Happening now, University of Cincinnati's Center for Entrepreneurship Venture Lab Demo Day April 16, 2026, 4:30–7:30 PM at the UC 1819 Innovation Hub University of Cincinnati UC Digital Futures Cincinnati Innovation District
After a semester of building, testing, and refining, this spring’s cohort is stepping on stage to share their developments.
The Venture Lab Accelerator is about helping founders pressure-test their ideas and take the first steps toward building something impactful. Now it's time to see their progress on stage!
Meet the teams:
✨ Kloob Team member: Emilio Sese
Kloob is an event management platform that helps leaders plan, promote and run events, so communities can stay engaged without burning out. Event planning today is fragmented across group chats, spreadsheets, forms and social media, making it stressful to run events and hard for members and patrons to know what’s happening. Kloob brings all that together in one convenient app.
✨ Open Prem Team members: Evan H. Moore and Tessa Manuszak
Open Prem is developing an opensource foundation for building and connecting AI applications across any environment. They are empowering developers and organizations to create, deploy and scale AI solutions securely and collaboratively, without the limitations of proprietary platforms.
✨ Persistent Cyber Improvement Team member: Richard Harknet
PCI is developing a gamified cyber training software that prepares corporate and government entities for cyber attacks. The company is led by the head of the Ohio Cyber Range Institute, whose award-winning theory on cyber persistence has shaped federal and Ohio state policies on preventing cyberattacks.
✨ REVL Team member: Isaiah Clifford
REVL is building a safety technology platform that enables automobile operators to use AI insights and data analytics to reduce the likelihood of accidents based on predicted driving conditions. The platform provides low-distraction delivery to inform drivers of hazardous areas, including high-traffic zones and low-visibility intersections.
✨ Sensory Robotics Team member: Mark Gagas
Sensory Robotics (located on the third floor of 1819) aims to help modern manufacturers eliminate traditional safety compromises by delivering advanced 3D sensing and intelligent safety solutions for the integration of robotics. Its flagship SR-1 system is designed to enhance workplace safety, boost productivity and maximize automation performance with its full human detection coverage.
Discover the exciting projects this group has been working on!
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