GENIUS NY Cohort 8 Completes Yearlong Accelerator

Posted On
July 30, 2025

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The five companies making up GENIUS NY’s eighth cohort finished their time in the yearlong accelerator for uncrewed systems this July. While the teams are finished with programming, their time in Central New York isn’t. All five companies will have office space in CenterState’s soon-to-open INSYPRE Innovation Hub and will receive ongoing support from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship team as they continue to build their business.

Prior to completing the program, the five teams took time to reflect on their GENIUS NY journey and what they hope to accomplish next.

Read reflections from the five teams:

 

 

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Aviant

Aviant is transforming urban transportation by taking last-mile delivery to the air. Its goal is to reduce pollution and congestion and make cities more efficient. Having flown over 40,000 km, it's one of the leading drone delivery companies in Europe. Since 2021, it's been operating more than 20 commercial contracts across Europe in multiple sectors and are paving the way for cleaner, smarter logistics. Read more. 

Aerialoop

Aerialoop builds drone delivery networks over cities to revolutionize the urban logistics infrastructure, enabling faster, more efficient, and sustainable transportation of goods. By leveraging advanced drone technology and large operational scale, Aerialoop systems overcome the limitations of traditional ground transportation, reducing traffic congestion and delivery times while minimizing environmental impact. Through its transformative approach, Aerialoop seeks to elevate urban logistics, ensuring seamless deliveries and improving accessibility to essential products and services for communities. Read more.

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Crover

Using the world's first technology for locomotion in bulk solids, Crover aims to reduce grain loss during long-term storage by mapping conditions inside grain bulks. Read more.

Flyhound

Flyhound builds technology to help save lives. Flyhound offers a patented localization solution to support public safety use cases from missing persons, backpackers, victims of natural disasters, personnel accountability reporting, criminal suspect location and much more. Its team of engineers and technology experts have worked to create a reliable and efficient solution that can be deployed quickly in emergency situations. Its technology utilizes cutting-edge localization algorithms and custom hardware to detect and follow a mobile phone's signal, even in challenging conditions. Flyhound believes that its victim localization solution has the potential to revolutionize the way search-and-rescue teams operate and we are dedicated to continuing to improve and expand upon our technology. Read more.

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INVOLI

INVOLI is the leading provider of hardware and software solutions for the detection and visualization of air traffic and the tracking of drones. Active in the development of technologies and standards related to surveillance, INVOLI relies on the ability of its ground-based network of proprietary receivers to gather a complete air traffic picture. The data thus acquired is shared over the dedicated INVOLI online platform or via API to airports, ANSPs, UTMs or directly to drones, allowing unparalleled traffic awareness and empowering drones to become fully autonomous. Read more.

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