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5 Teams | $3 Million
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GENIUS NY 3.0 Applications Open

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The World's Largest Business

Competition for Unmanned Systems

Prize Money
$250K - $1 Million

Mentors
Leading UAS Experts​

UAS Ecosystem
World Class Resources

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Ready For Success

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GENIUS NY is a year-long business accelerator that awards five finalist teams a total of $3 million in investments. In addition, the program offers incubator space, company stipends, advisors, resources, programming, and connections, making it among the largest competitions of its kind across the globe.

GENIUS NY is focused on Unmanned Systems; software, hardware, analytics, IoT. 

The 2018 Finalists

​The 2018 cohort arrived in Syracuse in January 2018.
​ They'll stay for 12 months for an incredible acceleration and Central New York experience.

Meet the teams

Central New York
​is UAS

​Assets, infrastructure and expertise - combined with significant investments from the State of New York - are creating an emerging global hub for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and related applications in Central New York and the Mohawk Valley.

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