Empire State Development Announces ThermoAI Winner Of The Hustle Defense Accelerator “Demo Day” Competition

ThermoAI HUSTLE team holding ceremonial Check for $200,000

Empire State Development today announced ThermoAI as the winner of the Helping Upstate Science & Technology Leaders & Entrepreneurs (HUSTLE) Defense Accelerator “Demo Day” at the Griffiss Institute in Rome, Oneida County. The HUSTLE Defense Accelerator is an elite and immersive 12-week training academy for seed stage startups pushing Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), cyber, quantum, and UAS solutions with potential to elevate the United States’ national security and economic competitiveness. CyberSpara was the runner up in the competition. . .

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