Opportunities

Current AI resets after every session. EverMind is changing that. The Memory Genesis Competition invites developers worldwide to build agents that remember, plugins that integrate memory into daily workflows, and infrastructure that optimizes the core OS. ​Learn more about EverMind: https://evermind.ai/ ​💰 $80,000+ Prize Pool + Revenue Sharing🤖 Powered by EverMemOS (SOTA Performance)🤝 Strategic Support from OpenAI and AWS ​🌐 Hybrid Format: Participate remotely and submit your project online by March 15, 2026. ​📍 In-Person Finale (Apr 4, 2026): Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) — team demos, investor networking, speaker sessions, and the awards ceremony.

The Alpha Fellowship places top early-career engineers into full-time roles at fast-growing a16z speedrun and Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies. For future founders, we provide capital before a team or idea even exists.

The Bakar Labs × SPINOUT Bootcamp is a selective, three-day commercialization intensive crash course for scientists exploring whether, and how, their research could become a venture. This program is designed for early-career technical researchers and students (PhDs, postdocs, non-tenure PIs, and select Master’s students) in the physical sciences who are seriously evaluating whether commercialization may be a strong pathway for their technologies.

Apply now to IMPRINT Scholars, a year-long program for UC graduate students and postdocs translating Alzheimer’s and dementia research into market-ready solutions. Hosted by UC Berkeley’s Neurotech Collider Lab: a collaboration between Bakar Bio Labs and Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology. Includes weekly workshops, two on-campus immersives (room & board covered), SBIR/STTR grant writing training, FDA pathway guidance, and mentorship from industry leaders. Earn a Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology in ADRD. What You’ll Gain: Apply here. Deadline: February 28th, 2026 Contact: Milo Harmon Maurer, Program Coordinator: mharmonmaurer@berkeley.edu 

Apply to showcase your startup at SCET’s 5th SCET Startup expo prior to the start of Collider Cup XVIII on May 8th. Selected teams will receive 1-1 mentorship from David Bloom from The House Fund prior to the expo. You will have the opportunity to speak to industry guests, students and faculty about your startup, answers questions and pitch using the table space provided. To be eligible one team member has to have completed 1 SCET course by the end of Fall 2025. Current students and alumni are eligible to participate.

This national student pitch competition features a $30,000 total prize pool, one-on-one mentorship with Fetch CEO & Founder Wes Schroll, and the opportunity for finalists to pitch live at the Tech Innovation Summit hosted by The Boston Globe. The Defeat the Odds Pitch Competition is a platform for college entrepreneurs to share their business ideas for the opportunity to pitch to a panel of judges and compete for cash prizes. The competition is designed to give students hands-on learning experiences, including honing pitch skills, thinking critically about business models, and harnessing innovation. Contact: Marisa DiLorenzo, m.dilorenzo@fetch.com

Do you have a startup idea? Are you looking for a proven method to validate your idea? Berkeley NSF I-Corps offers a free remote 10 day course based on Steve Blank’s Lean LaunchPad. The three evening sessions teach you to identify your top customer segment and value propositions, and accelerate finding product market fit. Outside of class, you’ll do at least 20 interviews with potential customers as part of the customer discovery process. Youcan expect to spend 30-35 hours outside of class on interviews.  Eligible teams that complete the course with Hub recommendation might also qualify for the National NSF I-Corps program, which includes a $50,000 National Science Foundation customer discovery grant, or the Hub National program with $5,000 in customer discovery funding. Teams that complete the National program have a much higher funding rate, including SBIR grants and investment, and alumni include Inkspace Imaging (SkyDeck/Bakar Fellow), Correlia Biosystems (Y Combinator), Intropic Materials (Activate Fellow), and Amber Bio (a16z).  UC Berkeley is the lead institution of the NSF I-Corps Hub Northwest.  When: Course sessions are held online April 20, 23,…

With $190,000 in prizes, the DEBUT Challenge is open to undergraduate student teams working on innovative solutions for unmet health and clinical problems. The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell have come together to support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge, a competition that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical design and innovation. Contact: Jianming, hello@venturewell.org.