Meet Alphalab’s 2025 cohort of innovative Pittsburgh startups
Summary
The University of Pittsburgh placed a hiring freeze on faculty and staff, citing broader economic and policy trends.In other parts of the ecosystem, though, business owners are still finding opportunities.A local hub for entrepreneurs has selected a startup founder to run its programming. Im so excited to join Ascenders small but mighty team and help empower other entrepreneurs in Pittsburgh.As a startup founder herself, Wahed built a newsletter subscriber list of over 200,000 and raised $900,000 in investment funding. The National Academy of Inventors elected University of Pittsburgh staff Yuan Liu and Juan Taboas as senior members, which recognizes their contributions to developing technologies that have made, or aim to make, a significant impact on the welfare of society. The group aims to secure funding, foster collaboration, develop AI-focused innovation districts and promote Pittsburgh as a global AI hub to attract investment, talent and new companies to the region. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order aimed at improving the hiring process for laid-off federal workers seeking state government jobs.