GENIUS NY Names Grand Prize Winner for Round 9

GENIUS NY, funded by Empire State Development and operated by CenterState CEO with support from National Grid, awarded Flox Intelligence the $1 million grand prize at this year's Innovation Night. Innovation Night is an annual celebration of Central New York's broader entrepreneur and technology community, and GENIUS NY pitch finals serves as a cornerstone of the event.

Flox Intelligence, a wildlife AI company form Stockholm, Sweden, won the grand prize this year. Co-founder Sara Noskova told NewsChannel9 that Flox Intelligences plans to continue hiring in the Central New York region and make Syracuse their North American headquarters:

"We've already been working with different bioacoustic experts from Syracuse University or Cornell [University]," said Noskova. "We are working with amazing advisors who have been working with all the airports and dots and all the people that we are now selling to. So, to have someone who can connect us to the right people and make introductions, that really means the world to us."

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