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SUMMARY:Deadline: 2026 Startup Columbia Venture Competition
DESCRIPTION:Applications for the 2026 Startup Columbia venture competition are now open! Every year\, this competition gives out over $200\,000 in cash grants to Columbia entrepreneurs to build and grow their big ideas.\n\nThis year\, there are 3 choices of tracks to compete in\, each with additional prizes available within each track. Read more about the rules\, regulations\, and eligibility here.\n\nApply by February 3! Good luck!\n\nCheck out last year’s winners here.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/deadline-2026-startup-columbia-competition/
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SUMMARY:AI and Entrepreneurship Talk: Parag Agrawal\, Parallel.ai CEO and Cofounder
DESCRIPTION:The Columbia Engineering AI Entrepreneurship Series is a bi-weekly speaker series that brings students and faculty at Columbia together with founders\, VCs\, technologists\, and business leaders to learn about the process of transitioning lessons from research and the classroom into products and value. \n\n\nThis week join to hear from: \n\nParag Agrawal\, Parallel.ai CEO and Cofounder \n11AM February 05\, 2026 Davis Auditorium \nParag Agrawal is the founder of Parallel Web Systems\, a company unlocking the web for AI agents. Previously\, he spent 11 years at Twitter\, where he joined as an engineer before serving as CTO\, and then CEO. Parag has a PhD from Stanford University in Computer Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT\, Bombay.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/ai-and-entrepreneurship-talk-parag-agrawal-parallel-ai-ceo-and-cofounder/
CATEGORIES:Columbia Data Science Institute,Columbia Engineering
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Startup Works
DESCRIPTION:Startup Works is a practical 6-session workshop series in the spring semester that creates inclusive entrepreneurship opportunities for justice-impacted people forming teams with others with diverse perspectives and experiences\, to work together on launching a startup or a small business. \nThis is your last chance to learn in-person about Startup Works and network to find other team members! \nApplications are open and are due on Friday\, February 6. Accepted teams and small business founders can expect workshops to take place on Wednesdays at 6 PM beginning on Wednesday\, February 18. Justice-impacted community members* and Columbia University affiliates^ are invited to join to learn more and to prepare to apply.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/application-deadline-startup-works/
CATEGORIES:Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change
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SUMMARY:Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change 2026 Annual Reception
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to join the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change for an evening of networking and socializing with fellow alumni\, faculty members\, students\, and professionals in social and environmental impact sectors. \nAt this year’s event\, the Tamer Institute will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. During the evening’s remarks\, we will reflect on a decade of pioneering ventures that have driven sustainable innovation and social impact. The program will include remarks from our honorees on their venture and founder journeys. \nReserve your spot →
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/tamer-institute-for-social-enterprise-and-climate-change-2026-annual-reception/
CATEGORIES:Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change
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SUMMARY:February 27 Lecture Series in AI: Ali Farhadi\, CEO of AI2
DESCRIPTION:Columbia Engineering Lecture Series in AI\nFriday\, February 27: Ali Farhadi\, CEO of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) & Professor\, University of Washington \n\n10:30-11:00am Check-in\n11:00-12:00pm Lecture\n\nAdvance registration is required for both Columbia affiliates and non-affiliates \nREGISTER HERE \nABOUT THE LECTURE \n“What is the Language Model of a Crow?” \nABOUT THE SPEAKER \nAli Farhadi is the CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and a Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Ali has been a professor at the UW Allen School since 2012. He first joined Ai2 in 2015 to lead the institute’s computer vision research team with a focus on visual common-sense reasoning and the role of actions and interactions in visual understanding. While at Ai2\, he co-founded Xnor.ai\, the first on-device deep learning startup that was acquired by Apple in 2020. Ali led Apple’s next-generation machine learning efforts until 2023 when he rejoined Ai2 as CEO in July. Ali’s research impact has been globally recognized with several best paper awards at CVPR\, NeruIPS\, AAAI\, NSF Career Award\, and the Sloan Fellowship\, and he was named one of Forbes’s Top 5 AI Entrepreneurs in 2018.
URL:https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/event/february-27-lecture-series-in-ai-ali-farhadi-ceo-of-ai2/
CATEGORIES:Columbia Data Science Institute,Columbia Engineering
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