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Dominic Iannitti and the art of making paperwork disappear
A college idea about reusing data became a 37-year pursuit of faster, more reliable mortgage transactions. Along the way, DocMagic’s founder made room for long-serving colleagues, an architectural detour and a rabbit with a wardrobe.
Nick Callegari and the wall that carries its own builder
The son of a Florida construction worker went from spacecraft structures to a housing startup. At Verustruct, Nick Callegari is developing robots that climb the walls they build - with the aim of making a home easier to afford.
Karan Kunjur and the Case for a Bigger Satellite
Karan Kunjur left consulting, learned to run a startup, then joined his brother Neel to make satellites bigger. Their bet has moved from a factory-floor outline to a working spacecraft in orbit.
Lukas Czinger
Lukas Czinger is the co-founder and CEO of Divergent Technologies, a Torrance-based company that built an end-to-end digital manufacturing platform fusing AI-driven generative design, metal 3D printing, and automated robotic assembly. He is also co-founder of Czinger Vehicles, whose 3D-printed 21C hypercar has shattered production-car lap records at tracks like Laguna Seca. A Yale electrical engineering graduate and former investment banker, he joined his father Kevin's startup at the most junior rung and climbed to run the company, holding close to 60 personal patents while pushing the platform from supercars into aerospace and defense.