Archangel Imaging Wins $1,000,000 Grand Prize from GENIUS NY
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Over the last 12 months, we have been establishing ourselves in the flourishing uncrewed systems community in Syracuse aided by the excellent support from the GENIUS NY accelerator program. The first phase of the program culminated in a Finals Night on the 3rd of November where we pitched live, alongside our four fellow cohort members, to win the grand prize of $1 million investment.
“Archangel Imaging has been working hard to make machines smart enough to be team mates you can trust to do their part, rather than tools you need to constantly manage.
Xnaut GENIE, our revolutionary AI co-pilot, helps overcome a fundamental vulnerability with GPS and enables uncrewed systems to operate with resilience and competence alongside people.
Being selected as the GENIUS NY 2022 Grand Prize winner is an incredible achievement and recognition for the team, particularly in the context of such high quality companies in the cohort this year. Throughout the program we have benefitted from the amazing support and investment from GENIUS NY, CenterState CEO and Empire State Development. Both local government and local businesses here have helped us to hit the ground running and we've already hired local staff, signed MOUs with members of the GENIUS NY extended family, and are engaging in joint development. We have made great friends and are proud to be a part of the community in our new home in Central New York. The prize enables us to create further high value jobs and fuel long term local partnerships. Did I mention we are hiring?” says Dan Sola, CEO of Archangel Imaging.
It’s hard to underestimate the impact that the GENIUS NY Program and community have had on Archangel Imaging. We have established a US subsidiary, opened and hired for our first US recruitment round, exhibited at trade shows across the country, registered our first US trademark, played TopGolf in Vegas, decorated our US office, announced our first Hackathon in Syracuse ‘ATAKATHON’, and learned from our wonderful fellow cohort; Drone Hub, Fusion Engineering, Wonder Robotics and AVSS.