Month: October 2026
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Meet UCSB student Fernando Ambrosio, Founder of Yari Energy
Tell us about your company: Yari Energy is a canned, yerba mate beverage based in Los Angeles. Built by myself, a solo founder. Yari leads with authenticity—it is real yerba mate, zero sugar, naturally caffeinated, and no artificial ingredients at all. Truly a better for you drink overall. We just completed our first pilot batch…
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Meet USC student: Sam Cheng, Founder of Classmate
Tell us about your company: Classmate gives purpose-built AI powered writing feedback that’s actually useful. What inspired you to start your business? College applications sucked – many had private tutors that cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars, but they weren’t accessible to everyone, and were slow, so people turned to new AI tools…
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Meet U of Chicago Alum Suahn Hur, Co-Founder BARI
Tell us about your company: BARI is America’s first Asian baby food brand raising the standard of baby food with diverse food traditions, rigorous safety standards, and balanced nutrition. Founded by two sisters Subin and Suahn, BARI offers ready-to-eat meals, snacks, beverages, and first foods that goes beyond the purees. What inspired you to start…
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Meet USC alums Vem & Noy Chatoyan, Founders of StripIt
Tell us about your company: StripIt is reimagining the way people take supplements through oral dissolving strips that are simple, portable, and easy to work into everyday life. Instead of relying on traditional formats, our strips dissolve directly on the tongue in seconds. We developed each formula from the ground up with one goal in…
