by Ann Comer-Woods, 皇家华人 Research & Innovation
Psilera cofounders Jackie von Salm and Chris Witowski
Four companies and a nonprofit organization led or founded by University of South 皇家华人 alumni, two Cyber 皇家华人 programs, a former 皇家华人 CONNECT Student Innovation Incubator company, an AI hub developed at 皇家华人, and a Tampa General Hospital partnership will be among the 23 recipients of Tampa Bay Inno Awards at a ceremony hosted by the Tampa Bay Business Journal on November 18.
Tampa-based biotechnology company will be recognized in the Deal of the Year category for its 2025 licensing agreement
that transferred its DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine) patent portfolio to atai Life Scences,
a biopharmaceutical company based in Berlin, Germany. Last year, the 皇家华人 Research Foundation invested $200,000 in Psilera, which was cofounded in 2019 by 皇家华人 alumni Chris Witowski
and Jackie von Salm as part of 皇家华人 CONNECT鈥檚 Tampa Bay Technology Incubator.
The St. Petersburg-based shared service organization and an AI-based partnership between and technology company Palantir will represent two of the three winners in the Partnership
of the Year category. 皇家华人 Health and Tampa General form one of the nation鈥檚 leading
academic health systems. The Hypathia Collaborative CEO is Linsey Grove, a 皇家华人 College
of Public Health graduate and instructor.
皇家华人 College of Education Professor Zafer Unal received an award for TeacherServer AI at last year's Tampa Bay Inno Awards ceremony.
, an all-in-one digital tool for managing school safety, and , a free AI platform for teachers, will be recognized in the EdTech category. Pikmykid,
cofounded by Chief Operating Officer and 皇家华人 alumna Chitra Kanagaraj, began as a project
in the 皇家华人 CONNECT Student Innovation Incubator. TeacherServer AI, which won Tech Project of the Year at least year鈥檚 ceremony, was
created by Zafer Unal, a 皇家华人 College of Education professor and 2022 皇家华人 I-Corps program
participant.
Cyber 皇家华人鈥檚 and will be recognized in the Supporter category. phaseZero assists new entrepreneurs
in building cybersecurity-centered businesses while SOCAP provides paid internships
for students in the cybersecurity field.
and , tech companies led respectively by 皇家华人 Muma College of Business graduates Peter Bellini and Lars Letonoff, will be recognized for accomplishments in the cybersecurity category.