Access to Startups, Tech, Research, and Investment - ASTRI - is a window into Pittsburgh's innovation ecosystem - find the startups and cutting-edge research powering the future.

Avenu Workspace, a collection of workspaces in the Pittsburgh Innovation District offering flexible co-working, private office and full building workspace. Since its founding as StartUptown in 2012, Avenu has hosted some of the region’s most recognizable and successful startups.

The Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Pathways Fellowship is an immersive program crafted to empower entrepreneurs within the domains of robotics, manufacturing, and automation. The Pathways Fellowship blends essential components- including financial support, academic opportunities from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), mentorship, and off campus supplemental opportunities- to ensure aspiring founders have the skills and supports needed to succeed. This program was created to elevate entrepreneurs who have faced various barriers of entry within robotics, and we encourage them to apply.

Training and Market Access for Entrepreneurs (TMACE) connects local MWDBE, veteran owned and rural small businesses with contracting opportunities in the robotics, automation, and AI industries. TMACE works with companies in these target industries to understand their supply needs, and then identifies diverse, local small businesses that are ready for these contracting opportunities.