2024 Winners

NeuroBionics is building the future of precision bioelectronic medicine by developing the next generation of implantable devices capable of delivering deep brain stimulation (DBS) without the need for open brain surgery, improving the lives of millions suffering from conditions like Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, stroke, epilepsy, and depression. Leveraging over a decade of innovation at MIT, NeuroBionics was co-founded by Drs. MJ Antonini, Nicki Driscoll, and Prof. Polina Anikeeva with the mission to expand access to brain therapy. We’ve developed microscopic, flexible, bioelectronic fibers the size of human hair that are capable of recording and stimulating neural activity, delivering drugs, and ablating tissue. We guide our fibers through the blood vessels using an endovascular approach and deliver them into deep brain regions where they deliver therapeutic stimulation.

Smarty is an AI-powered conversational calendar and EA for small business owners & solopreneurs, who need to capture everything on their plate in one place and universal inbox so they can plan their best day, every day. Smarty helps you create routines, stick to them, and automate those pesky administrative tasks with conversational commands (like, creating calendar events: "Coffee with Stella at Blue Bottle at 3pm CT", or drafting and sending emails: "Send a thank you to Ash at 3pm tomorrow").

ergo is a software company, and our product embeds a "Make an offer with ergo" button directly onto brands' product pages, creating a new way for brands to clear inventory without having to announce a sale. On the backend, we then provide brands pricing analytics and are developing a decision engine. We launched in October of 2023 and since then have seen +160% growth of our install base, with brands across all different product categories using our software.