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The World's Largest Business

Competition for Unmanned Systems

In-residence business competition accelerator in Central New York

$ 1,000,000 - 1st Place
$ 600,000 - 2nd Place
$ 400,000 - 3rd Place
$250K - 3 final teams 

GENIUS NY is a year-long business accelerator that awards six 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. 

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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.

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Central New York
​is UAS

Assets, infrastructure and expertise - combined with significant investments from the State of New York State - 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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