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The Company That Turned Video Games Into a Cancer Lab
An Allen, Texas company spent years convincing gamers that tracing a line in Minecraft could help fight cancer. Then it had to figure out how to get paid for it.
Romi Gubes
Romi Gubes is the co-founder and CEO of Sensi.AI, an Austin-based company that turns ambient audio into around-the-clock care intelligence for seniors aging at home. A former Fortune 500 software engineer, she started the company in 2019 after a personal experience with vulnerability in care redirected her career toward protecting people who can't advocate for themselves. Under her leadership Sensi has raised more than $98 million, grown revenue 400% in a year, and expanded into what she describes as an AI operating system for senior care.
Malur Narayan
Malur Narayan is the CEO and co-founder of XTRIUM, an Austin-based B2B AI startup building an intelligence layer for materials that matches materials to real-world applications, surfaces sourcing risk, and turns supply chains from fragile to resilient. A computer engineer who was running machine-learning research and self-managed software teams in the early 1990s, he spent three decades scaling technology businesses across five continents at Nortel and Tata Consultancy Services before co-founding two AI startups. He frames XTRIUM around a single idea: making the search for a new application for any material as fast and easy as an internet search, compressing what used to take a year into days.
Tryolabs
Tryolabs is a Montevideo-born AI and machine learning consultancy that builds custom data and AI solutions for companies worldwide. Founded in 2009, it pairs deep engineering with applied research across computer vision, NLP, generative AI and MLOps, and is known for open-source tools like Norfair and Luminoth. Its clients range from MercadoLibre and LATAM Airlines to Halliburton, Allianz and UNICEF, spanning retail, insurance, manufacturing, telecom, oil and gas and transportation.