Philly’s AI scene is officially alive and thriving! Philly AI Connect partnered with Google on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at Pennovation Works to host a fantastic community gathering: “Turbocharge Your SDLC with Gemini.”
This special event provided founders, engineering leaders, and technical teams with the actionable insights needed to deploy AI effectively within their product workflows.
Congratulations to Polyhedral Structures Laboratory on winning this year's European Cultural Centre (ECC) award in the Design Project Category for their collaborative project Diamanti!
Diamanti structure is an industry-academic collaborative research that showcases a high-performing, sustainable modular spanning funicular system developed using a comprehensive design method considering new and existing fabrication and construction technologies.
Learn more about Diamanti at ECC: https://bit.ly/3M3s2LI
The Philadelphia tech community gathered at Pennovation Works on November 21, 2025, for the highly anticipated fourth installment of the Philly Tech Council's AI for Everyone series. This popular event delivered an afternoon of high energy, expert insights, and powerful networking, reinforcing Philly's position as a vibrant tech hub.
This year's program dove deep into the most critical trends in artificial intelligence, focusing on AI Agents, the pace of innovation, cybersecurity risks, and AI’s impact on the job market.
On November 6th, nearly 200 people gathered at the Pennovation Center for the inaugural Penn Startup Showcase. This year's event featured twenty-four startups from thirteen Penn partners. The companies showcased their ventures through interactive tables and poster sessions.
While concrete is the world’s most used manmade material, its carbon footprint accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse emissions.
Polyhedral Structures Laboratory, a research team from Penn and a tenant at Pennovation Works, has been working on a project called Diamanti. This project features a 3-D printed lattice-like pattern made from a sustainable concrete mixture using diatomaceous earth.
On Monday, September 8th, Pennovation Works was proud to partner with The World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia to host 110 attendees for two signature trade events helping regional companies go global through insight, access, and strategy.
The researchers, scientists and technologists that are defining Philly’s reputation as a hub for innovation.
A special congratulations to Pennovation Center member, Megharjun (Arjun) Nandakumar from Sahay AI, and our newest Pennovation Works community programming partners, Nolan Makatche from Code & Coffee Philadelphia, and Waskar M. Paulino from PhilaCon Valley, on making the list!
Congratulations to Pennovation Works Lab company Interius BioTherapeutics on the announcement of their acquisition!
Kite Pharma, a Gilead Company, is a global biopharmaceutical company based in Santa Monica, California, focused on achieving cures with cell therapy. They announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire biotechnology company Interius BioTherapeutics for $350 million.
Penn continues to be an economic powerhouse for Philadelphia, and we're thrilled to see our Pennovation Works community member, Treeswift, featured in this spotlight!
Treeswift's vegetation management and asset maintenance monitoring technology showcases how the startups in our ecosystem are not just building groundbreaking solutions, but also contributing to Philadelphia's reputation as a world-class innovation hub.
At Pennovation Works, we're proud to foster the next generation of companies that are reshaping industries and strengthening our regional economy.
On Wednesday, July 23rd, the Pennovation Accelerator held their eighth annual Pitch