To fully realize the potential of our startup ecosystem, we must dismantle the barriers that hinder underrepresented founders and ensure that entrepreneurship truly reflects the diversity of our society. Innovation can and should be accessible to all.

We also discussed the AI and data privacy questions facing startups that handle sensitive client information, and what U.S. immigration policy means for startups, as well as international talent. Learn more: engine.is/news/startupsevery…

We sat down with co-founder and CEO Nadine Navarro to discuss her path from running a solo immigration practice to building legal tech. draftyai.com/

DraftyAI builds research and drafting software for immigration attorneys, turning their evidence and case information into complete legal briefs, including exhibit lists.

We sat down with co-founder and CEO Vivek Raghunathan to discuss innovation coming out of the academic and research world, turning that innovation into a product for the market, how the government can support deep-tech startups, and his experience fundraising.

The company uses multicolor lasers to increase the speed of data transfer between chips and utilize the full capacity of existing chips, ultimately making data centers and other networked servers more efficient.

Santa Clara-based startup Xscape Photonics is revolutionizing AI data center connectivity by developing multicolor silicon photonic lasers that drastically improve data center transmission efficiency.

We sat down to talk with Heather about her company, her approach to content moderation on her platform, and more. Learn more: engine.is/news/startupsevery…

After 23 years of guiding her students towards new and innovative ideas, she launched her own startup—Poll The Vote—to connect voters and constituents to their candidates and elected officials.

Heather Nelson is a professor of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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We sat down with co-founder Mike Schmid to talk about his journey from the App Store to building his own platform, the challenging landscape of raising capital in the current gaming market, and the operational burdens of navigating state-by-state compliance for a remote startup.

Seattle-area startup Sound Games is building a distribution platform like Shopify for games, streamlining indie developers’ simultaneous launches across various storefronts.

Izzy Branam is the CEO and co-founder of RelateXR. We sat down with him to talk about his company, RelateXR’s experience with Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants, and more. Learn more: engine.is/news/startupsevery…

RelateXR is an addiction recovery software that has been making waves at Indiana University since it was founded three years ago.

We sat down with Andrew to talk about Star Catcher, the importance of patenting technology, the evolution of capital formation in the space sector, and more. engine.is/news/startupsevery…

Star Catcher is building a power grid in space, concentrating energy from the sun and beaming optical and near-infrared beams of light that can greatly increase the energy output of solar panels on existing satellites.

After pioneering commercial in-space manufacturing and leading the team that designed the cameras for the Artemis II mission, Andrew Rush set out to solve the need for magnitudes more power for satellites in low Earth orbit. – at Florida, USA

We sat down with Ayo and Ade to discuss the origins of Alehra, the role of agentic AI in modern care, their talent and funding journeys, and the policy hurdles that founders in highly regulated industries face. engine.is/news/startupsevery…