University of Pittsburgh Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

04/26/2026

Today is 🌍 Intellectual Property Day, a chance to recognize the ideas, creativity, and hard work that drive innovation forward.

Behind every breakthrough is someone turning an idea into something real, and intellectual property helps make that possible by protecting those ideas and helping them grow into impact.

A big shoutout to the OIE staff who make this work happen every day, supporting innovators as they move from concept to reality and helping build the systems that keep ideas moving forward!

04/23/2026

We’re also excited to welcome David Satina to the Ventures Team at the Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship as an EIR (Medical Devices & Life Science).

David brings deep experience across medical devices, digital health, and healthcare innovation

Welcome David! 🚀

04/22/2026

We’re excited to welcome Peter Sobotta as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) focused on Software & AI at the University of Pittsburgh.

Peter brings more than 20 years of experience building and scaling data-first software companies — from bootstrapping a startup to $15M ARR to leading a venture-backed company that raised over $15M. His expertise spans AI-native product development, data infrastructure, predictive analytics, and marketplace platforms.

In addition to his entrepreneurial background, Peter served for a decade as a U.S. Navy Supply Corps Officer, where he led large-scale logistics operations and enterprise software deployments.

Originally from Central Pennsylvania, Peter maintains strong ties to the region and will support Pitt innovators both virtually and on-site. We’re excited for the perspective and experience he’ll bring to our startup community.

Welcome Peter! 🚀

04/16/2026

04/12/2026

💛 Reminder! Catch a Pitt Startup on TV this morning! 🎥 💙

CEO Nathan Liang at 11 a.m. on Our Region’s Business on WPXI-TV Pittsburgh with Bill Flanagan 👀discussing Aneurisk Inc!

Aneurisk develops advanced, image‑based tools to help doctors identify dangerous blood vessel bulges before they become life-threatening.

It's born out of the research of experts David Vorp Swanson School of Engineering and Timothy Chung, PhD.

Learn more about Aneurisk and other innovators from Signing Day here 👇
https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/startup-signing-day/

04/09/2026

Our “signed” startup Aneurisk hits the screen 🎥

Catch CEO Nathan Liang from Pitt Surgery this Sunday at 11 a.m. on Our Region’s Business on WPXI-TV Pittsburgh with Bill Flanagan 👀discussing Aneurisk Inc!

Aneurisk develops advanced, image‑based tools to help doctors identify dangerous blood vessel bulges before they become life-threatening.

It's born out of the research of experts David Vorp Swanson School of Engineering and Timothy Chung, PhD.

Learn more about Aneurisk and other innovators from Signing Day here 👇
https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/startup-signing-day/

04/09/2026

Pitt medical researchers get a ‘signing day’ to recognize their work in the marketplace 🔬💙💛

Rebecca Price, a psychiatry professor at the University of Pittsburgh, diagnosed a problem: Patients with depression were suffering too long until finding the right treatment. So she developed technology that helps them change habits and thinking patterns, working alongside traditional treatments li...

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

The people behind the startups at Pitt!

Startup Signing Day was all about celebrating the researchers turning ideas into impact.

See who participated here: https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/startup-signing-day/

04/07/2026

Chronic pain is complex and treatment shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all.

Developed by Ajay Wasan within Pitt Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and led by Indrani Halder, Personalized Pain Treatment™ uses machine learning to predict how individual patients will respond to different pain therapies based on treatment data from 100,000 patients, helping clinicians tailor care to each person. By bringing precision to pain management, this approach has the potential to improve outcomes and reduce trial-and-error in treatment.

We’re proud to celebrate this team on Startup Signing Day and the future of personalized care they’re advancing!

PrecisionMedicine

Learn more: https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/startup-signing-day/

Pitt School of Medicine

04/07/2026

Turning Pitt research into real-world impact 🧠

What if we could help extend relief for patients with treatment-resistant depression?

Rebecca Price in Pitt Psychiatry has developed a cognitive training app designed to build on the rapid effects of to reinforce positive self-associations (i.e. improve self-image) during the window of neuroplasticity created by intravenous ketamine, helping patients delay return of depressive symptoms.

This innovation has been optioned by Taja Health Technologies PBC, which is working to bring the technology from the lab into real-world clinical use.

We’re excited to highlight Pitt’s growing community of researchers and industry partners translating discoveries into solutions that make a difference.

Learn more: https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/startup-signing-day/

Pitt School of Medicine