, and useful recall so nothing slips through the cracks.
Steve Gilman, CBS | Houtan Fanisalek, Engineering
AI-powered upskilling platform.
Perpetua
Jacqueline Deprey, CBS/SEAS | Shruti Das, SIPA
Perpetua helps you navigate every step of estate settlement so you know exactly what to do next, and nothing gets missed.
Phi.AI
David Foye, CBS
Phi.AI is an AI-driven price discovery and liquidity platform for catastrophe bonds, leveraging Physics-Informed Neural Networks to unlock market efficiency, capital access, and climate justice in a historically illiquid $40B market.
Plasmole
Paul Yoo, Engineering | Aditya Kulkarni, Engineering
AI-native molecular biology platform.
Prana Health
Kosha Rakholia, Mailman School of Public Health
AI-powered recommendation engine for clinicians to design well-being plans personalized for women.
Quad A Research Labs
Aaron Chang, Engineering
Quad A Research Labs is breaking the monopoly on precision motion components for North American robotics.
Quaderer Media Group
Joseph Quaderer, Journalism
Quaderer Media Group is a tech-enabled publisher taking authors from idea to nationally distributed book.
Reason Technologies
Digvijay Makwana, CBS
AI-powered workflow automation for the logistics industry.
Regbase
Natalie Aresta-Katz, CBS | Ethan Shea, CBS
We track new and proposed regulations, worldwide and in any language.
Rivea
Lucas Muehleisen, Columbia College
Rivea is an AI-powered sourcing platform that automates candidate research for executive search firms by crawling thousands of websites.
RiskRemedy
Scott Lukas, Engineering
RiskRemedy is an AI-powered operating system for insurance brokers.
Rockhopper
Sebastian Perez Lawrence, CBS
Audit and observability for finance teams working with AI agents.
Rud-co
Sam Ruddock, CBS
RudCo is a tech-enabled industrial distribution and data company, delivering critical materials to US manufacturers faster, cheaper, and at scale.
Sachi Health
Daniella Ueki, CBS
Sachi Health matches women with PCOS to peer-reviewed lifestyle studies based on their symptoms, then delivers the research as a trackable daily action plan.
Santé
Mirelle Pereira, Mailman School of Public Health / SIPA
Santé is an epidemic intelligence platform delivering epidemic risk models for insurers, capital markets, and governments to protect capital markets and humankind from infectious disease outbreaks.
Sara Technology
Jia Zhang, CBS
Sara Technology provides AI-powered, evidence-based speech therapy for children with articulation disorders, offering personalized practice and automated progress tracking for parents and Speech-Language Pathologists.
Jules Lemée, Engineering
Scoutify monitors 20,000+ company career pages in real time, alerts job seekers the moment a matching role is posted, and applies on their behalf automatically.
Silhouet
Brandon Steidley, CBS
Silhouet is an AI-native PLM platform that helps emerging fashion brands capture structured product data, generate manufacturer-ready tech packs, and connect to an optimized production network.
Snova
Dora Gutierrez, CBS
Powering biology — turning waste into high-performance bioproducts.
Jacqueline Green, Mailman School of Public Health
A meal delivery service targeted to individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
Spacely
David Coker, CBS
Spacely Media is an advertising marketplace for buying and selling premium media — print, out-of-home, and in-venue sponsorships.
Maggi Heneghan, CBS | Maximo Librandi, CBS
AI-powered financial management for self-employed pros.
Terra
Raymond Heimann, Columbia College | Tom Higgins, Columbia College
Revolutionizing ‘minimulti’ real estate to bring authentic workforce housing back to the heart of America at scale.
Tesoro
Sara Gomez Horta, SIPA
Wealth management platform designed for young Latinas.
The Comp Set
Tommy Evans, CBS
Peer-based performance benchmarking for independent restaurants, investors, and real estate developers.
Tomosu
Tomotoshi Nagama, CBS
Introducing a new category of patient wear, merging luxury with medical utility to unlock untapped market potential.
Cindy Salazar, CBS
Toscana USA is a luxury footwear and accessories brand offering handcrafted leather shoes and accessories for men and women. Every piece is made in Florence, Italy, combining generations of artisan craftsmanship with timeless design and exceptional comfort.
Value Alpha
Tomasz Felpel, CBS
Vedant Capital Partners
Pulkit Agarwal, CBS
Value investing using AI tools.
Madeline Park, Engineering | Benjamin Lee, Engineering
AI-powered people search (so you always have the inside scoop on who matters).
Verteel
Brian Monga, CBS
Drone operating platform specializing in medical supply chain.
Jason Ding, Engineering
Vitality Lab is a longevity lifestyle brand providing verifiable anti-aging and wellness solutions, utilizing proprietary IVD biosensors to break through the efficacy blind spots of traditional supplements.
Vitruvius
Anshul Singhania, CBS
Startup focused on mass-customisation, generative design & additive manufacturing of luxury products.
