Recognition

Awards and programs

Four institutions have backed NeuroCore in the last year: one competition win, two accelerators, and a national competition placement.

  • MIT Solve
  • Georgia Tech CREATE-X
  • Georgia State Main Street Foundry
  • University of Iowa Jacobson Institute

Winner, 1 of 5 teams

AI for a Better World Challenge

MIT Solve and Day of AI, presented by Britebound

NeuroCore was one of five winning teams nationally. The challenge invites students to develop original ideas for how AI can address real human needs, and is developed collaboratively with MIT Solve as part of Day of AI's America's Youth AI Festival.

Recognition
Winner, 1 of 5 teams selected
Presenting at
MIT Media Lab, Cambridge
Festival dates
17 to 19 July 2026
Fellow winners
BoostT1D, HADES, Project Rhine, ResonAIte

Accelerators and competitions

Georgia Institute of Technology

CREATE-X Startup Launch

Georgia Tech's flagship startup accelerator: a 12-week summer program with $5,000 in seed funding and roughly $150,000 in in-kind services, plus a dedicated coach and mentorship from alumni founders. It ends with a Demo Day that draws over 1,500 attendees. CREATE-X has helped launch more than 300 companies.

2026 12 weeks

Georgia State University

Main Street Foundry

A four-month accelerator run by Georgia State's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute, built around its Prepare, Actualize, Work, Scale framework. It provides business coaching, legal and financial guidance, non-dilutive funding, and an annual Demo Day. In 2026 the program expanded to support a record 115 ventures.

2026 4 months

The University of Iowa

Innovator Competition

Run each fall and spring by the Jacobson Institute, the K-12 outreach arm of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Iowa. The Innovator Competition awards seed capital and feedback from working entrepreneurs to high school innovators nationally.

Spring 2026 2nd place, $1,000 seed

Also advanced in

Diamond Challenge

International high school entrepreneurship competition, University of Delaware.

Conrad Challenge

Global innovation and entrepreneurship competition for students, founded in honor of astronaut Pete Conrad.

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