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Tech Nation
The Texas Innovation Center provides resources and knowledge to help innovators transform critical discoveries into impactful startup companies.
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Our Impact
35+
Startups Supported
1K+
Event Attendees
$800K
Grants & Scholarships
$35M+
Raised by Startups
Startup-in-a-box
Provides the building blocks and mechanics for exploring and launching a startup business.
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Startup Resources
Texas Innovation Center provides commercialization support and a variety of resources for the Longhorn startup community.
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Programming
From events and workshops to office hours and classes, we offer a variety of programming to members of our UT Austin community and elsewhere.
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Campus Partners
The Innovation Center partners with many organizations across the UT Austin campus in the spirit of collaboration and innovation.
Company Spotlight: Pike Robotics
A provider of next-generation robotic solutions for in-service inspection of floating roof storage tanks for the global energy industry.
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Company Spotlight: Tau Systems
A compact particle accelerator technology focused on high-intensity lasers to enable the next wave of scientific discoveries, including metrology and lithography.
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Company Spotlight: Longhorn Life Sciences
A MedTech company developing “Infection Detective,” enabling early and objective detection of post-operative surgical site infections.
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