codypilot

For sure! Researchers can use the platform to find existing solutions or opportunities in the market. If there's a strong match then they could pursue a sponsored research agreement or simply get in touch for feedback and further opportunities.

This is true, our typical user works within a tech transfer office or OVPR so much of our content is tailored to their needs. However, our approach of uploading research material and receiving lists of relevant companies is also effective at helping PhDs discover industry opportunities!

Great insight! More than a change of framing it's also something we're beginning to explore and productize. At first, it was easy for us to view the tens of thousands of unlicensed university technologies as a problem, but now it seems to be more of a solution to the problem of corporate R&D not knowing who exactly they should be getting in touch with. Push vs pull if you will.

This is a great point. We realized early on that researchers present their research to industry as if they are giving a lecture to a group of peers; 45m of presenting without any response from the crowd. We try to work with our users to help them understand how to present their research in 5m or less in terms that industry will find interesting, but it's a constant battle. We're working on features to help with this!